3877CE Line Dancing for Beginners
Instructor: Carol Macik
Wednesdays, January 11, 18, 25, February 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, March 7, 14 and 21
1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Did you know that dancing is one of the best exercises for your body - and for brain health? It's also a way to stay active and meet people. Don't have a dance partner? No problem. Let's line dance!

A line dance is a choreographed dance with a repeated sequence of steps in which a group of people dance in one or more lines all facing the same direction, and execute the steps at the same time. These dancers are not in physical contact with each other. Though line dancing emerged from country/western music, it continues to evolve, absorbing modern trends, urban sophistication, swing syncopations, flowing waltz, and Latin flavor, all danced in lines. Do your body, your brain and your sense of fun a favor and join us for this very enjoyable activity.

Location: Eckerd College Fitness Center Dance Room
Member: $59; Non-member: $79

3880CE Hands on Cooking Class with the Healthy Chef
Instructor: Sherell White
Tuesdays, January 17, 31, February 14, 28, March 13 and April 3
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Ready for a healthy transformation? Learn how to change your diet and replace unhealthy choices with a new fresh menu that will tantalize your taste buds. This class is suitable for pescetarian, vegan, vegetarian and gluten free diets.

Class One

• What is healthy eating?
• Healthy culinary cooking methods
• A healthy kitchen
• How to shop; replacements
• A discussion of what triggers binging; keeping healthy comfort food handy; demonstration and sampling of healthy snacks; the key to success.
• The benefits of juicing

Class Two

• Breakfast, the best start to a nutritious day. Discussion, demonstration and sampling.
• Shakes, shakes, shakes featuring the all-important organic, raw red powders, green powders and plant-based protein.
• Demonstration and sampling.

Class Three

• What's for lunch?

Class Four

• What's for dinner? The lighter side with soups, salads and fruit.

Class Five

• How to eat well while you travel discussion, and sampling from local health food stores and restaurants
• Menu planning

Class Six

• Where do I go from here?
• Creating and managing change; mapping out your success
• Healthy dessert demo and sampling
• Satisfying your sweet tooth without sugar
• Participants will have the opportunity to share what they learned from the course including what changes they made and how they are reshaping their lives moving forward.

Location: Eckerd College Lewis House
Member: $69; Non-member: $89

3878CE Yoga for Everyday Living
Instructor: Swami Vidyananda
Tuesdays, January 17, 24, 31, February 7, 14, 21, 28, March 6, 13 and 20
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Would you like to feel better and enhance both your physical and mental skills? Become more flexible in your mind and in your body? Integrating Yoga for Everyday Living into your life can help you have more energy, strength and flexibility, and improve your balance as well. This class combines various methods of yoga, including yoga postures ("Asanas"); yoga breathing practices ("Pranayama"); relaxation techniques ("Yoga Nidra)" and meditation.

Please wear comfortable loose clothing and bring a blanket, a large towel or a yoga sticky mat.

Location: Continuing Education Center
Member: $69; Non-member: $99

3879CE Chair Yoga
Instructor: Stacy Renz
Thursdays, January 26, February 2, 9, 16, 23, March 1, 8 and 15
10:00 - 11:15 a.m.

If you have heard how wonderful yoga is but always thought it was too difficult, now is your time to experience the benefits for yourself. Chair yoga is a gentle form of yoga that is practiced sitting in a chair, or using a chair for support while standing. It incorporates all of the benefits of yoga: a healthier, stronger, and more flexible body; a great sense of calm and well-being; and increased oxygen intake.

Chair yoga has helped people with the symptoms of many health issues, including high blood pressure, anxiety, arthritis, depression, and chronic pain. With the aid of a chair, you will learn many kinds of yoga postures, breathing techniques, meditation, and ways of relaxation. No getting down on the floor, no complicated movements - just increased flexibility, mobility, and relaxation.

Location: Continuing Education Center
Member: $59; Non-member: $79

Mental Fitness
Instructor: Lynda R. Hodge

3875CE Mondays, January 23, 30, February 6, 13, 20 and 27
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

3876CE Mondays, March 12, 19, 26,  April 2, 9 and 16
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Would you like to have more energy to accomplish your goals on a daily basis? Want to feel more alert?

We will learn the following:

• the latest research about brain health and how it translates into things we can do everyday to increase our physical and mental health
• how our brains process emotions and how we can increase positive attitudes and self-confidence
• how to minimize age-related memory loss
• how to be proactive with strategies for preserving and even improving our memory

We will learn how to do all this with simple natural movements that you can do in 5 minutes a day - sitting, standing or lying down. We will learn why these movements work by finding out what is going on inside our brains when we do them. If you took Mental Fitness in the past, come back for a refresher and find out about the newest brain research. We'll laugh a lot, move a lot (at your own level), learn how to decrease our stress and have great fun while we learn how to keep our brains and our bodies healthy and strong.

Location: Continuing Education Center  
Member: $59; Non-member: $79