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  • 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. This class has almost all poses seated on the chair, including warriors and lunges. It’s a more gentle version of the chair yoga classes, and is great for people that have a hard time standing up.

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

  • 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. The warm-up portion of this class has more seated poses and some kneeling poses (knee support and modifications are offered). Encourages transitions from kneeling to standing, and standing to stepping back using blocks (modifications are offered).

    Tags: Beginner-intermediate, Blanket, Blocks, Flow - vinyasa, Full body workout, Massage ball, Massage feet, Peripheral neruopathy

  • Description:
    Gentle stretching exercises that can be done outdoors on a bench after a walk or just enjoying the fresh air.

    Tags: All levels, Bench, Chair, Full body stretch, Outdoors

  • 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 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.

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



  • 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. The warm-up portion of this class has more on supine (on your back) poses and a few kneeling poses (knee support and modifications are offered). Encourages transitions from kneeling to standing and standing to stepping back using blocks (modifications are offered).

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



  • 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: In this 30-minute class you will experience an alternative mindfulness meditation experience with the presence of live music. Research shows that listening to live music during meditation may help focus an active mind, decrease heart rate, anxiety and pain, and guide you to a deeper relaxation.

    Songs: Life is a Highway - Rascal Flatts On the Road Again - Willie Nelson Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver Homeward Bound - Simon & Garfunkel California - Joni Mitchell
    Tags:  Live Music, Meditation, Mindfulness, Music Relaxation, Music Therapy, Relaxation
  • Description: In this 30-minute class you will experience an alternative mindfulness meditation experience with the presence of live music. Research shows that listening to live music during meditation may help focus an active mind, decrease heart rate, anxiety and pain, and guide you to a deeper relaxation.

    Songs: Oh What A World - Kacey Musgraves Mother Natures Son - The Beatles What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong Across The Universe - The Beatles For The Beauty Of The Earth (Hymn)
    Tags:  Live Music, Meditation, Mindfulness, Music Relaxation, Music Therapy, Relaxation
  • Description: In this 30-minute class you will experience an alternative mindfulness meditation experience with the presence of live music. Research shows that listening to live music during meditation may help focus an active mind, decrease heart rate, anxiety and pain, and guide you to a deeper relaxation.
    Tags:  Live Music, Meditation, Mindfulness, Music Relaxation, Music Therapy, Relaxation, Simon and Garfunkel

  • Lake Meditation

    30 Aug, 2021
    Description: Meditation is a practice that can help us learn to be present in the moment and navigate life's challenges. The class is led by by Patty Arcari, PhD, RN, program manager of mindfulness and meditation at Dana-Farber's Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies.
    Tags: Calm, Mindfulness, Peace, Presence, Relaxation
  • Description: Meditation is a practice that can help us learn to be present in the moment and navigate life's challenges. The class is led by by Patty Arcari, PhD, RN, program manager of mindfulness and meditation at Dana-Farber's Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies.
    Tags: Calm, Mindfulness, Peace, Presence, Relaxation
  • Description: In this 45-minute class you will experience an alternative mindfulness meditation experience with the presence of live music. Research shows that listening to live music during meditation may help focus an active mind, decrease heart rate, anxiety and pain, and guide you to a deeper relaxation.
    Tags:  Live Music, Meditation, Mindfulness, Music Relaxation, Music Therapy, Relaxation