The sessions that Eric and Erin Wheeler lead at the New Tampa Regional Library are aimed at creating a safe space where children and adults can interact, and learn techniques to promote good health.
The couple, who operates Lucky Cat Yoga, based in Seminole Heights, leads yoga sessions throughout Tampa Bay.
At the New Tampa library branch, they lead a half-hour class, once a month.
The class includes baby massage, songs and dance, stretching exercises and other activities.
“It’s all about creating community,” Erin Wheeler said. “It’s about allowing a safe space for the caregivers to go to be able to meet other people with children around the same age.
“It’s the same opportunity for the children — to meet and socialize,” she said.
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And, both children and adults get a chance to learn from each other, she added.
It’s not a typical yoga class.
“We do song and dance, movement,” Wheeler said.
Most classes attract a mix of people. Some have been there before, while others are new to the class.
The class is paid for by The Friends of the New Tampa Regional Library, and is offered for free to participants.
The class offers children a chance to do something interactive and healthy, Wheeler said.
“It puts them on a track — that a lot of us didn’t have as children — for optimum health and wellness, through this kind of holistic art,” she said.
Wheeler said the class also is presented at the Lutz Branch Library once a month.
To find out when the next class will be at the New Tampa and Lutz libraries, visit the Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library system’s website at THPL.org.
Published October 7, 2015
