Tuesday afternoons
1-2 pm

Instructor: Maria Polhemus

Registration is required. You can register below or by contacting Donald, our Adult Program Coordinator, at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.

Hatha Yoga is one of the most popular relaxing forms of exercise.

Spend an hour with us and enjoy a new found path to tranquility.

Each session ends with a guided meditation.

Program fee: $5.00, per class.

You can make a non-refundable payment using our library’s PayPal account, by check or money order.

Please make checks / money orders payable to Pawling Library, and mail to Pawling Library, 11 Broad St, Pawling, NY 12564.

Make sure enclosed with your payment is your name, and indicate that payment is for Hatha Yoga classes.

Thank you.

Tuesday, March 28
4-5 pm

Registration is required. You can register below or by contacting Donald, our Adult Program Coordinator, at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.

The book club will be discussing The Leavers by Lisa Ko.

This afternoon book club is all about connecting with others just like you who have a passion for reading.

Connect with friends and make new friends. We look forward to seeing you for an hour of friendly conversations.

Book selections are agreed upon by our members.

Please join us.

Tuesday afternoons
1-2 pm

Instructor: Maria Polhemus

Registration is required. You can register below or by contacting Donald, our Adult Program Coordinator, at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.

Hatha Yoga is one of the most popular relaxing forms of exercise.

Spend an hour with us and enjoy a new found path to tranquility.

Each session ends with a guided meditation.

Program fee: $5.00, per class.

You can make a non-refundable payment using our library’s PayPal account, by check or money order.

Please make checks / money orders payable to Pawling Library, and mail to Pawling Library, 11 Broad St, Pawling, NY 12564.

Make sure enclosed with your payment is your name, and indicate that payment is for Hatha Yoga classes.

Thank you.

Registration is required. Register below or contact Donald, our Adult Program Coordinator, at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.

Each of us has a wealth of memories.

The goal of this once a month program is writing your life stories.

At every gathering each person has 10 minutes to share a story with our group members in a very supportive environment. No one’s work and writing skills are ever critiqued. Your unique style of writing is the right way to write.

Please join us every month. Relive your memories that will one day become your memoir.

Surprise your family who’ve wanted you to do this. The biggest surprise you’ll find is recalling the stories of your life.

We look forward to seeing you.

Meets on the 1st Thursday of the month
6:30-7:30 pm

Registration is required. You can register below or by contacting Donald, our Adult Program Coordinator, at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.

This program is open to all who are concerned about preventing prediabetes. Each month, at these supportive meetings, we’ll be encouraging one another to maintain a nutritious, balanced diet, get plenty of exercise, and keep a positive attitude…especially when we stray from our intended goals.

Some of the members of this group have completed a year-long National Diabetes Prevention Program through a partnership with Putnam Independent Living Services and the Pawling Library.

Please join us.

Tuesday afternoons
1-2 pm

Instructor: Maria Polhemus

Registration is required. You can register below or by contacting Donald, our Adult Program Coordinator, at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.

Hatha Yoga is one of the most popular relaxing forms of exercise.

Spend an hour with us and enjoy a new found path to tranquility.

Each session ends with a guided meditation.

Program fee: $5.00, per class.

You can make a non-refundable payment using our library’s PayPal account, by check or money order.

Please make checks / money orders payable to Pawling Library, and mail to Pawling Library, 11 Broad St, Pawling, NY 12564.

Make sure enclosed with your payment is your name, and indicate that payment is for Hatha Yoga classes.

Thank you.

Presented by Dr. Somesh N. Kaushik
Ayurvedic and Naturopathic Physician

Tuesday, April 11
7-8 pm

Registration is required. You can register below or by contacting Donald, our Adult Program Coordinator, at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.

Allergies are the body’s response to toxins that a weakened immune system cannot handle. Seasonal allergies (external) and/or food allergies (internal) result when foreign elements invade the body and cannot be eradicated. Asthma is an allergic reaction to certain triggers that aggravate and inflame the lung tissue, and can become systemic over time. Keeping the body in balance, and the immune system strong, can prevent allergies from taking hold.

Come and discover:

• Why certain “body types” are more prone to allergies
• How digestion impacts allergic reactions
• The role of metabolism in allergic responses
• The effect of vaccinations on the body
• Techniques to balance and strengthen the immune system

About our presenter: Dr. Somesh N. Kaushik is the owner and chief medical practitioner of Dr. Kaushick’s Ayurvedic and Naturopathic Clinic in Cross River, NY. With over 35 years’ experience as an Ayurvedic physician, Dr. Kaushik’s medical training is extensive. He is one of the most experienced Ayurvedic physicians in North America and is the recipient of the Dhanwantri Award, his profession’s highest honor. Dr. Kaushik recently founded the Institute for the Advancement of Ayurvedic Sciences, a research and teaching institution.

After completing the 6 ½ years of schooling for his Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) from Kurukshetra University, India, in 1983, Dr. Kaushik worked as an Ayurvedic Medical Officer for two years.

Upon moving to the United States in 1985, Dr. Kaushik received his Masters of Public Health (MPH) and Masters of Public Administration (MPA) from the University of Alabama in 1988. He then worked as an Epidemiologist and Director of HIV/AIDS Sero-surveillance Program with the Alabama Department of Public Health in Birmingham while maintaining an Ayurvedic practice.

In 1999 he moved to Connecticut and received his Doctor of Naturopathy (ND) from the University of Bridgeport, CT in 2003. He taught Ayurvedic Medicine and Public Health at the College of Naturopathic Medicine, University of Bridgeport, as well as serving as the Director of Admissions there. He has been a faculty member with the University of Bridgeport, Division of Health Sciences since 2001. Dr. Kaushik co-founded the Institute for Ayurvedic and Naturopathic Therapies in Fairfield, CT in 2006.

Dr. Kaushik lectures on Ayurvedic Medicine at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine, Portland, OR, as well as at various national and international symposiums and events. He also offers courses, workshops, lectures, and training in Ayurvedic medicine locally. Dr. Kaushik is an approved continuing education provider for Yoga teachers through the YACEP (Yoga Alliance for Continuing Education Providers) and has achieved the highest Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher certificate having completed 500 hours of training (E-RYT 500). He includes therapeutic Yoga in his practice.

Each year, Dr. Kaushik and his family travel to India to set up camps offering free medical care for underserved populations. He’d like to expand this service to other countries as well.

Dr. Kaushik brings his unique background as an Ayurvedic and Naturopathic practitioner with experience in public health and health education to this locality. He welcomes you into his wellness community.

Wednesday, April 12
6:30-7:30 pm

Registration is required. You can register below or by contacting Donald, our Adult Program Coordinator, at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.

The book club will be discussing The Parisian by Isabella Hammad.

Share your passion for reading.

Enjoy friendly discussions about your favorite books.

This evening is for you.

Book selections are made by our members.

Tuesday afternoons
1-2 pm

Instructor: Maria Polhemus

Registration is required. You can register below or by contacting Donald, our Adult Program Coordinator, at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.

Hatha Yoga is one of the most popular relaxing forms of exercise.

Spend an hour with us and enjoy a new found path to tranquility.

Each session ends with a guided meditation.

Program fee: $5.00, per class.

You can make a non-refundable payment using our library’s PayPal account, by check or money order.

Please make checks / money orders payable to Pawling Library, and mail to Pawling Library, 11 Broad St, Pawling, NY 12564.

Make sure enclosed with your payment is your name, and indicate that payment is for Hatha Yoga classes.

Thank you.

Wednesday, April 19
6:30-7:30 pm

Registration is required. You can register below or by contacting Donald, our Adult Program Coordinator, at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.

The book club will be discussing Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank.

Are you interested in reading and discussing non-fiction books, mainly autobiographical, by women? Then this is your Book Club! This is an opportunity to read about real life accounts of extraordinary women and most of it first hand through memoirs and autobiographies.

We’ll begin each discussion by offering up some tidbits and questions to get us started and then it’s an open forum. Our hope is that together we will get to know, not only important women in history, but women who are brave, creative, passionate, and original thinkers.

It does not matter how expert you are with the works or the authors. If you love the idea of reading and discussing non-fiction books by women who have powerful and inspiring stories to share this might be the perfect place to begin. Maybe you’ll be inspired to tell your own story.

To quote Malala Yousafzai: “One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world”.

Reading List:

September: Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy (1994)

October: The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany by Gwen Strauss (2021)

November: My Life in France by Julia Child (2006)

December: My Remarkable Journey by Katherine Johnson (2021)

January: I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai (2013)

February: My Life My Love My Legacy by Coretta Scott King (2017)

March: When Heaven and Earth Changed Places by Le Ly Hayslip (1989)

April: Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (1947)

May: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (2005)

June: June: Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue: A Life's Work Fighting for a More Perfect Union by Ruth Bader Ginsburg (2019)

July: Surpassing Certainty: what my twenties taught me by Janet Mock (2014)

August: Let’s Pretend this Never Happened by Jenny Lawson (2012)