Ongoing STH Adult Summer Classes

Ongoing STH Adult Summer ZOOM Classes
First, the bad news: because of the pandemic crisis, STH has been forced to cut most of our Adult Summer Zoom Class offerings.
Now, the good news:  Mina Hamilton will continue her Monday night YOGA & MEDITATION Classes, Kaina Quenga will beam herself in from Hawai’i to continue teaching her Wednesday evening ALOHA WEDNESDAY Hawai’ian Dance Classes, and Dolores Natividad will continue offering her full range of YOGA & CORE Classes for all abilities.   For further information and to register, please contact STH:  www.spokethehub.org  718.408-3234.

SUMMER ZOOM SPECIALS – HAWAI’IAN DANCE, CARDIODANCE & YOGA, COOKING CLASSES…

DAILY SUMMER DANCE SCHEDULE ADULTS – 
Please enjoy one of our many online zoom classes and support your local dance, art and yoga teachers and Zoom to class! The Zoom app can easily be downloaded on your phone or computer. Zoom classes are listed below.

Spoke the Hub’s Summer ZOOM CLASSES  

Monday July 6 to Friday August 28, 2020 

8 weeks – class meets once a week –    $150.00

 

YOGA WITH MINA HAMILTON

Mondays, 6:45-8pm 

In this playful and healing class, you’ll build core strength, master key yoga postures and gain focus and balance.  

Register here https://classes.spokethehub.org/class/mina-hamilton-monday-645-8pm-yoga-waiting-on-description/

 

YOGA FOR ARTHRITIS with Dolores Natividad 

Mondays, 3-4pm 

This class uses the tools of yoga as they have evolved over thousands of years, to improve the health and well-being of people living with arthritis. Dolores will help you rediscover freedom of movement and the inner power to live life on your terms. “Yoga for Arthritis” was developed at a leading research university by an interdisciplinary team of medical and healing professionals. This team included rheumatologists, psychologists, public health researchers and yoga therapists. Our mission is to champion those who are feeling discouraged, in physical pain and disconnected to their peace and life force. Join us for a class and experience the possibilities of being pain free and moving with ease in a supportive and safe environment.  We adapt stress and pain management tools to help maintain ease and a feeling of wholeness and joy on and off the mat.

Register here https://www.doloresnatividad.com/

 

New! UP YOUR COOKING GAME with Chef Moe

Wednesdays,  1pm – 2pm 

Want to raise your cooking game in the kitchen? It’s all about technique, planning and exploring everyday ingredients and cooking practices. You’ll be a culinary artist in no time as we touch on basics and have fun exploring with simple ingredients and flavorful dishes.

Register here https://classes.spokethehub.org/class/up-your-cooking-game/

 

ALOHA WEDNESDAYS: HAWAI’IAN DANCE with Kaina Quenga

Wednesdays, 6:30-7:45pm

Experience the beautiful culture and art of Hawai’i through music, stories, chants, and songs. Learn hand and feet basics, names of different traditional drums/instruments and practice technique in both ancient and modern styles.

Register here https://classes.spokethehub.org/class/aloha-hawaiian-dance-with-kaina-quenga/

 

CORE & MORE  with Dolores Natividad

Wednesdays, 9am-10am 

A fushion class of core strength and mobility, Gyrokinesis  & Yoga as well as an eclectic overall body workout!    We’ll practice fun, gentle, challenging essential core movements for the back/hips/abs and enhance greater pelvic floor tone while increasing flexibility, fluidity and balance. Class combines the use of balls, goam rollers, resistance-bands, free weights and interval training.  We will focus on preservating your joints while being tough on your muscles!

Register here https://www.doloresnatividad.com/

 

ACCESSIBLE YOGA  with Dolores Natividad

Wednesdays, 3pm -4pm 

“Integrated Accessible Yoga” classes is an inclusive practice.  We will explore the many ways that yoga can be adapted to suit those with disabilities, physical challenges, as well as seniors. Everyone is welcome and my approach to students is done in a trauma-informed way.  We’ll also look at ways yoga can be used to support health and healing for everybody.  If you have specific medical concerns kindly reach out to Dolores.

Register here https://www.doloresnatividad.com/

 

HATHA Yoga with Dolores Natividad 

Thursdays,  9am-10am 

For students interested in a traditional Hatha Yoga class consisting of sound vibration, gentle warm-ups, physical postures, deep relaxation, conscious breathing practice and meditation. This is a comprehensive, balanced class with a steady flow. First time students are welcome

Register here https://www.doloresnatividad.com/

 

Elise’s lunchtime step, sculpt & stretch workout  CANCELLED

Thursdays, 12:30pm to 1:30pm  CANCELLED

For those of you who may want a more balanced, fun and vigorous total body ZOOM workout that will fit within the confines of your bedroom or living room, join STH Director Elise Long mid-day on Thursdays for step aerobics with free weights, stretching and a delicious deep relaxation to end each sweatfest.  Of course we will also dance to music from around the world and across time, and bask in the endorphin rush and energy you are bound to enjoy at the end of each hour.  AND – Spoke the Hub will loan out our steps and weights to anyone signing up for the class, so register now and come pick up your equipment before July 9th if you need it.

https://classes.spokethehub.org/class/cardio-dance-pump-with-elise-long-2/

 

CARDIODANCE & YOGA with Elise Long and Sarah Shellow    CANCELLED

Fridays, 5:30-7:30pm    CANCELLED

Class begins with an intelligen warm-up before launching into vigorous dancing set to dance music from around the world and across the centuries.  We aim to strengthen your heart, lungs and circulation, release endorphins galore, burn about 500 calories,  and keep you rockin’ for the rest of the day!  We’ll learn multi-impact choreography that’s both simple and challenging, but easily modified when necessary.  Free weights will make their way into strength routines, along with rogue push-ups and burpees for our more diesel workout warriors! After we have climbed up the mountain with Elise, Sarah will calm us back down again with gentle and cleansing breath work, a series of relaxing and expansive yoga poses, and ending each workout with a delicious meditative, deep relaxation.  It doesn’t get much better than this – please join us as we dance, sweat, laugh, stretch and calm our monkey minds.

Register here  https://classes.spokethehub.org/class/cardio-dance-yoga-open-level-w-elise-long-sarah-shellow/

 

IMPROV, COMPOSITION, PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP (9 and up) with Elise Long  CANCELLED

Fridays, 4-5:15pm CANCELLED

This intergenerational improvisation/performance workshop is for all uninhibited movers, 8 to 108 years old, who would like to create and perform their own unique performance piece. First we have to figure out what really interests and intrigues us.  Then we have to explore and invent original ways to define and shape our content with our expressive bodies and voices.  Our end goal is to engage and share our unique vision in order to transform and transport others through our original artistry and imagination

Register here https://classes.spokethehub.org/class/improv-composition-performance-workshop-with-elise-long/

 

CORE STRENGTH YOGA with Dolores Natividad

Fridays, 8am-9am 

Gentle mobility warm-ups, strength exercises using resistance bands and ankle weights, and rollers are employed along with yoga poses, conscious breathing, and deep relaxation interwoven as stress and pain management tools.

Register here https://www.doloresnatividad.com/

 

CHAIR YOGA  with Dolores Natividad 

Fridays, 11am-Noon 

Chair Yoga is an extra gentle yoga for students who do not have easeful mobility. The class is a modified version of an Integral Yoga class adapted to the chair!   The class structure includes: sound vibration, yoga poses, breathing, meditation, and deep relaxation integrated into a steady, comprehensive flow. 

https://www.doloresnatividad.com/