LIFEGUARDING WITH BLENDED LEARNING
Perfect for strong swimmers ages 15 and up who are proficient in:
• Front Crawl • Breaststroke • Side Stroke
• Elementary Back Stroke • Treading Water (legs only for 2 minutes)
• Swim 550 yards continually (waterfront/lifeguard)
• Swim 300 yards continually (lifeguard)
• Retrieve 10 lb brick from bottom of pool

BLENDED LEARNING (approximately 6 hours. MUST BE COMPLETED BEFORE FIRST IN-PERSON SKILL SESSION) 

LIFEGUARDING IN-PERSON SKILLS TRAINING (approximately 22 hours) 

All lifeguard candidates must take the lifeguard prerequisite swim prior to signing up for the lifeguard course. Please register for this under Special Events: Clinics, Training & Certs. – Lifeguard Prerequisite Swim Evaluation

Contact the Aquatics Director to schedule your eval with Lisa at [email protected]

Must attend all skills classes to receive certification.

Contact Lisa Woodall, at 413-773-3646 ext 427or lwoodall @your-y.org (email is preferred)

Mindfulness, Meditation, for Stress Reduction

Gentle stretches, deep relaxation, understanding the physiology of stress: offering a path to living with less anxiety and a greater ability to meet the stresses of everyday life. 

All welcome 

SIX-WEEK CLASS 

Thursdays, 2-4 pm, May 21 – June 25 $125 Y members/ $150 non–members 

at Franklin County’s YMCA, 451 Main St, Greenfield, MA 01301

TEACHER BIO: Jean Erlbaum, MS is an experienced 500 hour Yoga Alliance Teacher and was trained in Mindfulness–Based Stress Reduction at the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She has studied Zen for over 40 years and has been teaching yoga and meditation in the Pioneer Valley since 1972. She is the author of Sit with Less Pain: Gentle Yoga for Meditators (Wisdom Publications 2014).