This five-hour Infinite Play Facilitation Seminar will be an exploration of the approach to creating a play container utilized in Infinite Play classes, workshops, and retreats. There is no methodology or strict structure, but rather ideas and values around the process. In this way it is more artistic than mechanical. The seminar will cover the foundations of this process. The foundational topics to be covered will be sensitivity, facilitating rather than teaching, playing for the other, and finite play vs infinite play. These topics will be explored through both lecture, discussion, and movement.

Attendees should expect to walk away with a basic understanding of facilitating play and a greater awareness of the value of playfulness beyond movement. This is not a certification, but rather an educational seminar for teachers of any kind or interested humans. The intention is to provide tools to bring play back into the world.

This event is offered with tiered pricing ranging from $150-$350. If you wish to attend, but require financial assistance, please contact me.

Registration link: https://www.letsinfiniteplay.com/event-details-registration/infinite-play-facilitation-seminar-4

Workshop led by Joanna Nobbe DPT

Everybody falls! Whenever you are truly pushing your physical boundaries, it is common to lose your balance and -- yes -- sometimes even to fall. While falling can be scary and at times disastrous, learning to fall safely can build confidence. In turn, more confidence can result in stronger movement, better balance, and a higher level of mobility throughout your lifespan. Maintaining a repertoire of ground-based movement can ensure that in the event of a fall, you are able to recover and get yourself up and off the ground. 

This workshop is for adults of all ages and ability levels. Whether you want to go snowboarding this winter or keep your balance walking down the street, you will learn how to fall safely in all directions -- and, in the event of a fall, how to get back up. 

Register here: https://train.uptown-movement.com/packages/42119/purchase/

Join Coach Ryan Jacobs as he leads this annual 5K run, walk or bike. It's a beginner-friendly flat path around the Dyckman ballfields. It's all to benefit UNICEF Kids, which is providing children with lifesaving supplies and assistance in over 190 countries, including Gaza and Haiti. Water, apple cider and snacks will be provided! 

Away for the weekend? Can’t make it in person? Run with us from anywhere! Send your completed donation to ryan@ascentfitnesstraining.com to register and join us for a celebratory Zoom call at 3pm EST!

How to Register/Donate: Visit www.unicefusa.org/donate and take a screen shot of your donation. Email screen shot to ryan@ascentfitnesstraining.com OR bring it with to you the run! 

Utilize Breathing and Mindset as a way to navigate the daily stressors of life. Register here: https://train.uptown-movement.com/packages/34344/purchase

In this workshop we will discuss how to create healthier relationships to stress through breathing, movement, and cold exposure. Create a more sustainable lifestyle with tools that are accessible and basic. Our focus:

- breathing mechanics

- toxic stress and eustress

- nervous system work

- breathing to access deeper states of calm

- breathing for performance

- guided breathing session

- ice bath

Avi Greenberg is a multidisciplinary Wellness Coach and certified Level II Wim Hof instructor. Avi’s expansive knowledge has been crafted from having worked with modern breath-work greats like Kasper van Der Muelen, Brian Mackenzie, and Wim Hof himself. Over the past five years Avi has dedicated his time to coaching physicians, CEO’s, athletes, and professionals in high-stress, high-performance roles. During this time, he has developed his own method of bringing these individuals into deeply calming and restorative states through customized breathing protocols. His wellness practice has evolved into offering experiential activations with contrast therapy, sound healing, and body-work through a robust network of gifted healers. He is continually looking to gain more knowledge and provide genuine support and compassion to all who attend his workshops. His goal is to create a safe, harmonious space for everyone he teaches. In September 2023 Avi traveled to Mexico to pursue his certification in Janzu, a rebirthing water therapy in which the participant is gently cradled and glided through water by the practitioner, reaching new levels of harmony within the body, mind, and spirit. This aquatic meditation combines massage, movement, stretching, and physical therapy through submersion leading to deep relaxation. This meditation is for anyone who wants to access deeper levels of inner peace through a supported and connected experience.

$85

Reserve your spot by purchasing here: https://train.uptown-movement.com/packages/34344/purchase

Our next community hike is coming up! We'll be doing the Pine Meadow Lake via Reeves Brook, Seven Hills, and Pine Meadow Trail -- it's a moderate trail, about 5.7 miles long, with about 1000ft elevation gain, including some rocky scrambles. 

Click here for more details and to register. Please let us know by October 21 if you are coming, so we have time to sort out transportation.

In this workshop, women's health expert (and Uptown Movement member!) Michelle Lehmer, will discuss the role of exercise, food and other tools to navigate the body's transition in midlife.

Michelle Lehmer Chiafulio, CNM, MS is a Certified Nurse Midwife who has been accompanying women through their health journeys since 2007. Alongside of prenatal, labor and postpartum care, she provides gynecological care including pap/STI screenings, birth control, fertility and hormone therapy alongside nutrition and lifestyle recommendations from adolescence to the postmenopausal years.

$35

Register here: https://train.uptown-movement.com/packages/39396/purchase/

Have you ever been curious about those wacky mud runs and obstacle challenges? Experience a 5K with 20-25 obstacles, all without getting muddy! We'll gather a group of spectators to cheer on the folks from UM who are running in this event.

About 35 members of Uptown have been training all year for obstacle course runs, with UM member Mark leading us through early morning runs and climbing/swinging/carrying/balancing practice every weekend. We ran a Tough Mudder in May and September.

In September, our own Coach Hassiem ran the course of the Hoboken City Challenge in a blazing-fast 30 minutes (and 1 second), arriving at 3rd place in the Elite division, with the fastest time of anyone younger than 30!

Next up, come watch your friends and neighbors run 5K while vaulting over taxicabs. Seriously. Join us to watch Hassiem, Mark, and others compete in the upcoming City Challenge on Randall's Island.

Sign up so we know to wait for you before heading over!

FREE WORKSHOP

Registration link: https://train.uptown-movement.com/packages/39200/purchase/

Moving Freely and Living Fully: How to break the cycles of stress and pain while taking strides towards your best life with Patrick Hogan

We all go through periods of stress, pain, or feeling stuck in aspects of our lives. You might be experiencing pain in your body or a consistent internal nagging sense that something needs to change. How do you navigate through these moments to take positive steps forward?

Our culture has trained us to work and live in ways that go against the nature of both our physical bodies as well as our essential selves. So, each part of our lives can seem at odds with each other and it can be hard to know what path to take or where to focus. No wonder we’re so stressed out!

What if it could be different?

What if you could design and organize your life to support your values, goals, and desires?

What if you could learn to move more freely in your body while engaging in life more fully?

Join me in a free workshop where we’ll look at how you may be struggling against your true nature, as well as how to align your body, mind, and lifestyle to support the flourishing of the life that you innately know is right for you.

We’ll talk about why you might not be meeting your goals, what’s leading to higher stress, and how to get unstuck to both reduce pain and take strides toward your ideal life.

Our next community hike is coming up! Click here for more details and to register. Please let us know by July 20 if you are coming, so we have time to sort out transportation.

$85

Utilize Breathing and Mindset as a way to navigate the daily stressors of life. Register here: https://train.uptown-movement.com/packages/34344/purchase

In this workshop we will discuss how to create healthier relationships to stress through breathing, movement, and cold exposure. Create a more sustainable lifestyle with tools that are accessible and basic. Our focus:

- breathing mechanics

- toxic stress and eustress

- nervous system work

- breathing to access deeper states of calm

- breathing for performance

- guided breathing session

- ice bath

Avi Greenberg is a multidisciplinary Wellness Coach and certified Level II Wim Hof instructor. Avi’s expansive knowledge has been crafted from having worked with modern breath-work greats like Kasper van Der Muelen, Brian Mackenzie, and Wim Hof himself. Over the past five years Avi has dedicated his time to coaching physicians, CEO’s, athletes, and professionals in high-stress, high-performance roles. During this time, he has developed his own method of bringing these individuals into deeply calming and restorative states through customized breathing protocols. His wellness practice has evolved into offering experiential activations with contrast therapy, sound healing, and body-work through a robust network of gifted healers. He is continually looking to gain more knowledge and provide genuine support and compassion to all who attend his workshops. His goal is to create a safe, harmonious space for everyone he teaches. In September 2023 Avi traveled to Mexico to pursue his certification in Janzu, a rebirthing water therapy in which the participant is gently cradled and glided through water by the practitioner, reaching new levels of harmony within the body, mind, and spirit. This aquatic meditation combines massage, movement, stretching, and physical therapy through submersion leading to deep relaxation. This meditation is for anyone who wants to access deeper levels of inner peace through a supported and connected experience.

reserve your spot by purchasing here: https://train.uptown-movement.com/packages/34344/purchase

$60

There’s more to hiking that just taking a walk…

Are you yearning to get out in nature but have concerns whether your body is ready?

Are you wondering if there’s any way to prepare for hiking and prevent injuries?

Have you been out on the trail but found yourself struggling so that the experience wasn’t that enjoyable?

You might think just walking more and getting the best gear are all you need…

And although those things can be helpful, you might be missing crucial movement patterns that would make your experience much easier and more enjoyable.

Join Patrick to assess our current capabilities, discuss the mechanics needed for walking on various terrains, and how to build in the endurance for feeling good out on the trail.

This is for you if you don’t just want to get out there for a challenging workout, but you would rather experience moving in nature with more freedom.

reserve your spot by purchasing here: https://train.uptown-movement.com/packages/33757/purchase

$60

Open to all levels, this workshop is an introduction to an embodied practice and the concepts of flow. It involves more than just the sequencing of movements. You will learn tools, insights, and a movement vocabulary that supports your research on finding your own flow. Space is limited -- reserve your spot by purchasing here: https://train.uptown-movement.com/packages/32953/purchase

$60

Training With Pain: How to Adjust Your Workouts To Meet Your Goals

No pain no gain? Rest it until it's better? The art of exercising with pain is somewhere in the middle.

Pain can be a great teacher, although it's not always pleasant or fun. Working with pain or recovering from an injury can teach you so much about your body, movement, your motivations, your goals, your beliefs...indeed, yourself.

In this two-hour workshop, you’ll learn a practical approach to keep exercising, moving, and playing within your comfort zone. You'll learn some criteria for when to modify or stop an activity, and when it's OK to move with some discomfort or pain. Also, what IS pain anyway? (Hint: it's more complicated than you might think!)

The goal of this workshop is to promote confidence, self-efficacy, creativity, and longevity in your movement practice rather than fear and avoidance. And, of course, when it's appropriate to consult with an expert, because sometimes we all need a little help.

You’ll come away with a new understanding of pain, of your own coping strategies — and new tools to work with your body in an empowering way. All levels welcome!

$60

Your feet are the foundation for everything you do!

Yet, we spend our lives ignoring and abusing our feet.

Consequently, not only do our feet hurt, but poorly used feet create issues in our knees, hips, and back as well!

Let's learn simple habits and tips to improve your foot function and relieve pain so that you can move more freely in all your activities!

Guided by Patrick Hogan

Restorative Exercise Specialist

and Life Coach

We had so much fun in January, Infinite Play is coming back uptown! The cost is sliding scale ($10-40) and the workshop is open to all.

Join Uptown Movement's next community outing to explore a climbing gym.

For our next Workshop we are very excited to bring Infinite Play to our Uptown community! The cost is sliding scale ($10-40) and the workshop is open to all.

$45 

Capoeira (pronounced ka-poo-eyh-da) is an African-Brazilian martial art that incorporates acrobatics, dance, music, and songs in a rhythmic dialogue of body, mind, and spirit. It is a communal game in which two opponents play each other inside the roda (a circle), formed by the other players who create rhythm for the game by clapping, singing, and playing the berimbaus (African-Brazilian traditional instruments, considered the soul of Capoeira) and other key instruments. The two opponents compete with each other using capoeira movements, camouflaging the self-defense kicks and moves with playful acrobatics and dance-like moves spontaneously creating strategy to fool their partner and catch them off guard. Originally created by enslaved Africans brought to Brazil, Capoeria began as a means of practicing techniques self-defense and to fight for their freedom. During its early years, Capoeira was disguised as a dance in order to be practiced openly. Today, it is widely known and practiced in different forms around the world. Come to the workshop for an introduction to this beautiful and unique art form.

About the instructor:
Leandro da Silva (Mestre Alegria) was born in Bahia, Brazil. He began his Capoeira training at the age of nine years old with Mestre Jelon Vieira and has demonstrated and taught capoeira throughout Brazil, the United States, and Europe. An accomplished, professionally trained dancer of various styles (Capoeira, Afro-Brazilian, modern, ballet, contemporary), Mr. Silva has toured the world for several years as a member of the highly acclaimed DanceBrazil dance company.

We hiked in July. We kayaked in October. Join our next community get-together! Our Uptown Movement fam will participate in Coach Ryan's Family 5K. Afterwards, we'll keep the fun going and head over to Tryon Public House for food and drinks. Meet at Inwood Fields. Run. Walk. Bike. Push a stroller. Ryan says there will be cider and donuts at the end! 

$60 

Join Uptown Movement's own, Hassiem Muhammad, as he helps you to turn your world upside down! (In a good way, we promise). In this two hour workshop, you will learn the fundamentals needed to approach arm and hand balances. No inversion experience necessary! All levels are welcome; Hassiem will meet you where you are at. *Workshop not recommended for people with ongoing wrist injury*

The next group outing for Uptown Movement members will be a kayaking adventure near Cold Spring, NY.  A beautiful paddle through the protected waters of Constitution Marsh with a stunning waterfall destination. The journey through the Audobon Society's sanctuary of Constitution Marsh is a relaxing roam through aisles of tall grasses with numerous opportunities to view local wildlife. At the midpoint, we'll rest and eat in shaded areas around the secluded freshwater waterfall that spills into a small wading pool. 

Come hiking with us! We are so excited to get a hiking trip back on the cards. And would love to see you there. Sunday July 23rd. What is the hike? We will do Panther Mountain via Giant Ledge. It is challenging as far as New York Hikes go but very doable.

Join Coach Jamie to learn all about how to create your own workout.

If you are someone who is really curious about starting to use the gym outside of the classes but feel a little confused about setting up equipment or what to do, then this workshop is for you.

You will learn:

The basics of programming.

How to mesh programs to your goals.

How to integrate open gym with your classes.

How to set up and use various forms of equipment.

You will leave the workshop feeling confident about going to the gym by yourself!

Sign Up here

Patrick Hogan is back this Saturday to deliver the 1st in a 3 part series on balance. He will be educating you on the theory and physiological principles that control it as well simple exercises to improve it!

Join him the next 3 Saturdays 5/6, 5/13, 5/20 at 11am - Drop in's welcome.

Sign Up Here

Learn the exercises that the build strength and mobility for an epic muscle up!

This workshop will meet all students where they are at giving them the tools, tips and tricks that build real strength!

The 90 minute workshop is geared towards beginners, anyone from a complete beginner to someone almost at getting a muscle up!

All Attendees will receive a FREE PDF file of the exercises, workouts and training templates that will guarantee you success in your muscle up journey!

Sign Up HERE