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DEPARTMENT ON AGING |
Piscataway Senior Center Classes
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Instructor(s) |
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Ballroom Dance (check Calendar of Events) |
Galina Nikitina |
Learning different forms of dance for fun and physical activity.
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English Second Language(ESL) Mon (10 am – 11 am) |
Dr. Aroon Patel |
Learn how to speak, read, and write English. |
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Exercise Class Mon (12:30 pm – 1:30 pm) Thu (12:30 pm – 1:30 pm) |
Betty Williams Hung Luk Wally Jedamczick |
Will help you stay fit through a series of arm, leg, whole body movements which ends with marching around the dining room.
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Line Dance Wed (1 pm – 2 pm) |
Nancy Lilly |
Choreographed dance with repeated sequence of steps performed in lines or rows.
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Knitting with Marilyn Wed (1 pm - 2 pm) |
Marilyn Higgins | Learn the basics of knitting, get some refresher help, or learn something new and start an interesting project. A great way to meet others who share an enthusiasm for knitting. No experience necessary! |
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Painting Fri (11 am – 1 pm) |
Sylvia Abaquita |
Learn one stroke painting and create pictures with acrylic paint.
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Qi Gong Exercise Mon (8 am – 9 am) Wed (8 am – 9 am) |
Marsha Nolan |
Learning how to control the “Qi” life energy through postures, movements, breathing, and meditation.
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Somatic Exercise Mon (4 pm – 5 pm) |
Marsha Nolan |
Somatic is a form of neuromuscular movement reeducation that teaches recipient to recognize, reverse and release tightly held muscles contributing to chronic pain due to injury, accidents or postural habituation. Learn somatic to restore flexibility and freedom of movement, and quickly relieves pain of headaches, back, neck and shoulder pain, sciatica, scoliosis, fibromyalgia, aching joints, etc. Recipients gain deeper sense of self-awareness and ability to change their own movement in order to eliminate pain.
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Spanish Thu (4 pm – 5 pm) |
Senora Manal Elkabani |
Join others to learn the Spanish language to help prevent dementia.
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Strong Bones Exercise Mon (2 pm – 3 pm) Thu (10 am – 11:30 am) Sat (10 am – 11:30 am) |
Wally Jedamczick Phyllis Erckert Bernice Lopa |
To prevent or improve osteoporosis by doing resistance exercises in a group. You will need weights and bands. Medical release needed and available at reception desk.
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Tai Chi Beginner Tue (8 am – 9 am) Thu (8 am – 9 am) Sat (9 am – 10 am) |
Daisy Gao Guifang Zhang |
All exercises are target for healthier body, mind and longevity. Exercises performed in class are: · Yang Sheng Tai Ji Zhang (Nurturing Health Palm) - Strengthen functions of heart, lung, esophagus, and joints. Especially helpful to prevent bronchitis and inflamed arthritis. · Wu Qin Xi (Five Animals Frolics) – Qi Gong exercise for high energy, vitality and well being. · Various Tai Chi Chuan forms - Tai Chi Chuan is for general health and wellness. Good exercise for practicing balance and stability in daily activities. · Tai Chi Fan and Tai Chi Sword if time permits.
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Tai Chi Intermediate Mon – Thu (7 am – 8 am) Fri (7 am – 8:30 am) Sat (8 am – 9 am) |
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Class target those familiar with Tai Chi and practice focus on self-enhancement and self-improvement by performing selected slow, meditative physical exercises designed for relaxation, balance, and joint mobility. Follow leaders in regiment of fixed routines: 1. Warm-up 2. Mini-Qi Gong (Deep Breathing Exercise) 3. Basic Tai Chi 8 Forms 4. Tai Chi 13 Forms 5. Simplify Tai Chi 24 Forms 6. Traditional Yang 103 Forms 7. Cool-down 8. Tai Chi 32 forms if time permits.
Medical Qi Gong exercises to improve one’s health on Friday from 8 am to 8:30 am are: 1. Baduan Jin (8 Pieces of Brocade) 2. Lian Gong Shi Ba Fa (18 Therapies Part 1)
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