BCHD’s Mindful Yoga plans to curb stress, anger
Beach Cities Health District’s Catherine Bustamante, Michael Lindsey, and Cristin Higa welcome residents to Mindful Yoga at the Manhattan Beach pier Monday evening. More than 200 people participated. Photo More than 200 people from across the Beach Cities met south of the Manhattan Beach Pier on Monday for Mindful Yoga, a mix of light yoga and mindful meditation at the end of the day, arranged by the Beach Cities Health District for its annual Free Fitness Series. The Mindful Yoga and binaural beats meditation program is intended to help Beach Cities residents melt away stress, which trends high in the area, according to the Gallup-Healthways Healthy Living Index. “Looking through our data, there’s a high level of stress, anger and worrying here,” said BCHD CEO Tom Bakaly. “We’re looking for healthy ways for people to deal with stress.” Stress and anger, he noted, can lead to people searching for relief in unhealthy ways, such as substance use and abuse in teens and adults, and bullying in younger age groups. Physical exercise is widely known to be an effective way of managing stress. Mindfulness, however, is a way to develop a person’s attention to the world around them and…
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