California Community Colleges System Courses

Chi Gong Principles & Practices for Older Adults

This course is designed to enhance the health and safety of older adults through use of the principles and techniques of Chi Gong. Based on Chinese philosophy and healing concepts, the course will inc

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T’ai Chi Principles & Practices for Older Adults

This course offers an overview of the history, philosophy and techniques of the Chinese energy balancing health practice T’ai Chi Ch’uan. With a focus on enhancing healthy aging for older adults, the

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Physical Fitness Principles & Practices for Older Adults

This course focuses on physical fitness and conditioning principles to help older adults maintain or improve their health, safety and independence. It covers basic principles of anatomy and fitness, s

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Strength & Stamina Training Principles & Practices for Older Adults

This course focuses on how strength training and stamina building strategies help to promote health, safety and vitality in older adults. Principles of basic anatomy and physiology are covered. The co

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Personal Safety – Fall Prevention

This course is designed to help students avoid falls, which are the most frequent cause of serious injury in older adults. The course focuses on how, when and where falls frequently occur; how to main

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The Human Body for Older Adults

This course assists older adults in understanding the major functions of parts of their bodies, preventative measures, as well as how aging can impact their lifestyle.

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Stress Reduction through Yoga

This course offers older adults a range of strategies and techniques to reduce and manage stress in their lives. It includes stress reduction methods such as positive thinking, breathing exercises, me

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Medical Topics for Older Adults

This course assists older adults in understanding the functions and elements of the human body, including what can go wrong, current treatment options, and consumer information on alternative treatmen

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Joint Health & Mobility for Older Adults

This course helps older adults with chronic joint pain or mobility problems to attain and maintain physical strength, mobility and flexibility. Older adults with arthritis and/or other minor physical

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Light Joint Maneuver for Older Adults

This course is designed to improve the flexibility and mobility of older adults, increase their activity levels, and lessen their joint pain through exercise. Older adult students focus on maintaining

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Tai Chi Chuan

Tone and strengthen every muscle in the body by using this method of slow, circular movement. Learn to relax, concentrate and focus your energy. Meditate to nourish the whole body. (There are sections

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Stress Reduction through Yoga for Older Adults

This course teaches older adults Iyengar yoga techniques that can be used to maintain or increase their respiratory capacity, physical strength, balance, and flexibility. Older adults will relax their

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Chinese Life Force Exercise for Older Adults

This course helps older adults increase their strength, flexibility, balance, and circulation by encouraging older adults to concentrate or focus intently on their physical self, thus blocking out the

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Yoga Posture and Conditioning for Older Adults

This course provides older adults with a supportive yoga experience using yoga concepts that most benefit older adults. Yoga movements performed in this class are designed as an alternative to high-im

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Tai Chi Chih for Older Adults

This course helps older adults engage in Tai Chi Chuan exercises to maintain or increase their balance, strength, and flexibility. Exercises are modified to take the special conditions of individual o

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