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oan has been a consistent could hardly walk the next day. I not used to. I like that it’s more easy
Yoga Jparticipant of the chair yoga thought chair yoga might be too flowing and that I’m still getting a
Ro’s program at the Seaway Senior slow for me, but I knew I needed good workout. It took me a while,
Citizens Club for the past year. to relax and stop stressing so much. and I find that I’m still adapting
A retired nurse, Joan is lively and So, I said I would give it a try. For because it’s still challenging! I look
open to learning. Her motto is “you so many years I felt that I had to forward to the meditation part at the
By Rosanne Fortier got to keep going.” In this interview, schedule my days. I’m realizing at end of class, until I realize that my
I asked Joan to talk about her yoga my age that I can’t do as much as mind is travelling all over the place.
practice and how it has evolved I used to because I don’t have the I think I’ve made a lot of progress
since she started. same energy. The problem is that with relaxation, especially now that
I was having a hard time slowing I know what to expect.”
Joan explains how she was
introduced to the program: “I was down. It was like being on a roller Since starting this class, the yoga
coaster: I would try not to stress
referred to this class by my friend exercises have also helped Joan
Cathy, after telling her about a - but it was always there. Now I manage pain she had in her hip.
know that I don’t have to keep this
regular yoga class I attended and “I still get the pain a bit, but I am
fast-paced routine.” sleeping much better and can raise
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bit slow and thought it would be a my priorities have changed. I feel
Stories And More About The People In Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry
more rigorous exercise, but then I less obligated to fill my time and
Would like to thank all our advertisers, who have teamed notice at the end of class just how am learning to worry less and love
up with us to share some remarkable, positive local sports tired I am. I always ask myself, my body, just the way it is.”
success stories, from all ages, young and old. what did I do that is so tiring? I Quote du Jour: “Yoga is the

know now that the yoga poses perfect opportunity to be curious
challenge me in different ways, by

moving my joints in a way that I’m about who you are.” – Jason
Crendall

Thom’s Trivia
Answers
Questions on page 10
1A - That would be the Cornwall Flyers, ca 1940s.
2A - In a rough and tumble affair, McCourt died a few hours after the
game. He had a stick fight with two Ottawa players. Charlie Masson
of Ottawa was charged with manslaughter and acquitted in Cornwall
court a month later.

3A - That would be entrepreneur, referee, hockey coach, and manager
Ernest Runions, later of Ernie’s Hotel in Mille Roches.