Goodlife Programs & Activities

Black Bear Happenings in New Hampshire
2025-09-16 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York)
Instructor: Doug Whitfield & Dennis Walsh Stewards for NH Fish & Game
Date/Time: Tuesday, September 16, 10-11am
Cost/Registration: $5. You must register in advance.
***This class is being held in-person only***
You are welcome to join us as New Hampshire Fish and Wildlife Steward share information about black bears in the state. Learn about the natural history of these intriguing mammals, their habitat needs and ways to avoid potentially costly conflicts. Also, hear about an amazing federal funding mechanism that supports long – term research and is largely responsible for our country’s abundant fish and wildlife.

Tai Chi and Chi Kung
2025-09-16 13:30 - 14:15
Instructor: Richard Ellis
Date/Time: Tuesdays, September 9 – October 28, 1:30-2:15pm
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.

Rocky Mountain High: John Denver Tribute
2025-09-17
Presenter: GoodLife and Best of Times Travel
Date: Wednesday, September 17 (Exact departure time will be announced closer to trip date)
Cost: $136, Transportation, Lunch, Meal Tax & Gratuity, & Show Ticket There are no refunds for cancellations received after 8/26/25. Best of Times Travel reserves the right to issue any refunds, in whole or part, in the form of a Future Travel Credit.
Registration Link: https://tri.ps/UVr70
Contact: GoodLife Programs & Activities, Katelyn Patterson-Gagnon, (603)228-6630
Meal: Baked Stuffed Chicken or Baked Haddock Also Included: Salad, Potato, Vegetables, Breads, Dessert, Coffee/Tea
Pickup/Drop off Location: GoodLife Programs & Activities, 254 N State St, Unit L, Concord, NH
Show Location: Danversport Yacht Club, Danvers, MA
The legendary John Denver evokes memories of an era in music which was both inspiring and influential. His music is a combination of romance -Annie’s Song; folk – Leavin’ on a Jet Plane; country – Thank God I’m a Country Boy; and environmentalist – Calypso. He recorded nearly 300 songs, 200 of which he composed, which led to 12 gold and 4 platinum albums; he was also awarded an Emmy and two Grammy’s. He was a brilliant song writer and a truly gifted performer. Ted Vigil a man who, according to long-time John Denver guitar accompanist Steve Weisberg, resembles John both physically and musically, is carrying on the tradition honoring this colossal music icon. Ted brings the great compositions and hits of John Denver to audiences via a quality interpreter of Denver’s music. Ted Vigil’s Rocky Mountain High is, indeed, a high!

Dance Fitness
2025-09-17 09:00 - 10:00
Instructor: Erica Mumford, CPT
Date/Time: Wednesdays, September 10 – October 29, 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!

Artists Shelf
2025-09-17 13:00 - 15:00
Presenter: Steve Pascucci
Date/Time: Wednesday, September 17, 1-3pm
Cost/Registration: $35. You must register by September 16th at 8am. All supplies included.
***This is an in-person event***
Paint a collection of artists’ tools; palette, jars filled with paints, etc. This is a Steve original that he uses for his logo. Come in for a few hours of fun and learn a simple step-by-step technique.

Fitness & Core- Thursday
2025-09-18 09:30 - 10:30
Instructor: Jill Smith, CPT
Date/Time: Thursdays, September 11 – October 30, 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
2025-09-18 14:00 - 15:00
Presenter: GoodLife
Date/Time: Thursday, September 18, 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.

Technology One on One
2025-09-19 09:00 - 12:00
Instructor: Roland Beauregard
Date/Time: Friday, September 19, 9am- 12pm
Cost/Registration: $15, You must register in advance. Appointments are in 30-minute intervals.
***This is an in-person event! To register, please call GoodLife at 603-228-6630***
30 minute 1 on 1 session where participant can ask questions on any device (computer, phone or tablet)

Mushroom Identification and Exploration
2025-09-19 10:00 - 11:30
Instructor: Linden Rayton
Date/Time: Fridays, September 12, 19 & 26, 10-11:30am
Cost/Registration: $30. You must register in advance. 15 participants max. Rain or shine except for hazardous weather.
Location: Various Concord trails, first session at Sewall’s Falls
***This class is in-person only***
Dig into the fantastic world of fungi with a 3-session mushroom identification class with naturalist and educator Linden Rayton. Learn the characteristics that lead to a successful ID and practice them at three different Concord trails. Along the way, we’ll learn about general mushroom safety in identification and foraging, explore mushrooms’ role in the forest ecosystem, and marvel at the diversity of fungi in our local woodlands. All locations given with registration. Participants should expect a mixture of walking and standing while on gentle forest trail terrain.

Virgin Voyages Northeast Atlantic Adventure
2025-09-23
Please call Susan Barry at 603-731-3895 to register for this trip…
Presenter: Virgin Voyages & Barry Brokerage
Dates: September 23-October 3, 2025
Estimated Prices per Cabin based on double occupancy w/ Taxes:
–Sea Terrace: $6034 -Ocean View: $5192 -Inside: $4832
(pricing is subject to change based on Virgin Voyages)

Join GoodLife on Virgin Voyages’ BRAND NEW SHIP the Brilliant Ladt for a 10-night cruise through the Atlantic leaving right from New York City, New York!
Virgin Voyages is an adults-only cruise line. On every voyage, you get over $1,000 in value which includes access to all the premium dining at over 20 eateries with menus curated by Michelin star chefs, several kitchens with cook-to-order policy (no buffets). Free group fitness classes, Wi-Fi, gratuities, award-winning entertainment, and a soda and drinks package, still and sparkling water in your voyage fare.
Learn more about Virgin Voyages by clicking here: Launch Meeting – Zoom

NEW CLASS: Mind, Body & Breath
2025-09-23 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-09-30 10:00 - 11:00
Instructor: Caroline Durr
Date/Time: Tuesdays, September 23 – November 18, 10-10:55am (no class 11/11)
Cost/Registration: $55. You must register in advance.
***This class will be held in-person only***
The mindfulness techniques of awareness, acceptance, action and transformation that are taught in this class will guide you to bring in the wholeness of who you truly are instead of focusing
on letting go of who you aren’t. This creates a life-changing shift in perspective from the inside (your beliefs) to the outside actions you take to create the life you desire.

2026 Trips Informational Presentation
2025-09-23 10:00 - 11:00
Presenter: Andrew Leighton, Collette
Date/Time: Tuesday, September 23, 10-11am
Cost/Registration: FREE! You must register in advance.
***This event is in-person only***
Canadian Rockies & Glacier National Park
June departure 2026
https://spaces.hightail.com/space/GLUW2tScRB
Ice fields, rushing waterfalls, glacial peaks, and towering summits are just a few of the wonders awaiting you in the Canadian Rockies and Glacier National Park. Visit Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the world’s
oldest, best preserved buffalo jumps. Stop at Athabasca Glacier and choose to ride across this mass of glacier ice or take a walk on the glass-bottom platform at the Columbia Icefield Skywalk. Get ready for an adventure that brings together the expanse of the prairies, the majesty of the Canadian Rockies, and Montanaís Glacier National Park.
Plains of Africa
September departure 2026
https://collette.storyslab.com/
Enjoy Kenya’s scenic vistas and magnificent wildlife as you traverse the African plains on an intimate safari adventure. In Swahili, “safari” means journey; to you, it will mean that — and so much more. Discover the thriving cultures and innumerable natural wonders that make this one of the most popular African countries to visit. Go in search of elephants, lions, buffalo, rhinos, and leopards — collectively known as the “Big 5” and other animals on 13 game drives. Visit with Rothschild giraffes at the Giraffe Sanctuary. Visit the beautiful Masai Mara Game Reserve, and top off a full day game drive with a traditional dinner in the bush and a Masai dance performance.
Iceland’s Magical Northern Lights
October 28 – November 3, 2026
https://spaces.hightail.com/space/w1ZZXhi91k
Experience the “land of fire and ice” and chase the aurora borealis across an ethereal wonderland. In the dark of the night, search for the northern lights as you drift along on an evening starlit cruise. Travel the “Golden Circle,” home to renowned natural wonders, and spend time at Thingvellir National Park, gaze at Gullfoss waterfall, and see the explosive geothermal fields at Geysir. Relax in the warm, mineral-rich water of the Blue Lagoon.

Mind, Body & Breath
2025-09-23 10:00 - 11:00
Instructor: Caroline Durr
Date/Time: Tuesdays, September 23-November 18, 10-10:555am (no class 11/11)
Cost/Registration: $55. You must register in advance.
***This class will be held in-person only***
The mindfulness techniques of awareness, acceptance, action and transformation that are taught in this class will guide you to bring in the wholeness of who you truly are instead of focusing on letting go of who you aren’t. This creates a life-changing shift in perspective from the inside (your beliefs) to the outside actions you take to create the life you desire.

Pilates for 50+
2025-09-23 10:15 - 11:10
Instructor: Jill Smith, CPT
Date/Time: Tuesdays, September 23-November 18, 10:15-11:10am (no class 11/11)
Cost/Registration: $55. You must register in advance.
***This class is in-person only***
This class uses the Pilates technique for added resistance to increase strength and flexibility. The routine involves standing and chair work. Try this unique Pilates based workout.

Cardio for Heart Health
2025-09-24 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-10-01 10:00 - 11:00
Instructor: Jill Smith, CPT
Date/Time: Wednesdays, September 24 – November 12, 10–10:55am
Cost/Registration: $55. You must register in advance.
***This class is in-person only***
Join us for this fun class that offers something for everyone, regardless of your current fitness level. Improve your overall strength, flexibility, and balance through low impact cardio exercise.

Strategic Caring Solutions
2025-09-24 13:00 - 14:00
Presenter: Catherine Cournoyer
Date/Time: Wednesday, September 24, 1-2pm
Cost/Registration: FREE! You must register by September 23rd 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***
Strategic Caring Solutions’ team of experts assist families with how to manage assets before or during a time of crisis, to ensure the proper legal documents are in place, as well as to create a long-term care plan that includes the Medicaid process and to provide funding options and strategies to preserve an estate from a nursing home. We are here to offer our expertise to individuals and families in times of crisis or before one begins. We understand there are many individuals who do not know where to turn when a long-term care event strikes and need a resource of professionals to help guide them to a successful outcome.

Self Defense Tips for 50+
2025-09-25 14:30 - 15:30
Presenter: John Guarnieri
Date/Time: Thursday, September 25, 2:30-3:30pm
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. John Guarnieri owns 603 Karate in Northfield.  Before teaching self-defense for a living, he was a police officer in NH for many years. Lessons are practical and adaptable so anyone can benefit from them.

Your Body Tune Up
2025-09-26 10:00 - 11:00
Instructor: Erica Mumford, CPT
Date/Time: Fridays, September 26-November 14, 10- 10:55am
Cost/Registration: $55. You must register in advance.
***This class is in-person only***
Join us for this fun class that offers something for everyone, regardless of your current fitness level. This class will help you improve your overall strength, flexibility, and balance through low impact cardio exercise.

GoodLife Craft Fair
2025-09-27 09:00 - 13:00
Presenter: GoodLife
Date/Time: Saturday, September 27, 9am-1pm
Cost/Registration: $2 entrance fee per person, GoodLife participants & children are FREE! Open to the public rain or shine.
Location: GoodLife Programs & Activities, 254 North State St. Unit L, Concord, NH
Rain or shine! Come over to GoodLife’s annual Craft Fair. This is a fundraiser with a great variety of local NH crafters, plus a bake sale and raffles. All items are hand or homemade. What better way to get a jump on your holiday shopping?
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Pilates for 50+
2025-09-30 10:15 - 11:15
Instructor: Jill Smith, CPT
Date/Time: Tuesdays, September 23 – November 18, 10:15-11:10am (no class 11/11)
Cost/Registration: $55. You must register in advance.
***This class is in-person only***
This class uses the Pilates technique for added resistance to increase strength and flexibility. The routine involves standing and chair work. Try this unique Pilates based workout.

2026 Cruise Informational Presentation
2025-09-30 17:00 - 18:00
Presenter: Susan Barry, Barry Brokerage
Date/Time: Tuesday, September 30, 5-6pm
Cost/Registration: FREE! You must register in advance.
***This class is being held in-person only***
Norwegian Cruise Line Boston to Bermuda
May 3-10, 2026
Let’s go to Bermuda! From the historic streets of Boston to the pink sand beaches of Bermuda, enjoy an incredible 7-day journey aboard Norwegian Breakaway. Follow the Freedom Trail and stop at historic taverns along the way in Beantown. Then in Halifax, enjoy a commanding view of the harbor from the 19th century fort on Citadel Hill. With two days at the Royal Naval Dockyard, you’ll have plenty of time to play a round of golf on Bermuda’s famous Port Royal Golf Course and enjoy a sunset sail on a glass-bottom boat.
land America Line Starts & Strips Voyage
July 4-11, 2026
Celebrate the United States’ 250th birthday with a sparkly late-night Fourth of July departure from Boston. Join us on their ship Zuiderdam for this patriotic celebration of the United States. Visit Saint John — Canada’s oldest incorporated city. Stroll the self-guided United Empire Loyalist Trail and Bay of Fundy. Smell the sea air, see the lighthouse, lobster traps and fishing boats, visit the beach, where time and tides have carved echoing caves in the sandstone cliffs. Stop at the Old City Market. Next travel to a 400-year-old seaport, Norfolk, Va. with its maritime battleships and Naval Station Norfolk. See Jamestown Settlement & American Revolution Museum at Yorktown, Colonial Williamsburg & Governor’s Palace. Stay overnight in dazzling NYC where you can see Manhattan, Rockefeller Center, Times Square, The Theatre district, the Empire State Bldg. and St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Statute of Liberty, 9/11 Memorial Museum. HAL is a Premium cruise line with a refined and polished experience, high-quality food and great service and upscale amenities and relaxed atmosphere.

Did You Lose Your Medicare Advantage Plan?
2025-10-01 09:00 - 15:00
Instructor: Larissa and Christian Troy, licensed insurance agents, and owners of Woodpecker Insurance
Date/Time: Wednesdays, October 1-29, 9am-3pm
Cost/Registration: FREE! You must register in advance by calling 603-499-4399.
***This event is in-person only***
If your plan is ending for 2026, or if you’d like a review of your current coverage, we are scheduling appointments to meet at GoodLife. These free appointments include a personalized review based on your doctors, prescriptions, and health needs. After scheduling, please be sure to share your current medication list and provider names so you will be fully prepared.

Footsteps of VanGogh
2025-10-01 10:00 - 11:00
Instructor: Jon Pearse
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 1, 10-11am
Cost/Registration: $5. You must register in advance.
***This class is being held in person only***
Follow with us the footsteps of Vincent VanGogh’s Lifetime across Europe as we trace the fascinating life, careers, and travel of this remarkable and complex man whose prolific art career spanned just 10 short years, in a presentation that is part biographic and part travelogue.

BEMER Appointments
2025-10-01 11:15 - 12:00
Instructor: Jill Smith, CPT
Date/Time: Wednesdays, October-December, 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.

Healing Yoga
2025-10-02 08:30 - 09:30
Instructor: Alethea Kehas, MFA, RYT, RMT, EM Yoga Foundations Teacher
Date/Time: Thursdays, October 2-November 20, 8:30-9:25am
Cost/Registration: $55. You must register in advance.
***This class will be held in-person only***
An all-levels, gentle, and inclusive yoga class designed to help boost your body’s immune system, improve balance, and achieve a greater sense of well-being. Gentle tapping, meridian tracing, and self-massage are incorporated with gentle yoga postures and breath-work. This is a mat-based class.

Chair Yoga
2025-10-02 11:00 - 12:00
Instructor: Cindy Falabella
Date/Time: Thursdays, October-December, 11-11:45am (no class 11/27, 12/25)
Cost: FREE! Drop-in class for up to 30 people. First come first served.
***This class is held in-person and live via Zoom. If you need the Zoom information, please call GoodLife at 603-228-6630***
Older adults and seniors of all ages, those with yoga experience or with none, and all levels of physical ability are encouraged to join us and try this gentle yoga class. Yoga can help your mind, body and spirit and enhance your quality of life. You are sure to leave calmer, refreshed and rejuvenated!

A Sampler of Creative Writing
2025-10-02 13:00 - 15:00
***Canceled***
Instructor: Sara Rupnik
Date/Time: Thursday, October 2, Monday, October 6, and Thursday, October 9, 1-3pm
Cost/Registration: $50. You must register in advance.
***This class is in-person only***
Come and share your life experiences through creative writing. We will begin with memoir and then experiment with poetry and fiction In this a no-pressure environment, you will discover, or further develop, your range of writing. Please bring your preferred writing materials and your imagination.

NEW CLASS: Stretching for Mobility
2025-10-02 17:15 - 18:00
***SOLD OUT***
Instructor: Carol Ellis
Date/Time: Thursdays, October 2-November 20, 5:15-6pm
Cost/Registration: $55. You must register in advance.
***This class will be held in-person only***
We will be using a variety of movements to impact the body’s connective tissue by releasing tension, hydrating, stimulating, and rejuvenating connective tissue through static floor postures allowing you the space to explore and experience a movement with curiosity, mindfulness, and self-care through stillness and receptivity. Mat based class. Students will need to bring a yoga mat, (if students have yoga blocks, they may be useful for some poses.)
