Programs, Workshops & Classes for Women with Disabilities
ºÙºÙÊÓƵ’s Initiative for Women with Disabilities at the Elly and Steve Hammerman Health and Wellness Center offers programs, workshops, and classes specifically designed for women with physical disabilities.
We offer educational workshops that bring information directly from the experts to our participants. Our medical professionals also hold a lecture series on various topics to help promote healthy lifestyle decisions. The goal of the workshops is to help build participants’ knowledge and confidence in managing their health, and to keep them informed of resources available in the community.
Exercise classes are available on weekdays and are designed to help women stay active and improve strength, stamina, and flexibility. The majority of our classes can be done in a seated or standing position.
Fitness Classes
Our class schedule includes pricing information. For more information, please call 212-598-6429.
Some of the fitness programs and classes we offer include the following.
Chair Pilates
Chair Pilates teaches you how to move and use your muscles while maintaining proper posture. It can help you to develop core strength and stability, which can allow the rest of the body to move freely. The exercises are controlled movements performed in conjunction with breathing techniques that simultaneously strengthen and relax the body.
Strike and Strength
Empower your strength and coordination in this adaptive chair boxing class. Engage in a full-body workout that enhances fitness and boosts confidence, all while staying seated.
Chair Yoga
Yoga is an excellent tool for a stronger, more relaxed body. Our yoga classes are adapted to allow women of all abilities to participate. Classes are taught from a seated position, and focus on basic hatha yoga postures, breathing, and relaxation techniques.
Practicing yoga may help you to be more mindful and achieve greater clarity and mental focus, relaxation, self-empowerment, flexibility, and muscle tone.
Move and Groove
Move and Groove is a dynamic fun filled total body workout. We use light weights, dynabands, and other props to strengthen, tone, stretch, and revitalize the entire being.
Zumba
Zumba is a cardio-based total body workout combining fast and slow rhythms that tone the body in an aerobic fitness fashion. The aerobic fitness and toning program is easy to follow and inspired by Latin music.
Adaptive Sports
Through our adaptive sports programs, women with disabilities can participate in healthy activities that provide opportunities for achievement and success. Adaptive sports programs are designed to build strength, stamina, range of motion, confidence, and teamwork skills.
Annual Adaptive Ski Trip
Every winter, the Initiative for Women with Disabilities hosts an adaptive ski retreat. Depending on the level of mobility, participants may ski on bi-ski sleds or stand-up skis while tethered to an instructor.
Participants have the opportunity to learn or adapt to this sport as they socialize with their peers and push themselves beyond their limits, thus encouraging independence and self-advocacy. By the end of the ski trip, participants gain confidence both on and off the mountain.
For more information on our adaptive sports programs, please call 212-598-6429.