DEPARTMENT:

Yoga rejuvenates the body, mind and soul.

Academy Art Center at Linekona
532-8741
www.honoluluacademy.org

Unleash your creativity at art classes running the gamut, from painting, basketry and flower arranging to ceramics, textile design and jewelry making.

Castle Medical Center
263-5050
www.castlemed.org

Options include classes on nutrition, spiritual wellness, disease management, addictions, stress, beauty and CPR training.

Community Schools

The state’s Department of Education offers numerous adult education classes, from ballroom dancing, option stock trading and Japanese cooking to photography, long-term care and woodworking.

Call the community school nearest you for specifics (classes vary in each area): Farrington, 832-3595; Kaimuki/Kaiser, 733-8460/394-1236; McKinley, 594-0540; Moanalua/Aiea, 837-8466; Wahiawa, 622-1634; Waipahu, 675-0254; and Windward, 254-7955.

Contemporary Museum
526-1322
www.tcmhi.org.

Admission is free to everyone on the third Thursday of every month. On other days, seniors aged 62 and older pay $3 (the regular fee is $5). Check out the Web site for a current list of art workshops, exhibitions and special events.

Hawaii Ballroom Dance Association
848-7789
Learn the foxtrot, swing, waltz, samba, cha-cha and more at 45-minute evening classes held at Kilauea Recreational Center on Mondays and the Ala Wai Clubhouse on Wednesdays.

Honolulu Academy of Arts
532-8701
www.honoluluacademy.org

The Education Department offers a variety of lectures, classes, workshops and other programs on an ongoing basis. From time to time, a gallery talk on one specific work of art, style or subject is presented by a curator or artist to a small group of adults by reservation only. The Senior Program combines gallery tours and studio art classes.

Several programs are free with admission, including most monthly lectures and Tea and Tour on most Sundays and Tuesdays. Music performances and film screenings have varying admission fees, some of which are discounted for seniors.

Everyone receives free admission on the first Wednesday and third Sunday of every month, except in April when Free Sunday will be April 9. Bank of Hawaii sponsors Free Sunday, which features activities, entertainment, storytelling, gallery hunts, art projects and cultural demonstrations on varying themes — a great diversion for grandparents and their grandchildren.

In addition, to celebrate the Year of the Museum 2006, admission will be free for the entire run of the acclaimed “Life in the Pacific of the 1700s” exhibition from February 23 through May 14. Normally, admission for seniors aged 62 and older is $4 (the regular rate is $7).

Kaiser Permanente
432-2260
www.kp.org

You don’t have to be a Kaiser member to enroll in classes such as the Menopausal Years, AARP Driver Safety Program, Better Money Management, Income Planning for Retirement, the Science and Art of Meditation, Healthy Cooking, Tai Chi, Iyengar Yoga, Managing Chronic Pain, Heart to Heart/Cardiac Rehabilitation Education; and Massage for Relaxation and Wellness.

The Senior Summit program provides ongoing educational opportunities on a wide variety of issues of interest to seniors. Among the topics are Decision Making and Aging; Personal Safety; Helpful Hints for Dealing with Low Vision and Blindness; Chairobics; Senior Conditioning; and The Vegan Diet for a Healthier, Fitter You.

Kapiolani Community College
734-9211
http://programs.kcc.hawaii.edu/~continuinged.html

Continuing Education courses of note are computer and photography classes aimed at seniors; The Art of Japanese Flower Arranging: Ikebana (beginner and advanced); Eating for Energy; The Art of Watercolor; Bookmaking: Stories and Imagination; Zen Meditation; and Conversational Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Italian and Portuguese.

Kapiolani Women’s Center
535-7000
www.kapiolaniwoman.org

Ongoing health education classes include What You Need to Know About the Aging of Your Eyes, Meno-pause Naturally, Heart Attack and Stroke Prevention, Know Your Risks for Breast Cancer, Real Life Weight Loss, Cooking Classes: Fresh and Easy, and Tao: Seek Balance and Power in Harmony with Nature.

The Dance Space
542-9442
www.dncspace.com

The Dance Space’s Dance for Mature and Healing Bodies class begins with slow stretching, strengthening and breathing exercises that increase blood flow and energy
and prepare the body and brain to dance. The class progresses to movements that improve balance, coordination, memory and cardiovascular function.

The Queen’s Medical Center
537-7117
www.queens.org

“Speaking of Health,” a free monthly health lecture series, provides insights into subjects such as gastric bypass surgery, how to kick bad health habits, diabetes control and stroke awareness. Queen’s also offers general health education classes on Adult Body Shaping, Workplace Wellness, Healing Touch, Creating Time and Energy for Busy Women, and more. Classes available through its Women’s Health Center include Hula, Hatha Yoga, Stott Pilates, Heart Healthy Salads, Skin Rejuvenation: Tricks of the Trade, and The Secrets of Health and Healing (exercise, diet, yoga and breathing, relaxation and meditation techniques after heart surgery).

University of Hawaii at Manoa
956-8244
www.outreach.hawaii.edu/noncredit

he Outreach College offers popular noncredit courses on arts and culture, dance, music, photography, business and management, communications, computers and multimedia technology, health and fitness, language, personal finance and professional development.

Also, the Senior Citizen Visitor Program (956-9317) run by the Office of Student Equity, Excellence and Diversity allows Hawaii residents aged 60 and older to participate in regular credit classes, ranging from anthropology to zoology, with the consent of the instructor.

Windward Community College
235-7433
http://ocet.wcc.hawaii.edu

Classes in slack key guitar, ceramics, scrapbooking, feng shui, sushi and ribbon leis are among the options offered through the Office of Vocational and Community Education. Seniors 55+ courses include computer basics; watercolor; Nurturing Your Digestion, Acupuncture Facial and Memory Enhancement from Tai Chi. The A.G.E. (Awareness and Growth through Education) “Discovering Oahu” Senior Tours focus on political, cultural, economic and social areas of interest such as Chinatown, U.S. Postal Service, National Weather Service and UH-Manoa’s marine biology facility on Coconut Island. You also can attend seminars on elder abuse, long-term care, home and community services, and legal issues of concern to seniors.

YMCA
www.ymcahonolulu.org

The Fit for Life program makes it easy, safe and comfortable for Active Older Adults (AOA) to participate in daily exercise. “AOA Welcome” indicates classes that have been designed to meet the needs of older participants based on format, intensity and mode. Call the branch nearest you for more information.

YWCA
www.ywcaoahu.org

Nineteen different fitness classes are available, including Aqua Fit, a cardiovascular conditioning program for women that couples 40 minutes of water exercise with 10 minutes of recreational swim; Wellness Hula, incorporating basic modern hula steps; and Wellness Yoga, using breathing techniques to release stress and improve flexibility.

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