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Wisdom Studio
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Class Descriptions
Outdoor Fitness meets 75 minutes, 2x week in Pt. Richmond and 120 minutes Saturday workout on Mt. Tamalpais
Improve your view, GET OUTSIDE! This is a no-excuses workout where all that talk about getting in shape turns into action. This group program uses the hills and parks around Pt. Richmond and Marin to challenge your body and mind while burning calories, building muscle strength and endurance, balance and flexibility. This is a three day a week program offers outstanding fitness instruction, nutritional coaching and a large helping of motivation to keep you on track every step of the way! Every session is loaded with fun and energizing activities specifically designed to help you successfully achieve your goals. We use resistance bands and weighted vests to challenge your strength. Your Certified Outdoor Fitness Trainer organizes the daily program to challenge all fitness levels. No need to be in-shape to begin this program. Join NOW; you’ll love the fun and the way you feel.
Summer Outdoor Boot Camp meets 4x a week for 4 weeks in Pt. Richmond through September Only
Each workout challenges you in a new way. Boot Camp is a four day a week outdoor group fitness program that offers outstanding fitness instructions, nutritional coaching and a large helping of motivation to keep you on track every step of the way! Adopt a fitness lifestyle by learning how to use your everyday environment to develop your muscle strength, endurance, balance and flexibility. This is a take-anywhere fitness program you can incorporate in your daily life. Every boot camp session is loaded with fun and energizing activities specifically designed to help you successfully achieve your weight loss goals. You’ll work right, work hard and be wishing for more. This four week intensive program is your jumpstart to a healthier, stronger, fitter body and mind. Each workout is designed with modifications making it appropriate for beginner through advanced abilities. You can do it!
Restorative Exercise ™ Beginning Mechanics This class is ideal for those new to Restorative Exercise. Learn and practice simple exercises scientifically designed to correct muscle imbalances that cause pain, poor posture and fatigue. See your posture begin to improve. Enjoy the effects of increased flexibility. Improve your balance and decrease risk of falling. Beginning Mechanics is perfect for all ages/conditions. This class is ideal for chronic pain reduction. Restorative Exercise is the creation of Katy Santiago. 45 minute class Restorative Exercise ™ Body Mechanics, Fitness, Strength & Core This is a challenging multi-level Restorative Exercise class focused on developing core strength, enhancing physical performance and improving balance and mobility. The class gives you scientifically designed movement education that transfers into activities of daily living as well as enhancement of sports performance. A private fitness assessment and/or Beginning Mechanics class is recommended. 55 minute class
Qigong is a form of longevity exercise practiced in China for over 1500 years. It is not only a physical exercise suitable for adults of any age, but also philosophically and scientifically rooted. Qigong movements are based on the revolving theory of Tai-Chi. Physically, Qigong stimulates energy flow and blood circulation, balances the body’s internal energies and vitalizes the mind and body. This increased circulation stimulates our metabolism, bringing in fresh and new energy while expelling bad, stagnant Qi (energy). Dayan Qigong consists of 2 sets of 32 slow and easy-to-learn movements. It is the safest and most effective set of movements in China. It can improve illness and further a youthful life and healthy mind and body. Peggy Dey is a skilled, compassionate and patient teacher. This class is taught in two 8-week programs. Don’t miss this chance to experience this powerful healing practice. Maximum class size is 10. This is a 90 minute class
Pilates
In this introductory class you will learn the basic movements and body concepts that constitute Pilates exercise. Pilates is a method of body conditioning that works to strengthen your center, lengthen your spine, build muscle tone, and increase body awareness and flexibility. Relief of joint pain including many forms of low back pain often results from this Pilates core training. The system of floor exercises designed by Joseph Pilates is progressive: from fundamentals to the beginning mat series, the intermediate mat series and finally the advanced series. 55 minute class Pilates Mat – L1 Beginning Series Pilates is a method of body conditioning that works to strengthen your center, lengthen your spine, build muscle tone, and increase body awareness and flexibility. Pilates addresses the body as a whole, correcting asymmetries and chronic weaknesses to prevent re-injury and to enhance balance. In the Beginning class you will use the techniques and exercises learned in the Fundamentals class and begin to link movements into a flow of exercises. The system of mat exercises designed by Joseph Pilates is progressive from learning the fundamentals, to the beginning mat series, intermediate mat series and finally the advanced series. 55 minute class
Pilates Mat – L2 Intermediate Series
The Intermediate Series of mat exercises is more challenging than the L1 series because it takes longer to complete and requires more muscle endurance. Intermediate series exercises are more complex and demand more concentration. At this level you progress in a continual flow working to transition seamlessly from one exercise to another. Prerequisite: Fundamentals, Beginning Series or instructor’s permission. 55 minute class
Pilates Mat – L3 Advanced Series
Not only do the Pilates exercises get more challenging in the Advanced Series but the workout gets a lot longer requiring more endurance and strength. Prerequisite: Intermediate Series or instructor’s permission.
This is the intermediate series level of mat exercises with modifications appropriate for the limitation of participants with osteoporosis, arthritis and other structural challenges. The pace of this class is somewhat slower with fewer sequential transitions. Prerequisite: Fundamentals and Beginning Series or instructor’s permission. 50 minute class Pilates for Yachties 6-week session. May 13 - June 17 This class is focused on the Pilates method of body conditioning specifically applied to the physical demands of sailing. This class is taught by Judy Bentsen. Judy is an experienced sailor and excellent Pilates Instructor. Please contact Judy at www.pilates4yachties.com for information and registration. 55 minute class Pilates Mat and Springboard 6-week class Date TBA The Pilates Springboard is a wall mounted apparatus featuring Pilates springs and a roll-down bar used to enhance movement learning and give a full body workout. The Springboard is based on the Cadillac (or Trap Table). Springboard & Mat is an intermediate class. Prerequisite: Beginning Series and one private Springboard session with instructor. 55 minute class Yoga Chakra Yoga Nancy Jean Travis RYT 8 weeks.
In this class we explore and create health in the body and mind by applying modern medical science to the ancient wisdom tradition of yoga. Based on the gentle therapeutic yoga taught at the Deepak Chopra Center for Wellbeing, this class is especially appropriate for students with mobility, flexibility or injury challenges. You'll learn the true spirit of yoga, enjoy the community of friends and neighbors and develop a personal home practice. All levels welcome. Nancy Jean Travis is a Certified Yoga Therapist
Yoga As Medicine Nancy Jean Travis RYT 8 weeks. NO DROP INs
Dr. Mehmet Oz, Dr. Larry McCall and dozens of other leading Western physicians have prescribed Yoga Therapy as an effective treatment for arthritis, asthma, back pain, depression, diabetes, high blood pressure, injuries, insomnia, and menopause. You will learn a specific personal practice to strengthen your body, mind and spirit, with emphasis on using the cardio-respiratory system effectively to balance your health. PREREQUISITE: ALL STUDENTS MUST COMPLETE A HEALTH SURVEY AND OBTAIN PERMISSION FROM THE INSTRUCTOR IN ADVANCE. ABSOLUTELY NO DROP INS!
TGIF Yoga Oasis Nancy Jean Travis RYT 8 weeks.
Transition from a hectic work week and wind down for a relaxing weekend! This is a restorative yoga class open to all ages and abilities. Bring your eye pillow and leave your worries at the office! *No TGIF Yoga on March 7 due to the Symposium on Yoga Therapy and Research in Los Angeles Yoga With Nicole Nicole Ward RYTYoga is about bringing our awareness to the interconnectedness of life and the way we live it. Hatha Yoga is the science and art of body purification and stress relief.
Basics of this practice emphasize alignment and form, core postures, yogic breathing, and concentration. Students explore a variety of yogic philosophies and quickly develop greater flexibility through detailed attention to body awareness. Mixed levels practices build upon basic principles to include sequencing and technical structure. These classes are suitable for the beginning student and challenge the more advanced yogi to go deeper. Centered in mindfulness and concentration, it is great for the nervous system. Typical class elements include standing, bending, balancing, twisting, prone, supine, forward, and backward postures along with deep relaxation, short meditations, and/or guided imagery.
Feldenkrais
Feldenkrais with Laruen McLeod The Feldenkrais Method® The Anat Baniel Method for Children®
The Feldenkrais Method guides you toward freedom from interfering habits in the way you move, breathe and carry yourself, as you discover your body’s natural design for ease, grace and power. It works by accessing the brain’s power to continuously form new, more effective patterns of movement, thought and feeling.
In the Awareness Through Movement Class, you learn how to eliminate excessive force and let go of stiff areas of your body, so that you discover ways of moving that are truly harmonious- allowing more of your whole self to participate. Each class is a different movement sequence centered on a particular theme of human movement. While the lessons look deceptively easy, many students find them very interesting, and challenging, in their use of widely varied and novel configurations of movement, sensory perception, thinking and imagination.
The benefits are available to people of all ages and physical capacities. Feldenkrais can help you
In Functional Integration, individual Feldenkrais lessons, the teacher does the movement for you, and can address your specific needs. F.I. promotes faster progress for everyone, and is especially recommended for those suffering from pain, neurological problems or for athletes and performance artists working on a specific goal.
Special Programs
National Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program – 4 week class begins in June.
Take control with the Arthritis Foundation Lifestyle Improvement Series. These programs are proven to reduce pain, decrease stiffness and increase function. This exercise program is designed specifically for people with arthritis and uses gentle activities to help decrease pain, increase joint flexibility and range of motion and help maintain muscle strength. Classes are tailored to your fitness level – with exercises for sitting, standing or on the floor.
Aquatic Exercise Brickyard Landing residents and guests only
This is a great 50 minute cardio workout designed to get you moving in the deep water. A buoyancy belt is provided and swimming is not required. All exercise movements have modifications to fit any fitness level or special need such as joint replacements, respiratory challenges, post surgery or physical therapy restrictions. No previous experience is needed. Jump in, the water is 80 degrees. · Develop muscle strength and endurance without building bulk. · Increase your aerobic endurance and improve breathing. · Increase range of motion in your joints and decrease joint pain. · Help lower your blood pressure. · Improve your muscle tone. · Reduce your waist size. All BYL residents and guests are invited to join. Remember your hat, sunscreen and a smile. Goddess Bodies 6-week class Please inquire Weight loss is not a prerequisite for fitness. Fitness and beauty are found in woman of any size. Goddess Bodies is a unique movement program for plus-size woman. This six-week program consists of a series of exercises tailored to the physiological needs of a larger body. These exercises/movements lengthen and strengthen the muscles that may be affected by size. If you avoid exercise because you are uncomfortable or uncertain how to modify common exercise safely to get the best results for your body, then this is the program for you. The science-based exercises in the program are also excellent for people considering bariatric surgery. True fitness is about empowering yourself through movement; about feeling good, breathing deep, standing tall and walking proud. Movement is freedom. 55 minute class Active Stretching 4-week class Date TBA Active Stretching centers on physiological principles of specific muscle lengthening, bringing increased circulation and oxygen to the tissues, lengthening of superficial and deep fascia (connective tissue). Active Stretching is "natural" stretching, using the movement of the body to accomplish unique results. Body Wisdom Studio offers private training and group stretch classes. 55 minute class Visit the Workshop page and see the one-session intensive programs planned for the future. The mission of Body Wisdom Studio is to promote wellness education in our community. Your feedback and suggestions help us to create the classes and workshops on subjects you choose. Our network of practitioners in the health, wellness and fitness fields is a wonderful resource for skills training and education on a wide range of topics. Please reach us on the Contact Page or call 510-232-4566 Introduction to Pilates Call for information In this introductory class you will learn the basic movements and body concepts that constitute Pilates exercise. Pilates is a method of body conditioning that works to strengthen your center, lengthen your spine, build muscle tone, and increase body awareness and flexibility. Relief of joint pain including many forms of low back pain often results from this Pilates core training. The system of floor exercises designed by Joseph Pilates is progressive: from fundamentals to the beginning mat series, the intermediate mat series and finally the advanced series.
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To register for our classes, or to receive additional information, please email us at: or call Nancy at: (510) 232-4566 or (415) 722-3000 Body Wisdom Studio Brickyard Cove Marina 1160 Brickyard Cove Road B12 Pt. Richmond, CA 94801 |