The Polk County Public Library (PCPL) will offer its first experiment with yoga classes held in the community room of the Columbus location.
With a trial run in November, the free yoga class will be offered on Thursdays from noon to 1 p.m. on Nov. 3 and Nov. 10. Walk-ins will be welcome until 12:10 p.m. Classes are free for Polk County Public Library card-holders.
Tryon resident Elaina Prevett will instruct the group. Participants must bring their own yoga mat.
Tracey Daniels, PCPL’s community relations specialist, expressed support for the yoga program and for its likely continuation in 2012.
“The trend in big urban libraries is to provide fitness classes in addition to book-related programming,” she said. “I think it’s a perfect outreach initiative for our library and makes sense for our community, too.”
If the class is well attended, library officials said additional fitness programs are likely.
For more information about the Polk County Public Library’s programs and resources, visit www.polklibrary.org.