BKC Community Event
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Let’s break bread at Kripalu!!
OCTOBER 9, 2019
RESCHEDULED
Announcing a quarterly get together at Kripalu for dinner as a community. Please join us on Wednesday October 9 and, (so we’ll know how many seats to save and Kriplau food to prepare),RSVP by emailing Michael Pulitzer, Jr (michael2@me.com) with “I’ll be there” along with your full name.
BKC Dinner at Kripalu
Wednesday, October 9
5:30pm-7:00pm
Kripalu Healing Arts CenterBerkshire county residents should be registered with Kripalu as such in order to get the reduced dinner price of $10.71. If you have not registered with Kripalu as a resident, you can ask the front desk for a form to fill out on the spot. If you choose not to do so, note that dinner is $18. Either way, please sign in and pay at the Kripalu front desk before heading upstairs.Once you are all checked in, head to the cafeteria on the second floor and look for a table with a sign reading “BKC”. We’ll grab our trays, help ourselves, and let the conversations flow.Please RSVP by October 1 to ensure your spot at our table. We look forward to catching up with you all and seeing if this is a program worth repeating going forward!Hope to see you on October 9.Namaste!!!____________________________________________________________________________BKC hike and chocolate with Peter Sibner
Saturday Sept 7, 2019
1 1/2 hours (approx) at Kennedy Park.
At the end of our hike we will convene at Chocolate Springs where Joshua Needleman has graciously offered to treat our taste buds with one of his delicious bonbons (of your choice).
Leave from
Rhythms at 9:30 AM after yoga class.
Come to either class or hike or do both!
Explore some of the lesser known trails in the Kennedy Park system. Moderate up and down hills (will depend on the group).
Please register (in case of weather cancellation)
psibner@aol.com
413-446-6625
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August Potluck / Community Dinner
Sunday, August 25
5:30pm-7:30pm
47 Hawthorne Street, LenoxPing Pong and Perogies*!!
*Or whatever you’d like to bringOur next community dinner will be at the home of Robin and Jim Yates. As usual, please plan to bring a dish along with a label noting the ingredients. For those interested, we will take advantage of their game room with a rousing round of ping pong, darts and/or bocce on the lawn. Street parking may be a challenge so please plan to carpool if you can and/or park in Lenox and walk down the hill to their home.
From the obelisk in Lenox, head down Old Stockbridge Road and take your first right hand turn on Hawthorne Street. The house is on the left hand side just around the curve from the Brook Farm Inn. Look for a green mailbox with a painted “MorrisBrook” sign and know the house is primarily yellow with gray shutters (and a new gray extension)._______________________________________________
Sunday, June 23
Hike Benedict Pond
10AM-noon
Join BKC and Berkshire Knapsackers on a moderate hike in October Mountain State Forest.We will hike around Benedict Pond to the Ledges on the Appalachian Trail in about 2 miles. We will then go back around the other side of the pond for a total of about 4 miles. This is a dog friendly hike.Bring snacks and plenty of water.Leave: 10:00 AM Parking area in Beartown State Forest picnic parking area at Benedict Pond. Parking fee $8Leader: Melanie Levitan, 413-698-3437 or melaniedr@aol.com.*********************************************************************
Yoga for Healthy Bones
with Regina Burgio
Every Thursday 12pm-1pm
Berkshire Yoga Dance & Fitness (Above the Beacon Cinema)
Cost: $8 cash only for BKC members
Studies have shown that yoga is one of the safest preventative measures and treatments for osteopenia, osteoporosis and low bone mass, a condition that affects half of everyone over the age of 50.
In this class you will learn ways to strengthen your bones and muscles through poses and exercises that improve posture, balance and core strength, in a safe and supportive environment. Hand weights are available to increase the challenge.
Ideal also for people of any age who are feeling the negative effects of technology on their body and mind.
Classes will also incorporate breathing exercises and other relaxation techniques to reduce tension and anxiety. Leave feeling relaxed, empowered and standing taller!
All levels and ages welcome. Chairs and props are available. As always, please consult your doctor before beginning any exercise program.
reginaburgio@gmail.com • 413-281-3080
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Gentle Yoga Class
AT LENOX YOGA
Fridays 9-10 AM
Michael Pulitzer has very generously offered to open his regular Gentle Yoga class at Lenox Yoga (Curtis Building, 4 Main St. Lenox) to BKC members. The class is held on Fridays from 9-10 AM. Cost will be $8 cash for BKC members; please let Michael know that you are a BKC member at the beginning of class.
Description: Gentle Yoga students are shown how to find their range of effort based on instructing their mind to be gentle with their body. Together we will explore awareness, connecting to the breath, warming up the body, stretching, and gently flowing through postures with energy and ease; finishing up by calming and restoring the body and mind with appreciation, gratitude, strength, and happiness. Join Michael to have fun, build awareness, energy, and feel good for a meditation on the breath and sensation.
Michael Pulitzer is a 500-hour Kripalu professionally trained, certified yoga and meditation instructor with a certificate in Positive Psychology. He began his inquiry and yoga practice over 10 years ago while working in broadcasting.