
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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Creative Pathways
Sculpt, shape, and shine! Transform air-dry clay into luxe, leaf-shaped treasure trays that look straight
out of a designer shop. Press real leaves to capture every vein and curve, then bring the magic to life
with gold leaf accents that catch the light like autumn sunshine. These little beauties don’t just hold your
treasures; they make your treasures shine.
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Fitness and Movement
Tai chi improves balance, lowers blood pressure, increases energy levels, and lowers the risk of falls.
Movements are simple and easy to learn. Skill Level: All levels.
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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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Managing Your Personal Health Conditions
Are you taking care of a loved one who is ill or needs daily care? Is it hard to find time or energy to take
care of your own needs? Don’t stress, we have tools to help you stay healthy and happy while caring for
a loved one. Cultivate tools to help improve self-care behaviors, manage emotions, boost self-efficacy,
identify community resources, and much more. Start caring for yourself again, which will enhance your
caregiving ability!
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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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Managing Your Personal Health Conditions
Did you know your houseplants can do more than just brighten a room? Discover how common indoor
plants can naturally clean the air in your home, reduce toxins, and boost your overall wellbeing. Backed
by fascinating NASA research – even used on the space station to keep astronauts healthy – learn which
plants are the most powerful air purifiers and how to care for them. Breathe easier and greener with
your own living air filters!
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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
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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Managing Your Personal Health Conditions
Have you experienced a slip, trip, or fall that has shaken your confidence, left you with the fear of falling,
or, worse yet, resulted in injury? You understand that the threat of a fall is often a “game-changer”
and can be a barrier to doing activities you enjoy at home and in your community. This fall prevention
course provides opportunities to increase awareness to reduce your risk of falling by improving
strength and balance, evaluating home hazards, and medication management to live well at home and
in your community. This is a seven-week series produced by the Wisconsin Institute for Healthy Aging
Curriculum.
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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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All About You
Grab your broomsticks and journey through the colonial witch trials from Connecticut to Virginia (with
a stop in Maryland) to uncover the truth behind the witchcraft accusations. Can you distinguish the
documented facts from the enduring folklore of witchcraft in early America?
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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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Wise & Well Journey
"Grains of Sand" is a moving, reflective documentary that follows the friendship of two women in their
80s separated by an ocean, but united by a lifelong bond and love of art. Filmed over eight years, the
documentary follows Margot and Barbara as they meet yearly on a farm in Germany to share their
work and reflect on their lives and friendship. This special screening will include a discussion with the
filmmaker, who is the daughter and daughter-in-law of the film’s stars, and a reflective art experience on
what it means to age while continually discovering oneself. Lunch will be provided.
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All About You
From the forest floors to the treetops, Maryland is teeming with life! Discover rich ecosystems and bask
in the state’s environmental biodiversity. Whether you're a nature lover, backyard birdwatcher, or curious
explorer, get ready to bring the wild world of Maryland to life.
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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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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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