Iowa City Senior Center November-December 2025 Program Guide

BeMoved Dance

Mindful Walking Wednesdays, 10-11 am Location: Crandic Park (51 Rocky Shore Dr, IC) Register online or call 319-356-5220 Convener: Jay Gilchrist

nov dec 2025

Mondays, Tuesdays, 10:30-11:30 am Wednesdays, 1-2 pm

Location: Room G13 Register: Email

hillster2942@icloud.com Instructor: Hillary Granfield A dance fitness experience for all movement abilities; new students are welcome anytime. To learn more, visit bemoveddance.com. Fee: $12/class for drop-in, with discounts available for regular weekly attendance ($9/class for Fit 4 Life with Lindsey Tuesdays, Thursdays, 9-9:45 am Location: Room G13 Register online or call 319-356-5220 Instructor: Lindsey Reed Join us for a fun and functional workout focused on full body strength and stability, balance, and flexibility. Members will use a variety of weights and strength bands. Exercises will be done from a chair, standing, and on the floor for those who are able. Come enjoy a great body workout in a social atmosphere. Fee: $8/class or $105 for 15-class punch card ($6/class or $78.75 for 15-class punch card for those with ICSC’s low-income membership); pay instructor. Membership required. Parkinson's Exercise Class Wednesdays, 10-11 am Location: Room 103 Register with instructor before class Instructor: Matt Seemuth This class is designed for individuals with Parkinson's Disease and uses a variety of exercises to work on movement strategies, gait, balance, strength, and flexibility. This class may use equipment, including hand weights, bands and balls. This class is sponsored by the American Parkinson Disease Association Iowa Chapter and there is no cost to participate for individuals with Parkinson's Disease and care partners. those with ICSC’s low-income membership); pay instructor.

This ongoing drop-in group takes a leisurely stroll up (or down) the Iowa River. We start at Crandic Park and walk to the Iowa River Power dam, or along the Clear Creek Trail, or to Manville Heights. We walk all year, except on extreme weather days. We walk, talk, and quietly point to the changes in the seasons, trees, birds, and prairie flowers and grasses along our path. Questions? Contact Jay at jaygilchrist@gmail.com.

Zumba Wednesdays, 2-2:45 pm Location: Assembly Room Instructor: Holly Carpenter

Zumba is a fun, easily modifiable, low impact dance class, great for heart and brain health. Zumba trains bilateral coordination and balance, enhances spatial awareness, processing speed, and working memory. We start with a warm up that introduces Latin dance steps, build on them during class, and end with cool down and stretching. No experience needed; just come join the party! Fee: $15/class or a discount for punch card ($11.25/class for those with ICSC’s low-income membership); pay instructor.

WELLNESS

The Pomtastiks! Wednesdays, 2:45-3:45 pm Location: Room G13 If you like to dance, enjoy music, are excited to learn

choreography, and are comfortable performing in public, check out The Pomtastiks! We have 20+ choreographed dances and use poms and props to add fun and variety to each performance. We practice our choreography together weekly and at home using DVDs. New members welcome, so if performing in a high energy dance group interests you, stop by a practice to meet us! For info, call Shirley at 319-351-5872. Membership required.

Qigong Movement for Wellbeing Thursdays, through Dec 18, 10-11 am Location: Hybrid (Room 311 & Zoom) Register online or call 319-356-5220 Facilitator: Emily Edrington

Qigong, sometimes called the grandmother of tai chi, is the basic exercise system within Chinese medicine. It focuses on opening the places in your body where your circulating energy is blocked, allowing your life force, known as qi, to flow freely. As a slow-moving, peaceful, meditative form of exercise, qigong can be practiced by people of all ages and abilities. We use a mix of videos from the Great Courses and YouTube to lead our routines.

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