This Week at The Wallace Center

Come dance and sing with me! It's a fun, great way to stay fit! By doing choreographed dances, you also work memory, balance and cardio while having a blast! What better way is there to exercise!

Start your fitness week off right with a little bit of everything in exercise! In this class, we combine some low-impact cardio moves, weights, leg work for balance and stability and very important core work! This class can be done seated or standing.

Join Megan for meditation class, where we check in with each other and then settle into stillness to check in with ourselves. Meditation aims to cultivate mental clarity, emotional resilience and lightheartedness. All are welcome!

This weekly class is formatted for those who have or are at risk of osteopenia or osteoporosis and will focus on giving you better bones and body awareness. Exercises will center on improving strength, bone density, posture and balance via weight bearing exercises, including impact loading and resistance training. We will learn how to move safely with Osteo, what to avoid doing as well as how to properly do your everyday movements. Join and start stepping in the right direction!

Learn the moves and wellness benefits of this ancient art from a Certified Master. A safe form of exercise that strengthens core balance, increases mental function, and tones the body.

What better reason is there to write one’s memoirs than to pass down a wealth of material and wisdom to the next generations? This workshop is for those who already have a memoir underway and wish to enrich and further develop their material. Participants will share their memoirs-in-progress with others, while practicing advanced writing techniques to enrich the work and make it more interesting and compelling. $10 FOR THE 8-WEEK SERIES Registration is required. Visit myactivecenter.com, stop by the center or call 203-862-6721.

Whether you're a beginner or fluent, come and learn the Italian language and engage in conversation!

This class combines all of your favorite aspects of fitness and puts them together into one solid workout! It is a combination of low-impact cardio, strength, core and flexibility with a variety of activities to improve your cardiovascular health, muscular strength and endurance. It's the best of both worlds! This class can be done seated or standing.

Balance training involves doing exercises to strengthen the muscles that help keep you upright, including your legs and core. Practicing single leg stances while doing a bicep curl or circling your arms while standing on a pretend balance beam will challenge your mind and body. These kinds of exercises can improve strength, range of motion, stability and posture, which ultimately will help prevent falls. Class held at Senior Center and via ZOOM. www.zoom.us Meeting ID 3032051305

Whether you're a beginner or fluent, come and learn the Italian language and engage in conversation!

Did you know there are health benefits linked to knitting which include; reduces stress and anxiety, improves cognitive functioning, boosts self-confidence, improves symptoms of depression? Join us on Thursday afternoons!

This class combines all of your favorite aspects of fitness and puts them together into one solid workout! It is a combination of low-impact cardio, strength, core and flexibility with a variety of activities to improve your cardiovascular health, muscular strength and endurance. It's the best of both worlds! This class can be done seated or standing.