Mat & Ball class
Blends physical therapy, functional fitness and Pilates utilizing a mat and physioball.
Beginner - Intermediate level.
Recommended props for class:
Beginner - Intermediate level.
Recommended props for class:
- One 65cm Physioball
- One 1lb or 2lb hand weight
- Two 4lb or 5lb hand weights
- Pilates or yoga mat
Mat Pilates
This 50 minute Mat Pilates class, led by Jocelyn Barner, a Board Certified Physical Therapist, incorporates both classic and contemporary Pilates. Through this movement practice you will lengthen and strengthen your muscles while decreasing stress and working towards a stronger core. This class is designed to decrease back pain and promote injury prevention.
Monday Mat Pilates
This class with Madison Palffy will approach Pilates as an awareness practice to facilitate mindful strength and release. We will explore the fundamentals of Pilates mat work emphasizing breathing, sensing in, and having fun!
Tai Chi for Health
is an ancient Chinese exercise system that is proven to enhance balance and improve physical and mental well-being. This class uses gentle Tai Chi exercises that are safe, easy to learn, and suitable for everyone.
Zumba
Welcome to our exhilarating Zumba® class! Get ready to experience a high-energy cardio-dance workout that combines various dance styles and upbeat music, creating a fitness party atmosphere like no other. From Latin to jazz, rock, country, pop, and hip-hop, our classes feature a diverse range of dance genres.
At Zumba®, there are no wrong movements. We encourage everyone to do their best, and with regular attendance, you’ll quickly grasp the choreography. Don’t worry if you’re unfamiliar with the moves initially; we guarantee you’ll master them in no time. Whether you prefer to move at a faster or slower pace, the key is to keep moving!
Our unique approach involves mixing low-intensity and high-intensity moves in an interval-style format, ensuring a calorie-burning workout that doesn’t feel like work. As the infectious Latin and World rhythms take over, you’ll understand why Zumba® Fitness classes are often called “exercise in disguise.” It’s not only super effective but also super fun!
Join us in this class that aims to bring people together. Regardless of your age, fitness level, or dance experience, Zumba® is for everyone who wants to enjoy a vibrant and inclusive workout. So, please put on your dancing shoes, and let’s groove our way to a healthier, happier you!
At Zumba®, there are no wrong movements. We encourage everyone to do their best, and with regular attendance, you’ll quickly grasp the choreography. Don’t worry if you’re unfamiliar with the moves initially; we guarantee you’ll master them in no time. Whether you prefer to move at a faster or slower pace, the key is to keep moving!
Our unique approach involves mixing low-intensity and high-intensity moves in an interval-style format, ensuring a calorie-burning workout that doesn’t feel like work. As the infectious Latin and World rhythms take over, you’ll understand why Zumba® Fitness classes are often called “exercise in disguise.” It’s not only super effective but also super fun!
Join us in this class that aims to bring people together. Regardless of your age, fitness level, or dance experience, Zumba® is for everyone who wants to enjoy a vibrant and inclusive workout. So, please put on your dancing shoes, and let’s groove our way to a healthier, happier you!
Functional Strength Training
Connect with your body’s inherent power through Functional Strength Training every Tuesday evening. Attune yourself with the core African philosophies of resilience and determination as you focus on enhancing your muscle strength, flexibility, and endurance. This inclusive fitness class unites style, strength and function, echoing Africa’s dynamic artistic and cultural tapestry in your journey towards self-discovery and empowerment.
Not just in name but at heart, Positively Africana encourages everyone, regardless of background, to be part of this exciting, all-embracing fitness journey.
Not just in name but at heart, Positively Africana encourages everyone, regardless of background, to be part of this exciting, all-embracing fitness journey.
AfroBeats Dance Fitness
Ignite your spirit with the infectious rhythms of Africa through our Afrobeats Dance Fitness class, every Sunday. Immerse yourself in a vibrant fitness dance-off fueled by the contagious, percussive beats of African music. Let each pulsating move inspire a sense of inclusivity, celebrate your individual style, and uplift your mood while burning those calories.
Not just in name but at heart, Positively Africana encourages everyone, regardless of background, to be part of this exciting, all-embracing fitness journey.
Not just in name but at heart, Positively Africana encourages everyone, regardless of background, to be part of this exciting, all-embracing fitness journey.
Capoeira Classes
In all classes
Adults, Instructor Bicicleta
Monday and Wednesday 5:30pm-7:00pm
All ages and abilities
These dynamic classes are the rice and beans of our practice. Each class incorporates a balance of mindfulness, cardio, coordination and flexibility, creativity and connection, and always ends with a roda to raise the energy and apply what we’re practicing. Instructor Bicicleta’s passion for music, playful expression, and complex sequencing of movements engages students through their body and soul. Training often with other capoeira instructors, Bicicleta brings new material, songs, and methods of instruction to weave into our practice. He gives individualized attention and directions for growth to each student, whether in their first class or a fellow instructor of many years. Any questions email [email protected]
Kids Ages 6 to 12, Instructor Trança
Monday and Wednesday 4:30pm-5:20pm
This energetic and playful class encourages kids to train hard and make friends while learning to regulate their nervous systems and follow directions. Every class we practice listening not only to each other’s words but to rhythm, song, and body language. Instructor Trança teaches music, kicks, escapes, acrobatics, Portuguese vocabulary, and games to each kid at their level, incorporating peer mentorship and kindness as foundational practices in capoeira. Those with more experience can expect to be engaged with new material as well as continually practice the basics and assist newer students and the instructor. Any questions email Trança at [email protected]
Young Kids Ages 3 to 5, Instructor Trança
Thursdays 4:00pm-4:45pm
This class is all about creating positive experiences with the foundational elements of capoeira: complex and inverted movements and balance, making music and following rhythm, and being part of the group. With music and games, we practice following directions, trying hard things, taking turns, and celebrating our amazing abilities. Above all, we focus on PLAY! Acrobatics with mats and balls, kicks, escapes, and so many games are all part of this class. Adults may join in class, or drop off and come back depending on their child’s needs. Any questions email Trança at [email protected]
Capoeira Conditioning, Instructor Ligeirinho
Thursdays 5:00pm-6:30pm
All ages and abilities
The Capoeira conditioning class is to help gain the strength and stamina you want and need for capoeira. The class incorporates what was taught throughout the week to help further train the techniques and sequences. The class usually consists of core exercises and calisthenic exercises. The strength training is based on capoeira movements, therefore we use body weight to build the muscles for specific capoeira moves or positions. The class uses some of the philosophies of High Intensity Interval Training and support for our cardiovascular exercises to keep our heart rates up and build our strength. We always have a roda at the end of class to fill the space with energy, or as we say, Axé!
Roda Class, Instructor Bicicleta
Saturdays 12:00pm-1:30pm
All ages and abilities
Capoeira’s fullest expression is in the roda– playing capoeira in a circle of people singing and making music. This class devotes most of its time to the roda so everybody can have a chance to play with multiple people and apply their learning from the week. This class also offers the opportunity to ask questions and the space for student-led workshopping. Like all our classes, this class welcomes absolute beginners enthusiastically and is crucial to every student's training. In the warmer months we often meet outside at Pulaski Park. Any questions email [email protected]
- Through our capoeira classes, individuals develop awareness and control of their body and emotions, deepen their musicality, and develop their capacity for play. This is embodied in the capoeira roda, where each person contributes positive energy to the group through song, music, movement, and presence.
- Music energizes and directs the movement in capoeira. We teach music in an accessible way that encourages beginners to jump right in with simple instruments and still challenges more advanced students with complex rhythms, leading songs (in Portuguese!), and making their own instruments.
- Each class may include: group warm-up, fundamental movement practice, partnered sequences, exercises in strategy, training self-expression and creativity, dynamic games, strength training, and roda.
- All classes are appropriate for absolute beginners.
- Through translation of songs and explorations of the many styles and traditions, we offer perspective on the rich Afro-Brazilian history of capoeira as an art of the oppressed within the frame of our present society.
- We combine all of these elements in the spirit of growth and respect, and cultivate a community that loves to play together.
Adults, Instructor Bicicleta
Monday and Wednesday 5:30pm-7:00pm
All ages and abilities
These dynamic classes are the rice and beans of our practice. Each class incorporates a balance of mindfulness, cardio, coordination and flexibility, creativity and connection, and always ends with a roda to raise the energy and apply what we’re practicing. Instructor Bicicleta’s passion for music, playful expression, and complex sequencing of movements engages students through their body and soul. Training often with other capoeira instructors, Bicicleta brings new material, songs, and methods of instruction to weave into our practice. He gives individualized attention and directions for growth to each student, whether in their first class or a fellow instructor of many years. Any questions email [email protected]
Kids Ages 6 to 12, Instructor Trança
Monday and Wednesday 4:30pm-5:20pm
This energetic and playful class encourages kids to train hard and make friends while learning to regulate their nervous systems and follow directions. Every class we practice listening not only to each other’s words but to rhythm, song, and body language. Instructor Trança teaches music, kicks, escapes, acrobatics, Portuguese vocabulary, and games to each kid at their level, incorporating peer mentorship and kindness as foundational practices in capoeira. Those with more experience can expect to be engaged with new material as well as continually practice the basics and assist newer students and the instructor. Any questions email Trança at [email protected]
Young Kids Ages 3 to 5, Instructor Trança
Thursdays 4:00pm-4:45pm
This class is all about creating positive experiences with the foundational elements of capoeira: complex and inverted movements and balance, making music and following rhythm, and being part of the group. With music and games, we practice following directions, trying hard things, taking turns, and celebrating our amazing abilities. Above all, we focus on PLAY! Acrobatics with mats and balls, kicks, escapes, and so many games are all part of this class. Adults may join in class, or drop off and come back depending on their child’s needs. Any questions email Trança at [email protected]
Capoeira Conditioning, Instructor Ligeirinho
Thursdays 5:00pm-6:30pm
All ages and abilities
The Capoeira conditioning class is to help gain the strength and stamina you want and need for capoeira. The class incorporates what was taught throughout the week to help further train the techniques and sequences. The class usually consists of core exercises and calisthenic exercises. The strength training is based on capoeira movements, therefore we use body weight to build the muscles for specific capoeira moves or positions. The class uses some of the philosophies of High Intensity Interval Training and support for our cardiovascular exercises to keep our heart rates up and build our strength. We always have a roda at the end of class to fill the space with energy, or as we say, Axé!
Roda Class, Instructor Bicicleta
Saturdays 12:00pm-1:30pm
All ages and abilities
Capoeira’s fullest expression is in the roda– playing capoeira in a circle of people singing and making music. This class devotes most of its time to the roda so everybody can have a chance to play with multiple people and apply their learning from the week. This class also offers the opportunity to ask questions and the space for student-led workshopping. Like all our classes, this class welcomes absolute beginners enthusiastically and is crucial to every student's training. In the warmer months we often meet outside at Pulaski Park. Any questions email [email protected]
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