This will be a beginner-level Pilates workout and will include other flexibility, range-of-motion, toning, and balance exercises.  Improve your strength, flexibility, balance, mind and body awareness, postural alignment, and muscle tone. This class will help you relieve tension and boost energy. Participants must be comfortable getting down to and up from the floor. Mats are needed. This class is recommended for students who want a more challenging workout. (Pilates is NOT recommended for those with osteoporosis).  Class is taught via Zoom-You must have a computer/tablet/phone with audio and video capability.

This class is an energetic but doable, low-impact cardio and weight-training fitness workout designed not only to be safe for participants with bone density concerns, but infused with a variety of exercises to help increase bone density. Most of the weight-bearing, cardiovascular workout will be done standing.  Dumbbells and fitness bands will be utilized for the strength exercises. The goal is to get in 4000 steps in one hour! Have a light (2-5 lbs.) pair of dumbells, fitness band and a bottle of water.  Class is held via Zoom.  You must have a computer/tablet/phone with audio and video capability.

We have many avid readers at Oasis Rochester who share books with each other. This peer-led group will meet four Mondays this trimester to critique and share ideas on a selected book and to recommend favorite books to one another. This group will stretch your literary horizons. Meeting dates are 1/3, 2/7, 3/7 and 4/4. The book selection for January is 'Poet Warrior: A Memoir' by Joy Harjo. Class is held via Zoom.  You must have a computer/tablet/phone with audio and video capability.

T'ai Chi, a 2,000-year-old form of exercise, is gentle and self-paced. The slow and continuous movements lengthen and strengthen the muscles while relaxing the mind. It is used as therapy for chronic pain, high blood pressure, depression, and limited mobility. Described as swimming through air, it is a perfect exercise for all ages and abilities. It can be practiced while seated, making T'ai Chi accessible to those with compromised physical conditions such as MS, arthritis, etc. A recent study by the National Institutes of Health found that practicing T'ai Chi can help older adults keep dormant the virus that causes shingles. This course is for beginning students.

A recent study by the National Institutes of Health found that practicing T'ai Chi can help keep the virus that causes shingles dormant in older adults. This more advanced level of T'ai Chi is for those students who have taken previously taken T'ai Chi with Diane and have advance permission from her to register.

You will explore your personality preferences and examine your behaviors.  Then you will look at how the preferences and behaviors of family members, friends, salespeople, clients, support people might complement or conflict with yours.  The materials used are taken from team building and sales training.

Nia is a whole-body approach to fitness that encompasses the dance arts, the martial arts, and the healing arts. Through expressive movement and music, Nia invites you to achieve physical, mental, and spiritual fitness and well-being. Nia is adaptable to every level of fitness, every age and type of body, even those with special limitations.  Nia will lubricate your joints, release your tension, enhance your balance, and tone your muscles with pleasure, mindful awareness, and joyful spirit. Come discover how fitness can feel good, be safe, and deliver results, all without jogging up and down!  If you are new to Nia, or have participated in Basic Nia through Oasis, you are encouraged to register for this welcoming class.  You will be able to see your friends, and make new ones.  Please bring an exercise mat for stretching and a end of class cool down.  This class will be presented via Zoom only.  You must have a computer/phone/tablet with a video and audio capability.

We welcome all Oasis members who enjoy singing, and those who think they might, to give us a try. There are no auditions and newcomers are always welcome. The chorus learns to sing in harmony to favorites and popular Broadway tunes to new contemporary songs. Usually twice per session (participation optional) the chorus performs for residents at a nearby nursing home, hospital, or senior facility (Covid restrictions dependent). Music truly does lift the spirit and feed the soul.  This class is for those who prefer to join chorus via Zoom only.  You must have a computer/tablet/phone with audio and video capability.