Activity Guides 2018 Fall Activity Guide | Page 19

Fitness
MELT Family Yoga balanced wellness
Achieve lasting changes in how your body
looks and feels
Instructor: Heather Umburger
Ages: 16+
6-week Session Bringing families together through the
relaxing art of yoga
Instructor: Amanda Ravan
Ages: 4+
6-week session Fitness, nutrition, and social wellness all in
one class
Instructors: Allison Snyder/Amy Buckberg
Ages: 18+
10-week session
Runners, yogis, and anyone desiring to
continue living an active lifestyle can benefit
from MELT. This class can help you keep
improving with athletic and physical goals,
recover faster, decrease pain, and the risk of
being sidelined. In this six-week series, you
will learn how to identify and remove stuck
stress in your connective tissue, improve your
muscle timing, balance, core control, strength
and stability as you reconnect to your body,
rehydrate your connective tissues, rebalance
your nervous system, and release your joint
spaces. MELT helps everything work better in
your body and gives you more energy, better
sleep, less anxiety, and more empowerment in
your body and life. All tools provided for class
use. This class is fun for the whole family. Unplug
from the world and learn the benefits of yoga.
This 6-week session is sure to be the highlight
of your week. Disconnect from the daily
routine and schedules, relax, release stress,
and enjoy unified time together as a family. Do you want to feel better physically, mentally
and emotionally? Set goals and reach them in
this 10-week session. You will see results! You
will feel better!
October 3 – November 14
(excluding October 31)
Wednesdays, 7:15 - 8:15 pm
Code: 17594
$135 JCC members
$175 non-members
Laughter Yoga
Instructor: Heather Umburger
Ages: 16+
6-week Session
NEW
Laughter Yoga is a joy-filled workout for all
levels of fitness. During class, we laugh for
no reason without jokes, humor or comedy.
Instead, we play with laughter games and
yoga breathing techniques which have been
researched to benefit every body system.
People state they feel more energetic, healthy,
positive and peaceful after a Laughter Yoga
class. Heather has seen individuals with
diseases such as COPD, Parkinson’s, MS,
and cancer find great benefit in breathing
easier, better movement and less pain. In
research, laughter has been shown to benefit
the immune system, hypertension, diabetes,
fertility, fibromyalgia, menstrual disorders and
many more physical challenges. Laughter Yoga
also reduces anxiety and depression due to
increases in neurotransmitter release.
October 3 – November 14
(excluding October 31)
Wednesdays, 6:15 - 7:15 pm
Code: 17595
$135 JCC members
$175 non-members
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October 10 - November 21
(excluding October 31)
Wednesdays, 5:15 – 6:00 pm
Code: 17596
$100 JCC members (per family)
$130 non-members (per family)
Beginner Tai Chi
An exercise class promoting peace and body
awareness
Instructor: Nick Lape
Ages: 16+
10-week session
Based on yang style tai chi, this class is kind
to your joints and works on balance, agility,
breath work and inner calm. Most of all, it
is about becoming more aware of and more
connected to your body. No equipment
required—just comfortable clothes.
September 27 – December 6
(excluding November 22)
Thursdays, 12:15 - 1:15 pm
Code: 17597
$80 J