NEWPORT, N.H. – Yoga classes will be held at the Library Arts Center, 58 North Main Street in Newport, N.H., Friday mornings. An all-levels yoga class will be held from 8:30-9:30 a.m., and a chair yoga class form 10-11 a.m.
Classes are designed for any student looking to practice yoga. Movement will be linked with breath as offered by the Hatha and Kripalu traditions of yoga, as well as focus on alignment, with attention paid to honoring your own organic movement. Students can expect to practice both seated and standing poses, as well as focus on balance and breath. Please bring your own mat and any props you would like.
The instructor for these classes is Brianna Renner. Renner combines 20 years of dance training and her military background to create a safe, nurturing, and mindful practice. She is the national director of programs for the Veterans Yoga Project, www.veteransyogaproject.org. She was a co-founder of the former Namaste Newport & Buttonwood Yoga Studio.
A New Hampshire native, Renner served five years in the Marine Corps as an avionics technician at both MCAS Miramar in San Diego, and MCAS Iwakuni in Iwakuni, Japan. She is a perpetual student; using her GI Bill, she obtained her Associate of Science in engineering and a Bachelor of Science in technical writing, mathematics, and technology. More recently, Rennner became a graduate of Soma Yoga Institute’s 300-hour advanced teacher training and Discovery Yoga’s 200-hour Kripalu teacher training. In addition to classes at the Library Arts Center, she also teaches yoga at the VA in White River Junction, Vt., and teaches dance classes at Dance Arts Academy in Sunapee, N.H.
To sign up or for more information, visit www.libraryartscenter.org/yoga.