Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind

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Get Healthy With Yoga

Beginning Yoga for the Blind and Visually Impaired is a dynamic, inspiring five CD set produced by Gretchen Hein, a certified Kripalu yoga instructor and Marty Klein, a blind author and workshop facilitator. The goal of the series is to

Help blind and visually impaired folks use yoga to reclaim and sustain strong, flexible bodies as well as help encourage students to find a yoga class in their local communities that will be suitable for them.

The packaging has bold, dark lettering with a contrasting background so folks with low vision can read it. Each CD is numbered with bold markings as well. Gretchen’s descriptions of yoga postures are detailed and focused specifically for blind students while Marty’s comments and insights as a blind man make for an informative and enjoyable learning experience. Each CD has many different tracks to make future programming possible by combining different yoga postures. There are specific tracks on CD #5 to inform prospective yoga teachers how to be thoughtful toward a blind student. Students are encouraged to give this CD to a teacher for their listening before joining a local class.

The cost of the five CD package is $39.95 plus shipping and handling. You can order the set at www.blindyoga.net.

If you would like to purchase a blind Yoga CD package at the discounted price please go to the web site and click on Contact Us. Send us your email address or a phone number and we will get in touch with you within a few days.  The discount will be available to Ziegler Magazine readers for one month.

The Matilda Ziegler Publishing Company is no longer issuing the Large Print or Braille Calendars.  Below, you will find information on how to order both of them from the companies that we dealt with previously.

Large Print Calendar

Susquehanna Association for the Blind and Vision Impaired’s large print calendars are now available to order. The calendar is nearly double the size of a standard calendar to provide as much room as possible for writing in appointments and special occasions. Individual calendars can be purchased for $5 plus shipping.

Calendars are also available at SABVI low vision Store. For additional information, or to order, please contact Lindsay Fauth by dialing (717)291-5951 x111 or LFauth@sabvi.com.

Braille Calendar

Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired has Braille calendars available to order. Individual calendars can be purchased for $1 free postage.

For additional information, or to order, please contact Charlotte at (513) 522-3860.

Hello,

The Cisco academy for the vision impaired is accepting applicants for classes in 2010. We will be offering both IT Essentials 1 and Discovery 1 starting the first week of February.

ITE1 is an introduction to PC repair including: Hardware, installing and maintaining an operating system, Troubleshooting, portable devices, and customer service.

Discovery 1 is focused on home and small business networking. It is the first of four courses that prepare students to take the CCNA certification.

Each class runs for a total of one year, with online lectures commencing for the first semester. The classes are self-paced so you can finish them in a month, a semester, or take the entire year if desired. The cost for each course is $75.

In addition we may be offering an accelerated course for both ITE1 and Discovery1. This course will run for two weeks in January and will be 500 dollars. This will pay for an instructor to grade your labs within 24 hours and be available to assist you 8 hours a day.

The Cisco Academy for the Vision impaired enables blind students to enter the world of Information technology. We provide Diagram descriptions, audio lab recordings, live online lectures by blind and vision impaired instructors, and a community of students and instructors to network with even after you have graduated our course.

For more information on any of our courses please email caviinfo@gmail.com

You can also check out our brand new website: www.ciscovision.org

I would like to let the good readers of The Ziegler Magazine know about the National Federation of the Blind’s CARS Division.  It is a division of interested people who have a love for the automobile.  We started the division back in 2005 with our first working division in 2006 at our national convention in Dallas, Texas.  The CARS Division is who of many NFB Divisions, we have a business meeting and also present seminars of auto clubs in the area such as the Model A club, Cadilac club etc.  For a fund raiser we sell diecast model cars of a wide variety, mainly the models cars are of a 1/32 size since they are small enough to transport and carry home from convention.  Joe naulty is the current president of the division, he lives in Melborne, Florida.  His contact information is:  

He has many diecast models for sale, they range in price from 5 dollars to 20 dollars depending on the model.  Any one who is interested in purchasing any of the diecast models is welcome to call Joe.   

Sincerely,  

Dave Hutchins

Board member of CARS Division of NFB