HTH-929 PASD-Self Defense

Section Info: Pasadena Senior Center | Senior Self Defense | This course provides instruction on how to defend yourself using your body's own natural reactions, how to spot dangers and potential threats. Students will learn how to stop an attacker in his tracks by acting early and learn how and where to strike to escape quickly. Topics include using your voice as a weapon, enhancing your awareness skills, learning avoidance and de-escalation skills, and how to have a survival mindset.

HTH-929 PSRC-Comprehensive Tai Chi

Section Info: Pascal Senior Center | Comprehensive Tai Chi | This continuing education course provides instruction on improving and maintaining health through education and awareness of movement and balance concepts and practices. Topics include muscle groups, fall prevention, maintaining and improving coordination, and improving balance.

HTH-929 PSRC-Self Defense

Section Info: Pascal Senior Center | Senior Self Defense | No class May 25 | This course provides instruction on how to defend yourself using your body's own natural reactions, how to spot dangers and potential threats. Students will learn how to stop an attacker in his tracks by acting early and learn how and where to strike to escape quickly. Topics include using your voice as a weapon, enhancing your awareness skills, learning avoidance and de-escalation skills, and how to have a survival mindset.

HTH-928 ONLN-Beginner Tai Chi

Section Info: Online | Beginner Tai Chi | This Beginner Tai Chi class offers a gentle, standing exercise program for mental and physical wellbeing, featuring Yang Style Simplified Short Form as taught by Master Cheng Man-Ching. Slow, smooth movements combined with deep breathing promote strength, balance, and relaxation. Often described as meditation in motion, Tai Chi supports cardiovascular health, bone strength, balance, joint comfort, and overall mobility, while also improving mood, focus, and emotional wellbeing. | Note: Beginner Tai Chi. Attendance in online class sessions Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. is mandatory for section 209.

HTH-928 SCSC-Self Defense

Section Info: South County Senior Center | Senior Self Defense | This course provides instruction on how to defend yourself using your body's own natural reactions, how to spot dangers and potential threats. Students will learn how to stop an attacker in his tracks by acting early and learn how and where to strike to escape quickly. Topics include using your voice as a weapon, enhancing your awareness skills, learning avoidance and de-escalation skills, and how to have a survival mindset.

HTH-928 SCSC-Self Defense

Section Info: South County Senior Center | Senior Self Defense | This course provides instruction on how to defend yourself using your body's own natural reactions, how to spot dangers and potential threats. Students will learn how to stop an attacker in his tracks by acting early and learn how and where to strike to escape quickly. Topics include using your voice as a weapon, enhancing your awareness skills, learning avoidance and de-escalation skills, and how to have a survival mindset.

HTH-901 COSR-Dance

Section Info: Omalley Senior Center | Dance | No class May 25 | This class is designed to strengthen the cardiovascular system plus tone muscles through aerobic dancing. It is a professionally choregraphed workout by Jacki Sorensen for healthy people who want to stay fit in a fun, effective way. Hand-held weights and floor work are used for a portion of the class to help improve strength and flexibility. Easy dance steps are taught and cued throughout. Upbeat music is used beginning with the warm-up to the cooldown. This is a beginner to intermediate class for students who enjoy a wide variety of music and movement.

HTH-902 ANSR-Line Dance Intermed, Adv

Section Info: Annapolis Senior Center | Line Dance Intermediate and Advance | If you have some experience in line dancing and would like a challenge, these classes are for you! They are geared toward intermediate to advanced level students and include more modern or newer dances.

HTH-902 ONLN- Line Dance Beg

Section Info: Online | Line Dance Beginner | No class May 25 | This low impact line dance class is geared toward beginners with guidance through the steps and how to perform circle dances and other similar dances. The history of some dances is occasionally explained. This class addresses the needs of beginners with attention to the best and easiest way to accomplish the dance. Dances can be adapted for students who have physicals limitations. | Note: Attendance in online sessions Mondays and Wednesdays from 2:30-3:30 p.m. is mandatory for section 202.

HTH-902 ONLN-Yoga Nidra

Section Info: Online | Yoga Nidra | No class on May 25 | Yoga Nidra is practiced lying down comfortably with the support of blankets, pillows and other props. The practice invites our attention inward where we float between wakefulness and deep rest. You are guided through various heart-centered meditations. Yoga Nidra takes us into a natural state of homeostasis and balances the nervous system. Yoga Nidra is good for those that struggle with letting go, stress, anxiety and insomnia. Yoga Nidra brings balance to body, mind, heart and soul. | Note: Attendance in online class sessions Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:30-5:30 p.m. is mandatory for section 203.

HTH-903 ONLN-Chair Tai Chi

Section Info: Online | Chair Tai Chi | No class May 25 | Tai Chi Chuan is an ancient Chinese movement practice offering several health benefits. Exercises consist of slow, graceful movements made while breathing deeply. Seated Tai Chi is a great option for those with limited mobility. Some of the benefits include greater muscle control, improved system management for arthritis and related medical conditions affecting aging adults, better stability, and reduced stress. | Note: Attendance in online class sessions Mondays from 9-10 a.m. is mandatory for section 213.

HTH-903 ONLN-Chair Tai Chi

Section Info: Online | Chair Tai Chi | Tai Chi Chuan is an ancient Chinese movement practice offering several health benefits. Exercises consist of slow, graceful movements made while breathing deeply. Seated Tai Chi is a great option for those with limited mobility. Some of the benefits include greater muscle control, improved system management for arthritis and related medical conditions affecting aging adults, better stability, and reduced stress. | Note: Attendance in online class sessions on Thursdays from 9-10 a.m. is mandatory for section 212.

HTH-903 ONLN-Very Gentle Yoga

Section Info: Online | Very Gentle Yoga | New to yoga? Or have you already tried yoga and would like to experiment more. while also continuing your favorite poses either sitting or standing? No mat needed. We will not be getting down on the floor in this class. Have a chair ready to use (sometimes). We will flow through sitting and standing poses, travel to a special place with a short meditation, and melt your cares away while challenging your balance, your body and mind. Come join us for a relaxing, strength and balance-building Zen experience. All levels welcome. No prior yoga experience needed. | Note: Attendance in online class sessions Thursdays 12:00-1:00 p.m. is mandatory for section 230.

HTH-903 PSRC-Jazz Dance

Section Info: Pascal Senior Center | Jazz Dance| No class on May 25 | Join us for jazz dancing: movement to fun music while learning creative moves, stretching, and flexibility. This is a fun filled class where you will explore the movement of the body to great music, creative movement, and jazz terminology. The dances are based on Broadway Jazz. Stretches to gain flexibility and isolations are a part of the one-hour class. It incorporates basic ballet which adds to a great activity for balance, coordination, and putting cool moves together.

HTH-903 SCSC-Jazz Dance

Section Info: South County Senior Center | Jazz Dance | Join us for jazz dancing: movement to fun music while learning creative moves, stretching, and flexibility. This is a fun filled class where you will explore the movement of the body to great music, creative movement, and jazz terminology. The dances are based on Broadway Jazz. Stretches to gain flexibility and isolations are a part of the one-hour class. It also incorporates basic ballet which adds to a great activity for balance, coordination, and putting cool moves together.