Yoga instructor
Kathleen Litos, ERYT-500, recently joined Northern Neck Family YMCA as a yoga instructor. She became a yoga instructor in 2008, teaching at studios and offering private lessons in Richmond.
Her goal is to inform, inspire, and explain the yoga asanas, pranayama and yogic principles.
She and her husband, Michael, with their daughter, Olive, in October 2016 moved to the Northern Neck to live on the water. They have acclimated well to the slower pace and enjoy discovering their new surroundings by car or by kayak. Their French bull/pug mix dog, Hammy, frequently takes field trips with them. And while she enjoys the outdoors, Kathleen loves to cook healthy and flavorful dishes.
She also leads annual yoga retreats, and is the proprietor of Bharata Yoga, a registered yoga school with Yoga Alliance, where she leads yoga students through detailed class schedule to become registered yoga instructors.
Kathleen’s class plans and routines maximize each student’s mental and physical benefits, using postures and conscious breathing in combination with mental focus to develop awareness, strength and flexibility, and relaxation.
Her class meets at 9:15 a.m. This class is free to members, or $10.
To register, visit the Northern Neck YMCA, 39 William B. Graham Court, Kilmarnock, or call 435-0223.
Breakfast
Start every day with a healthy breakfast. It’s time to start thinking outside of the cereal box and get some fresh, new ideas from nutrition and health coach Kim Diaz. A Fresh Start Cooking Class will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 18.
This hour-long class will provide you with fun new recipes, tips and tools to make simple, delicious and satisfying breakfasts that will nourish your body, give you the energy you need to enjoy your day and hold you till lunch time, without the crash and burn. Find foods you love that fit your lifestyle, to help you maintain a healthy weight and a naturally happy, healthy life.
This class is free for YMCA members, or $10. Advance registration requested. To register, visit the Northern Neck YMCA, 39 William B. Graham Court, Kilmarnock, or call 435-0223.
Summer camp
Registration for summer day camp will begin Monday, January 16, for current program participants. Registration will open to members on January 23 and to the public on February 1.
Register Mondays through Fridays at the YMCA Wiley Child Development Center, 458 Harris Road, Kilmarnock; peninsulaymca.org, or call child care director Jean Call, 435-7977.
Summer Day Camp is for ages 4 years 9 months through 12 years. The weekly sessions run June 19 to August 11.
The camp day is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, with early drop off at 7:30 a.m. late pick up to 6 p.m. The fee is $86 for members, or $116 per week.
There are weekly field trips and children swim at the YMCA pool.
Swim lessons
Registration is underway for preschool swimming lessons at the Northern Neck YMCA. Lessons will be taught from 4:15 to 4:45 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at the YMCA indoor pool in Kilmarnock.
Preschool lessons are for 3 to 5 year olds and are 30 minutes.
The fee is $25 for members, or $65. Lessons run February 6 through March 1.
Register in person at the YMCA, or call program/aquatic director Will Bridges, 435-0223.
