WESTBETH FALL CLASSES 2019
Return of our popular classes!

FREE
BALANCE AND STRENGTH TRAINING CLASS
Westbeth Community Room
Mondays 2PM – 3PM
starts Sept 16, 2019

Jennifer Gibson is certified through the reputable Integral Yoga Institute of New York City, which has served the West Village community and surrounding areas for over 50 years.

Jennifer has been a Yoga Instructor for the past 12 years, specializing in yoga for seniors since 2011.
She is thrilled to share the tools of yoga with seniors for balance and building strength. In Jennifer’s current work with seniors, what began as one class quickly grew into three different classes per week, each packed with 20-30 students. Participants range between the ages of early 60s to early 90s and have a wide variety of ability.

Jennifer is passionate about making the practice of yoga accessible to everyone. She loves how appreciative seniors are to learn yoga and how much they look forward to every class, and she is excited to bring the benefits of yoga to the Westbeth community.

Sponsored by Westbeth Artists Residents Council and New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson

FREE
SING TIME SESSIONS

Westbeth Community Room
Fridays 4:30PM – 5:30PM
Starts Sept 13, 2019

Live piano accompaniment, vocal warm-ups, rhythmic body movement, ear training and improvisation. No Experience Necessary!

Eve Zanni, jazz artist and Somatic Voice teacher, has taught voice for over 2 decades, directed choirs for the Metropolitan Opera Guild, and teaches Circle improvisation.

Sponsored by Westbeth Artists Residents Council and New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson

$5 Donation per class
FELDENKRAIS
Westbeth Community Room
Thurdays 4PM – 5PM
Starts Sept 19, 2019

Doron Tadmor is a Feldenkrais Guild certified teacher

Class lasts 1 hour

The Feldenkrais Method consists of verbally directed movement sequences presented primarily to groups. A lesson generally lasts from thirty to sixty minutes. Each lesson is usually organized around a particular function.

Feldenkrais’Awareness Through Movement lessons, people engage in precisely structured movement explorations that involve thinking, sensing, moving, and imagining. Many are based on developmental movements and ordinary functional activities. Some are based on more abstract explorations of joint, muscle, and postural relationships. The lessons consist of comfortable, easy movements that gradually evolve into movements of greater range and complexity.

Feldenkrais’ lessons attempt to make one aware of his/her habitual neuromuscular patterns and rigidities and to expand options for new ways of moving while increasing sensitivity and improving efficiency. There are hundreds of Awareness Through Movement lessons contained in the Feldenkrais Method that vary, for all levels of movement ability, from simple in structure and physical demand, to more difficult lessons.

A major goal of the Feldenkrais Method is to learn how one’s most basic functions are organized and improve. By experiencing the details of how one performs any action, the student has the opportunity to learn and grow.

Contact: Sandra Kingsbury westbethevents
@gmail.com
Sponsored by Westbeth Beautfication Committee

FREE
MEDITATION CLASS
Westbeth Room 1209
Tuesdays 5PM – 6PM
October only

Classic sitting and walking meditations as a simple practice of mindfulness and awareness.

Rm 1209
Westbeth Artists Housing
55 Bethune St
NY NY 10014

Steve Clorfeine has been leading meditation and teaching contemplative practice for 40 years.

Sponsored by Westbeth Beautification Committee

YOU’RE NEVER TOO OLD TO PLAY
Westbeth Community Room
Thursdays 11Am – 2 PM
Sept 12 – dec 19, 2019
CLASS IS FILLED.

Sign up for waiting list.
Email: gaborworks@gmail.com
You must be 55 years old and up.

Nancy Gabor, director and acting teacher leads a 12 week continuous workshop concentrating on movement, improvisation, and storytelling. No experience necessary. Learn and grow in a safe, supportive environment.

Sponsored by the Westbeth Artists Residents Council, the creative Aging Workshop is a partnership between the Westbeth Artists Residents Council and Pier 55. Open to the public year round, Pier 55 will revitalize a part of Hudson River Park with almost 3 acres of new public park space featuring lush greenery and a diverse array of accessible arts, educational and community programming to people of all ages. It will be an iconic and welcoming open space for all New Yorkers. Opening in Hudson River Park near 13th St in Spring 2021.