What: Experience Tao Yoga at Alexandria Museum of Art

When: 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays

Where: Alexandria Museum of Art third floor Overlook Gallery, 933 Second St., downtown

Cost: Free

Information: (318) 443-3458

Each Tuesday the Alexandria Museum of Art becomes more than an art museum.

With the guidance of Bill Hedrick, an ascetic Taoist yogi with 14 years of yoga practice, the third floor Overlook Gallery becomes a place of spiritual, mental and physical discipline.

Hedrick practiced Western medicine for more than seven years, but found fullfillment in the art of Yoga Tao. He is certified in Kripalu Yoga, an interplay of body, mind and energy.

Hedrick also practiced western medicine for 7 1/2 years. Yoga Tao is a method of yoga Hedrick developed that he says is rooted in Kripalu Yoga, Taoism and Kundalini.

Yoga Tao classes are for everyone -- from beginner to advanced. The classes incorporate spirit-mind-body techniques to provide participants with stress reduction, strengthening, flexibility, and balance useful in everyday life.

This is an ongoing class provided in part by a grant through The Rapides Foundation. It is free and open to the public.