Health & Wellness   

Welcome to fun, engaging yoga movement sessions enhancing physical and mental well-being. Sessions will focus on standing, chair-assisted, and seated exercises. Yoga flow focuses attention to breath awareness, incorporating balance, strength, flexibility, stretching, endurance poses, and related exercises. Postures are demonstrated, guided, and verbally cued. This course is accessible for everyone!

Online Registration Notice:

Please note that the deadline to register for an online course is 48 hours before the start date for that individual course. This deadline allows us to get the Zoom link to you. Students who miss the cut-off date can submit a request for late registration to osher@uconn.edu with the understanding that there is no guarantee they will be able to register.

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In this class, we will experience the vitalizing effects of humming, toning, and chanting together, including a kirtan kriya chant shown to improve brain longevity and function. Creating a powerful circle of group sound has been shown to raise physical and emotional well-being. Join me for a refreshing sound immersion and autumn sonic pick-me-up!

This course explores the principles and practices of meditation and breathwork as tools for mental, emotional, and physiological well-being. Students will explore historical and scientific foundations, with an emphasis on evidence-based applications, for stress reduction, attention regulation, emotional resilience, and self awareness while cultivating a sustainable personal practice.

This will be a compassionate, practical workshop based on The Alzheimer’s Survival Kit. In clear, highly researched layman’s terms, learn early signs, what to expect, and how to stay connected through Alzheimer’s or dementia. This course offers supportive, pressure-free space for anyone facing memory loss personally, through family history, or as a caregiver.

This course offers an intro to Tai Chi, slow-flow, chair/standing, and guided Tai Chi Yang forms, enhancing mental and physical well-being. Sessions will focus on 8-24 Yang intentional slow-flow and similar style form/practices of Tai Ji Quan for posture, balance, joint awareness, and fall prevention. Join us for a fun practice in Tai Chi and balance forms of guided movement sessions to enhance your mental and physical well-being! Please Note: This course has recommended supplies.

Online Registration Notice:

Please note that the deadline to register for an online course is 48 hours before the start date for that individual course. This deadline allows us to get the Zoom link to you. Students who miss the cut-off date can submit a request for late registration to osher@uconn.edu with the understanding that there is no guarantee they will be able to register.

Thank you for your understanding!