** SPECIAL PROGRAMS IN OCTOBER**

Core Workout Using Rotational Movements.  
Tuesdays at 1:30 PM 
September 7^th through October 12^th.
Six-week program designed to stabilize the core using movements we normally do not use in daily life. Great for posture, back pain, and incontinence. Program is facilitated by Steve Avellino CFT, CES, SSF, SSN.
Cost is $42 for the 6-week program.
Pre-registration and payment required. 781-828-1323
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Norfolk County Sheriff’s Office Presents Scams and the Are You Ok? Program.
Tuesday, Oct. 12^th at 12:15 PM. 
Join us for this important program so you have the information you need to prevent being scammed and also how you can feel safer having someone call you each day to make sure you are okay! Pre-registration is required.  781-828-1323
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Medicare 101. 
Tuesday, Oct 12^th at 4:00 PM.
This presentation is perfect for anyone trying to navigate their way through our complicated healthcare system for older adults. It will help those who already have Medicare, as well as people soon to be 65, planning their retirement, or assisting relatives and friends with their medical decisions. The engaging, interactive program outlines the various parts of Medicare and lays out the costs associated with the medical and drug insurance provided by the government and private companies. Topics include: Original Medicare; Medicare Advantage Plans; Prescription drug plans (Part D); Medigaps (supplemental plans). We’ll also discuss financial support to offset costs depending on income and assets.
Pre-registration is required. 781-828-1323
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 Ice Cream Social with Ellie’s Treats Ice Cream Truck! 
Wednesday, Oct. 13^th at 1 PM.
Come and socialize with Marylou and Shalini and say your goodbyes while you enjoy a delicious  sundae, banana split or other frozen treat!   
Pre-registration is required.  781-828-1323. 
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 Autumn Foliage with Michael Scutari. 
Tuesday, Oct. 26^th at 11:15 AM. 
Join local Teacher Naturalist, Michael Scutari for both a hands-on, and virtual trip through the forests, meadows, and roadsides of New  England to discover the diverse arrays of Autumn foliage that exist in our native woody and herbaceous plants.  Learn about the process of “leaf senescence” (or the turning of leaf color from green to those reds-oranges-yellows-pinks-purples), why it happens, and how some years are just better than others. 
Pre-registration is required.  781-828-1323
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Celebration for Peg Cibotti’s retirement! 
Friday, Oct. 29^th at 11:30 AM. 
Please join us to celebrate Peg! We all love her spirit, good nature and infectious laugh!  It is hard to believe that she has worked for the Council on Aging for 20 years!!  Come wish Peg well and enjoy the music of Ted Powers and a boxed lunch. 
Pre-registration is required. 781-828-1323
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*NEW*
Fall Wellness Series: Healthy Mind, Body and Spirit  
Thursdays, Sept. 16^th, 23^rd and 30^th and Oct 14^th at 10:30 AM and Oct. 7^th and 21^st at 1:30 PM

“Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”- World Health Organization

Wellness is the complete integration of body, mind, and spirit the realization that everything we do, think, feel, and believe has an effect on our state of wellbeing. As we come out of the pandemic that changed all our lives, let us work on rebuilding a positive mind body spirit connection to bring about a balance in our lives. 
Join us for this six-week series on the holistic integration of physical, mental, and spiritual wellbeing. This series will focus on how we can fuel the body, engage the mind, and nurture the spirit through the medium of music and dance, literature, and guided meditation and mindfulness.  Each workshop is led by fabulous specialists who will help you refocus and revitalize yourself!

Cost is $25 for the entire series (6 workshops) or $5 per workshop if you prefer to drop in.
Pre-registration is required
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Description of Workshops:


Finding Happiness through Breathwork and Guided Meditation
with Janhavi Wadhwani
Thursday, September 16^th, from 10:30-11:45am
We have had to face new levels of anxiety caused due to loneliness, loss, and disruption in regular social activities during the last year. Through breathwork and guided meditation, participants are able to move through fear, anxiety, grief and other such emotions to a place of feeling more joy, inner peace and wellbeing. During the workshop, we will do some discussion-based processes, mindful movements, breathwork and guided meditation that will have participants feel energized and rejuvenated. The workshop will be highly engaging and interactive.
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Forgiveness and Well Being 
with Dr Angelina Avedano   
Thursday September 23^rd at 10:30 AM
This workshop will explore strategies for identifying areas where forgiveness could improve wellbeing by learning to let go, forgiving oneself, and managing difficult situations.  
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Mindfulness Every Day 
with Dr Angelina Avedano  
Thursday September 30^th at 10:30 AM
In this workshop, we will talk about how principles of mindfulness improve focus and wellbeing.  Incorporating mindfulness every day increases a sense of wonder, gratitude and inner peace.  We’ll look at day-to-day applications and discover how this practice helps us live life more fully.  
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Keep it Moving! 
With Candida Rose Baptista 
Thursday October 7^th at 1:30 PM
What fuels your spirit fuels your body- and nothing fuels the spirit more than music! Candida Rose leads us in this “moving” workshop that will explore the benefits of body movement through dancing, specifically, line dancing.  We will “move” through different dance forms while standing or sitting and engage in some fun line dancing steps from the 50s and 60s to contemporary party favorites.  
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Express Your Positive
with Candida Rose  
Thursday October 14^th at 10:30 AM (please note time change)
Songwriting is an important form of self-expression and useful tool when it comes to mental health and wellbeing. We all have had words of a song touch our innermost core and experienced an almost subliminal experience through music and lyrics. This workshop will explore the benefits of expressing positive thoughts and emotions through the art of songwriting. Participants will be encouraged to think of words or phrases that help to express positive emotions.  The objective will be to create the beginnings of a song that will be exclusive to the senior center and can be used in the future!
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Nutrition to Boost Energy & Mental Well Being 
with Dietician Kelsey McEntee from HESSCO                       
Thursday, October 21^st at 1:30 PM. 
Nutrition has been seen as playing a vital role in mental health and cognitive functioning. There is quite a bit of research that shows the brain gut connection; therefore, maintaining a healthy gut with good foods can help to promote positive mental health and cognitive function. Nutrition can directly impact things such as memory, processing speed, mood (depression and anxiety) as well as physical energy and mental focus and attention. 
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