HEALTH E08, Walking for Wellness
This class includes a theme-based facilitated group walking practice with warm up, stretch, and cool down. Emeritus students will experience walking as a simple way to boost activity levels while improving overall health and well-being while being out in nature. All fitness levels welcome, but class is geared towards beginners. Students are encouraged to keep a journal/log of their progress.
Course Number: 9859 Time: 9-10 a.m. MWLocation: ITINERARYInstructor: Chiba S
HEALTH E10, Movement and Conditioning for Older Adults
This course helps older adults maintain or improve their physical health, muscle strength, coordination, and cardiovascular conditioning by engaging in low-impact aerobic exercises, some strength training, floor exercises, and stretch movements. Older adults will also increase their range of motion and flexibility with a variety of stretches to fun and lively music.
Course Number: 9759 Time: 12:30-1:45 p.m. TThLocation: EC 1227 308Instructor: Chiba S
HEALTH E21, Yoga Health & Safety, Principles & Practices for Older Adults
This course focuses on the history, principles and practices of yoga. Designed to promote health and safety among older adults, it focuses on yoga principles and practices to enhance the health of older adults through improved flexibility, balance, range of motion, strength, lung capacity and circulation. Some course sections may focus on specific yogic methods. Some sections may include therapeutic applications of yoga to address specific health challenges for older adults. Students will be encouraged to share their physical, mental and emotional challenges in a supportive environment specifically for older adults. These challenges will then be addressed within the coursework. Students will create a Daily Personal Yoga Health Plan integrating their own personal therapeutic yoga applications. Students will be encouraged to practice daily, creating opportunities to rehabilitate challenges. The course is designed to help students to use yoga methods such as postures, breathing techniques, meditation, and visualization to enhance their confidence, health, and overall feeling of well being.
Course Number: 9760 Time: 8:30-10:20 a.m. WFLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Dee D
Course Number: 9761 Time: 10-11:50 a.m. TThLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Cooper M
Course Number: 9762 Time: 10:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. TThLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Cass KThis is a chair based yoga class. No mat required. Learn yoga and Ayurveda wellness practices.
Course Number: 9763 Time: 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m. MWLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Roseman TAll classes begin with discussion and intake/inquiry guiding the specific sequencing. iRest® Yoga Nidra Meditation is included periodically. iRest® (Integrative Restoration) is an evidence-based meditation that supports anyone wanting to manage daily life stress or address chronic pain, anxiety, or depression.
Course Number: 9764 Time: 2-3:50 p.m. TThLocation: EC 1227 308Instructor: Dee D
HEALTH E22, Chi Gong Principles & Practices for Older Adults
This course is designed to enhance the health and safety of older adults through use of the principles and techniques of Chi Gong. Based on Chinese philosophy and healing concepts, the course will include the history, theory and practice of Chi Gong, including both the Wu School and Yang Style. Included are such Chinese philosophies as Yin and Yang, the Eight Directions, and Five Element theory and their applications to healthy living. Students work at their own level to improve tone, strength, flexibility and balance. Lectures, films, texts and discussions will explore the theory and practice of this traditional Chinese method for health and healing. Students will analyze which strategies best meet their needs, and create an individual health plan integrating Chi Gong techniques into their daily lives.
Course Number: 9765 Time: 9-10:15 a.m. TThLocation: VP CTRInstructor: Shieh YAbove section meets at Virginia Avenue Park, 2200 Virginia Ave.
HEALTH E23, T’ai Chi Principles & Practices for Older Adults
This course offers an overview of the history, philosophy and techniques of the Chinese energy balancing health practice T’ai Chi Ch’uan. With a focus on enhancing healthy aging for older adults, the course offers strategies for improving balance and posture; increasing flexibility and endurance, reducing stress, and promoting relaxation and mindfulness. The course shows older adults how to avoid injury, conserve energy and use the body in an ergonomic manner. Students will create a personal health plan integrating T’ai Chi principles and techniques into their daily lives.
Course Number: 9766 Time: 9-10:15 a.m. MFLocation: VP CTRInstructor: Akers P AAbove section meets at Virginia Avenue Park, 2200 Virginia Ave. Beginner and intermediate levels. Learn the Yang Style Slow Set from the beginning with focus on sections one and two.
Course Number: 9767 Time: 12-1:15 p.m. WFLocation: VA PKInstructor: Nardini A SAbove section meets at Virginia Avenue Park, 2200 Virginia Ave. Intermediate and advanced levels. This class is not appropriate for beginners. Students must have already learned the entire Yang Style Slow Set (108 moves). If you do not know the whole Slow Set, please join the beginner class section of this course with the same instructor to learn from the beginning.
Course Number: 9768 Time: 12:30-1:45 p.m. TThLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Terry Jr P WThis section is for intermediate and advanced students only.
Course Number: 9769 Time: 1:15-2:30 p.m. MWLocation: EC 1227 308Instructor: Terry Jr P WThis section is for beginners.
Course Number: 9770 Time: 1-2:15 p.m. MFLocation: EC 1227 304Instructor: Akers P AFor intermediate and advanced students of the Yang Style Slow Set. This class is not appropriate for beginners.
Course Number: 9771 Time: 2-3:15 p.m. WFLocation: VA PKInstructor: Nardini A SAbove section meets at Virginia Avenue Park, 2200 Virginia Ave. In this section for beginners, learn the Yang Style Slow Set from the beginning. Intermediate students are welcome to join, to refine their performance of the movements.
HEALTH E24, Physical Fitness Principles & Practices for Older Adults
This course focuses on physical fitness and conditioning principles to help older adults maintain or improve their health, safety and independence. It covers basic principles of anatomy and fitness, showing older adults how to improve their cardiovascular health, muscle strength, endurance, flexibility, posture and balance. Principles of good nutrition also will be covered. Students explore movement strategies that are particularly helpful for older adults. Included are proper concepts and methods for warm-ups, stretching, low-impact aerobic activity, cool-downs, strength training and balance work. Students learn how to avoid falls and safely accommodate physical conditions and challenges. Students create a customized personal fitness and conditioning plan to suit their individual needs and physical challenges.
Course Number: 9773 Time: 9-10:15 a.m. MLocation: EC 1227 304Instructor: Wapner-Baart L J
Course Number: 9773 Time: 9-10:15 a.m. WLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Wapner-Baart L JThis is a hybrid class. Monday will meet on ground only and Wednesday will meet on Zoom.
Course Number: 9774 Time: 9-10:15 a.m. TThLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Wapner-Baart L J
Course Number: 9776 Time: 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. TThLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Terry Jr P WMore suitable for intermediate and advanced students, but can be modified for beginners.
Course Number: 9777 Time: 2:30-3:45 p.m. MWLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Albert G S
Course Number: 9778 Time: 2:30-3:45 p.m. MWLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Cass KA mindful fitness class, beginner level, some chair-based movements, yoga inspired.
HEALTH E25, Strength & Stamina Training Principles & Practices for Older Adults
This course focuses on how strength training and stamina building strategies help to promote health, safety and vitality in older adults. Principles of basic anatomy and physiology are covered. The course explores how older adults can maintain or improve their health and stamina through strength training using free weights, resistance devices and fitness techniques. The course emphasizes safe ways to start and maintain a program to increase strength, improve stamina and sustain bone density. Principles of good nutrition and stress management are included. Students create a personal fitness and strength training plan based on their individual needs and physical challenges.
Course Number: 9779 Time: 8:30-9:45 a.m. TThLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Regalado O
Course Number: 9780 Time: 9-10:15 a.m. MWLocation: EC 1227 308Instructor: Huner K A
Course Number: 9781 Time: 10-11:15 a.m. TThLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Regalado O
Course Number: 9783 Time: 10:30-11:45 a.m. MLocation: EC 1227 304Instructor: Wapner-Baart L J
Course Number: 9783 Time: 10:30-11:45 a.m. WLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Wapner-Baart L JThis is a hybrid class. Monday meets on ground, and Wednesday meets online. This class has 30 minutes aerobic exercise for stamina and 20 minutes weight training for strength.
Course Number: 9784 Time: 12-1:15 p.m. TThLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Wapner-Baart L JThis section is a line dancing class. Research shows that line dancing to all forms of music and types of dances is beneficial in many ways. Line dancing improves cardiovascular function, endurance, bone strength, muscular strength, memory, and brain function. All this while having fun, too! Learn new choreography each week. No partner or prior dance experience necessary.
HEALTH E30, Personal Safety — Fall Prevention
This course is designed to help students avoid falls, which are the most frequent cause of serious injury in older adults. The course focuses on how, when and where falls frequently occur; how to maintain mobility, and how to improve and recover one’s balance. Students will create an individualized activity program to improve balance, endurance, strength and flexibility.
Course Number: 9785 Time: 12-1:50 p.m. WLocation: EC 1227 304Instructor: Fryden F
HEALTH E34, Stress Reduction through Yoga
This course offers older adults a range of strategies and techniques to reduce and manage stress in their lives. It includes stress reduction methods such as positive thinking, breathing exercises, meditation, humor, diet and exercise. The course also helps students establish peer support groups to help maintain their stress reduction skills.
Course Number: 9786 Time: 8-9:50 a.m. SLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Roseman T
Course Number: 9787 Time: 9-10:50 a.m. MLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Cooper M
Course Number: 9788 Time: 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m. FLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Roseman T
HEALTH E38, Joint Health & Mobility for Older Adults
This course helps older adults with chronic joint pain or mobility problems to attain and maintain physical strength, mobility and flexibility. Older adults with arthritis and/or other minor physical limitations will learn about the function of joints in the human body and techniques to move effectively without joint stress. Students create an individual plan for mobility and physical fitness.
Course Number: 9789 Time: 10:30-11:45 a.m. TThLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Wapner-Baart L J
Course Number: 9790 Time: 12:30-1:45 p.m. TLocation: EC 1227 304Instructor: Regalado O
Course Number: 9790 Time: 12:30-1:45 p.m. ThLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Regalado OThis class uses world music with rhythmic movement. Enhanced flexibility, strength, and joint health. The Tuesday section of this course will be fully in person (no hybrid option available).
Course Number: 9866 Time: 2:30-3:45 p.m. MWLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Staff
HEALTH E65, Pool Exercises for Older Adults
This course assists older adults with joint difficulties and other chronic conditions by helping them engage in a zero-impact exercise in water. Older adults learn routines that use the resistance of water to build strength and stamina.
Course Number: 9797 Time: 12:45-2 p.m. MWLocation: POOLInstructor: Cass KAbove section meets at Santa Monica Swim Center, 2225 16th St. (16th & Pico). This class focuses on Aqua Yoga techniques and offers gentle water-based adaptations to classic yoga practices.
HEALTH E85, Pilates Level 1
This course is designed to introduce Emeritus students to the beginning Pilates matwork technique of exercise, starting with 30 basic exercises. Pilates is a unique method of body control and conditioning. It consists of stretching and strengthening the muscles, while improving flexibility and balance.
Course Number: 9852 Time: 10:30-11:45 a.m. MWLocation: EC 1227 308Instructor: Huner K A