Adults\, new adults\, and seniors are welcome to the program.
\nThe African roots of Kemetic Yoga are a type of yoga developed by ancient Egyptians thousands of years ago. Humans have been practicing yoga for thousands of years. Today\, yoga has many distinctive styles. One of them is chair yoga\, which will help to improve balance and flexibility\, and overall health and wellness. Many may not know that Rosa Parks\, Maya Angelou\, and Tina Turner also practi ced yoga. Stephanie Y. Evans\, a professor at Georgia State University\, w rote a book called Black Women&rsquo\;s Yoga History: Memoirs of Inner Pea ce (SUNY Press\, 2021)\, which includes the personal self-care stories of dozens of black women\, including Maya Angelou\, Rosa Parks\, and Tina Tur ner. Even if someone has never done yoga before or attended other exercise classes\, AARLCC is inviting you to the library's community Chair Yoga se ssions\, which can help to improve balance and flexibility. Please bring y our own yoga mat\, if you prefer\, or else the instructor will provide the mats. Hope to see you all in the program. For more information about yoga or other topics\, visit the library system in person or online at https://www.broward.org/Library/Pages/Default.aspx
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About the African American Research Librar
y and Cultural Center \;
The \;Broward County African American Research Library and Cultu
ral Center \;(AARLCC) \;is located in the Sistrunk community\,
one of the oldest historically Black communities named for one of Fort La
uderdale&rsquo\;s first Black physicians. Opening to the public on October
26\, 2002\, AARLCC became the third public library of its kind in the Uni
ted States dedicated to the study of Black history and culture. The 60\,00
0 square-foot Center serves as a repository of materials related to the lo
cal\, national\, and international voices of the African diaspora with mor
e than 85\,000 books\, manuscripts\, artifacts\, framed art\, print\, phot
ography\, audiovisual\, and documents held in our Adult Services Section a
nd Special Collections. The Youth Services Section features a special coll
ection of Coretta Scott King Award books and the \;Ashley Bryan Art Co
llection \;from illustrators of African Descent. AARLCC also features
a 5\,000 sq. ft. museum\, a 300-seat state-of-the-art theatre\, and a Comp
uter Training Center.
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