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Pat Shapiro

Welcome! As we age and our responsibility for children, work and home lessens, life can take on a new richness. How well we appreciate and enjoy the second half of life depends on the quality of our health and wellbeing, and our attitudes toward aging and longevity.

I help people navigate these transformative years as a:

• Yoga Teacher for Midlife & Beyond
• Speaker/Author on Midlife Issues
• Speaker/Author on women’s friendships

Spring 2008 Yoga Classes & Workshops

Yoga Classes for Women at Midlife & Beyond

Tuesdays, 5:15-6:30 p.m.
7-week series, May13th-June 24th
Vedic Chant Center, 901 W. San Mateo $84

Preregistration required. For more information or to register, call Pat Shapiro at 466.6656 or email her at shapirop@comcast.net

Private Yoga Instruction

One-on-one private instruction is available for individuals who would like to develop a personal practice at home or for those who would like to address a particular need in a private setting.

Yoga and Writing Workshops: Fall 2008

Coming to the Center:
A Yoga and Poetry Workshop

with Lorraine Schechter, Artist/Poet and Educator
and Pat Shapiro, Yoga instructor and author

Join Lorraine and Pat to return to your center and tap into your creative energy. The workshop will weave together yoga and meditation practice with poetry, as we write from our inner and outer landscape. In a safe, nurturing environment, you’ll create a rich tapestry of heart and mind. For women of all ages and all levels of experience.

Date and place to be announced.

Contact Pat for more information.

books by Pat Shapiro

Yoga for Women at Midlife and Beyond: A Home Companion

Would you like to age with grace and vitality? Increase your strength, energy and flexibility? Sleep better and be sharper mentally?

You can achieve all of these if you practice yoga on a regular basis. Many women go to class once or twice a week and want to practice at home but just don’t know how to begin. "Yoga for Women at Midlife and Beyond: A Home Companion" will give women over 50 the support and guidance they need to create a personal yoga practice in the privacy of their own home.

WINNER BEST HEALTH BOOK 2007
NEW MEXICO BOOK AWARDS

My Turn: Women's Search for Self after the Children Leave

Everyone knows that for children to mature and become independent they must leave home and separate from their parents. But the reverse is seldom recognized: that this separation is necessary for a woman's growth and development as well.

Heart To Heart: Deepening Women’s Friendships at Midlife

Friendships move to center stage at midlife, after years of having been set aside for children, husbands, and careers. As women try to make sense of the kaleidoscope of changes within them and around them- especially the physical and emotional upheaval and shifting family ties-their friends keep them anchored and grounded. Not since their teen years have friends been so crucial to women's lives.

To read about Pat's other books, click here.