[Today's Recommendation] Gentle Health Exercises for Seniors

Hahaha, Halloween

[Tsubasa Suzuki] Hahaha, Halloween!

Halloween is an event filled with a variety of motifs, and each one’s unique movements helps liven things up.

Let’s express and introduce the kinds of Halloween motifs that appear by using body movements.

Ghosts, monsters, and other spooky things make their appearance, but by recreating them with smiles to an upbeat tune, you can convey just how fun the event is.

Swaying your body from side to side and moving your whole body also gives the impression of refreshing both body and mind.

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Halloween Boxercise

Boxercise That Always Gets the Gym Class Pumped ~ Magic Words ~ Halloween Version 🎃

This is an exercise where you throw punches in the indicated directions to the rhythm of the music, moving your whole body.

Instead of just extending your arm in that direction, using your entire body to deliver smooth punches turns it into a full-body workout.

You can do this exercise with any song, but since it’s Halloween season, choosing music that fits the theme makes it even more fun to get people engaged.

It’s also accessible because those who find it difficult to stand can do it while seated.

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Caregiving Dance Exercise: Dracula

#3, Care dance exercises that seniors can do while seated ♪ 3, Dracula

Halloween, with its images of various monsters, has a fun side amid the eeriness, doesn’t it? Among the monsters that convey that Halloween fun, we’re focusing on Dracula—this is an exercise routine that expresses Dracula playfully through body movements.

Set to MAX’s “Dracula,” it recreates lunging, attacking motions; encourage participants to feel the rhythm firmly as they go.

Because the song is fast, structuring the routine with relaxed movements—like making one move span two beats—is the key to helping everyone enjoy moving their bodies.

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Halloween dance for seniors

[Day Service Kokoro] Senior Halloween Dance! A seated recreation activity | Japan’s Elderly Support Service

Speaking of Halloween, many people picture it as a spooky yet fun event filled with all kinds of motifs like ghosts and monsters.

This activity aims to capture that variety of motifs and eerie atmosphere through body movements so you can really feel the spirit of the event.

The basic movement is the ghost’s swaying motion, which you can do with your arms and upper body to keep the physical strain low.

It also sounds fun to have everyone think up new motifs they’d like to see at Halloween and add more movements based on those ideas.

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8 Recommended Picks for June: Preventive Care Exercises

"8 Recommended Picks for June" — Fun Group Exercises for Preventing the Need for Care!

Combine brain training with exercises and move your body while having fun! Here are 8 recommended picks for June.

We’ll share ideas for preventive care exercises.

June is the rainy season in Japan.

With all the rain, we tend to go out less, but let’s keep our minds and bodies energized with brain-training exercises you can enjoy indoors! Rainy days are the perfect chance to move with a smile.

The video introduces eight different exercises.

Some of them incorporate household chores and everyday movements, so why not give them a try?

Winter Song Exercises

[Singing Exercise] Winter Recreation · Elderly · Health Exercise · Seniors · Easy · While Seated in a Chair · Simple

Sing-along activities are offered in many senior and welfare facilities.

Singing helps relieve stress and, because it moves the mouth, also works as an oral exercise.

Moreover, combining songs with simple exercises—song-exercise routines—stimulates the cerebrum, activates the brain, and can help prevent dementia.

If the exercises use songs people like, even seniors who feel reluctant to move might think, “Maybe I’ll give it a try.” Seasonal songs, such as winter-themed ones, can also help seniors feel the season as they exercise.

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Spring Song Exercise

[Singing Brain-Training Exercises] For Seniors, Simple, Preventive Care, Care Facility Recreation, Health Exercises

When we listen to songs like “Haru no Ogawa” and “Sakura Sakura,” we picture the warm, sunny weather of spring.

Let’s try doing some exercises to these spring songs.

As you sing, clap your hands and lift your legs.

Many children’s songs are likely familiar to older adults, too.

It’s said that recalling and singing the lyrics of songs you know can also serve as a workout for the brain.

For older adults who find it difficult to move their legs, just the hand motions are perfectly fine.

Please participate within the range you can manage.

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