There’s music and movement classes coming up at Senior Center

||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER |||

Eastern Movement Classes with Joan Roulac via Zoom - First four Wednesdays, 9am (Ease Please) and Tuesday, June 13, 11am (4-week T’ai Chi Chih series)

Quiet the mind and strengthen the body with Joan Roulac’s Ease Please four-week Qigong series. These 15-minute sessions will gently loosen muscles, strengthen immunity, build balance, and increase energy. The virtual series on the first four Wednesdays of each month at 9am. The series fee is $40.

Relieve arthritis pain and increase joint mobility in a 4-week T’ai Chi Chih series, starting Tuesday, June 13 at 11am via Zoom. Learn gentle energy healing techniques that can decrease joint pain and increase flexibility. This seated practice is simple and easy to do. The series fee is $75.

Joan started teaching T’ai Chi Chih after becoming a Certified Teacher in 1987, and now leads Zoom classes around the world.

For inquiries and registration, please contact Joan Roulac directly at 360-298-2789 or joan@MountaintopMusings.com.

Slow Yoga and Chair Yoga with Susie Frank @ Orcas Senior Center – Slow Yoga: Thursdays, 9:15-10:15am; Chair Yoga: Tuesdays, 9:15am-10:15am and Thursdays, 10:30-11:30am (no yoga June 19-30)

Slow Yoga, offered on Thursdays, 9:15-10:15am at Orcas Senior Center, incorporates the use of props and supports to help gain access to postures safely and mindfully. It is ideal for those new to yoga or those seeking a slower more supported practice.

Chair Yoga, offered on Tuesdays, 9:15am-10:15am and Thursdays, 10:30-11:30am, is a gentle technique allowing seniors and persons with disabilities to practice balance poses without the risk of falling with the use of a chair as support.

An Orcas resident for over 30 years, Susie Frank has been practicing yoga since 2009 and received her yoga teacher training from 8 Limbs Yoga in Seattle in 2016. Susie suggests a $15 donation ($12 for members of OSC) per class, but nobody will be turned away for lack of funds. Contact Susie directly for participation and payment inquiries at 360-298-4484 or sissooz@yahoo.com.

Ukulele Kanikapila and Beginners’ Ukulele Class @ Orcas Senior Center – Mondays, 1-3pm (Kanikaplila) and Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11am-12pm (lessons)

Join the ukulele Kanikapila, Hawaiian for “play music,” on Mondays, 1-3pm at Orcas Senior Center. The first half hour will be a lesson or two and then everyone will have the opportunity to play. Adults of all ages with all levels of ukulele expertise welcome to join in or sit and listen. Other instruments are welcome.

Don’t know how to play the ukulele but want to learn? Participate in a twice weekly beginners’ ukulele class with Kathy Collister on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11am-12pm. Kathy will recommend resources to help get you started, and focus will be on learning introductory chords and strumming. There is no fee for the class, but you will need to provide your own ukulele.

For all ukulele related inquiries, including questions about borrowing a ukulele, please email Kathy at kcollister15@gmail.com. Beginners and adults of all ages are welcome!