Teaching strength, flexibility and confidence

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Yoga instructor Nicole Necsefor believes that people of all ages can benefit from the ancient practice.

Necsefor, who divides her time between Winnipeg and Toronto, is one of the instructors scheduled to teach yoga classes within the Macdonald-Headingley Recreation District in early 2018. She will lead a yoga program for men on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Oak Bluff Recreation Centre (123 MacDonald Rd.), starting on Jan. 15.

She said she’s found that yoga helps men and women in different ways. “Because their bodies are different, women need to focus on stability and strength, while men need to improve their flexibility.”

Necsefor has taught yoga for men in Oak Bluff for over a year and said her students range from teens to men in their 70s.

“I love to watch them make progress,” she said, adding that practising yoga twice a week allows the students to advance fairly quickly. Some have commented on how they are more easily able to complete daily tasks without enduring aches and pains.

A new program called Girls Mindfulness and Yoga is set for Tues., Feb. 6 to 27 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Oak Bluff Community School’s library, 83 MacDonald Rd. It’s being sponsored by Southern Health-Santé Sud and is free for girls in Grades 4 to 6.

Necsefor said she’s working on the program’s content now, but is using information she acquired when completing a master’s degree in gender theory. She plans on combining yoga with information and discussion on topics such as body image, female competitiveness versus friendship, and focus on helping preteen girls hold onto their sense of confidence.

“Our mission is to maintain that confidence through adolescence and into womanhood.”

She said that yoga can help people of all ages to learn ways to reduce stress and improve relaxation.

For more information on Macdonald-Headingley Recreation District programs see http://www.mhrd.ca/pages/program-guide/5