Free yoga at Dempsey
LEWISTON — The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing will offer a free yoga workshop for cancer patients, survivors and caregivers. “Restorative Yoga: Relax and Renew” will take place from 6 to 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18, at the Dempsey Center, 29 Lowell St.
Yoga instructor Tish Caldwell will show how to use props to encourage a deep state of relaxation. By supporting various parts of the body with bolsters, blocks, blankets and straps, participants can fully release into the pose and relax every part of the body. Restorative yoga helps relieve the effects of chronic stress and move the spine in directions to promote greater well-being.
Preregistration is required and available by phone at 207-795-8250, toll-free 1-877-336-7287 or at www.dempseycenter.org.
Free vegan cooking class is Dec. 18
LEWISTON — The Ark, 791 Lisbon St., will host a free vegan cooking class with nutritionist Cheryl Farley at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18. No registration required.
‘The Alps of North America’
BRUNSWICK — AMC Maine Chapter will hold a program at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19, following an optional potluck dinner at 6. Both will be held at the Curtis Memorial Library, Pleasant Street.
The program will be a narrated slide show of the Cascade Mountains, often called “The Alps of North America,” in northern Washington State, by Michelle and Stan Moody, AMC trip leaders.
This program is free and open to the public.
Memory Tree Ceremony
MONMOUTH — A “White Light” Memory Tree Ceremony will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, near Monmouth Museum’s Stencil Shop, in downtown Monmouth.
This is a time of remembering for each of us. It is a special time to honor someone you love or in memory of someone who has passed on. Bring the name of that special person(s) (cards will be available) and share that person’s name and, perhaps, a memory.
There will be a short ceremony, prayer and familiar song. Afterward, at Packard Center there will be refreshments hosted by Rise & Shine Bed & Breakfast.
A balsam fir, donated by Mr. Auger of Fredrickson’s Tree Farm, will be lit with white lights, in memoriam.
For those who would like, food donations will be collected for the local food bank. Envelopes will be available for any monetary contribution to a local nonprofit.
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