Mind & Body classes are our largest expense at Fearrington Cares. Your $5 donation helps defray the cost of our instructors. Checks should be made payable to Fearrington Cares.
Otago Fall Prevention
Mondays
10:30 am to 11:30 am
Fearrington Cares Center
This exercise class is based on the Otago exercise program, which was developed to help reduce falls. Vidya Krishna will lead you through a series of simple muscle strengthening and balance exercises. All levels welcome! Adjustable ankle weights suggested.
Chair Yoga
Tuesdays
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Fearrington Cares Center
Explore yoga poses while seated or standing behind a chair. It is a great way to increase strength, balance, and flexibility in your body and your mind. If you require back support while seated, please bring a firm throw pillow. A yoga mat is recommended for standing poses. Gentle guidance and instruction offered by Wendy Snodgrass.
Chair Tap Dance
Thursdays
10:00 am to 11:00 am
Fearrington Cares Center
Stay in your chair and make music with your feet, even if you don’t have tap shoes. Tap dancing consists of learning rhythm patterns. Learning and memorizing patterns is a great workout for your brain to help ward off dementia and cognitive decline.
Line Dancing
Thursdays
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Fearrington Cares Center
Line dancing is a great way to get some low-impact exercise, stimulate your brain, and have fun. Bruce Gillooly leads the class.
Introduction to Line Dancing
Thursdays
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Fearrington Cares Center
Discover the joy of Line Dancing with this introductory class designed for absolute beginners—both men and women—to learn choreographed steps to a variety of music genres promoting movement, cognitive engagement and fun. Instructors Jerry and Ellen Grand are experienced, fun-loving line dance enthusiasts.
Intermediate Yoga (on hiatus in July and August)
Thursdays
2:30 to 3:30 pm
Fearrington Cares Center
Limited to 10 people
Practicing yoga benefits your physical, emotional, and cognitive health. Yoga isn’t about working harder; it’s about relaxing, releasing, and letting go. Instructor Bren Ungerland has been teaching yoga for more than 30 years and leads the group.
Meditation
Fridays
10 to 10:45 am
Fearrington Cares Center
Sit in stillness and explore the movement of breath through various techniques that focus the mind. With subtle guidance, we’ll explore directed awareness, open awareness, and insight meditations along with visualizations. This accessible approach is universal, secular, and intention-based, which allows us to bring what we cultivate into everyday life.
QiGong
Fridays
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
The Gathering Place
QiGong is an ancient Chinese practice designed to support health, vitality, and longevity. Qi (pronounced chee) is life force energy and Gong is skill, work, expertise. The goal is to become skillful at cultivating your energy. The movements of QiGong are coordinated with the breath and include warmups/activation, stretches, and flows.
May Su’s Qi Gong Yoga and Tai chi Demonstrations
On You Tubepart, part of Bringing Wellness to You from
UNC Health Care Wellness Centers