Fitness and Wellness   

Drawing from a variety of time-tested disciplines, this class offers effective, results-producing movements designed specifically for the OLLI student at whatever your level is. These exercises will add strength and elasticity to your muscles and frame while protecting and strengthening your back. You will also work your heart in a very gentle way and achieve freedom in movement and less pain. Best of all, we're doing all this to the music we know and love: '50s, '60s and '70s. It is not too late to rejuvenate your body! Wear comfortable clothing.

Discover the transformative connection between your breath, body, and heart in this holistic course designed to promote calm, balance, and resilience. Through a combination of powerful breathing techniques, gentle meditative movements, and deep relaxation practices, you’ll learn how to release tension, improve circulation, and support your heart’s natural rhythm. This course also invites you to explore the profound power of stillness through meditation and visualization, offering tools to harmonize your heart and mind, cultivate emotional balance, and find inner peace. Each session is crafted to help you activate your relaxation system, ease stress, and recharge your energy, leaving you feeling renewed, centered, and deeply connected to your well-being.

The T'ai Chi forms teach the practioner to keep his or her body balanced and in a central position; erect and well postured. When the body is erect every bone and inner organ is in the proper place. Keeping the spinal cord erect is the first step toward rejuvenating the body. T'ai Chi Ch'uan is beneficial to both mental and physical health. T'ai Chi can rid all parts of the body of spiritual and physical defects; it clears the mind and strengthens the brain, benefits the heart, promotes good digestion and sound kidneys. It also helps to lower blood pressure, soften blood vessels.

Continuing students are introduced to further sequences of the Yang Long form and will learn the intricacies of articulation, timing, breathing and the purposes behind the moves and advanced fluidity.

Tai Chi is a centuries old practice of gentle and graceful movements known as postures which are designed to build better balance, coordination, focus, stress relief, and mind/body connection. Students are encouraged to wear loose comfortable clothing. Our program features the Yang Long form. 

Practice and review of the Yang Long Form.

This class is designed to support strength, mobility, balance, and mindfulness at any stage of life. Through gentle yet effective movement, breath work, and relaxation techniques, we cultivate resilience in both body and mind. Rooted in the wisdom of yoga, this class emphasizes joint health, core stability, flexibility, and nervous system regulation. Whether you're new to yoga or a seasoned practitioner, Yoga for All provides a welcoming space to honor your body’s needs, improve overall well-being, and move with greater ease in daily life. Expect a practice that is mindful, adaptable, and empowering.