May is Posture Month! Good Posture=Improved Balance

Get ready to do some basic exercises to get you utilizing ways to enhance your posture. Hear about methods to improve posture that are uncomplicated. If your posture is slumped your balance is affected. Whenever you feel shaky, try straightening up and your balance will be improved immediately. Good posture translates instantly into good balance and the converse is also true. Remember when your parents told you to sit up straight at the dinner table? They were right.  

Vanessa Kettler, at age 77, is a professional dancer as well as an expert in the field of balance and fall prevention.  For over 20 years she taught exercise through Santa Rosa Junior College’s Older Adults Program. She is the creator, developer and producer of Building Better Balance, classes that teach how to prevent falls by improving balance and authors a newsletter focusing on how to age well through exercise, addressing many of the problems older individuals may encounter.   

Here’s how we’ll stay safe together: 
We’re so glad to welcome you into our building again! Safety is paramount and we appreciate your patience and cooperation as we follow San Francisco’s healthy and safety requirements. 

All staff have been vaccinated and we welcome fully vaccinated patrons to our programs. If you’re not vaccinated, don’t forget your mask – you’ll need to keep it on start to finish.