Led by Elisa Pokral, the class is for all to practice together an ancient art of health maintenance and healing with whatever flexibility level you have. The class welcomes those who exercise regularly, those who don’t, those with limited mobility, and some who may only be able to do the exercises sitting down.

Fueled by an insider’s view of Indiana and the state’s often surprising connections to the larger world, celebrated journalist Douglas A. Wissing will reveal Indiana in all its glory: sacred and profane; saints and sinners; war and peace; small towns and big cities; art, architecture, poetry and victuals in a talk at the Wylie House Museum’s Education Center on September 22nd beginning at 7:00 pm.

As the state celebrates its bicentennial in 2016, Wissing’s talk and his latest book, ‘IN Writing: Uncovering the Unexpected Hoosier State,’ provide an alternative Indiana history though his stories of Hoosier talent, and sometimes idiosyncratic genius: the courageous farmer-soldiers who ardently try to win the hearts and minds of 21st century Afghan insurgents; the artisans whose work pulses with the aesthetics of far-away homelands; the famous modernist poet who had to leave to make his mark. He speaks about places that speak to a wider world: Columbus and its remarkable architecture; Bloomington’s counterintuitive Tibetan community; New Harmony and its enduring idealism; the Calumet Region’s world’s-best brewery; Indianapolis and its renowned Crown Hill cemetery. Wissing makes visible the unexpected bonds between Indiana and the world at large.