Conversations for All
Active Older Adult (AOA) Community Cafés bring together those who are 55 and older to build health in spirit, mind, and body so that we thrive with greater purpose, connection, and well-being. Each café includes time for a resource person to share, pose, and answer questions in a discussion space facilitated for support and encouragement. Let your emotional and intellectual responses guide your exploration of each chosen topic.
AOA Community Cafés are free and brought to you by the Washington State Alliance of YMCAs. We encourage you to invite your friends and family!
Connect and Share
Each café is an hour-long Zoom call starting with a large group welcome time. We will explore the day’s topic through an engaging presentation to get you thinking and prepared for a 20-minute reflective dialogue in small groups about the subject. Everyone is invited to listen and contribute as they feel comfortable. The large group gathers back the last five minutes for encouragement.
Gentle Chair Yoga
Join us for chair yoga. It’s a wonderful way to practice gentle movement, stretching, and strengthening. It is highly adaptable for all abilities and perfect for beginners. Standing and seated poses will be offered.
Tuesday, January 28
1:00–2:00 pm
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Exercising Your Body and Mind
Keep your minds sharp and your bodies moving! Learn exercises to increase your mobility, strength, and balance, and move your body's joints through their best pain-free range of motion. We will also practice coordination, vision, and brain games to stimulate our minds and keep us laughing.
Tuesday, February 4
1:00–2:00 pm
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What do you Know and Remember about Valentine’s Day?
Hear the origins of Valentine’s Day and some interesting traditions. We all have unique, or not so unique, stories and possibly our own traditions surrounding this day. Listen and share with others how we have experienced Valentine’s Day. Of course, you can share as much or as little as you want.
Tuesday, February 11
1:00–2:00 pm
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Let’s Talk About Looking After Ourselves – But Not Just the Outside
Sure, self-care is about keeping us healthy, like eating right or moving our bodies. But there’s another piece to the puzzle: self-love, which is how we feel about ourselves on the inside. It means accepting ourselves, all parts of us, and saying, “I’m good just the way I am.” Come uncover the power of self-love and journey together!
Tuesday, February 18
1:00–2:00 pm
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Heart Healthy Tips and Resources
Learn five tips to support your heart health. Heart health is so critical to our well-being that it gets attention all of February. It is an important and timely reminder to get a blood pressure screening and consider ways to strengthen our hearts.
Tuesday, February 25
1:00–2:00 pm
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Questions
If you have questions about our Community Café conversations, please email Heather Steele at hsteele@seattleymca.org.
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