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30 (Continued from page 29) involves healthy eating and physical activity. Physical activity plays an essential role in the treatment of osteoporosis by ‘stimulating’ or applying a load on our bones to maintain their structure and strength. When treating osteoarthritis, it is important to ensure proper alignment of joints as well. Exercise and physical activity play a vital role and contribute to individuals’ overall health and well-being. Four types of exercise are necessary in the management of osteoporosis and osteoarthritis: strength, posture, and core stability, balance, and weight bearing. Join us in this class to get moving, improve your strength, balance, and posture, and in turn, reduce your risk of falling. Course ID: 38801 Location: Evergreen Seniors Community Centre (Room 4) Class Length: 1 hour (10:30-11:30 a.m.) Dates: Sept. 27-Dec. 20 (Wednesday) Fees: Member: $94.25 Non-Member: $108.42 Release Your Hips, Change Your Life! Do your hips get fatigued and sore? Come, learn stretches/exercises to help your largest joints work to their potential so you can do all the things you love to do! Course ID: 38804 Location: Victoria Road Rec Centre (Maple Room) Class Length: 1 hour (2:30-3:30 p.m.) Dates: Sept. 27-Dec. 20 (Wednesday) Fees: Member: $94.25 Non-Member: $108.42 Strength and Balance This beginner class will focus on fall prevention, whole body movements, and balance. It is designed to improve general mobility and overall strength to make everyday tasks easier. You can expect to see improvement in posture. The class presents an excellent opportunity for beginners to start exercising with an aerobic, strength and flexibility component. Course ID: 38802 Location: Evergreen Seniors Community Centre (Room 4) Class Length: 1 hour (12-1 p.m.) Dates: Sept. 27-Dec. 20 (Wednesday) Fees: Member: $94.25 Non-Member: $108.42 Falling Prevention and Navigation In this program, participants will learn practical exercises for preventing falls in day-to-day life, as well as tools to aid in negotiating a fall, should it occur. We will focus on building knowledge of the body to increase confidence in movement. It will include: exercises for increasing proprioception (for the feet, eyes, and spine) — study of walking mechanics to invite mindful movement — practice of ramping and spiralling pathways for support in falling — explorations of how to use the limbs and body for counterbalance Course ID: 38829 Location: Evergreen Seniors Community Centre (Room 4) Class Length: 1 hour (1:30-2:30 p.m.) Dates: Sept. 25-Dec. 18 (Monday) Fees: Member: $87 Non-Member: $100.20 TAI CHI Tai Chi – Beginner This program welcomes those who are new to Tai Chi as well as those who are wishing to reinforce the foundations. Focusing on the basic vocabulary of the stances and co-ordination of the postures, this meditative movement practice is accessible to all. Course ID: 38830 Location: Evergreen Seniors Community Centre (Room 4) Class Length: 1 hour (9-10 a.m.) Dates: Sept. 26-Dec. 19 (Tuesday) Fees: Member: $94.25 Non-Member: $108.42 Tai Chi – Intermediate Learn the meditative movement practice of Tai Chi Chuan. This session focuses on the Yang Style 37-Posture Form. It is advised to have previous experience with Tai Chi Chuan movements and foundations for this class. Course ID: 38831 Location: Evergreen Seniors Community Centre (Room 4) Class Length: 1 hour (10-11 a.m.) Dates: Sept. 26-Dec. 19 (Tuesday) Fees: Member: $94.25 Non-Member: $108.42 QI GONG Qi Gong 1 This program is a Chinese blend of exercise, stretching and meditation. The program focuses on Eighteen Postures for Daily Practice, a Qi Gong set that integrates East and West in a series of gentle exercises designed to maintain and enhance health. Adapting classical Qi Gong forms, this style incorporates therapeutic exercise, self - massage and meditation. This class will focus on the core routines and is suitable for both new and returning participants. Course ID: 38828 Location: Evergreen Seniors Community Centre (Room 4) Class Length: 1-1/2 hour (12-1:30 p.m.) Dates: Sept. 25-Dec. 18 (Monday) Fees: Member: $150.12 Non-Member: $130.56 Qi Gong 1 Discover this ancient healing practice that has been a part of Chinese Medicine for thousands of years. Qigong includes a variety of exercises, including slow meditative movements, shaking and tapping, and acupressure and self-massage. This program will guide participants through a series of gentle movements along with supplementary meditations, exercises, and self-massage techniques to boost immunity and enhance overall well- (Continued on page 31) The Sentinel - October 2023 — Vol. 48, No. 2
31 (Continued from page 30) being. Course ID: 38832 Location: Evergreen Seniors Community Centre (Room 4) Class Length: 1 hour (11 a.m.-12 p.m.) Dates: Sept. 26-Dec. 19 (Tuesday) Fees: Member: $94.25 Non-Member: $108.42 YOGA Chair Yoga Chair yoga offers the same benefits as other yoga practices, such as increased flexibility, strengthening, proper breathing and increasing range of motion in the joints. Simply use a chair to assist with postures. Chair yoga is for everyone, especially those who may have limited mobility and/or are unable to get up and down on a yoga mat. Postures can be modified to meet students' needs. Course ID: Monday: 38794 Wednesday: 38800 Location: Evergreen Seniors Community Centre (Room 4) Class Length: 1 hour Monday: 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Wednesday: 9:15-10:15 a.m. Dates: Sept. 25-Dec.18 (Monday) Sept. 27-Dec. 20 (Wednesday) Fees: Member: $87 Non-Member: $100.08 Gentle Yoga This program is open to everyone. We will explore this centuries old discipline which brings health and vitality to the body, peace to the mind and joy to the spirit. Participants must have the mobility to move from standing positions to lying/sitting on a mat on the floor. Course ID: Tuesday: 38798 Thursday: 38806 Friday: 38810 Location: Victoria Road Recreation Centre (Maple Room) (Tuesday) Evergreen Seniors Community Centre (Room 4) (Thursday & Friday) Class Length: 1 hour Tuesday: 2-3 p.m. Thursday: 2-3 p.m. Friday: 10:15-11:15 a.m. Dates: Sept. 26-Dec. 19 (Tuesday) Sept. 28-Dec. 21 (Thursday) Sept. 29-Dec. 22 (Friday) Fees: Member: $94.25 Non-Member: $108.42 Yoga for Brain Health This course brings together ancient Indian yogic practices of movement, breath and meditation along with new pain research, the latest strength and mobility training, and best practices in yoga for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and trauma. It uses repetition of concepts and actions. The pace, format and tone of this course is especially designed for people with mild brain injuries, those living with Post Concussion Syndrome, and stroke survivors. Course ID: 38796 Location: Evergreen Seniors Community Centre (Room 4) Class Length: 1 hour (8-9 a.m.) Dates: Sept. 26-Dec. 12 (Tuesday) Fees: Member: $87 Non-Member: $100.08 Yoga Nidra Nidra actually means sleep. This class will promote restorative relaxation by using deep breathing methods, guided visualization, and progressive relaxation using very specific techniques involving 4 senses. Feel rested and renewed! Course ID: 38803 Location: Victoria Road Rec Centre (Maple Room) Class Length: 1 hour (1-2 p.m.) Dates: Sept. 27-Dec. 20 (Wednesday) Fees: Member: $94.25 Non-Member: $108.42 SPECIAL EVENTS Fall Table Arrangement Making Workshop (Living Flowers) Learn to create a beautiful fresh table arrangement for your dinner table for Thanksgiving. Karen will teach you how to create an oblong table arrangement with beautiful long-lasting fresh florals, in a reusable container. Your Thanksgiving table will look amazing this year! You will be taught placement and balance with beautiful fall colours from roses to alstroemeria, carnations, eucalyptus and berries and more. We will be working with a stunning combination of fresh flowers and foliage and maybe even a little harvest! Once you’re done this floral design class you will be wanting to make arrangements for everyone and every room. Tools needed — clippers/pruners/floral knife Course ID: 39248 Location: Evergreen Seniors Community Centre (Room 2) Course Length: 2 hours (6:30-8:30 p.m.) Date: October 6 (Friday) Fee: Members: $100 Non-Members: $115 Fall Fashion Show Join us for the Fall Fashion Show. This will be a fun afternoon where you see models from the Evergreen Seniors Centre model Fall Fashions from Cleo’s. Course ID: 38834 Location: Evergreen Seniors Community Centre (Auditorium) Course Length: 2 hours (1-3 p.m.) Date: October 20 (Friday) Fee: Members: $10.00 Non-Members: $10.00 Pumpkin Carving Night Pumpkin Carving at the Evergreen! This is a free event (Continued on page 33) The Sentinel - October 2023
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