Run/Walk  +  I Want to Live Forever, A Blue Zones Project Approach to New Years Resolutions

6:00-6:30 PM – Run/Walk: 

Bring your favorite sneakers for an easy run/walk interval exercise session. We’ll do a group warm up, lead you through heart strengthening and metabolism boosting intervals and finish with a nice cool down. You may choose to walk, jog or run. This exercise session is a great intro for those looking to join our Couch to 5 K running Program or our 5K Fun Run Program (starting January 17, 2022)

– Come dressed in layers, bring a headlamp if possible and bring a water bottle. We recommend bringing an extra shirt/sweater or jacket if you plan on attending both the run/walk and workshop to change into dry clothes after the exercise session.

6:30-8:00PM – I Want to Live Forever, A Blue Zones Project Approach to New Years Resolutions 

Please join us for fun and informative double presentation to learn how the longevity research of National Geographic Explorer, Dan Buettner, is transforming local communities and empowering people with tangible tools and techniques to live a longer, better!

Monterey Bay Moves Owner Elizabeth Plante will share her multiple failures and experience with New Year’s Resolutions, vision for the future of the community and seemingly impossible dream to live forever.

This workshop aims to:

• • inspire you to Dream big and make your 2022 Resolutions part of a lifetime plan;
  • help you pinpoint your Why & identify what brings you Joy;
  • figure out the how, the practical and real life choices to make your dreams come true;
  • explain how the Blue Zones Power 9 is the ultimate insurance policy to reach your goals.

Presented by : Elizabeth Plante, Monterey Bay Moves
Guest Speaker: Tanja Roos, Blue Zones Project Monterey

This presentation is open to all teens and adults of all levels of experience.

Bring a pen and journal or notepad

This Presentation is FREE to anyone in the community. Attendance is limited. Sign Up is required

Proactive Stretch & Roll  + Diets, Cleanses, Detox, Disordered Eating Habits and Why You Just Can’t Keep Going Like This

6:00-6:30 PM – Proactive Stretch & Roll

Bring your exercise/yoga mat and dress warm for an outdoor stretching and meditative practice. During a ProActive class, you can expect to learn about mindfulness, breathing and meditation practices, perform stretches, learn how to release tensions in your body and proper movement patterns to keep you moving pain-free.

– Come dressed in layers, bring an exercise mat and a headlamp if possible + a water bottle. We recommend bringing an extra shirt/sweater or jacket if you plan on attending both Proactive and workshop.

6:30- 8:00PM – Diets, Cleanses, Detox, Disordered Eating Habits and Why You Just Can’t Keep Going Like This

Put your hand up if you are your own worst critic! Learn about shape and weight overvaluation and how negative self evaluation affects your eating habits.

Experienced dieter with “the slowest metabolism in the world” who puts on 5 lbs just looking at a cookie and Monterey Bay Moves Owner Elizabeth Plante will explain how our “common” standards around weight and shape have created this dualistic and highly moralistic view of human bodies : thin and curvy in the right places for women on one side + lean and strong for men on the other side VS all the other bodies. She will sprinkle her presentation with examples of her own struggles and success with weight loss, injuries, body transformation and acceptance of herself in the present moment.

This workshop aims to:

• • recognize the short and long term effects of diets, cleanses, detoxes and other disordered eating habits
  • help you recognize what shape and weight over valuation is and how it affects your health
  • give you tools and practice real life situations to buffer the negative effects of self criticism
  • introduce you to the concept of mindful eating
  • offer a non judgmental and inclusive discussion around weight and body image

Presented by : Elizabeth Plante, Monterey Bay Moves

This presentation is open to all teens and adults of all levels of experience.

Bring a pen and journal or notepad

Attendance is limited. Sign Up is required

Yoga + Stressed to the Gills – How Weight Fluctuation and Incomplete Stress Cycles are Linked

6:00-6:30 PM – Yoga Flow

Bring your exercise/yoga mat and dress warm for an outdoor yoga class. Welcome to Yoga Flow, a beginner-friendly slow-flow class, wherein slow does not necessarily mean easy, but accessible to yogis of all levels. This class is a great introduction to yoga.

– Come dressed in layers, bring an exercise mat + a water bottle. We recommend bringing an extra shirt/sweater or jacket if you plan on attending both Yoga and workshop.

6:30- 8:00PM – Stressed to the Gills – How Weight Fluctuation and Incomplete Stress Cycles are Linked

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Presented by : Amanda Kirk, Monterey Bay Moves

This presentation is open to all teens and adults of all levels of experience.

Bring a pen and journal or notepad

Attendance is limited. Sign Up is required

Bootcamp  + HIIT, Cardio, Strength or Yoga? Exercise Speed Dating to Choose the Right Program for You

6:00-6:30 PM – Bootcamp

Bring your exercise/yoga mat and dress in layers for this super fun class! “Bootcamp” is designed to help build muscle strength and endurance as well as improve your cardio. This class includes circuit training, cardio exercises, body weight exercises and finishers with core training and stretching for a complete workout.

– Come dressed in layers, bring an exercise mat + a water bottle. We recommend bringing an extra shirt/sweater or jacket if you plan on attending both Bootcamp and workshop.

6:30- 8:00PM – HIIT, Cardio, Strength or Yoga? Exercise Speed Dating to Choose the Right Program for You

Description coming soon

Presented by : Monterey Bay Moves Instructors

This presentation is open to all teens and adults of all levels of experience.

Bring a pen and journal or notepad

Attendance is limited. Sign Up is required

Kickboxing  + Non Exercise Activity and Community Fitness : So Many Options To Choose From! 

6:00-6:30 PM – Kickboxing

Bring your biggest smile and pent up energy and dress in layers for this super fun class! Kickboxing is non-contact class that combines martial arts techniques with fast-paced cardio. Perfect for anyone looking to break a sweat and let some energy out!

– Come dressed in layers and bring a water bottle. We recommend bringing an extra shirt/sweater or jacket if you plan on attending both Kickboxing and seminar.

6:30- 8:00PM – Non Exercise Activity and Community Fitness : So Many Options To Choose From! 

Exercise is about more than doing reps in a gym or eating miles on a running trail. Non exercise specific activity is vital for the human body and mind to thrive, yet we tend to hyperfocus on “fitness” as a narrowly defined concept. Learn about what you do day to day that enhances your health, what you can add to your routine without adding to your schedule or workload and gain a new understanding of movement as an elixir of life.

Professor of Kinesiology at CSUMB, Dr Lisa Leineger is not only a wealth of knowledge about the science behind movement in the human body, but her work extends beyond the classroom. Her involvement with Exercise is Medicine allows her to make a difference on campus and promote activities that improve participants’ health markers, stave off critical illness, reduce stress and bring joy!

Local Disc Golf Club leader Nick Kite will share with you what disc golf is all about, where and how you can play it locally and give you all the information you need to participate with a club.

Presented by : Elizabeth Plante, Monterey Bay Moves
Guest Presenters: Dr. Lisa Leineger, CSUMB & Nick Kite, Monterey Bay Disc Jellies

This presentation is open to all teens and adults of all levels of experience.

Bring a pen and journal or notepad

Attendance is limited. Sign Up is required

Hula Traditional Dancing + The Surprising Benefits of Meditation & Breath work

9:00-9:30 AM – Hula Traditional Dancing with Na Haumana * FREE * 

Na Haumana will be teaching hula and Tahitian style combinations in a fun/captive 30 minute. Any participant at any level can dance. It’s a great way to strengthen your muscles without weights. As the lesson are being taught the instructor will go over the culture parts of the movements, or song as well.
– Come dressed in layers and bring a water bottle. We recommend bringing an extra shirt/sweater or jacket if you plan on attending both Hula and seminar.

9:30- 10:30PM – The Surprising Benefits of Meditation & Breath work

We all breathe, and yet many of us don’t know how to breathe properly. We breathe without thinking and yet we think without end.

In this workshop we will talk about the connection between breath and meditation and also how they are different. We will learn how to properly breathe and what different styles of breathe are meant for which purpose. You will learn basic meditation techniques as we break down the myths and barriers many people have towards meditation.

This workshop aims to:

• • Help you understand the benefits of meditation and breathwork.

  • Breaks the myths of meditation.

  • Learn how to properly use your breath

  • Introduce you to the different types of breathing techniques

  • Offer and introduction to a meditation practice.

Presented by : Amanda Kirk, Monterey Bay Moves

This presentation is open to all teens and adults of all levels of experience.

Bring a pen and journal or notepad

Attendance is limited. Sign Up is required

Sub30 Core + It’s Cold, It’s Dark, I’m Tired – Practical Tips to Follow Through With Your Resolutions in the Dead of Winter

10:45-11:15 AM – Sub30 Core

Sub30 Core is a bodyweight only core program that is both intense and extremely well balanced to challenge all your core muscles. With each workout lasting between 20 and 30 minutes, you will strengthen your abdominals and back muscles in no time. This workout is challenging and super rewarding!

– Bring an exercise/yoga mat, come dressed in layers and bring a water bottle. We recommend bringing an extra shirt/sweater or jacket if you plan on attending both Sub30 Core and seminar.

11:15AM- 12:15PM – It’s Cold, It’s Dark, I’m Tired – Practical Tips to Follow Through With Your Resolutions in the Dead of Winter

Description coming soon

Presented by : Elizabeth Plante, Monterey Bay Moves

This presentation is open to all teens and adults of all levels of experience.

Bring a pen and journal or notepad

Attendance is limited. Sign Up is required