Pilates is wonderful for everybody at any age. Seniors, in particular, can really benefit from a Pilates practice. You may have noticed changes in your balance, strength, flexibility, focus, and your breath are all areas you may notice have changed with age. Pilates at its core works on improving all of those things! Pilates is gentle enough to be right for you at any age and every exercise can be modified to meet you where your body is that day.

Served with Korean sides that are in restaurants. 

Are you and your group looking for a fun Friday night activity?  Lily Siu has got you covered!

Each class is $50 each and everything is provided you, just show up alone or register a group and enjoy the time of your life!

Friday nights in the Bremer Center kitchen from 5-8:30pm.

Places to see and hear stories: Gies Memorial Stadium - three historic round barns - Cunningham Children’s Home 1895-present - 1867 Italianate Solon House (rents for $4,500 a month or purchase for $1,200,000) - UI President’s House that will no longer be the President’s House as of June, 2027 - Champaign County’s four Courthouses - tranquil Japan House - Roger Ebert’s childhood home - Cattle Bank founded 1858 is now Champaign County History Museum. Smaller places of interest will be described along the way.

Glass projects featuring a multi-colored pattern achieved by fusing together variously colored canes, rods, strips, or squares of glass.

Perfect for groups.

Time: 5-8

Chair yoga is especially  suitable for older adults, people with balance or coordination issues, and those with disabilities.  Chair yoga helps increase flexibility, lung capacity, circulation and strength, Improves balance and  relieves stress.  The class incorporates breathing  exercises, stretching, yoga postures, and final relaxation.

9:00am-10:00am

Daniel Hall teaches Tai Chi for the Community Education Department at DACC. He has been a martial arts practitioner for 40+ years, focusing on the internal Chinese art of Tai Chi, as well as the arts of Hsing –I and Bagua. He has studied a variety of Chi-gung and Nei-gung systems and is also a certified Clear Tai Chi™ Level 1 instructor, Clear Tai Chi™ Internal Push Hands™ Level 1 Instructor andhas completed levels 1-4 of Clear Tai Chi™ (Fa Kung) Chi Healing training. As a Kinesiotherapist at the Danville VA, Dan taught Tai chi and Nei-gung for health and for stress reduction to Veterans for several years until retiring in 2020. He taught these skills to Veterans with a wide variety of physical and mental health issues, as ways of coping with the stresses and difficulties of life.

Time: 10:30am-11:30am

Session 2 Wednesdays October 7-28

Daniel Hall teaches Tai Chi for the Community Education Department at DACC. He has been a martial arts practitioner for 40+ years, focusing on the internal Chinese art of Tai Chi, as well as the arts of Hsing –I and Bagua. He has studied a variety of Chi-gung and Nei-gung systems and is also a certified Clear Tai Chi™ Level 1 instructor, Clear Tai Chi™ Internal Push Hands™ Level 1 Instructor andhas completed levels 1-4 of Clear Tai Chi™ (Fa Kung) Chi Healing training. As a Kinesiotherapist at the Danville VA, Dan taught Tai chi and Nei-gung for health and for stress reduction to Veterans for several years until retiring in 2020. He taught these skills to Veterans with a wide variety of physical and mental health issues, as ways of coping with the stresses and difficulties of life.

Time: 5:30pm-6:30pm

Session 2 W October 7-28

Internal Push Hands is a traditional Tai Chi practice where you work cooperatively with a partner to develop relaxation, balance, and physical sensitivity  (often called "listening"). Rather than using physical force, this method is designed to help you cultivate vitality and a strong mind-body connection. Additional benefits include improved posture, reduced stress, and an enhanced ability to concentrate and focus.

Time: 9:00am - 10:00am