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Wellness Program for Seniors
›› Wellness Workshops
›› Exercise, Movement & Yoga
›› Senior Café
›› Kol DOROT: Singing
›› The Memory Tree
›› For Seniors at Home — Classes on the Telephone
›› Wellness Program Guidelines
Wellness Workshops
Introduction to Pilates in a Chair for Seniors
2 Fridays, September 3 & October 8: 10:30 — 11:30 AM
Laura Shapiro, Dancer/Choreographer, Certified in Pilates Floor Work Tai Chi for Arthritis
Come learn Pilates' principles of core support and diaphragmatic breathing—adapted for sitting in a chair. This class will improve your posture, strengthen muscles while lengthening them and stretch muscles while toning them.
Chance to Chat: Reminiscence and Life Review Group
Tuesdays, September & October: 10 — 11 AM
No class: September 14 & October 19
Phyllis Brown, LCSW, Social Worker
Take the time to reflect on memories, share your experiences and get to know your neighbors. In this ongoing group, you will have the opportunity to discuss a wide variety of topics—childhood, work, family, seasonal happenings, philosophical perspectives and more recent life events. You can gain new perspectives on past times and learn from others.
De-Clutter Support Group
2 Mondays, September 20 & October 11: 11:30 AM — 12:30 PM
Susan Kranberg, Professional Organizer
Now is always the perfect time to get rid of clutter. Susan will help support you in organizing and following through with your de–cluttering goals. Join us for informative and inspiring discussions.
Fall Rejuvenation and Beauty Remedies
Friday, October 15: 10:30 — 11:20 AM
Letha Haddady, Author and Health Lecturer, www.asianhealthsecrets.com
Fall is a time when things start moving again — harvest, holidays and family gatherings, a time when you want to look and feel your best. Join Letha, author of Healthy Beauty, for natural beauty and rejuvenation secrets from around the world.
5Rhythms® Movement Practice for Seniors
Friday, October 22: 10:30 — 11:20 AM
Jilsarah Moscowitz
Reconnect, Release, and Rejoice! Find the simple joy and freedom of movement through Gabrielle Roth’s 5Rhythms® movement practice. This class uses simple movements set to music to increase mobility from head to foot, and reconnect with a more relaxed state of being. Bring your dancing spirit.
FIND OUT WHAT EVERYBODY IS LAUGHING ABOUT!!!!!
Friday, October 29: 10:30 — 11:20 AM
Francine Shore, Laughter Coach & Geriatric Counselor
Join us for this healthful, innovative and fun cardio-vascular exercise. Laughter Yoga (performed standing up or seated, no yoga mats) is based on yogic principles that involve laughter exercises and intermittent deep breathing. Laughter Yoga has many health benefits—strengthens our immune system, lowers blood pressure, releases endorphins, decreases depression and anxiety, is a natural pain analgesic, boasts morale, increases productivity and creativity, alleviates arthritis, asthma, etc. In these challenging times, and with our age related illnesses, Laughter Yoga is the perfect elixir to reduce stress!
Exercise, Movement & Yoga
Stretch and Strength Weight Training — Ongoing (Limited to 25)
| Mondays: 1:00 — 2:00 PM | No class: September 6, 13 |
| Thursdays: 1:30 — 2:30 PM |
No class: September 9, 16, 23, 30 |
Rob Hofman, Certified Fitness Instructor
Yes, you can turn back the clock! Learn simple exercises using bands and weights from the “Strong Women Stay Young” Program. Increase joint flexibility, mobility and balance, halt bone loss and prevent fractures. Medical clearance is required. You must arrive 10 minutes before class; no late comers will be allowed in.
| Mr. Gu’s Exercise | .......Twice a week!....... |
| Tuesdays: 11:30 AM — 12:10 PM | No class: September 14 |
| Fridays: 11:30 AM — 12:10 PM |
No class: Sept. 10, 17, 24, & Oct. 1 |
Cheng–de Gu, Martial Arts Instructor
Lift your spirits and move toward health in Mr. Gu’s unique exercise class. Mr. Gu focuses on increasing immunity and spinal flexibility. Learn simple, gentle exercises based on Chinese Medicine and designed by Mr. Gu especially for seniors, to increase energy and help relieve incontinence, constipation, insomnia, digestive disorders and many other illnesses. Open to all levels of experience.
Gentle Chair Yoga
3 Mondays, September 27, October 11 & 25: 2:15 — 3:15 PM
Melissa Elstein, Registered Yoga Therapist, Chair Yoga Certification
Stretch, relax and let us help you find the healing strength that lives in stillness and breathe through gently held yoga postures in the chair.
Yoga for Bone Strength
3 Mondays, September 20 & October 4, 18: 2:15 — 3:15 PM
Nadiya Nottingham, Registered Yoga Therapist
Osteoporosis is the end result of a myriad of conditions that our modern lives induce; we have the tools to reverse the trend. This is a special workshop to show you how to strengthen the whole body, safely and gradually work to help treat bone and muscle loss, and bring yoga into everyday movements.
Gentle T’ai Chi Exercises & Meditation
5 Thursdays, September 2 & October 7, 14, 21, 28: 11 AM — 12 PM
Barbara Greenberg, MA & Laura Shapiro, Chi Kung & T’ai Chi Instructor
Feel good and get fit with modified joint safe T’ai Chi movements—enjoyable, gentle exercises to improve mobility, balance and relaxation. This program, developed by the Arthritis Foundation, will increase stamina plus lessen stiffness and arthritic pain. We’ll add some meditation to augment the relaxation effect.
Senior Café on the 7th Floor
| Tuesdays: 12:15 — 2:00 P.M. | No Café: September 14 |
Join us for tea, cookies and great conversation. We have wonderful volunteers who host and hostess. The 7th floor is friendly, comfortable and sunny—a lovely place to sit and schmooze. You are welcome to bring lunch.
Kol DOROT: Singing
Thursdays, October 7, 14, 21, 28: 2:40 — 3:45 PM
Scott Stein, Pianist, Composer & Arranger
If you enjoy the music of Gershwin, Porter, Rodgers & Hammerstein, and all the other wonderful songwriters from the 1920’s to the 1960’s, you’ll love singing with Kol DOROT! You don’t have to read music or even sing well...just love getting together with friendly people every week to sing the songs that hold special memories! We do a little Yiddish and a little Hebrew singing, too. No audition required!
THE MEMORY TREE at DOROT
We are very excited to offer The Memory Tree, a program specifically designed for people with mild memory problems and their caregivers. The Memory Tree believes that the best way to fight the aging process — including the loss of memory — is through mental and physical fitness. Each week join The Memory Tree for a wide variety of classes and workshops such as: "Memory Aerobics," "Chair Yoga," "In the News" discussions, presentations by the Museum of Modern Art, and group discussions for caregivers, all designed to keep the body and brain challenged.
To register and learn more about The Memory Tree, please contact
Elizabeth Fine, LCSW at 917-656-0558.
For Seniors at Home — Classes on the Telephone
For seniors and caregivers who can’t come to DOROT, we offer classes on the telephone via University Without Walls. These teleconference programs bring learning, laughter, friendship, mental stimulation, and access to resources and peers right into the home. Registration can be done over the phone or by mail; scholarships are available. Our staff is happy to call and assist with course selection and can read the brochures to seniors with visual impairments. To get more information and register, please call Melissa Esparza at (212) 769-2850.
Wellness Program Guidelines
- Fee: $5 per class, Scholarships available
- Please arrive no earlier than 15 minutes before class
- Wear sneakers or flat rubber soled shoes to class
- You must fill out a Wellness Participant Information Form
All classes will be held at 171 West 85th Street, 2nd Floor
Call Kelly Zaspel for details – (917) 441-3743
DOROT’s Wellness Program for Seniors was created in 1994 by Dr. Karen Fuller, the Director of DOROT’s Health and Nutrition Services, who is trained in Social Work, Naturopathic Medicine and Acupuncture.
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