Weekly Classes & Programs | Bolinas Community Center

Please contact our office at (415) 868-2128 or email lia@bocenter.org if you would like to know specifics or availability to start a class or offer a workshop.

MONDAY

Somatic Exercises ~ 9:30 – 10:45 am

Learn a series of gentle focused movements that can be practiced daily to re-educate the body to move freely with ease and flexibility. Somatic Exercises release habituated pain and chronic discomfort, restores muscle function and renewed awareness in moving through daily life. Please bring a mat, blanket and dress warmly in comfortable clothes, exercises will be done on the floor. Drop-ins welcome. For more info contact Cenize (415) 497- 4413 cteafortwo@gmail.com

Bo Babies ~ 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Baby and toddler group for mamas, papas and babies – free entry
Was paid for with a grant from the Stinson-Bolinas Community Fund – looking for current funding or sponsors!

Move & Tumble with KT (Ages 3-5) ON HOLD

Mondays August 7^th, 14^th & 21st,

3:15pm – 4:00pm / $12 a class

Acronastics for Ages 6-9 with KT ON HOLD

Mondays August 7^th, 14^th & 21st 2017

4:15 – 5:15 pm / $15 a class

Pilates Mat with Lisa ~ 5:30-6:45 p.m.

This class will focus on your needs as well as: Improving posture, Strengthening you r core, Increasing Flexibility, Injury Prevention,

Awareness of Breath, Reducing tension & Stress.

To Register: 868-0473 or come to the 1st class

10 Class series = $140 – 12 students max

Yoga with Angela Sterpka ~ 7:00- Decompress body, mind and spirit with this soulful yoga practice suitable for all levels. Classes are a hatha-flow that incorporate asana (yoga postures), breath work, internal practices and meditation so that students may grow their own body awareness and expand their limits. $12/class or 5 classes for $50.

TUESDAY

Diaspora Dance for our Village Elder Women ~ 9:00am-10:15 am

An empowering restorative movement experience with Amber Hines. We will embody, connect with our source energy and one another. Come Strengthen, lengthen, dance and flow. Lets move our energy together. For more info contact Amber at amberchines@gmail.com

Aerial Arts for Youth w/ Joanna Haigood ~ 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm BACK FALL 2017!

Core Contact with Lisa Townsend ~ 6:30pm-8pm

A Contemporary Dance Class – Open to Teenagers & Adults

CoreContact is a contemporary dance class for the mind-full body. Joining mind/body modalities with release based modern dance we begin by warming our bodies with a focus placed on our breath, the body’s alignment, our soft tissue and bones. This attention established, we will build from simple movement exercises to longer dance phrases. Phrase material will emphasize: going in and out of the floor with ease, dancing boldly & covering lots of space, taking chances off balance, embodying articulate gestures,& developing musicality within our strong, efficient, and graceful bodies.

WEDNESDAY

Pilates Mat with Lisa Townsend ~ 8:30-9:45 a.m.

Yoga taught in the Iyengar Method – Mixed level, beginners welcome ~ 10:30am beginning Wednesday 9/13/17

Inspired by the teachings of BKS Iyengar this style of Yoga brings about integration of body, mind and spirit. It is rooted in the traditional eight limbs of Yoga incorporating philosophy with the practice of postures and breathe awareness to develop health and well being of the whole person. It is a meditation in movement and practiced as an Art, Science and Philosophy. Jennifer MacGregor Dennis

The F.L.A.G. Ship Program ~ 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM, Bolinas Library, 14 Wharf Rd, Bolinas

The F.L.A.G.ship program, in partnership with Marin County Free Library, offers FREE drop-in bilingual preschool activities for families with children 0 to 5 years old on-board our bus. Stories, songs, games, crafts and other fun Kindergarten-readiness activities engage children and adults together. Information and referrals for family services are always available.

Move & Tumble with KT (3-5 yrs) ON HOLD

Wednesdays August 9^th & 16th

3:15pm – 4:00pm / $12 a class / drop-in okay

Dance Fun(damentals) for Ages 6-9 with KT ON HOLD

Wednesdays August 9^th & 16th

4:15 – 5:15 pm / $15 a class

After-School Theater with Lisa Townsend ~ 3:30 – 6:00 p.m. (Back Fall 2017!)

Beginning Yoga with Brenda Stine ~6:00 – 7:15 pm (September series starting!)

Each class will be a balanced mix of strengthening, lengthening and relaxing poses, with continuity from week to week so you can really see what a difference a regular yoga practice can make. We will also lso build up to a “peak pose” that varies from class to class, so we are sure to cover a variety of poses every month: chest openers, back openers, balancing poses, inversions, etc.

Cost: $15/classWear: comfortable clothes with room to move, a shirt that won’t fall in your face when bend over from standing (tuck it in or where a snug one ; – )

Questions? of course you do! Bring ‘em on yoga@brendastine.com

THURSDAY

Yoga Flow with Brenda Stine ~ 7:30am – 9:00 am / $15 OR $5 for caregivers working with the elderly

Start your day with a dynamic yoga class that moves fluidly through poses, with mindful attention to your body and breath. The class is set to music and is both vigorous and relaxing: restoring balance to body, mind and soul.

Food Bank ~ 12 noon. The San Francisco Food Bank and the Marin Food Bank brings food assistance for those who need it

Congolese Dance and Drumming with Sandor ~ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm / $15 On Hold

FRIDAY

Pilates Mat with Lisa Townsend ~ 9:00-10:00 a.m. – drop-in okay

BALLET CLASS for Adults and Teens, Beginner-Advanced, with Erika Townsend

Come & Be “Beautiful at the Ballet”

Fridays 10:30 to Noon (no class the 4^th Friday of each month.) Drop-in single class $15, Five classes $60. The class includes Ballet Barre, Stretching, Center Work & Across the Floor.

Dance is a wonderful centerpiece for life. You live it. You breathe it. Ballet develops muscular strength, agility, & co-ordination as well as good posture, poise & grace. The art of ballet is related to the arts of music, sculpture, literature, drama, and design both in its technique and in its ideals of beauty and strength. Ballet, gives a lift to the spirit and is just plain FUN. Wear comfortable workout clothes (not baggy) and ballet shoes. Hair should be away from face and neck. Erika Townsend has been teaching ballet for over fifty years in NYC, California & right here in Bolinas since 2013.

bnetownsend@att.net 209.523.4305 209.985.9852

No Place Like Home ~ 12:00 noon (once a month) Free brunch served every fourth Friday of the month. Offered to you by the No Place Like Home committee and the Calvery Presbyterian Church.

SATURDAY

Diaspora Dance with Amber Hines ~ 9:00 – 10:15 a.m.

An empowering restorative movement experience inspired by the sacred gifts of my African heritage. I invite you to get into your body and move your energy! We will stretch,strengthen,groove deeply and sweat. Adults only please!

SUNDAY

Brazilian Dance Class with Anna Gottreich ~ 11:00 am – 12:15pm (Last Sunday of the month only!)

Get a great workout as you learn different dances of Brazil, from Carnaval Samba, to traditional Afro-Brazilian movement, and lots in-between! Classes are high energy and fun, and feature a thorough warm-up, and movement across the floor, set to beautiful, fast-paced, authentic rhythms. All levels welcome! Wear comfortable dance/workout clothes – you WILL sweat! Get a great workout and get your culture on!

CommUnity Night ~ starts between 6:00 and 7:00 pm

(Only occasional Sundays, check www.bocenter.org/events for details )
This is an evening YOU may organize something for your community and it is FREE for YOU and everyone attending! Please call 868-2128 for details on how it works.