* New year resolutions to give up smoking can be helped by the Stop Smoking course at St Vincent’s Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4.
Participants will benefit from group support meetings, one evening a week over six weeks, starting tonight at 6.45pm. For details, tel: 01-2214948 or e-mail f.conlon@svuh.ie.
* The Dalkey Good Health Fair, now in its seventh year, will be held in Dalkey Town Hall Heritage Centre, Dalkey, Co Dublin, next Saturday and Sunday from 11am-5pm each day. Visitors can sample pilates and yoga classes, have their blood pressure and cholesterol tested and attend talks on subjects including Ayurveda medicine, nutritional therapy and reiki.Admission is free. Tel: 086-2257531.
* A yoga studio at 365-367 North Circular Road, Phibsboro, Dublin is offering free taster therapy sessions on Thursday evening. Find out more about baby massage, cranio-sacral therapy, rolfing and others. The benefits of yoga will be explored on Thursdays evenings, January 20th and 27th. See iyoga.ie or tel: 01 8828858.
* A free health seminar, organised by health food company Kelkin, will be given by nutritionist Aveen Bannon on Wednesday, January 19th, at 7.30pm in the City West Hotel, Saggart, Co Dublin. Advanced booking on tel: 01-4600400 or nutritionalclassses @kelkin.ie
* Hypnobirthing classes aim to help women cope better in labour by learning in advance specific relaxation, self-hypnosis and breathing techniques.
Hypnotherapist Aisling Killoran will lead a series of four hypnobirthing classes for couples, starting on Saturday, January 29th, in the Stillorgan Park Hotel, Stillorgan, Co Dublin. Cost €440 per couple. For details, tel: 01-2986507 or e-mail info @accomplishchange.ie .
