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: 9532 Time: 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. TThLocation: EC 1227 308Instructor: Chiba SThis is a hybrid class. The instructor will provide a Zoom link for those wishing to join remotely.
HEALTH E19, Mindfulness and Meditation
This course introduces Emeritus students to a variety of meditation techniques from different traditions, including mindfulness and gentle breath centered movement. It will provide an overview of the neuroscience supporting the benefits of individual meditation techniques including reduced stress, better sleep, improved focus, and a sense of well-being and other issues. The course will also address common obstacles to meditation as well as approaches to overcoming these obstacles. This course is designed for beginners and is also suitable for those with experience who want to refine their practice. Classes consist of a combination of lecture, practice, and discussion.
Course Number: 9533 Time: 10 to 11:15 a.m. TLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Albert G S
Course Number: 9534 Time: 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. MWLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Cass K
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: 9535 Time: 8:30 to 10:20 a.m. WFLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Dee D
Course Number: 9536 Time: 10:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. TThLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Cass KThe above section 9536 is chair based — no mat required. Learn Yoga lifestyle skills (Ayurveda) for wellness and vitality. Class is live and recorded.
Course Number: 9537 Time: 11 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. MWLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Roseman T
Course Number: 9538 Time: 2 to 3:50 p.m. TThLocation: EC 1227 308Instructor: Dee DThis is a hybrid class. The instructor will provide a Zoom link for those wishing to join remotely.
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: 9539 Time: 9 to 10:15 a.m. TThLocation: VA PKInstructor: 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: 9614 Time: 9-10:15 a.m. MFLocation: EC 1227 308Instructor: Akers P ABeginning and Intermediate level students. You will learn the long, slow Yang style from the beginning, with focus on sections one and two.
Course Number: 9540 Time: 12 to 1:15 p.m. WFLocation: VP CTRInstructor: Nardini A SIntermediate and Advanced. Students should be able to perform the Yang style Slow Form 108. Above section meets at Virginia Avenue Park, 2200 Virginia Ave.
Course Number: 9541 Time: 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. TThLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Terry Jr P WFor intermediate and advanced students of the long, Yang style form. Develop goals and a personal health plan. Not appropriate for beginning students.
Course Number: 9542 Time: 1 to 2:15 p.m. MFLocation: EC 1227 304Instructor: Akers P AThis section is for intermediate/advanced students and is not appropriate for beginners.
Course Number: 9543 Time: 2 to 3:15 p.m. TThLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Terry Jr P WThis section is designed for beginner and intermediate students.
Course Number: 9614 Time: 9 to 10:15 a.m. MFLocation: EC 1227 308Instructor: Akers P ABeginning and Intermediate level students. You will learn the long, slow Yang style from the beginning, with focus on sections one and two.
HEALTH E24, Physical Fitness and Conditioning I: Principles and Practices
Physical Fitness Level 1 is designed for Emeritus students. The course will introduce you to the basics of strength training and low-intensity aerobics: endurance, flexibility, posture, balance, aerobic activity, and overall physical function. Methods for warming up, stretching, low-impact aerobic activity, cooling down, strength training, and balance are included.
Course Number: 9545 Time: 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. TThLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Huner K A
Course Number: 9546 Time: 2:30 to 3:45 p.m. MWLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Albert G SBeginner course.
Course Number: 9547 Time: 2:30 to 3:45 p.m. MWLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Cass KThe above section 9547 “Mindful Fitness” Chair-based and yoga-inspired. Course meetings are live and recorded.
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: 9548 Time: 9 to 10:15 a.m. MWLocation: EC 1227 304Instructor: Huner K A
Course Number: 9549 Time: 10 to 11:15 a.m. TLocation: EC 1227 304Instructor: Regalado O
Course Number: 9549 Time: 10 to 11:15 a.m. ThLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Regalado OThis is a hybrid class. The instructor will provide a Zoom link for those wishing to join remotely.
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: 9550 Time: 10 to 11:50 a.m. MLocation: EC 1227 307Instructor: Fryden FThis is a hybrid class. The instructor will provide a Zoom link for those wishing to join remotely.
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: 9551 Time: 8 to 9:50 a.m. SLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Roseman T
Course Number: 9552 Time: 9 to 10:50 a.m. MLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Cooper M
HEALTH E38, Joint Health and Mobility
This course helps Emeritus students with chronic joint pain or mobility problems to attain and maintain physical strength, mobility, and flexibility. Students will learn about the function of joints in the human body and techniques to move effectively without joint stress. Students will create an individual plan for mobility and physical fitness.
Course Number: 9554 Time: 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. ThLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Regalado O
Course Number: 9554 Time: 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. TLocation: EC 1227 304Instructor: Regalado OThis is a hybrid class. The instructor will provide a Zoom link for those wishing to join remotely. This class uses World Music with rhythmic movement to enhance joint health, flexibility, and overall health.
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: 9562 Time: 1:45 to 3 p.m. TThLocation: SMHS POOLInstructor: Cass KAbove section 9562 meets at Santa Monica High School pool, 601 Olympic Blvd. This class focuses on Aqua Yoga techniques and other 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: 9563 Time: 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. MWLocation: EC 1227 304Instructor: Huner K A
Course Number: 9564 Time: 12 to 1:15 p.m. TThLocation: MALBU 103Instructor: Muftuoglu GAbove section 9564 meets at the Malibu Campus, 23555 Civic Center Way, Malibu.