Finding Your Balance—need to call to register

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  • Do you have a history of falls or a fear of falling? This program combines education and exercise to help you keep your independence, mobility, and prevent a fall before it happens.
  • Exercise program is mostly done while standing with some seated strengthening.
  • Target population: individuals at high-mod risk of falls
  • Lead by PT and OT—includes assessment to ensure participants medically stable

Staying Balanced—need to call to register

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  • Do you feel less steady? Had any recent slips or stumbles? Join us to learn tools and exercises to keep you moving and stay balanced
  • Target population: individuals at low-mod risk of falls, independent with gait and functional mobility
  • Program includes dynamic exercise combining dance and yoga, as well as practicing functional mobility in traditional settings. Partnership with the centre’s Health Promotion team leading to a focus on food security.
  • Lead by PT and Health Promotion team member with background in KIN—includes assessment to ensure participants medically stable

Sit and Fit—drop in

  • An exercise program for anyone 55 years + who is interested in improving balance, posture and strength in a fun and supportive environment.
  • Exercise is mostly chair-based
  • Participants fill out a Get Active Questionnaire which is reviewed by fitness instructor

Health Wellness Education Appetizers—drop in

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  • Do you have a persistent health condition that you think you could manage better?  Sessions provide tools, skills, and strategies to live well with your life long condition.
  • They act as a ‘taster’ for the many other health and wellness toolkits that are available here at Compass. Education topics include sleep hygiene, energy conservation, benefits of physical activity, etc.
  • Lead by OT and PT

Women Own Wellness (WOW)—call to register

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  • Space for women to discuss different health topics, such as pelvic floor health, mindfulness and stress management, and other women’s health topics
  • Lead by OT and PT with involvement of appropriate members for interdisciplinary team
  • Combines education with general strengthening and stretching exercise
  • Women only

‘Go with the Flow’ Chair Yoga—call to register

  • Are you dealing with persistent mental or physical pain? This seated yoga class can help you learn to move mindfully, relax, and live well.
  • Lead by PT with education provided regarding pain management
  • Tools provided to empower self-management

Back to It—call to register

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  • Does your back pain stop you from moving or doing the things that are most important to you? Come join our yoga class and learn how to move easier with less pain.
  • Gentle yoga class with movements specific for low back pain combined with education on pain management
  • Lead by PT
  • REQUIREMENT: be able to get on and off the floor independently or with minimal assistance and have an experience of back pain

Freedom to Be (Mindfulness)—call to register

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  • Are you struggling with stress?
  • Are you experiencing chronic physical or emotional pain?
  • Living in the past or worried about the future?
  • Join us for a Mindfulness program to help you learn to live in the moment!
  • Lead by SW and OT

Mind Over Body (Chronic Pain)—call to register

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  • Innovative program to address your CHRONIC PAIN.
  • Learn self-management strategies to take control of your chronic pain
  • An in-depth program to change the way you live your life!
  • Program focused on pain education with elements of mindful movement
  • Lead by OT and PT with SW support