Prescott Community Center

In this workshop, we will learn the transformative process, The Work of Byron Katie, to gain a perspective of clarity and inner peace. The Work is simply four questions that, when applied to a specific problem, enable you to see what is troubling you in an entirely different light. Participants will practice listening to the answers they find inside themselves and open their minds to profound, spacious, and life-transforming insights. We human beings tend to put our happiness on hold until something changes. We'll be happy, we think, when we get what we believe we want or need: more money, a healthier body, a more attractive or understanding partner, a loving mother, and children who behave. Many of us spend our lives trying desperately to get the world and the people in it to satisfy our desires. No wonder we don't feel any lasting peace; mentally we're continually engaged in war with reality. As we do The Work of Byron Katie, not only do we remain alert to our stressful thoughts—the ones that cause all the anger, sadness, and frustration in our world—but we question them, and through that questioning the thoughts lose their power over us. **All proceeds benefit the Prescott Community Center.**

Dr. Jen Imperillo, the lead physical therapist for Neuro Critical Care at Lahey Hospital, will give an overview of the common injuries for runners including strains, exercises, and how to get better! Dr. Jen is an avid runner and holds a certification in Dry Needling. She will share her extended experience in injury prevention and discuss the benefits of dry needling to treat pain and muscle tightness.

Do you love receiving deep tissue massage? Are you looking for an effective, natural, low cost way to manage your own aches and pains? In this workshop, you will learn targeted self massage techniques to address pain and movement restrictions. Using a variety of pliable but dense rubber balls and other tools, you will be able to give yourself a therapeutic deep tissue massage for immediate relief of chronic soft tissue issues, such as stiffness, trigger points, and muscle tension, while also providing stress relief and relaxation. By the end of each workshop, each of which targets a different pain pattern, you will be empowered to manage your own pain, improve your mobility, recover from your physical activities, or address repetitive overuse issues. By learning self-massage, you will gain a new understanding of your body from the inside out. You will love this new addition to your self care toolbox. WORKSHOP TOPICS: Mar 2 - HEADACHES + NECK PAIN: Using gentle tools, you will learn to address some of the restrictions and imbalances that can help relieve the intensity or frequency of migraines, headaches, and neck pain. Apr 6 - DESK WORKERS: In this workshop, you will learn to address the areas of the body that get most tight, painful, or stiff when you work at a computer or have to sit for long periods regularly -- especially, lower back, upper back, and neck. Jun 1- AGE 55+: In this workshop, you will learn to improve your general mobility and circulation, and reduce muscle tension and stiffness, with modified techniques that are more gentle and accessible -- no need to get down to the floor! NOTE: This is a wellness course, not a substitute for medical evaluation, diagnosis, or advice. Please bring a yoga mat and massage balls (optional). Massage balls are optional, they can be provided or purchased at the workshop. Here is what they are saying about Jamie's Self Massage course: "Jamie was a great teacher. Really delivered what was promised. I would take another class with her." "What I enjoyed about this workshop was the individual attention given to each persons specific needs." "I really enjoyed using the balls to find pressure points to relax muscles." "Jamie provided excellent individualized instruction to help relieve shoulder and neck pain."