Flowing Movement
2025-10-20 09:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York)
Instructor: Carol Ellis
Date/Time: Mondays, August 18 – October 20, 9-9:55am (no class 9/1, 10/13)
Cost/Registration: $55. You must register in advance.
***This class will be held in-person only***
This movement class will focus on nourishing, restoring and nurturing the body, breath, and spirit through the flowing and fluid movements of qigong. Qigong is the ancient Chinese art and science of becoming aware of our life energy(qi) through a flowing choreography of postures, movement, respiratory technique, and meditations. You will gain better health, increased vitality, and leave class with an awakened and peaceful wellbeing!

Introduction to A.I.
2025-10-17 13:00 - 14:00
Instructor: Roland Beauregard, AARP Volunteer
Date/Time: Friday, October 17, 1-2pm
Cost/Registration: $5. You must register in advance.
***This class is in-person only***
Curious about A.I.? A.I. promises to change the way we live and work, but what is it really, and what does it mean in practical terms for older adults? Join AARP for this Senior Planet talk on the basic ideas around artificial intelligence. We’ll talk about how A.I. is being used today, what its current limitations are, and how it will shape the future!

Indoor Chair Volleyball
2025-10-16 14:00 - 15:00
***Canceled***
Presenter: GoodLife
Date/Time: Thursday, October 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.

Witch in Flight
2025-10-15 13:00 - 15:00
Presenter: Steve Pascucci
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 15, 1-3pm
Cost/Registration: $35. You must register by October 14th at 8am. All supplies included.
***This is an in-person event***
Make a Halloween memory and come paint a witch in flight following Steve’s step by step technique. No experience necessary.

Yoga for 50+
2025-10-14 17:00 - 18:00
Instructor: Cindy Falabella, CYT, M.Ed.
Date/Time: Tuesdays, August 26 – October 14, 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.

A Sampler of Creative Writing
2025-10-09 13:00 - 15:00, 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.

Cremation Q&A
2025-10-08 10:00 - 11:00
Presenter: Michelle Velazquez, Bennett Funeral Home
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 8, 10-11am
Cost/Registration: $5. You must register in advance.
***This is an in-person event***
Join us for a Seminar designed to answer your most common questions in a relaxed, informative setting. Learn about the cremation process, available options, and how preplanning can ease the burden on your loved ones. Light refreshments and snacks will be served.

Health Literacy Presentation
2025-10-07 13:00 - 14:00
Presenter: Magaret Saki, Encompass Health
Date/ Time: Tuesday, October 7, 1-2pm
Cost/Registration: $5. You must register by October 6th 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***
For Health Literacy Month we will be explaining the differences between IRF vs SNF levels of care, different rehab technologies available, fall prevention protocols, and overall health literacy in the home and hospital setting.

NEW CLASS: Natural Balance
2025-10-07 12:15 - 13:00
Instructor: Cindy Falabella, M. Ed
Date/Time: Tuesdays, October 7-December 2, 12:15-1pm (no class 11/11)
Cost/Registration: $55. You must register in advance.
***This class will be held in-person only***
This class combines a variety of gentle yoga and Tai Chi exercises for stability, strength, flexibility, and balance. The class will include chair and standing exercises.

Yoga for Brunch
2025-10-06 11:30 - 12:15
Instructor: Cindy Falabella, CYT, M.Ed.
Date/Time: Mondays, August 11 – October 6, 11:30am-12:15pm (no class 9/1)
Cost/Registration: $55. You must register in advance.
***This class will be held in-person only***
Take a mid-day break. This class is a gentle full body stretch to help you decompress, focus, and reset. Come as you are, do some yoga and return to your day. Standing and chair based with modifications for mat.

Fitness & Core- Monday
2025-10-06 10:30 - 11:30
***SOLD OUT***
Instructor: Jill Smith, CPT
Date/Time: Mondays, October 6-December 1, 10:30-11:25am (no class 10/13)
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.

Tai Ji Quan: Moving for Better Balance
2025-10-03 12:15 - 13:15
Instructor: Cindy Falabella, CYT, TJQMBB certified, M.Ed.
Date/Time: Tuesdays & Fridays, April 15 – October 3, 12:15-1:15pm (no class 7/4)
Cost/Registration: $160. You must register in advance. Participants are required to attend 48 classes.
***This class will be held in-person only***
This class is an evidence-based fall prevention class, adapted mainly from a contemporary Tai Ji routine. The goal is to improve strength, balance, mobility and prevent falls in older adults. This program targets communitydwelling older adults with a history of falls, balance problems, leg muscle weakness, and walking difficulty. This is a group class.
Participants will be asked to complete an initial balance assessment. The assessments are being offered 3/25 and 4/11 at 12:15pm.

NEW CLASS: Core & More
2025-10-03 09:00 - 10:00
Instructor: Adriana Grillo, CPT
Date/Time: Fridays, October 3 -November 21, 9-9:55am
Cost/Registration: $55. You must register in advance.
***This class is in-person only***
Build strength, improve balance, and keep your body moving with this fun and functional workout designed for active older adults. This low-impact class focuses on strengthening your core while incorporating exercises to improve posture, stability, and flexibility. All movements can be performed standing or seated, making it accessible for every fitness level. Light weights, resistance bands, and gentle bodyweight exercises are used to help you move confidently in daily life while keeping your joints happy.

Virgin Voyages Northeast Atlantic Adventure
2025-10-03
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: 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.)

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.

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.

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.

Hearing Screenings
2025-09-30 16:00 - 17:00
Instructor: Dr. Beth Ann Jacques, AuD, CCC-A, F-AAA at New England Audiology
Date/Time: Tuesdays, 4-5pm by appointment
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.

Book Club
2025-09-30 13:00 - 15:00
Presenter: GoodLife Participants
Date/Time: Tuesdays
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!
–July 22 – 2:00pm Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy
–August 26 – 1:00pm The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
–September 30 – 1:00pm The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters re Maine

Chair Yoga
2025-09-30 09:00 - 09:45
Instructor: Cindy Falabella
Date/Time: Tuesdays, 9-9:45am
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!

Fitness & Core- Monday
2025-09-29 10:30 - 11:30
Instructor: Jill Smith, CPT
Date/Time: Mondays, August 4 – September 29, 10:30-11:25am (no class 9/1)
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.

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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Open Studio Art
2025-09-26 10:00 - 12:00
Date/Time: Fridays, 10am-12pm
Cost/Registration: FREE! Drop in event, no registration required. (No Open Studio 11/29)
***This is an in-person only event***
Bring whatever art or craft project you are working on to our Open Studio every Friday morning! Spend time getting to know other local artists and their craft while working on your own.

Mushroom Identification and Exploration
2025-09-26 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.

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.

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.

Chair Yoga
2025-09-25 11:00 - 11:45
Instructor: Cindy Falabella
Date/Time: Thursdays, 11-11:45am
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!

Healing Yoga
2025-09-25 08:30 - 09:30
Instructor: Alethea Kehas, MFA, RYT, RMT, EM Yoga Foundations Teacher
Date/Time: Thursdays, August 7 – September 25, 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.
