Have you wanted to stretch outside your comfort zone and try yoga? Here’s the perfect FREE opportunity! Chapel Hill Yoga and Pilates is offering a free yoga class for beginners tonight, Feb. 17, from 6-7 p.m.

Yoga offers many benefits. According to John Hopkins Medicine, it improves strength, balance and flexibility. It helps with back pain relief. Yoga can benefit heart health. It relaxes you, to help you sleep better. It can help you manage stress and lead to more energy and brighter moods. And it connects you with a supportive community and promotes better self-care.

In addition, numerous studies show yoga’s benefits in arthritis, osteopenia, balance issues, oncology, women’s health, chronic pain and other specialties. Hittin’ that mat matters!