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                                                                                  Continued from page 21               respectively. They are just learning to
                                            Cholesterol  was  never  flagged  in   used to,” she admits. “Instead, I golf  skate and love playing soccer in the
                        Yoga                the past, so why now?  According      regularly in the summer and have  summertime.”

                                            to the literature, risk factors include
               Ro’s                         diet, exercise, and maintaining  a    curled on and off over the past few  “Scotlyn has taken a liking to
                                            healthy  weight.   The manual from    years. My passion has transitioned to  competitive dance and dances with
                                                                                  coaching.”                           the Kathy Coleman School of Dance. I
                                            the training  program states that an
                                            older  adult  needs  both  moderate  to   Nee  Thomson, Kelsey grew up on  coach Scottie in the summer in soccer
         By Rosanne Fortier                                                       a  dairy  farm  outside  of  Martintown.  through the Char Lan Minor Soccer
                                            vigorous aerobic exercise for at least
                                                                                  “I graduated from Queen’s with a  Program. It’s so much fun being able
                                            20 minutes and to ensure a minimum
                                            of 150 minutes of exercise per        Bachelor of Physical and Health  to share your passion with your kids.
                                                                                  Education and a Bachelor of  Arts.  Addie has to wait one more year to play
                                            week.  That’s when the Jane Fonda     In doing my fifth year, I was able to  soccer, but she can’t wait; she asks if
                                            20-minute  workout  flashback  came   complete my teaching degree,” she  she’s old enough to play every day. We
                                            to me.  I didn’t like doing aerobics
                                                                                  says. “My kids are just starting to  hope the girls both find sports that they
                                            then, and it looks like  I’ll need to   play sports. I have two daughters,  love and that can help keep them active
                                            push through this stubborn resistance
                                                                                  Scotlyn and Adelyn who are 5 and 3  and healthy throughout their lives.”
                                            to improve my heart health.
                                                                                                SEAWAY VALLEY MINOR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
                                              While some styles of yoga and
        recently enrolled in a certification
                                            exercise  programs aim  to reach  the                    HIRING HEAD COACHES
      I program called Balance  for Life    similar  objectives,  a well-designed
      Instructor Training.  Once completed,   practice  should include all the                 FOR THE 2022-2023 HOCKEY SEASON
      it will enable me to “design and                                             If you are looking for a great coaching opportunity and love to work
                                            elements required including a warm-
      lead  effective  fitness  classes  for   up, sustained cardio  workout, and   with dedicated young hockey players at the AA and A level, this is your
      older adults”.  Offered by  Western                                          chance. Seaway Valley Rapids Minor Hockey Association is seeking
                                            a cool down.  While I feel healthy     head coaches for the 2022 – 2023  hockey season. Competitive expenses
      University with the Canadian Centre   and functional, I know this training
      for Activity and Aging, the program   opportunity  will  instill  in me  the   coverage for coaches offered.
                                                                                   The head coach will be responsible of all the duties related to coaching
      aims to improve aging of older adults
                                            daily requirements exercise like yoga   as per the job description.
      to  maintain  health  for independent   impressed upon me the need I have to
      living.  My objective is to stay active                                        Positions are open in the
                                            stretch my body and calm by mind.
      and healthy into my retirement and                                                 following divisions:
      to learn more about physical fitness.    The  Balance for Life  Program
                                            is offered by the Seaway  Valley           U 9 A players ..........born 2014
        I’ve  often  wondered  whether  my
      yoga practice and daily  walks are    Community Health Centre.  There is         U 10 A players.........born 2013
                                            no fee for participants and classes are
      enough to maintain my own fitness     led by certified volunteer instructors.     U 16 AA players.......born 2007
      needs.  Now that I’ve completed the
                                            Taking it one step at a time, my focus   Applications will be accepted until May 25, 2022
      in-class  portion  of the  course and   is to stick with it, all the way to the   All  applicants  must  submit  a  cover  letter  indicating  their  qualifications

      practiced  the workout, I am quite    finish  line.    Two  Buddhist  quotes   and  an outline  of their  season plan  along  with their  application.
      aware that my cardio and endurance                                           The  application and job description  can  be found on our website  at
                                            apply in today’s lesson:
      need improving.  At first, I challenged                                      www.seawayvalleyrapids.com. Only those who are selected for an interview
      myself  to take this training when      “When  the  student  is ready, the   will be contacted.
      my annual checkup revealed higher     master appears.”                                 All applications can be emailed to:
      levels  of cholesterol,  the  bad kind,   “Happiness comes  when your           Brad Robertson berobertson@sympatico.ca
      which  puts me  at  risk of CVD.   work  and  words  are  of  benefit  to    or Mark Desnoyers  convenorhockey@gmail.com

      Yes, cardiovascular  disease,  yikes!!  others.”
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