wellness.

Relax, regain balance, and move with confidence through gentle chair yoga, chair Pilates, crystal bowl meditation, and Pilates reformer classes.

Senior Chair Yoga & Pilates

Practice together in your community. Group chair wellness programs offered at community centres, seniors clubs and retirement homes.

  • Stay active without getting on the floor

  • Move safely and confidently

  • Improve balance and circulation

  • Relax your body and mind

  • Guided, supportive instruction

  • Social connection

  • Programs adapted to each group

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Gentle Movement with Crystal Bowls

Practice together in your community. Calming sound meditation to relax the nervous system and support better sleep.

  • Guided, supportive instruction or audio only

  • Social connection

  • Helps release daily tension

  • Programs adapted to each group

  • Relax your body and mind

  • Supports emotional balance

  • Gentle mat-based movement with crystal bowl meditation

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Pilates Reformer

Experience a calm, supportive reformer class designed to help you build strength, improve posture, increase mobility and move with more confidence.

  • Guided instruction in a welcoming small-group setting

  • Builds strength, stability and body awareness

  • Improves posture, flexibility and mobility

  • Low-impact movement that is gentle on the joints

  • Helps you feel longer, stronger and more balanced

  • Suitable for different experience level

  • A modern studio environment designed for focused movement

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Classes in the Community

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    Strong & Stable 60+

    Improve everyday functional movements, balance, postural alignment, and build bone and muscle endurance, mass and strength.

    📍 Manor Park Community Centre
    📅 Wednesdays 10:00-11:00 AM 📅 Fridays 10:00-11:00 AM
    🗓️ Jan 6 – Mar 27, 2026 (winter session) 🗓️ Apr 1 – Jun 26, 2026 (spring session)
    🧘 Instructor: Misheel Naumenko

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    Chair Yoga & Pilates

    Step by step easy chair exercises for seniors to improve strength, flexibility, balance and mobility.

    📍 Polish Hall
    📅 Wednesdays 12:00-12:30 PM
    🗓️ Jan 5 – Dec 31, 2026 (all year around)
    🧘 Instructor: Misheel Naumenko

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    Mat Yoga with South Bath

    Unwind with calming, renewing yoga designed for relaxation, balance and gentle movement.

    📍 Manor Park Community Centre
    📅 Tuesdays 1:00-2:00 PM
    🗓️ Apr 7 – Jun 30, 2026 (spring session)
    🧘 Instructor: Misheel Naumenko

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    Stability and Balance 60+

    A gentle fitness class to improve cardio-vascular endurance, muscle strength, flexibility, and confidence.

    📍La Sporthèque
    📅 Thursday 10:35 AM 🗓️ March 19, 2026
    🧘 Instructor: Misheel Naumenko

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    Reformer Reset

    A calming Pilates reformer class designed to help you reset, lengthen and move with ease.

    📍 Espace Hygie
    📅 Sundays 09:00-10:00 AM
    🧘 Instructor: Misheel Naumenko

  • Reformer Energy

    Reformer Energy

    An energizing Pilates reformer class designed to build strength, boost energy and help you move with confidence.

    📍 Espace Hygie
    📅 Sundays 10:00-11:00 AM
    🧘 Instructor: Misheel Naumenko

What Participants Say

  • "I was nervous to try Pilates, but the chair version made it so much easier than on the mat. I don’t feel ashamed to join group classes anymore."

    Laurie, 72 years old

  • "With gentle chair Pilates, I’m actually using my hand and arm muscles for the first time in over 20 years. I never thought I could rebuild that strength again!"

    Anna, 88 years old

  • "I honestly didn’t expect chair yoga to be this challenging and effective. It’s gentle, but it really stretches the muscles and leaves me feeling strong and relaxed."

    Thomas, 80 years old

  • "The 1:1 sessions are wonderful. The instructor really tailors each exercise to my needs, and I feel more confident moving around the house every day."

    Keith, 59 years old

Meet Your Instructor

Meet Your Instructor

I am a certified Pilates and Yoga instructor with additional training in functional movement and senior fitness. Since 2011, I have taught in China, Mongolia, and Canada, developing a deep understanding of how gentle, mindful movement can support balance, mobility, strength, relaxation, and confidence at every age.

Today, I bring that experience to the Ottawa, Gatineau, and Chelsea community through senior chair yoga and chair Pilates, mat-based yoga and Pilates with crystal bowl meditation, and Pilates reformer classes. My sessions are designed to improve posture, stability, strength, mobility, and body awareness, while creating a warm and supportive space where everyone can move, breathe, relax, and feel more at home in their body.

Specialties:

  • Balance, posture, fall-prevention, gentle core, pelvic health

  • 1:1, duets, groups, residence & community classes

  • Mat, Chair, Reformer

  • Languages: English, Polish, Mongolian, Russian

Location:

  • Serving Ottawa, Gatineau & Chelsea area.

  • On-site classes at residences, community centres, and Seniors clubs.

  • Virtual sessions available anywhere.

Contact & Booking:

misheel.naumenko@gmail.com