Fitness Classes

Lansdowne

Monday

Absolutely Abs 12:20 - 1:00pm

Tai Chi 3:30 - 4:30pm FREE

Yoga - All Levels 4:35 - 5:25pm

Contemporary Dance 5:30 - 6:30pm

Tuesday

More Core 7:30 - 8:00am FREE

Vinyasa Flow 5:00 - 6:00pm

Wednesday

Hatha Flow 11:30am - 12:20pm

Absolutely Abs 12:30 - 1:00pm

Tai Chi 3:00 - 4:00pm FREE

Shotokan Karate 4:30 - 5:30pm FREE

Thursday

More Core 7:30 - 8:00am FREE

Friday

Yoga: Mindfulness, Breath, Meditation 12:00 - 12:50pm

Saturday

Latin Dance 10:30 - 11:30am

Stress Buster

Everyone experiences stress and anxiety. Stress is your body's instinctual and biological response to environmental stressors to ensure your survival and is a natural response to uncertainty. And, anxiety is a feeling of dread or uneasiness that can be a normal reaction to stress.

Engaging in mindful movement and breathing practices can help reduce stress and anxiety. These session help you to understand the biology behind your stress behaviour and can provide you with the tools you need to support your mental health, while reducing your physical tensions. Sessions are chair based and include standing stretches, attention training to calm an overactive mind, and international breathing practices, and ends with a short resting period. Please bring a small blanket or mat if you wish to rest on the floor.

Instructor: Tersia Fagan

Sept. 19 - Nov. 28

Thursday 4:45 - 5:45pm

CHW Room 407

Cost: Camosun Students $110  I  Non-Students $120

Absolutely Abs

Designed to fit into your day, this 30-minute class will have you hitting all you mid-section muscles for a complete abdominal workout that will allow you to achieve noticeable results. This class focuses on strengthening the abs, glutes, and lower back.

Instructor: Mathew Mortenson

Session 1

Sept. 16 - Oct. 23 (12 sessions)

Monday & Wednesday 12:30 - 1:00pm

Cost: Camosun Students $60  I  Non-Students $72

Session 2

Oct. 28 - Dec. 4 (12 sessions)

Monday & Wednesday 12:30 - 1:00pm

Cost: Camosun Students $60  I  Non-Students $72

Contemporary Dance

This class approaches contemporary dance as a framework for experiencing the body as a tool to think with. Suitable for all level of dancer, from raw beginner to professional. Students will learn foundational movement patterns and concepts, as a launching pad for being able to experience the body as a lively instrument capable of deep expressivity. Expect to get stronger, more sensitive, and more embodied as you dance in the company of students from a broad range of backgrounds. 

Instructor: Kristen Lewis

Sept. 16 - Dec. 2

Monday 5:30 - 6:30pm

Drop In Cost: Camosun Students $5  I  Camosun Employees $10  I  Community $15

Flow Hatha

Enjoy this accessible, customized approach to yoga connecting you with your core through flow and stillness as you strengthen and rediscover spaciousness in your body and mind. Each class moves you through the eight directional movements of your spine, incorporating breathing techniques and principles of yoga for a holistic and satisfying class.

Instructor: Karen McKinnon

Sept. 18 - Nov. 27 (11 classes)

Wednesday 11:30am - 12:20pm

Cost: Camosun Students $115  I  Non-Camosun Students $135

Latin Dance

Everyone is welcome to this vibrant energy and positive class to experience diverse Latin rhythms, relieve stress, stay fit, and promote community wellness. Giovanny is a dancer and instructor from the north coast of Colombia where dance is embedded in their culture, and inspired by the Caribbean Sea, beautiful sunsets, and warm weather. In his dance classes, he strives to share this lively spirit, and to keep the warmth and joy of summer alive through the fall.

Instructor: Giovanny Lopez

Sept. 21 - Dec. 7

Saturday 10:30 - 11:30am

Drop-In Cost: Camosun Students $11  I  Non-Camosun Students $13 

Five-Session Punch Card: Camosun Students $54  I  Non-Camosun Students $63

More Core

Need more variety in your core work? Drop-in for a fun and effective abdominal workout! Workout may include exercise balls, cables, and mat work.

Instructor: Joel Swets

Sept. 9 - Dec. 11

Tuesday & Thursday 7:30 - 8:00am

FREE

Shotokan Karate 

If you have ever wanted to try Karate, this class is perfect for you. Karate can be described as a martial art, or fighting method, involving a variety of techniques. The practice strengthens the entire body, improves coordination, quickens reflexes, and builds stamina and overall health. In these sessions, participants establish a basic Karate knowledge while building confidence and discipline. Join because the practice is beneficial for both your physical and mental health. And with these instructors, you can expect to laugh!

Instructors: Tyler Lane, Peter Ove, Lane Trotter

Sept. 18 - Dec. 4

Wednesday 4:30 - 5:30pm

FREE

Tai Chi - Beginners

Tai Chi is a form of exercise that involves slow, relaxed movement to enhance balance and well-being, and has applications for self-defense. The movements of Tai Chi are performed slowly to ensure good form and body dynamics promoting muscle and balance development but also "internal" massage. In this course, students will learn the basics of Tai Chi through silk-reeling warm-up exercises, the Wu/Ng/Yang 108 movement form as well as "moving hands" two person exercises. Each class will include a review, learning new movements, meditation, and applications. It is important to wear comfortable footwear and loose clothing.

Instructor: Randall Tonks

Sept. 16 - Dec. 2

Monday 3:30 - 4:30pm FREE

Tai Chi - Intermediate

This class will allow participants to continue on their journey of learning this ancient Chinese martial art. Providing opportunity to practice and improve form of learned sequences of movement while adding to their knowledge of self-defence, two person exercises, and more.

Instructor: Randall Tonks

Sept. 19 - Dec. 5

Thursday 5:00 - 6:00pm

FREE

Yoga - All Levels

This class combines elements of the Vinyasa and Hatha styles. We link movement with breath and build stamina and focus by holding poses for longer periods than the usual flow class. You will leave the class with an energized body and focused mind, ready to face the world with a refreshed perspective.

Instructor: Kristen Lewis

Sept. 16 - Dec. 2

Monday 4:35 - 5:35pm

Drop-In Costs: Camosun Students $5  I  Camosun Employees $10  I  Community $12

Yoga - Mindfulness, Breath & Meditation

In this 50-minute mindful yoga class, it will begin with gentle yoga to settle into the body, followed by Pranayama (breathing practices) to help quiet and steady the mind, finishing with a guided meditation. You will leave feeling grounded and with a sense of calm and balance in your body and mind.

Instructor: Dawn Bayers

Oct. 4 - Dec. 6 (10 classes)

Friday 12:00 - 12:50pm

Cost: Camosun Students $105  I Non-Camosun Students $120