Goodlife Programs & Activities

Mind, Body & Breath
2025-09-23 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York)
Instructor: Caroline Durr
Date/Time: Tuesdays, September 23-November 18, 10-10:555am (no class 11/11)
Cost/Registration: $55. You must register in advance.
***This class will be held in-person only***
The mindfulness techniques of awareness, acceptance, action and transformation that are taught in this class will guide you to bring in the wholeness of who you truly are instead of focusing on letting go of who you aren’t. This creates a life-changing shift in perspective from the inside (your beliefs) to the outside actions you take to create the life you desire.

Pilates for 50+
2025-09-23 10:15 - 11:10
Instructor: Jill Smith, CPT
Date/Time: Tuesdays, September 23-November 18, 10:15-11:10am (no class 11/11)
Cost/Registration: $55. You must register in advance.
***This class is in-person only***
This class uses the Pilates technique for added resistance to increase strength and flexibility. The routine involves standing and chair work. Try this unique Pilates based workout.

Cardio for Heart Health
2025-09-24 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-10-01 10:00 - 11:00
Instructor: Jill Smith, CPT
Date/Time: Wednesdays, September 24 – November 12, 10–10:55am
Cost/Registration: $55. You must register in advance.
***This class is in-person only***
Join us for this fun class that offers something for everyone, regardless of your current fitness level. Improve your overall strength, flexibility, and balance through low impact cardio exercise.

Strategic Caring Solutions
2025-09-24 13:00 - 14:00
Presenter: Catherine Cournoyer
Date/Time: Wednesday, September 24, 1-2pm
Cost/Registration: FREE! You must register by September 23rd at 12pm. GoodLife will email you the Zoom the business day before the class.

***This class is being held both in-person and live via Zoom***
Strategic Caring Solutions’ team of experts assist families with how to manage assets before or during a time of crisis, to ensure the proper legal documents are in place, as well as to create a long-term care plan that includes the Medicaid process and to provide funding options and strategies to preserve an estate from a nursing home. We are here to offer our expertise to individuals and families in times of crisis or before one begins. We understand there are many individuals who do not know where to turn when a long-term care event strikes and need a resource of professionals to help guide them to a successful outcome.

Self Defense Tips for 50+
2025-09-25 14:30 - 15:30
Presenter: John Guarnieri
Date/Time: Thursday, September 25, 2:30-3:30pm
Cost/Registration: $5. You must register in advance.
***This event is in-person only***
Discover easy-to-learn self-defense tips and tricks to help you stay safe each day. We cover what “winning” in self-defense means and different ways to accomplish that.  These “winning” methods will include physical techniques, body language tips, and some verbal strategies. We will also go over what I find to be the most beneficial self-defense tools to carry with you and how to use them. John Guarnieri owns 603 Karate in Northfield.  Before teaching self-defense for a living, he was a police officer in NH for many years. Lessons are practical and adaptable so anyone can benefit from them.

Your Body Tune Up
2025-09-26 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-10-03 10:00 - 11:00
Instructor: Erica Mumford, CPT
Date/Time: Fridays, September 26-November 14, 10- 10:55am
Cost/Registration: $55. You must register in advance.
***This class is in-person only***
Join us for this fun class that offers something for everyone, regardless of your current fitness level. This class will help you improve your overall strength, flexibility, and balance through low impact cardio exercise.

GoodLife Craft Fair
2025-09-27 09:00 - 13:00
Presenter: GoodLife
Date/Time: Saturday, September 27, 9am-1pm
Cost/Registration: $2 entrance fee per person, GoodLife participants & children are FREE! Open to the public rain or shine.
Location: GoodLife Programs & Activities, 254 North State St. Unit L, Concord, NH
Rain or shine! Come over to GoodLife’s annual Craft Fair. This is a fundraiser with a great variety of local NH crafters, plus a bake sale and raffles. All items are hand or homemade. What better way to get a jump on your holiday shopping?
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NEW CLASS: Mind, Body & Breath
2025-09-30 10:00 - 11:00
Instructor: Caroline Durr
Date/Time: Tuesdays, September 23 – November 18, 10-10:55am (no class 11/11)
Cost/Registration: $55. You must register in advance.
***This class will be held in-person only***
The mindfulness techniques of awareness, acceptance, action and transformation that are taught in this class will guide you to bring in the wholeness of who you truly are instead of focusing
on letting go of who you aren’t. This creates a life-changing shift in perspective from the inside (your beliefs) to the outside actions you take to create the life you desire.

Pilates for 50+
2025-09-30 10:15 - 11:15
Instructor: Jill Smith, CPT
Date/Time: Tuesdays, September 23 – November 18, 10:15-11:10am (no class 11/11)
Cost/Registration: $55. You must register in advance.
***This class is in-person only***
This class uses the Pilates technique for added resistance to increase strength and flexibility. The routine involves standing and chair work. Try this unique Pilates based workout.

2026 Cruise Informational Presentation
2025-09-30 17:00 - 18:00
Presenter: Susan Barry, Barry Brokerage
Date/Time: Tuesday, September 30, 5-6pm
Cost/Registration: FREE! You must register in advance.
***This class is being held in-person only***
Norwegian Cruise Line Boston to Bermuda
May 3-10, 2026
Let’s go to Bermuda! From the historic streets of Boston to the pink sand beaches of Bermuda, enjoy an incredible 7-day journey aboard Norwegian Breakaway. Follow the Freedom Trail and stop at historic taverns along the way in Beantown. Then in Halifax, enjoy a commanding view of the harbor from the 19th century fort on Citadel Hill. With two days at the Royal Naval Dockyard, you’ll have plenty of time to play a round of golf on Bermuda’s famous Port Royal Golf Course and enjoy a sunset sail on a glass-bottom boat.
land America Line Starts & Strips Voyage
July 4-11, 2026
Celebrate the United States’ 250th birthday with a sparkly late-night Fourth of July departure from Boston. Join us on their ship Zuiderdam for this patriotic celebration of the United States. Visit Saint John — Canada’s oldest incorporated city. Stroll the self-guided United Empire Loyalist Trail and Bay of Fundy. Smell the sea air, see the lighthouse, lobster traps and fishing boats, visit the beach, where time and tides have carved echoing caves in the sandstone cliffs. Stop at the Old City Market. Next travel to a 400-year-old seaport, Norfolk, Va. with its maritime battleships and Naval Station Norfolk. See Jamestown Settlement & American Revolution Museum at Yorktown, Colonial Williamsburg & Governor’s Palace. Stay overnight in dazzling NYC where you can see Manhattan, Rockefeller Center, Times Square, The Theatre district, the Empire State Bldg. and St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Statute of Liberty, 9/11 Memorial Museum. HAL is a Premium cruise line with a refined and polished experience, high-quality food and great service and upscale amenities and relaxed atmosphere.

Did You Lose Your Medicare Advantage Plan?
2025-10-01 09:00 - 15:00
Instructor: Larissa and Christian Troy, licensed insurance agents, and owners of Woodpecker Insurance
Date/Time: Wednesdays, October 1-29, 9am-3pm
Cost/Registration: FREE! You must register in advance by calling 603-499-4399.
***This event is in-person only***
If your plan is ending for 2026, or if you’d like a review of your current coverage, we are scheduling appointments to meet at GoodLife. These free appointments include a personalized review based on your doctors, prescriptions, and health needs. After scheduling, please be sure to share your current medication list and provider names so you will be fully prepared.

Footsteps of VanGogh
2025-10-01 10:00 - 11:00
Instructor: Jon Pearse
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 1, 10-11am
Cost/Registration: $5. You must register in advance.
***This class is being held in person only***
Follow with us the footsteps of Vincent VanGogh’s Lifetime across Europe as we trace the fascinating life, careers, and travel of this remarkable and complex man whose prolific art career spanned just 10 short years, in a presentation that is part biographic and part travelogue.

BEMER Appointments
2025-10-01 11:15 - 12:00
Instructor: Jill Smith, CPT
Date/Time: Wednesdays, October-December, 11:15am- 12pm
Cost/Registration: $15, You must register in advance. Appointments are in 15-minute intervals.
***This is an in-person event! To register, please call GoodLife at 603-228-6630***
BEMER is a class 2 medical device that can increase your overall blood flow by up to 30%. The effects of a single 15-minute BEMER session can last up to 12 hours. Regular use can lead to improved relaxation and enhanced physical fitness.

Healing Yoga
2025-10-02 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-10-09 08:30 - 09:30
Instructor: Alethea Kehas, MFA, RYT, RMT, EM Yoga Foundations Teacher
Date/Time: Thursdays, October 2-November 20, 8:30-9:25am
Cost/Registration: $55. You must register in advance.
***This class will be held in-person only***
An all-levels, gentle, and inclusive yoga class designed to help boost your body’s immune system, improve balance, and achieve a greater sense of well-being. Gentle tapping, meridian tracing, and self-massage are incorporated with gentle yoga postures and breath-work. This is a mat-based class.

Chair Yoga
2025-10-02 11:00 - 12:00
Instructor: Cindy Falabella
Date/Time: Thursdays, October-December, 11-11:45am (no class 11/27, 12/25)
Cost: FREE! Drop-in class for up to 30 people. First come first served.
***This class is held in-person and live via Zoom. If you need the Zoom information, please call GoodLife at 603-228-6630***
Older adults and seniors of all ages, those with yoga experience or with none, and all levels of physical ability are encouraged to join us and try this gentle yoga class. Yoga can help your mind, body and spirit and enhance your quality of life. You are sure to leave calmer, refreshed and rejuvenated!

A Sampler of Creative Writing
2025-10-02 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-10-06 13:00 - 15:00
***Canceled***
Instructor: Sara Rupnik
Date/Time: Thursday, October 2, Monday, October 6, and Thursday, October 9, 1-3pm
Cost/Registration: $50. You must register in advance.
***This class is in-person only***
Come and share your life experiences through creative writing. We will begin with memoir and then experiment with poetry and fiction In this a no-pressure environment, you will discover, or further develop, your range of writing. Please bring your preferred writing materials and your imagination.

NEW CLASS: Stretching for Mobility
2025-10-02 17:15 - 18:00
***SOLD OUT***
Instructor: Carol Ellis
Date/Time: Thursdays, October 2-November 20, 5:15-6pm
Cost/Registration: $55. You must register in advance.
***This class will be held in-person only***
We will be using a variety of movements to impact the body’s connective tissue by releasing tension, hydrating, stimulating, and rejuvenating connective tissue through static floor postures allowing you the space to explore and experience a movement with curiosity, mindfulness, and self-care through stillness and receptivity. Mat based class. Students will need to bring a yoga mat, (if students have yoga blocks, they may be useful for some poses.)

NEW CLASS: Core & More
2025-10-03 09:00 - 10:00
Instructor: Adriana Grillo, CPT
Date/Time: Fridays, October 3 -November 21, 9-9:55am
Cost/Registration: $55. You must register in advance.
***This class is in-person only***
Build strength, improve balance, and keep your body moving with this fun and functional workout designed for active older adults. This low-impact class focuses on strengthening your core while incorporating exercises to improve posture, stability, and flexibility. All movements can be performed standing or seated, making it accessible for every fitness level. Light weights, resistance bands, and gentle bodyweight exercises are used to help you move confidently in daily life while keeping your joints happy.

Open Studio Art
2025-10-03 10:00 - 12:00
Date/Time: Fridays, 10am-12pm
Cost/Registration: FREE! Drop in event, no registration required. (No Open Studio 11/28, 12/26)
***This is an in-person only event***
Bring whatever art or craft project you are working on to our Open Studio every Friday morning! Spend time getting to know other local artists and their craft while working on your own.

Fitness & Core- Monday
2025-10-06 10:30 - 11:30
***SOLD OUT***
Instructor: Jill Smith, CPT
Date/Time: Mondays, October 6-December 1, 10:30-11:25am (no class 10/13)
Cost/Registration: $55. You must register in advance.
***This class will be held in-person only***
A fitness class for every skill level. This workout focuses on core strength, flexibility, and total body conditioning. A perfect mix of body sculpting exercises designed to attain or maintain your healthy physique. You will need to provide weights.

Chair Yoga
2025-10-07 09:00 - 10:00
Instructor: Cindy Falabella
Date/Time: Tuesdays, October-December, 9-9:45am (no class 11/11)
Cost: FREE! Drop-in class for up to 30 people. First come first served.
***This class is held in-person and live via Zoom. If you need the Zoom information, please call GoodLife at 603-228-6630***
Older adults and seniors of all ages, those with yoga experience or with none, and all levels of physical ability are encouraged to join us and try this gentle yoga class. Yoga can help your mind, body and spirit and enhance your quality of life. You are sure to leave calmer, refreshed and rejuvenated!

MEDICARE OPEN ENROLLMENT: United Healthcare
2025-10-07 09:00 - 11:00
Instructor: Lynn Hapke, Hapke Benefit Solutions, a Core Benefits Affiliate
Date/Time: Tuesdays, October 7 – November 25, 9-11am (no appts 11/11)
Cost/Registration: FREE! You must register in advance by calling l (603) 289-1873 or emailing LHAPKE@MYCOREINSURANCE.COM
***This event is in-person only***
As a broker Lynn is licensed with most plans available in New Hampshire and knows the ins and outs of each of the plans and can work with you to find the plan that meets your needs or educate you on changes with your existing plans.  She is well versed on the changes coming in 2026 and the options available in New Hampshire.

Bereavement Group
2025-10-07 10:00 - 12:00
Presenter: Jodi Plitman, Shelly Genest, Bereavement Coordinators, Hospice (CNH) | BAYADA
Date/ Time: Tuesday, October 7, November 4, December 9, 10am- 12pm
Cost/Registration: FREE! Drop in. No need to register in advance.
***This event is being held in-person only***
Join us for a monthly bereavement group facilitated by bereavement counselors from Bayada Hospice, with approximately one hour of structured, educational time and one hour of open discussion and socialization time. No need to register, just drop in, but feel free to contact Jodi Plitman, bereavement coordinator with Bayada Hospice, at 603-724-6689 or Jplitman@bayada.com with any questions .

NEW CLASS: Natural Balance
2025-10-07 12:15 - 13:00
Instructor: Cindy Falabella, M. Ed
Date/Time: Tuesdays, October 7-December 2, 12:15-1pm (no class 11/11)
Cost/Registration: $55. You must register in advance.
***This class will be held in-person only***
This class combines a variety of gentle yoga and Tai Chi exercises for stability, strength, flexibility, and balance. The class will include chair and standing exercises.

Health Literacy Presentation
2025-10-07 13:00 - 14:00
Presenter: Magaret Saki, Encompass Health
Date/ Time: Tuesday, October 7, 1-2pm
Cost/Registration: $5. You must register by October 6th at 12pm. GoodLife will email you the Zoom the business day before the class.
***This class is being held both in-person and live via Zoom***
For Health Literacy Month we will be explaining the differences between IRF vs SNF levels of care, different rehab technologies available, fall prevention protocols, and overall health literacy in the home and hospital setting.

Cremation Q&A
2025-10-08 10:00 - 11:00
Presenter: Michelle Velazquez, Bennett Funeral Home
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 8, 10-11am
Cost/Registration: $5. You must register in advance.
***This is an in-person event***
Join us for a Seminar designed to answer your most common questions in a relaxed, informative setting. Learn about the cremation process, available options, and how preplanning can ease the burden on your loved ones. Light refreshments and snacks will be served.
