Stretch Your Mind: Poetry Meets Yoga

What: Beginner-friendly desk-and-chair yoga, mixed with poetry writing prompts. No mat or writing experience needed. Wear comfortable clothes and bring paper and pen.

When: 6:00 - 7:00 PM, third Thursdays of the month starting January 16th. Followed immediately by Fresh Out the Shoebox open-mic with Rhyme and Chatt Interactive Poetry Organization.

Where: 5th Floor of the Edney Innovation Center, 1100 Market Street.

Who: Everyone. This is a family-friendly, free event open to the community. 

Rhyme and Chatt Interactive Poetry Organization is pleased to present Stretch Your Mind, a blending of yoga and poetry that will precede their popular open-mic Fresh Out the Shoebox open mic poetry session starting January 16. Stretch Your Mind will be geared towards people who are new to yoga, and those who spend a majority of their days sitting at a desk. Yoga Instructor, Kate Landers will lead participants through a sequence designed to ease tension in the neck, shoulders, lower back, wrists, hips - everywhere that aches after a long day of typing on a keyboard. All exercises will be performed while sitting in a chair or standing while using a table as optional support. There will not be any floorwork, so no mat is required. Participants are encouraged to wear comfortable, stretchy clothing.

The yoga sequences will be split into two 20-minute practices, and in between there will be a poetry writing session. Each month, a poet will lead participants through writing prompts designed to get the creative juices flowing. Stretch Your Mind begins at 6:00 p.m. and ends at 7:00 p.m. Participants are encouraged to stay for the Fresh Out the Shoebox interactive poetry open mic, which runs from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. 

This event happens every month on the third Thursday, beginning in January. Stretch Your Mind and Fresh Out the Shoebox meet on the 5th floor of the Edney Building, 1100 Market Street. Everyone is invited - this is a family-friendly, free event open to the community. More information at www.RhymeNChatt.org. 

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For more information about Rhyme N Chatt Interactive Poetry Organization, its programs, or how to get involved, visit www.RhymeNChatt.org or follow them on Facebook and Instagram at Rhyme N Chatt.

About Rhyme N Chatt:

Rhyme N Chatt is a nonprofit poetry organization based in Chattanooga, TN that exists to provide safe platforms for the sharing and discussion of poetry where people are valued with the mantra, “we change lives one rhyme at a time.” This is done through community interactive open mic events, poetry presentations, a monthly podcast called, “One Rhyme At A Time” writing workshops, author platforms and opportunities, large shows featuring live music and organization membership, which comes with a long list of benefits. Rhyme N Chatt encourages self-expression in judgement-free zones cultivating a spirit of unity and understanding among diverse members of our community through poetry. Rhyme N Chatt provides platforms for local poets and spoken word artists to share their work, engage with one another, and contribute to the vibrant literary scene in the region. 

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