Health & Wellness Classes
Santa Ana College Continuing Education
Take a Free Health & Wellness Class!
Continuing Education offers several classes to help you stay active and healthy. See the class options below and register today!
In-person Classes
- Strengthen your body through weight and fitness exercises for all fitness levels.
- Improve mobility, balance, and strength with controlled, low-impact movements.
- Increase body awareness and reduce tension through mindful movement and alignment.
- Enhance your overall fitness and health in a supportive and encouraging environment.
- Relax and strengthen your body with gentle chair-based yoga poses and breathing techniques for all fitness levels.
- Improve flexibility, balance, and mobility through seated movements or using a chair for support.
- Reduce stress with focused breathing and mindful relaxation exercises.
- Enhance your overall well-being in a calm, supportive, and accessible environment.
- Strengthen your body and calm your mind with gentle exercises designed for all fitness levels.
- Improve flexibility, balance, and coordination through guided, low-impact movements.
- Reduce stress with focused breathing and mindful movement practices.
- Enhance your overall well-being in a calm and supportive environment.
Online Classes
- Improve balance, stability, and mobility.
- Practice coordination, posture, and joint control.
- Train in fall prevention, movement confidence, and safely performing daily activities.
- All levels welcome!
Cardio 1: Basics
- Build endurance with easy aerobic exercise to steady movement and pacing.
- Improve heart and lung function through movement.
- Gain coordination, and stamina for daily activities.
- Beginners and experts are welcome!
Cardio 1: Intervals
- Improve fitness with interval training, using both moderate and intense movement.
- Work on pacing, endurance, and recovery.
- Improve heart and lung function through movement
- Options available for all fitness levels.
Cardio 2: Coordination
- Build stronger fitness through aerobic exercise.
- Improve your coordination, agility, and safe movement patterns.
- Improve heart and lung function through movement
- Work at your own comfort level.
- Improve core strength, posture, and body alignment.
- Support your spine, balance, and overall movement.
- Gain stability, balance, and muscular control and avoid strain or injury.
- All skill levels welcome!
Functional Conditioning 1
- Build strength, balance, and coordination with easy chair-supported exercises.
- Support everyday activities like walking, lifting, and reaching
- Practice safe movement, posture, and fitness for daily life and stability.
- Great for beginners and those seeking a supportive, adaptable workout.
Functional Conditioning 2
- Build your strength, coordination, and endurance with functional training.
- Learn standing exercises, dynamic movements, and resistance training.
- Support everyday activities like walking, lifting, and reaching.
- Work at your own level with options.
Pilates 1: Bone Safe
- Build core strength, posture, and muscle endurance
- Learn Pilates exercises, safe for those with osteoporosis or osteopenia.
- Support your spine, balance, and overall movement
- Great for all levels with guided support.
Pilates 2
- Build your core strength, stability, and muscular endurance.
- Learn more challenging movement patterns.
- Improve alignment, control with safe progression.
- Adjust intensity based on your level.
- Improve how your body moves and feels.
- Practice stretching for range of motion, alignment, and recovery.
- Use gentle movement to reduce stiffness, support daily function, and promote overall health.
- All levels welcome!
Strength Training 1
- Build muscle strength and endurance.
- Support everyday activities like walking, lifting, and reaching.
- Practice using weights, resistance bands, and exercises.
- Learn proper technique, joint safety, and movement for daily activities.
- Great for beginners seeking a structured introduction to strength training.
Strength Training 2: Circuit
- Practice your strength, coordination, and endurance through circuit-style training.
- Grow muscle with weights and bands.
- Support everyday activities like walking, lifting, and reaching.
- Improve your overall fitness and functional performance.
- Adjust intensity to match your level.
Yoga 1: Bone Safe
- Improve how your body moves and feels through yoga exercises.
- Learn safe movement for those with osteoporosis or osteopenia.
- Practice posture, and alignment for stability and mobility in daily life.
- All levels welcome!
Yoga 2
- Build strength, balance, and coordination through progressive yoga movement.
- Improve your skills with alignment, control, and better movement for daily life.
- Work at a level that's right for you!
FAQs
At Santa Ana College’s Older & Active Adults Program (OAP), we believe that health and wellness is not one-size-fits-all.
There are many ways to support your well-being—through movement, strength, balance, flexibility, and learning how your body works. Our classes help you start where you are and grow at your own pace. Each class supports a key part of your overall wellness.
More than just movement, our classes are about:
- Building confidence
- Improving daily life
- Learning how to care for your body
- Connecting with others
Anyone 18 and older living in California. These courses focus on supporting midlife
and older adult learners. The faculty are trained in inclusive, age-friendly experiences.
Yes. Our classes are 100% tuition-free. If you choose, you can purchase materials/items
for class projects and activities. (For example, you might want to use a Yoga mat
in an exercise class.)
Start Where You Feel Comfortable! Whether you are:
- Just getting started
- Returning after a break
- Looking to build strength and confidence
- Ready for more challenge
There is a class for you! You can progress at your own pace. Explore classes that
work best for you. For example:
- Start with mobility or balance
- Add strength or cardio as you feel ready
- Continue building with core, Pilates, or higher-level classes
There is no single path. You can move between classes based on your goals and interests.
You do not need to be “in shape” to begin. Many of our classes are designed to be:
- Supportive and adaptable
- Safe for different ability levels
- Focused on real-life movement and daily function
You Belong Here! No matter your starting point, you are welcome here. Start with one
class. See how it feels. Build from there.
Learn Anywhere: In-Person or Online!
We offer classes in multiple formats to meet your needs:
- Community locations (senior centers and local sites)
- Residential settings (where you live)
- Online classes you can access from home
Our online classes are available to students across California. Our in-person classes
bring learning directly into your community.
Once you register, your teacher will email you with a Zoom link for class prior to
your class start date. You can click on this link from a computer, tablet or smart
phone to access your class. Make sure to check your email for details from your teacher.
You can email your teacher at any time.
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