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Fitness and Movement
Mat Pilates is a mind, body, and spirit practice that improves posture, coordination, balance, flexibility,
breath control, and focus while increasing 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 Kanopy, a platform that provides free movies, TV shows, and documentaries.
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Creative Pathways
Dip a brush in vivid oil paint, working layer by layer to create dimension that’s out of this world. See how
the interaction of light, environment, and color affects an image. Reveal the secrets of wet-on-wet
and Flemish oil painting as you produce a masterpiece that stirs conversation.
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Fitness and Movement
This dynamic dance fitness program is inspired by Latin and international rhythms and designed
specifically for beginners, older adults, and anyone who loves to dance. Groove your way to improved
health (no rhythm required)! 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 second half of class. Participants
must be able to get onto the floor. Skill level: Beginner/Intermediate level. Recommended equipment:
Weights, non-rolling chair, and a yoga mat.
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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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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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Creative Pathways
Celebrate the liveliness of spring by creating a vibrant floral or lush greenery composition using a variety
of water-based mediums. From chalk marbling to wax resist, develop an understanding of how color,
texture, and movement work together in composition.
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Fitness and Movement
If you find traditional stretching programs boring or monotonous, active isolated stretching is for you!
Hold stretches for a brief duration, with several repetitions designed to keep you moving and flowing.
Enhance flexibility, improve balance, and reduce pain by using gentle movements to stretch your
muscles in a new way. Skill level: All levels.
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Cooking & Conversation
Examine how nutrition needs change with age and how “food noise” and aging influence appetite
and food choices. Take home practical tips to support healthier, more enjoyable eating for energy,
independence, and overall wellbeing.
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Cooking & Conversation
Gather in the garden to plant, grow, and harvest vegetables and herbs. Take part in a team effort to maintain the garden and reap the benefits of fresh vegetables this summer and fall. No green thumb required! (Note: No class 4/8/2025)
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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
This is a deep examination into how the domains of wellness and your lifestyle impact your functional
brain health. Make positive lifestyle changes and learn strategies to improve clarity, focus, functional
memory, and overall health. A pre- and post-cognitive assessment is provided for a tailored approach to
meet your individual brain health needs.
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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.
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