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Why chair yoga?
The Cancer Support Group of Indian River County meets monthly with speakers featured every other month.
“Yoga proves very effective in decreasing pain, anxiety, lung disease, depression,” said Amy Balog, palliative nurse practitioner, APRN.
. “It can help with an individual’s heart disease, improve your immune system, and improve mobility. It decreases cortisol levels when we are distressed, so by decreasing them, it reduces inflammation in the body and thus pain. People will feel less stress. It increases gaba in our brain which improves mood.”
The 1 p.m. informative program in Christ the King Lutheran Church, 1301 Sebastian Blvd., Sebastian, is open to everyone. The church is wheelchair accessible.
