
Wise & Well Journey
Your Best Life is waiting just around the corner – all you need is a plan to get there! Look at the big
picture of life across the eight domains of wellness and create a vision for what you hope to achieve in
the next year. Set goals and create a path forward on your Wise & Well Journey. MEMBERS ONLY
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Creative Pathways
Kinusaiga (Kee-new-sigh-gah) is a no-sew Japanese technique for fiber collage that produces a beautiful,
quilted effect with no thread involved. Fabricate a stunning sunset through simple shapes, bold colors,
and a variety of fabric choices. Framed in dark wood, each breathtaking sunset showcases the beauty of
another day well spent. Must be comfortable using a craft knife.
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Fitness and Movement
Coordinate breath with a sequence of poses that build strength, increase flexibility, and improve
balance. Combine mindfulness and movement to promote whole-body wellbeing. Participants must be
able to get onto the floor. Yoga mat required. Skill Level: All levels.
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Fitness and Movement
Tai Chi improves balance, lowers blood pressure, increases energy levels, and lowers falls risk. Movements are simple and easy to learn. Skill Level: All levels.
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Brain Health
Your brain relies on a constant supply of blood and a specialized blood-brain barrier that blocks harmful
substances while letting nutrients and oxygen freely enter the brain. Learn how these vital systems
change with age, how they influence memory and thinking, and how they are affected by risk factors
such as smoking and diabetes; and how their changes may contribute to disorders such as stroke,
vascular disease, and Alzheimer's disease. Discuss practical, science-based strategies that may help
support healthy brain aging and preserve cognitive function.
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Fitness and Movement
Mat Pilates is a mind, body, spirit practice that improves posture, coordination, balance, flexibility,
breath control, focus, and increases body awareness. It strengthens and lengthens your core, arms, and
legs; you’ll feel muscles you never knew you had! Regular practice will make you strong to the core! All
exercises will be performed on a mat on the floor; yoga mat required. Skill Level: All levels.
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Fitness and Movement
Yoga means union. Members will practice uniting movement, breathing, and meditation without the
need to move up and down from the floor to a seated or standing position. Yoga promotes balance,
flexibility, and relaxation mentally and physically. Skill level: All levels.
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All About You
Bring your tablet, smartphone, or laptop along with your Pratt Library card and PIN and librarians will
guide you through research databases you can access for free with your Pratt Library card. Search
through the databases to satisfy your curiosity and find answers to your burning questions!
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Fitness and Movement
This fun workout incorporates easy to follow dance moves in a chair choreographed to music from the
50s and beyond! Grab a chair (preferably armless) and get ready to feel the music, dance, clap, sing,
and enjoy a fabulous full-body workout. Zumba Gold seated is perfect for those with mobility or balance
challenges or who prefer the safety a chair offers. Skill Level: All levels.
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Fitness and Movement
A full-body workout designed to increase endurance, strength, and balance, while also improving your
independence in everyday activities. The first half of the class focuses on strength and balance, while
dynamic and static stretches improve your flexibility and mobility in the 2nd half of class. Must be able
to get onto the floor. Recommended Equipment: Weights, non-rolling chair, and a yoga mat. Skill Level:
Beginner/Intermediate level.
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Fitness and Movement
Qigong uses movement to optimize energy within the body, mind, and spirit with the goal of improving and maintaining health and wellbeing. The practice introduces you to Sheng Zhen, meaning unconditional love, which opens the heart, strengthens the body, and calms the mind. Skill level: All levels.
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Creative Pathways
Step into a seasonal studio dedicated to festive petite projects, where every session features a different
miniature creation. Master the art of crafting delicate mini wreaths, winter paintings, and other
charming seasonal artworks. Explore how simple, intricate details transform everyday materials into tiny
treasures.
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Fitness and Movement
A full-body strength workout with an emphasis on core strength and stability. Tone and strengthen your
muscles while improving your balance, flexibility, range of motion, and coordination. Must be able to get
down on the floor. Recommended equipment: Weights and a yoga mat. Skill level: Intermediate level.
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Fitness and Movement
This low-impact, low-intensity workout focuses on balance and easy movement exercises to improve
range of motion and activities of daily living. Skill level: All levels.
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Wise & Well Journey
Enjoy festive refreshments, good conversation, and holiday cheer as we celebrate the season together.
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Managing Your Personal Health Conditions
Monitoring your vital signs regularly is an important step in maintaining good health. Health assessments will include weight, blood pressure, and other health status markers. This is also a great time to ask questions about preparing for an upcoming doctor’s visit, nutrition, exercise, or other health concerns.
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Managing Your Personal Health Conditions
Falls are common in adults over 65 and about a third of older adults who live at home fall at least once per year. Mobility, balance, vision, diet, chronic disease, and other factors increase the risk of falling. An assessment is recommended yearly to determine fall risk level so that you and your healthcare provider can determine the best strategies to prevent falls and reduce your chance of injury. Assessment includes review of falls history, nutrition and medication review, Kinesis QTUG walk test, lower body strength test, and a balance test.
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Personal Training & Independent Workout
Do you need a plan for your physical fitness training? Sign up for a personal fitness assessment. Meet one-on-one with a fitness expert to develop a plan that emphasizes building strength and balance for falls prevention. Call the Wise & Well Center to schedule an appointment.
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Personal Training & Independent Workout
Let us help you meet your fitness goals through individualized personal training. Our fitness experts will help you implement your action plan for a fit and healthier you! Fitness training is available live and virtually.
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Personal Training & Independent Workout
Use the Fitness Center for independent workouts for 45 minutes each session up to three days per week. Workouts are monitored by fitness staff and scheduled in advance. Medical exercise clearance and fitness screening are prerequisites.
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Fitness and Movement
For $45 per month, you can have unlimited access to most of our virtual fitness and movement classes! Upon registration each month, you will receive the schedule, links, and meeting codes for all available classes that month! You can pick and choose which classes to join! Live classes are not included in this offer.
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Fitness and Movement
Is there a fitness class that you’ve been itching to try out? Have a friend who is interested in joining you
for class? Now is your chance! Attend one class in the series to get to know the class format, instructor,
and other class participants. Pre-registration is required and spaces are limited. Applies to in-person, live
attendance only. Open to members and non-members.
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