Marion Council on Aging invites you to try Line Dancing every Monday from 2:00 to 3:00 pm at the Benjamin D. Cushing Community Center, 465 Mill Street. Line Dancing with Instructor Nancy Cabral. Were you aware that scientists have proven that regular dancing decreases the risk of dementia by 76 percent? After 75, people do more out of habit, but dancing cannot be automated. In dance, situations arise in which you have to react and make decisions in a matter of seconds. It practices and maintains mental flexibility. So, taking up line dancing may help preserve your health longer – socially, mentally and physically. The cost of the class is $3.
The Marion Council on Aging is pleased to announce they have been awarded Title III funding from Coastline Elderly Services Inc. to bring a Meditation class to seniors in the community and surrounding area. These classes will be offered on Tuesdays from 10:30 am to 11:30 am at the Benjamin D. Cushing Community Center, 465 Mill St., Marion. If stress has left you feeling anxious, tense and worried consider trying meditation. Meditation has been practiced since antiquity. It can be used with the aim of reducing stress, anxiety, depression and pain and increasing peace and wellbeing. Instruction is given by Susan Pisapia. Susan has been a teacher of meditation for 25 years and is trained in mindfulness-based stress reduction, induction and various forms of meditation including zen and centering prayer.
For more information, please contact Karen Gregory at the Marion Council on Aging at 508-748-3570.