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  • Description: This 30-minute aerobic cardio workout class will help get your heart rate up and pumping in a fun way! Aerobic cardio exercise promotes cardiovascular endurance and helps improve cognitive skills, posture, balance, overall mental health and mood. Suited for beginner to intermediate levels with modifications available. 
    No equipment needed. For safety: make sure your workout area is cleared to avoid tripping/bumping; wear appropriate footwear that is secure and comfortable for walking/marching (low impact); if uncomfortable standing, seated & chair supported variations are offered.
    Tags: 30 min workout; low impact aerobics cardio, beginners level,  no jumping, 126 bpm, warm-up & cool-down included; modifications provided (to increase and decrease workout level/intensity)

  • Description: This class is great for building up strength and stretching the entire body while being supported by a chair (seated and/or standing behind a chair). This class starts with a seated warm up, moving to an engaging sequence of strengthening with light weights, followed by stretching and cool down.
  • 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
  • Description:
    This 30-minute aerobic cardio workout class will help get your heart rate up and pumping in a fun way! Aerobic cardio exercise promotes cardiovascular endurance and helps improve cognitive skills, posture, balance, overall mental health and mood. Suited for beginner to intermediate levels with modifications available.

    No equipment needed. For safety: make sure your workout area is cleared to avoid tripping/bumping; wear appropriate footwear that is secure and comfortable for walking/marching (low impact); if uncomfortable standing, seated & chair supported variations are offered.



    Tags: 30 min workout; low impact aerobics cardio, beginners level,  no jumping, 126 bpm, warm-up & cool-down included; modifications provided (to increase and decrease workout level/intensity)



  • Description:
    This 30-minute aerobic cardio workout class will help get your heart rate up and pumping in a fun way! Aerobic cardio exercise promotes cardiovascular endurance and helps improve cognitive skills, posture, balance, overall mental health and mood. Suited for beginner to intermediate levels with modifications available.

    No equipment needed. For safety: make sure your workout area is cleared to avoid tripping/bumping; wear appropriate footwear that is secure and comfortable for walking/marching (low impact); if uncomfortable standing, seated & chair supported variations are offered.



    Tags: 30 min workout; low impact aerobics cardio, beginners level,  no jumping, 126 bpm, warm-up & cool-down included; modifications provided (to increase and decrease workout level/intensity)



  • Description:
    This 30-minute aerobic cardio workout class will help get your heart rate up and pumping in a fun way! Aerobic cardio exercise promotes cardiovascular endurance and helps improve cognitive skills, posture, balance, overall mental health and mood. Suited for beginner to intermediate levels with modifications available.

    No equipment needed. For safety: make sure your workout area is cleared to avoid tripping/bumping; wear appropriate footwear that is secure and comfortable for walking/marching (low impact); if uncomfortable standing, seated & chair supported variations are offered.



    Tags: 30 min workout; low impact aerobics cardio, beginners level,  no jumping, 126 bpm, warm-up & cool-down included; modifications provided (to increase and decrease workout level/intensity)



  • Description:
    This 30-minute aerobic cardio workout class will help get your heart rate up and pumping in a fun way! Aerobic cardio exercise promotes cardiovascular endurance and helps improve cognitive skills, posture, balance, overall mental health and mood. Suited for beginner to intermediate levels with modifications available.

    No equipment needed. For safety: make sure your workout area is cleared to avoid tripping/bumping; wear appropriate footwear that is secure and comfortable for walking/marching (low impact); if uncomfortable standing, seated & chair supported variations are offered.



    Tags: 30 min workout; low impact aerobics cardio, beginners level,  no jumping, 126 bpm, warm-up & cool-down included; modifications provided (to increase and decrease workout level/intensity)



  • Description: In this 4-minute video, Heather Woods, MA, MT- BC, shares tips that may help you establish healthy sleeping habits and get a good night’s sleep. Difficulty sleeping is one of the most common symptoms of cancer treatment and can affect your health if not treated. It’s important to speak with your doctor if you’re experiencing sleep problems. 

    This video has been produced by the Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living and is part of a comprehensive Sleep and Relaxation Toolkit. For more of these types of videos and resources, visit myzakim.dana-farber.org.
  • Description: In this 7-minute video, Bambi P. Mathay, LMT, BCTMB, RMT, leads you through self-massage techniques, accompanied with a breathing exercise, to help promote relaxation and sleep. 
    Difficulty sleeping is one of the most common symptoms of cancer treatment and can affect your health if not treated. It’s important to speak with your doctor if you’re experiencing sleep problems. 
    This video has been produced by the Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living and is part of a comprehensive Sleep and Relaxation Toolkit. For more of these types of videos and resources, visit myzakim.dana-farber.org.
  • Description: In this 16-minute meditation, Patricia Arcari, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, guides you through a body scan meditation designed to help release physical tension in the body and promote a sense of peace and relaxation. 
    Difficulty sleeping is one of the most common symptoms of cancer treatment and can affect your health if not treated. It’s important to speak with your doctor if you’re experiencing sleep problems. 
    This video has been produced by the Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living and is part of a comprehensive Sleep and Relaxation Toolkit. For more of these types of videos and resources, visit myzakim.dana-farber.org.
  • Description: In this 10-minute video, Anne Drogin, M.Div., M.Ac., Lic.Ac., Dipl. (NCCAOM), demonstrates how to identify and stimulate certain pressure points on the body that may help calm the nervous system, promote relaxation, and induce sleep. 
    Difficulty sleeping is one of the most common symptoms of cancer treatment and can affect your health if not treated. It’s important to speak with your doctor if you’re experiencing sleep problems.
    This video has been produced by the Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living and is part of a comprehensive Sleep and Relaxation Toolkit. For more of these types of videos and resources, visit myzakim.dana-farber.org.
  • Description: In this 13-minute video, Ramel Rones, Tai Chi Master and Mind/Body Consultant, leads you through three breathing exercises rooted in the Qigong practice that may aid in calming the nervous system and putting you to sleep. 
    Difficulty sleeping is one of the most common symptoms of cancer treatment and can affect your health if not treated. It’s important to speak with your doctor if you’re experiencing sleep problems. 
    This video has been produced by the Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living and is part of a comprehensive Sleep and Relaxation Toolkit. For more of these types of videos and resources, visit myzakim.dana-farber.org.