Hearing Screenings
2025-01-07 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Instructor: Dr. Beth Ann Jacques, AuD, CCC-A, F-AAA at New England Audiology
Date/Time: Tuesdays, 4-5pm by appointment (No Appointments)
Cost: FREE! Registration is required. Please call to schedule an appointment: 603-228-6630
***Appointments are in-person only***
Come see Dr. Beth Ann Jacques who is licensed to practice audiology in New Hampshire and is certified by the American Speech and Hearing Association and is a fellow of the American Academy of Audiology. She is a great resource to participants at GoodLife and offers the following services at no cost: Hearing Screenings, Ear Cleaning & Hearing Aid Care. Dr. Jacques is at the center every Tuesday from 4-5pm and has appointments at 4:00pm and 4:20pm.

Yoga for 50+
2025-01-07 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-01-14 17:00 - 18:00
Instructor: Cindy Falabella, CYT, M.Ed.
Date/Time: Tuesdays, January 7-February 25, 5-5:55pm
Cost/Registration: $55. You must register in advance.
***This class will be held in-person only***
Yoga is a gentle way to stretch, strengthen, build muscular endurance and flexibility, and relieve stress. We will be learning several classic yoga poses, as well as focusing on breath work. This moderate level class is great for yogis of all abilities and fitness levels. We will be using modifications to make all feel welcome and comfortable. This is a mat-based class.

Winter Wellness Walk
2025-01-08 10:00 - 11:30
Instructor: Linden Rayton
Date/Time: Wednesday, January 8, 10-11:30am
Cost/Registration: $15. You must register in advance. Maximum of 15 people.
Location: Winant Park, 11 Fisk Rd. Concord, NH
Weather make-up day: Friday, January 10, same time
***This class is in-person only***
Start the New Year off right with a walk in the woods in good company. Along the way, we’ll look for winter birds, explore the science of snow and ice, and look for signs of wildlife activity. Program will be cancelled for freezing rain or hazardous weather; weather make-up session included.

BEMER Appointments
2025-01-08 11:15 - 12:00
Instructor: Jill Smith, CPT
Date/Time: Wednesdays, January-March, 11:15am- 12pm
Cost/Registration: $15, You must register in advance. Appointments are in 15-minute intervals.
***This is an in-person event! To register, please call GoodLife at 603-228-6630***
BEMER is a class 2 medical device that can increase your overall blood flow by up to 30%. The effects of a single 15-minute BEMER session can last up to 12 hours. Regular use can lead to improved relaxation and enhanced physical fitness.

Zoom: Great Artists Series
2025-01-09 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-01-23 13:00 - 14:00
Instructor: Roger Ballou
Date/Time: Thursdays, January 9, 23, February 6, 20, & March 6, 1-2pm
Cost/Registration: $25. You must register in advance.
***This class is live via Zoom only!***
Roger Ballou, local art interpreter, will facilitate a series of explorations of great artists whose works hang at the Currier. Roger will use Zoom to show photos of the artist, brief biographical information, and some examples from the artist’s oeuvre. He will then show the artist’s specific painting that hangs at the Currier for our “in depth” examination. The artists covered in this series will be John Constable, Claude Monet, Edward Hopper, Marguerite and William Zorach, and Sol LeWitt.

2025 Cruise Informational Presentation
2025-01-09 13:30 - 14:30
Presenter: Susan Barry, Barry Brokerage
Date/Time: Thursday, January 9, 1:30-2:30pm
Cost/Registration: FREE! You must register by January 8th at 12pm. GoodLife will email you the Zoom the business day before the class.
***This class is being held both in-person and live via Zoom***
Join Susan Barry of Barry Brokerage for an information session on our upcoming cruises for 2025! We’ll be heading to Alaska with Princess Cruises, Bermuda with Norwegian Cruise Lines and Virgin Voyages and through the Northeast Atlantic Ocean with Virgin Voyages. Sign up now and get a head start on your vacation!

GoodLife Book Sale
2025-01-13 09:00 - 16:00
Presented By: GoodLife
Dates/Time: January 13-24, 9-4pm (closed 1/20)
Our Book Sale is back this Winter! Buy new-to-you books for $1, $3, or $5 and support your favorite non-profit senior center in the process!
Sponsored By:

Creating Art to Relieve Stress
2025-01-15 13:00 - 15:00
***Dates changed from January 8- January 29***
Instructor: Carol Ellis
Date/Time: Wednesdays, January 15- February 5, 1-3pm
Cost/Registration: $50. You must register in advance.
***This class will be held in-person only***
How creating art relieves stress….
•Creating art provides an activity that can allow your brain a break from usual thoughts.
•Art is a natural way to practice mindfulness: it can help us to process our challenges, boost our confidence and instill in us a sense of resilience.
•This 4-week class will provide you with studio time to relieve some of your stress, soothe the emotions through the use of art, meditation and breathing, residing in creating more space, less reactivity and more resilience, with a variety of art prompts you can incorporate into your life.
•This class is focused more on relieving stress rather than on creating a work of art.
•”Art is a natural way to practice mindfulness: it can help us to process our challenges, boost our confidence and instill in us a sense of resilience.”
•No previous experience with Art is necessary, just a willingness to explore and heal!

Fitness & Core- Thursday
2025-01-16 09:30 - 10:30, 2025-01-23 09:30 - 10:30
Instructor: Jill Smith, CPT
Date/Time: Thursdays, January 16 – March 6, 9:30-10:25am
Cost/Registration: $55. You must register in advance.
***This class will be held in-person only***
A fitness class for every skill level. This workout focuses on core strength, flexibility, and total body conditioning. A perfect mix of body sculpting exercises designed to attain or maintain your healthy physique. You will need to provide weights.

Indoor Chair Volleyball
2025-01-16 14:00 - 15:00
Presenter: GoodLife
Date/Time: Thursday, January 16, 2- 3pm
Cost/Registration: FREE! You must register in advance.
***This is an in-person event***
Indoor chair volleyball is fun and easy, plus is good exercise. You will use a beach ball all volleyball rules apply. We need a minimum of 14 to run the class.

Closed
2025-01-20
Closed for Holiday.

Yoga for Balance
2025-01-21 12:15 - 13:00
Instructor: Cindy Falabella
Date/Time: Tuesdays, January 21 – March 18, 12:15-1pm (No class 1/28)
Cost/Registration: $55. You must register in advance.
***This class will be held in-person only***
This program teaches Yoga exercises for balance and musculoskeletal health. Balance exercises counteract the effects of aging, help us avoid falls and keeps the body / mind agile and alert. For Yoga students who are beginners or experienced practitioners.

Tai Chi and Chi Kung
2025-01-21 13:15 - 14:00, 2025-01-28 13:15 - 14:00
Instructor: Richard Ellis
Date/Time: Tuesdays, January 21 – March 11, 1:15-2pm
Cost/Registration: $55. You must register in advance.
***This class will be held in-person only***
Tai Chi employs breathing techniques, postures, movement and meditation to strengthen and increase the flow of blood and vital life force (Chi) throughout the body. This ancient Tai Chi short form is a slow, meditation in motion workout; graceful and yet powerful. Good for beginners and experienced practitioners. Benefits include: – Integration of mind, body and spirit – Stretches and tones all muscles, connective tissue and increase musculoskeletal health – Slims the body and improves stamina – Counteracts the effects of aging – leads to stress management and relaxation and an overall feeling of wellbeing.

Dance Fitness
2025-01-22 09:00 - 10:00
***SOLD OUT***
Instructor: Erica Mumford, CPT
Date/Time: Wednesdays, January 22- March 12, 9-9:55am
Cost/Registration: $55. You must register in advance.
***This class is in-person only!***
Come enjoy the benefits of a fun cardio workout while moving to music. Time will fly by as we step, tap, sway, mamba, dance, and strike a pose. Let the music move you! All levels welcome!

Creating Art to Relieve Stress
2025-01-22 13:00 - 15:00
Instructor: Carol Ellis
Date/Time: Wednesdays, January 15-February 5, 1-3pm
Cost/Registration: $50. You must register in advance.
***This class will be held in-person only***
How creating art relieves stress….
•Creating art provides an activity that can allow your brain a break from usual thoughts.
•Art is a natural way to practice mindfulness: it can help us to process our challenges, boost our confidence and instill in us a sense of resilience.
•This 4-week class will provide you with studio time to relieve some of your stress, soothe the emotions through the use of art, meditation and breathing, residing in creating more space, less reactivity and more resilience, with a variety of art prompts you can incorporate into your life.
•This class is focused more on relieving stress rather than on creating a work of art.
•”Art is a natural way to practice mindfulness: it can help us to process our challenges, boost our confidence and instill in us a sense of resilience.”
•No previous experience with Art is necessary, just a willingness to explore and heal!

How to Handle Challenges of Dementia
2025-01-23 14:30 - 15:30
Instructor: Kathy Winn, Hillsbrook Sales and Marketing Director
Date/Time: Thursday, January 23, 2:30-3:30pm
Cost/Registration: FREE! You must register by January 22nd at 12pm. GoodLife will email you the Zoom the business day before the class.
***This class is being held both in-person and live via Zoom***
This presentation will give you the tools to overcome the difficult moments you and your loved one may face. Some topics we will cover are:
-         Redirecting your loved one to help deescalate a moment of anger, anxiety, or frustration.
-         What is sundowning, and what can be done to minimize its effect?
-         How to create an environment that helps your loved one feel successful by focusing on the skills they still have.
-         How to communicate with a person with dementia.
-         How to take care of yourself and not lose yourself in the process of caring for a loved one with dementia.
-         Resources that are available when you need help.

Fitness & Core- Monday
2025-01-27 10:30 - 11:30
Instructor: Jill Smith, CPT
Date/Time: Mondays, January 27 – March 24, 10:30-11:25am (No class 2/17)
Cost/Registration: $55. You must register in advance.
***This class will be held in-person only***
A fitness class for every skill level. This workout focuses on core strength, flexibility, and total body conditioning. A perfect mix of body sculpting exercises designed to attain or maintain your healthy physique. You will need to provide weights.

Bennett Funeral Home
2025-01-27 14:30 - 15:30
Instructor: Alaina Oropollo, Family Service Counselor & Funeral Director
Date/Time: Monday, January 27, 2:30-3:30pm
Cost/Registration: FREE! You must register by January 26th at 12pm. GoodLife will email you the Zoom the business day before the class.
***This class is being held both in-person and live via Zoom***
Meet with staff from Bennett Funeral Home to learn about pre-planning your funeral or cremation. The funeral directors will discuss the
simple steps involved and the emotional and financial benefits to making these arrangements in advance.

Zentangle
2025-01-28 10:00 - 12:00
***SOLD OUT***
Presenter: Sherry Gamble, CZI
Date/Time: Tuesdays, January 28- February 11, 10am-12pm
Cost/Registration: $50. You must register by January 27th at 8am. All Supplies are included.
***This class will be held in-person only***
Zentangle is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful art images by drawing structured patterns. We call these patterns tangles. You create tangles with combinations of dots, lines and simple curves. Zentangle is a meditative art form which can be done by anyone!

Book Club
2025-01-28 13:00 - 15:00
Presenter: GoodLife Participants
Date/Time: Tuesdays, 1-3pm
Cost/Registration: FREE! Drop in event. No registration required.
***Book Club is held in-person only***
A classic Book Club! Read some great books and discuss with friends!
-January 28: The Frozen River, by Ariel Lawhon
-February 18: The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle, by Jennifer Ryan
-March 25: Becoming Madame Secretary, by Stephanie Dray

Dance Fitness
2025-01-29 09:00 - 10:00
Instructor: Erica Mumford, CPT
Date/Time: Wednesdays, January 22- March 12, 9-9:55am
Cost/Registration: $55. You must register in advance.
***This class is in-person only!***
Come enjoy the benefits of a fun cardio workout while moving to music. Time will fly by as we step, tap, sway, mamba, dance, and strike a pose. Let the music move you! All levels welcome!

Zoom: Rev It Up
2025-01-29 09:00 - 10:00
Instructor: Rhonda Duhamel, CPT
Date/Time: Wednesdays, January 29 – March 19, 9-9:55am
Cost/Registration: $55. You must register by January 28th at 12pm. GoodLife will email you the Zoom link a business day before the class.
***This class is being held on Zoom only ***
Boost your metabolism with a combo of cardio and strength training. Make your workouts do double duty. No equipment is required but add your weights and bands for that extra bang!

Granite VNA- Walk-In Wednesday
2025-01-29 10:00 - 12:00
Presenter: Granite VNA
Date/Time: Wednesday, January 29, 10am-12pm
Cost/Registration: FREE! Drop in event, no registration required.
***This event is in-person only!***
A Granite VNA Social Worker/Notary Public
is available to:
• Connect with you to discuss your end-of-life wishes
• Review your Advance Directives to make sure it reflects your decisions regarding future medical care
• Assist with filling out your Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare and/or Living Will
• Provide information about resources and services that may benefit you or a family member

Painting w/ Peter: Watercolors
2025-01-30 09:30 - 12:30
Instructor: Peter Clive
Date/Time: Thursdays, January 30-February 27, 9:30am-12:30pm
Cost/Registration: $60. You must register in advance.
***This class is in-person only***
Watercolor is a wonderful and expressive medium.  It is also very portable, and the materials and supplies can be easily carried to wherever one may wish. This course is designed for those with little or no watercolor experience. The focus on wet and wet into dry watercolor techniques will be a major focus of the course. We will explore color mixing, drawing, lighting and composition as mechanisms to paint the still life set up.
Supply List:
Watercolors-
(.5 ounce tubes 15 ml):
Burnt Sienna
Alizarin Crimson
Cadmium Red Medium
Cadmium Orange
Cadmium Yellow Light
Ivory Black
Sepia
Ultramarine Blue
Thalo Green
Brushes-
Round Sable or synthetic: #3, #5, #8
1” wide flat wash brush
Watercolor Palette-
(I prefer the rectangular white plastic “John Pike Palette”, but other brands can work as well).
Paper-
12”x16” Arches Cold Press Block 140 pound weight- (other brands okay)
3#x4” cellulose sponge (available in the supermarket)
2 jars for water

NEW CLASS: Meditation to Transformation
2025-01-30 10:00 - 11:00
Instructor: Caroline Durr
Date/Time: Thursdays, January 30-March 20, 10-10:55am
Cost/Registration: $55. You must register in advance.
***This class will be held in-person only***
Meditation is best when used daily while living our lives. The techniques taught in this class will start with raising your awareness of mind/body/breath connection. We will use these techniques and instructions to move our energy and Essence to bring in the wholeness of who you truly are instead of focusing on letting go of who you aren’t.

Self Defense Tips for 50+
2025-01-30 13:00 - 14:00
Presenter: John Guarnieri
Date/Time: Thursday, January 30, 1-2pm
Cost/Registration: $5. You must register in advance.
***This event is in-person only!***
Discover easy-to-learn self-defense tips and tricks to help you stay safe each day. We cover what “Winning” in self-defense means and different ways to accomplish that. These ‘winning’ methods will include physical techniques, body language tips, and some verbal strategies. We will also go over what I find to be the most beneficial self-defense tools to carry with you and how to use them.
