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  • Description: Join Nancy Campbell, MS, an exercise physiologist at Dana-Farber, for a 45-minute workout focusing on strengthening the whole body.

    Tags: Beginner-intermediate, Bone, Full body workout, Muscle, Weight lifting, Weights
  • Description: This 45-minute class uses an exercise method combining the flexibility of yoga and strength of Pilates, a series of controlled movements that work to stabilize and strengthen your core. This workout integrates these techniques using a mind-body connection for improved physical and emotional levels. Yogalates combines full-range-of-motion exercises with stationary positions. Controlled, deep breathing is utilized throughout the workout. Yogalates benefits may include increased muscular strength and muscle tone with increased flexibility throughout your body.

    Tags: All levels, Blanket, Block, Full body workout, Rfm, Strap


  • Description: Reducing physical and mental stress

    In this 45 minute class we will work on reducing both physical and mental stress. We will focus on deep breathing, practicing the lower energy center visualization as well as meditation and evoking the spirit. We will practice the heron, the chair twist, four points touching the wall and more lower and upper back stretches.

    Tags: Breathing, Chi Kung, Healing, Mindfulness, Relaxation

  • Description: This 45-minute joyful flow (vinyasa) is a practice that connects movement to breath in a sequence of yoga poses. The class is designed to promote a mind-body connection as it develops strength, stamina, flexibility, balance, relaxation and focus. All levels welcome. Focus: hips opening/ grounding.

    Tags: Beginner-intermediate, Blanket, Blocks, Flow - vinyasa, Full body workout, Strap

  • Description: This 45-minute chair yoga invites you to find movement in a way that is gentle and supportive. The practice invites awareness into the body and activates muscles in the spine that help you find length up through the spine for better posture and energy flow. If you are new to yoga, have difficulty getting down to the floor, experience pain in your muscles or joints, loss of energy, or balance issues due to peripheral neuropathy, this class is for you. All levels welcome. Focus: hips opening/ grounding.

    Tags: Beginner-intermediate, Blocks, Chair flow, Full body workout, Massage ball, Massage feet, Peripheral Neuropathy, Strap

  • Description: This Yoga Flow class is designed for participants that have had practiced yoga and have less range of motion limitations. The class is moderately paced to cultivate strength, flexibility, and balance within a gentle, continuous sequence of postures. Focus: hips opening/ grounding.

    Tags: Blanket, Blocks, Full body workout, Indoors, Intermediate

  • Description: This 45-minute chair yoga invites you to find movement in a way that is gentle and supportive. The practice invites awareness into the body and activates muscles in the spine that help you find length up through the spine for better posture and energy flow. If you are new to yoga, have difficulty getting down to the floor, experience pain in your muscles or joints, loss of energy, or balance issues due to peripheral neuropathy, this class is for you. All levels welcome. Focus: side body opening.

    Tags: Beginner-intermediate, Blocks, Chair flow, Full body workout, Massage ball, Massage feet, Peripheral Neuropathy, Strap

  • Description: This Yoga Flow class is designed for participants that have had practiced yoga and have less range of motion limitations. The class is moderately paced to cultivate strength, flexibility, and balance within a gentle, continuous sequence of postures. Focus: side body.

    Tags: Blanket, Blocks, Full body workout, Indoors, Intermediate

  • Description: This 45-minute chair yoga invites you to find movement in a way that is gentle and supportive. The practice invites awareness into the body and activates muscles in the spine that help you find length up through the spine for better posture and energy flow. If you are new to yoga, have difficulty getting down to the floor, experience pain in your muscles or joints, loss of energy, or balance issues due to peripheral neuropathy, this class is for you. All levels welcome. Focus: shoulders/chest opening.

    Tags: Beginner-intermediate, Block, Chair flow, Full body workout, Massage ball, Massage feet, Peripheral neuropathy, Strap

  • Description: This 45-minute class uses an exercise method combining the flexibility of yoga and strength of Pilates, a series of controlled movements that work to stabilize and strengthen your core. This workout integrates these techniques using a mind-body connection for improved physical and emotional levels. Yogalates combines full-range-of-motion exercises with stationary positions. Controlled, deep breathing is utilized throughout the workout. Yogalates benefits may include increased muscular strength and muscle tone with increased flexibility throughout your body.

    Tags: Beginner-intermediate, Blanket, Block, Full body workout, Mat, Strap

  • Description: Learning and practicing: Balance between strength and flexibility – deep breathing – Meditation

    In this 45-minute class we will, first, learn the importance of balance between strength and flexibility in the legs and then practice building strength and flexibility. We will work on deep breathing to develop the lungs and increase oxygen intake to nourish every cell in your body. I will explain and practice Meditation to relieve both mental and physical stress and to awaken the healing from within.

    Tags: Breathing, Chi Kung, Healing, Mindfulness, Relaxation

  • Description: Learning and practicing: Earth – Water – Fire – Air
    In this 45-minute class we will learn and practice the 4 Elements from the philosophies of both Chi Kung and Tai Chi in our bodies. Earth: increasing leg strength and muscle mass to help increase bone density which can help and prevent osteoporosis. Water: working on flexibility in the groin, hips and lower back to help and prevent stress and to help improve your digestive system and massage your internal organs. Fire: learning and practicing strong yet soft and agile movements through the upper back, chest and arms to help strengthen the upper body and increase oxygen intake. Great for arthritis or tendinitis in the arm joints and also for neck and head issues. Air: emptying the mind is a meditation which leads to a positive hormone production and self-healing.

    Tags: Breathing, Chi Kung, Healing, Mindfulness, Relaxation