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  • 108-Form Tai Chi: Beginning
  • Instructor: Lenora Wong
    Dates: 4/22/2025 - 6/27/2025
    Days: Tu F
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    Sessions: 20
    Location: Center for Spiritual Living
    Room:
    Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
    Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
    This is the longest of the six major Yang-style tai chi movements, taking about 25 minutes to complete. Tai chi is known for developing balance, strength, and flexibility. It is a form of meditation in movement. In this class you will learn the first third of the forms, or about 36 moves, in a workshop environment.


    This class meets twice a week.
 

  • 108-Form Tai Chi: Intermediate
  • Instructor: Lenora Wong
    Dates: 4/22/2025 - 6/27/2025
    Days: Tu F
    Times: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    Sessions: 20
    Location: Center for Spiritual Living
    Room:
    Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
    Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
    This is the longest of the six major Yang-style tai chi movements, taking about 25 minutes to complete. Tai chi is known for developing balance, strength, and flexibility. It is a form of meditation in movement. In this class we will review the first 36 forms in a workshop environment. Additional forms will be taught as the group is ready.


    This class meets twice a week.
 

  • Beyond the Four Agreements
  • Instructor: Valerie Althoff
    Dates: 6/3/2025 - 6/24/2025
    Days: Tu
    Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
    Sessions: 4
    Location: The Social Chico
    Room: Gordon 2
    Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
    Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
    We will discuss the fifth agreement and the importance of core values in guiding our lives, as well as inspirational words to help move us more intentionally and peacefully through the chaos and uncertainty of this life. This class is only for those who are familiar with the four agreements or have taken the "Living the Four Agreements" class.


 

  • Chen Village Tai Chi
  • Instructor: Randall Krause, OLLI at University of Arizona
    Dates: 5/14/2025 - 6/18/2025
    Days: W
    Times: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
    Sessions: 6
    Location: Online Learning
    Room: Link to be Provided
    Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
    Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
    No previous Tai Chi experience is necessary. All the movements are slow and gentle, and no martial arts applications will be taught or practiced in this study group. These methods may help lessen body pain, correct spinal misalignment, cultivate a sense of internal energy, and rest the mind. Participants can wear comfortable roomy or stretchy clothing and some soft tai chi shoes or socks to wear on their feet.





    This class from OLLI at the University of Arizona will be recorded. OLLI-UA recordings can take up to a week after the class meeting to become available.
 

  • Developing Deeper Women's Friendships
  • Instructor: Pam Loyd
    Dates: 5/1/2025 - 6/26/2025
    Days: Th
    Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    Sessions: 8
    Location: Westmont of Chico (formerly The Terraces)
    Room: Sierra Room
    Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
    Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
    Most women have a variety of casual friends with whom they socialize, yet many women feel they don't have deep emotional closeness with enough of those friends. They long for more intimate friendships where they feel truly known at a deeper, more personal level. This class will explore how to develop deeper meaningful friendships between women, as well as share our own experiences. Topics will include friendship myths, types of friendships, unhealthy friendships, steps in developing meaningful friendships, and mutual sharing and self-disclosure in friendships.

    The recommended book, Friendships Don't Just Happen by Shasta Nelson, is available at Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, Amazon, and other booksellers. This class is for women only.
 

  • Finding Balance: Stability and Mobility: Section 1
  • Instructor: Mary Sweeney
    Dates: 5/5/2025 - 6/23/2025
    Days: M
    Times: 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
    Sessions: 7
    Location: Westmont of Chico (formerly The Terraces)
    Room: Long Exercise Room
    Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
    Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
    THIS CLASS IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below.
    There is no fee to be added to the waitlist. Waitlisted members will be added to the class in the order they were added to the waitlist. We ask that you not attend the class until you have been officially registered. À La Carte Members on the waitlist will be contacted for payment before being registered in the class.
    Everyone can have better balance! Balance improves with practice under safe and friendly conditions. Participants will explore balance while sitting, standing, and moving through space, including walking in all directions. Participants will learn how various factors affect balance (and what to do about it), including muscle strength, flexibility, vision, vestibular sense, proprioception, coordination, and cognition. Come experience the art, science, and joy of re-establishing your body's stability and mobility.

    This class is for all levels. Wear comfortable clothing that allows for ease of movement. Thin-soled, flat shoes are recommended.
 

  • Finding Balance: Stability and Mobility: Section 2
  • Instructor: Mary Sweeney
    Dates: 5/5/2025 - 6/23/2025
    Days: M
    Times: 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
    Sessions: 7
    Location: Westmont of Chico (formerly The Terraces)
    Room: Long Exercise Room
    Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
    Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
    Everyone can have better balance! Balance improves with practice under safe and friendly conditions. Participants will explore balance while sitting, standing, and moving through space, including walking in all directions. Participants will learn how various factors affect balance (and what to do about it), including muscle strength, flexibility, vision, vestibular sense, proprioception, coordination, and cognition. Participants will be asked to stay within their comfort zone while challenging themselves slightly. Come experience the art, science, and joy of re-establishing your body's stability and mobility.

    This class is for all levels. Wear comfortable clothing that allows for ease of movement. Thin-soled, flat shoes are recommended.
 

 

  • Power Your Mind
  • Instructor: Phillip Thao, Melissa Bonham
    Dates: 5/7/2025 - 6/18/2025
    Days: W
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    Sessions: 4
    Location: The Social Chico
    Room: Gordon 2
    Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
    Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
    Join us in learning about steps you can take to support both your mental and cognitive well-being. This class will explore healthy lifestyle habits and how to incorporate them into daily life to support brain health. The class incorporates cooking lessons on how to cook for one, mindfulness activities, and fun brain empowering exercises.


    This class meets May 7, May 21, June 4, and June 18.
 

  • Reading Poetry for Inspiration and Enrichment
  • Instructor: Kate Foley
    Dates: 4/22/2025 - 6/24/2025
    Days: Tu
    Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
    Sessions: 10
    Location: Online Learning
    Room: Link to be Provided
    Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
    Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
    Each week the class will read poems by an individual poet, a collection of poems on a specific subject, or a collection of poems in a specific style. A wide range of poets and poetry will be presented, from classic to contemporary. We will discuss poetry from the perspective that the poet creates the work but the reader activates it.




    This class will be live only and not recorded.
 

  • Thinkercises
  • Instructor: Hilary Hassenzahl
    Dates: 5/29/2025 - 6/26/2025
    Days: Th
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    Sessions: 4
    Location: The Social Chico
    Room: Gordon 2
    Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
    Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
    Exercise your thinking skills with a collection of games and puzzles that involve logic, deductive reasoning, observation skills, critical thinking, and strategy. Solve mysteries, spot fakes, and enjoy a little friendly competition. Join discussions about evaluating reliable sources and the impact of AI on our filters and perception of reality. This playful class aims to challenge your brain in a relaxed and entertaining atmosphere.


 

  • Your Chance to Dance
  • Instructor: Mary Sweeney
    Dates: 5/1/2025 - 6/26/2025
    Days: Th
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    Sessions: 8
    Location: Chico Creek Dance
    Room: Studio B
    Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
    Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
    This class is a chance for you to explore and reveal your truest movement potential. The class starts with a gentle warm-up for the body-mind-spirit. It progresses to movement phrases guided by the teacher and interpreted by you for your own best interests. Dancers will explore time, flow, breath, weight, space, balance, imagery, focus, memory, relationships, harmony, and disharmony. Maybe you will also unlearn some movement habits that no longer serve you.

    Wear comfortable clothing that allows for ease of movement. We will dance in bare feet unless you have a foot problem. Street shoes are not allowed in the studio.
 

  • 24-Form Tai Chi
  • Instructor: Mike McCluskey, Mary McCluskey
    Dates: 4/21/2025 - 6/26/2025
    Days: M Th
    Times: 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
    Sessions: 18
    Location: Chico Creek Dance
    Room: Studio B
    Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
    Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
    REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED.
    This is the shortest of the six major Yang-style tai chi movements, taking about six minutes to complete. Tai chi is known for developing balance, strength, and flexibility. It is a form of meditation in movement. In this class you will learn all 24 forms and by the end be able to join other groups wherever you go.

 

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