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Our Whole Community Walking Club - Is on Hiatus until the Fall!
Boost Your Brain Club Meetings - Last Thursday of every month from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm at St. Margaret Mary Church. All are welcome! Please join us to learn about ways to stimulate your brain and learn what you need to do everyday to maintain your brain for the long term. Questions? Please contact Joann Ruiz at 407-998-5659 or at joann@stmargaretmary.org. By joining the club, you will become a member of the Winter Park Library's Lifelong Learning Institute that offers many wonderful educational programs.
Support Group for Caregivers of Persons with Memory Loss, Dementia, and Alzheimer's. Meetings the First Tuesday of Every Month from 10:00 am - 11:00 am at Daybreak at the Miller Center, 2010 Mizell Avenue, Winter Park. Call 407-629-4565 if respite care is needed for your loved one while you attend the meetings. This service is offered free of charge.
Brain Fitness Club is a program for persons experiencing early memory loss. It is held from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm on Tuesdays and Fridays with socialization, light physical exercise, mental stimulation and coping strategies all in a relaxed supportive fun environment. Contact Peggy Bargmann at 407-927-4380 or email at brain.fitness@yahoo.com to discuss appropriateness of program and possible enrollment. Each person must be evaluated before enrollment. Sessions are held at First United Methodist Church of Winter Park.
Sit-to-be-Fit, Mondays from 10:15 am - 11:15 am, Winter Park Farmer's Market, 200 W. New England Ave., Winter Park. Chair exercises for every fitness level. Offers aerobic benefits, stretching and strengthening. Upbeat with energizing worship music. Great for improving balance and just plain fun. Scientifically-proven program yields true results. Contact Personal Trainer, Many Nice, for more information at 407-754-6190 or email at thenicelifenow@gmail.com. Cost: Free
Sit to be Fit, Tuesdays from 10:30 am - 11:30 am, St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Chair exercises for every fitness level. Offers aerobic benefits, stretching and strengthening. Upbeat with energizing worship music. Great for improving balance and just plain fun. Scientifically-proven program yields true results. Contact Personal Trainer, Many Nice, for more information at 407-754-6190 or email at thenicelifenow@gmail.com. Cost: Free for first month then $5.00 suggested donation.
Jazzercise, Mon, Wed, Fri, and Sat from 9:30 am - 10:30 am. and Monday through Thursday from 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm, First United Methodist Church of Winter Park. Cost is $34/month or $80 for eight weeks of unlimited classes. The joining fee of $35 is waived for church members. There is an additional 30 minute "Personal Touch" class on Saturday using resistance tubes and bands at 10:35 am. Contact Nancy Lowe, certified Jazzercise instructor, at 407-321-7761 with any questions.
Tai Chi, Mondays and Fridays 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Winter Park Presbyterian Church. Classes are offered free of charge to church members. Non-members are charged a $6.00 fee per class. The ongoing class has been held at the church for about the last 5 years and another six years prior at Winter Park Memorial Hospital. Some of the groups 30 or so members started 11 years ago and continue to reap the benefits of the slow and gentle exercises. Most participants feel in increase in range of motion, release of stress, and a general sense of well being and a fun and interesting environment. Any age adult in any type of physical health is invited to watch or participate in a class. Please contact Jim Moltzan at 407-234-0119 or info@mindandbodymartials.com for further details.
Gentle Yoga, Mondays and Fridays 10:30 am -11:30am, First United Methodist Church of Winter Park. Classes are taught by Gwen Burnett, certified Yoga teacher in the integral Hatha Yoga tradition and registered Yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance. Donations are accepted.
Hatha Yoga classes (Level 1) - held on Monday mornings from 9:30 to 10:30 and on Tuesdays from 12:30 to 1:30 at First United Methodist Church of Winter Park in the Family Life Center Room 305. Monday class includes light hand weights. Classes are open to all members of the community and no prior experience is necessary. Beginners learn and improve poses and breathing; experienced students focus on the foundations of their practice. The cost is $14 for single classes, $44 for four classes, and $80 for eight classes. Scholarships are available. Classes are taught by Vickie Reedy, certified instructor in YogaFit and Sign Chi Do (a medically-based Christian relaxation program).
Hatha Yoga classes (Level 2) - held on Wednesday mornings from 9:30 - 10:45 am at First United Methodist Church of Winter Park in the Family Life Center Room 305 from 9:30 to 10:45. More challenging poses are presented by Vickie and poses are held longer than in Level 1.