Classes
Hawthorne Wellness Center offers a wide range of movement classes suited to every body to help integrate mental and physical strength and flexibility.
Yoga
Classical Hatha Yoga is the Eightfold Path of practices to awaken and maintain the connections and harmony of the mind, body, and spirit. The practices develop full function from head to toe, inside and out. All systems of Yoga spring from this origin —Iyengar, Vinyasa, Astanga, Anusara, and more. Yoga asanas are physical postures designed to provide mental and physical strength, endurance, flexibility, and balance. As you learn to integrate mind, body, and breath, you will renew your energy, clarity, and tranquility.
Martial Arts
Kajukenpo
Kajukenpo is a hybrid martial art that combines kung fu, western boxing, judo, jujutsu, kenpo karate, and shotokan karate. Founded in Hawaii in 1947, its focus is practical self-defense for real-life situations. Students learn blocks, kicks, punches, sweeps, and falls through group training drills, partner work, and kata forms. As a result of nurturing and empowering instruction, students develop physical as well as psychological self-confidence in their personal safety. Furthermore, the palpable sense of community in each class teaches respect, camaraderie, and self-discipline.
Tae Kwon Do
Tae kwon do (TIE kwon do) is a Korean martial art similar to karate. This program incorporates moves from other martial arts in order to expand the range of self-defense skills. Classes are taught in a cooperative, non-threatening manner. Students learn self defense moves, kicks, blocks, punches, and strikes. The class philosophy stresses the five tenants of Tae Kwon-Do, which are courtesy, integrity, perseverance, self-control, and indomitable spirit.
Pilates
Pilates (pronounced puh-LA-tees) is a strength training system. It is a tool for physical therapy, a light morning workout, or an intense fully-body experience. It is an injury-proofer, a posture corrector, and some of the smartest exercise you can do.
With a set of almost 400 exercises, the Pilates system focuses on the core muscles —the abdominal, pelvic, and back muscles. Originally developed as a form of physical therapy for people with severe postural and skeletal problems, it has evolved over the last 50 years into a versatile workout suitable for all ages, sizes, body types, and athletic abilities. Pilates works to strengthen the body from the inside out, starting with the deep skeletal muscles, which govern joint stability, and moving all the way out to the surface "global mobilizers" (otherwise known as the muscles you'd like to be showing off at the beach).
If you're looking for a gentle way to start moving toward better health, a non-pharmaceutical solution to your lower back pain, or an edge to improve your performance in a sport or activity, Pilates can help. We can show you how.