Exercise with Mary: Seated Exercises for Arthritis
Priority One: Chair Based Excersizes
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Easy exercises to do while sitting
7 Minute "Good Morning!" Chair Workout for Seniors, At Home- Alone or Group, No Equipment
I Relax Meditative Movement™
I Smile Meditative Movement™
I Am Loved Meditative Movement™
Chair Yoga 1
Chair Yoga 2
Chair Yoga 3
Engage. Enrich. Entertain.
Life Enrichment with Ebenezer Senior Living
Healthy aging. At Ebenezer Senior Living it’s more than a statement—it’s a way of life. In our more than 100 years of experience with seniors, we’ve found that engaged and active seniors are happier and healthier.
This library of life enriching programs were designed to foster growth, wellness and creativity for all seniors. We encourage you to keep your mind, body and spirit engaged — at any age — by actively pursuing knowledge and experience.
As innovators in senior living, Ebenezer Senior Living is always discovering new and interesting activities and exercises to engage seniors and improve their health. We have a wellspring of wellness programs that you can access right here. Here are some suggestions.
Ways to Engage
Get Up and Move
Created especially for seniors, here are some exercises to get you going.
Try our 15 Minute Workout for Seniors!
Video Library
Get Inspired.
Enjoy a selection of poems, reflections and stories that will do your heart good.
Get In The Game.
Keep your mind active with these favorites.
Doug Ohman - MN Historian and Photographer
They Chose Minnesota
Photographer and historian Doug Ohman will take you on a visual tour of Minnesota through the eyes of the immigrants. What drew them to the North Star state and where did they settle? Doug will highlight stories and history from many of the immigrant groups that made Minnesota their home
Minnesota From the Road - Trip # 1
Travel with photographer/storyteller Doug Ohman as he photographs many of Minnesota’s most interesting landmarks and Icons. Doug will share the stories of how these landmarks became so famous. His pictures and stories are sure to entertain and help relive memories and bring new interest in future road trips around our great state
America’s First Ladies
Travel back through time with historian and storyteller, Doug Ohman as he shares interesting stories, photographs and forgotten memories about many of America’s best loved First Ladies
Historical and Musical Journeys with Dale Blanshan
Yellowstone: Then and Now
Yellowstone National Park is one of the wonders of the world, with rushing rivers, majestic mountains, and gigantic geysers. The first people to enter those geyser basins must have thought there were ghosts walking. In this program we will follow an early tourist, John L. Stoddard, to see if what he saw then is what we can see now.
Music of the Civil War
For some reason, wartime brings out the songwriters, and the Civil War is a perfect example. While the War raged on and on, people North and South told their stories and poured out their feelings to the tunes of banjo, guitar and fiddle. Here are some songs that brought the War home.
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
One of the saddest episodes in American history is the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. While deprived the country of one of its greatest leaders, it sealed and preserved Lincoln's legacy. An assassin could rob the Great Emancipator of his life, but, as one witness to his death said, "Now he belongs to the ages."
Old Ireland Over There
Ireland is an enchanted island, and nowhere is that enchantment more evident than in its music and stories, with songs and tales about places like Tipperary and Blarney Castle and lasses like Molly Malone and the Rose of Tralee. Maybe they'll bring an Irish twinkle to your own eye!
The Great Raid on Northfield Bank
On September 7, 1876, a band of desperadoes rode into the small Minnesota town of Northfield, intending to take from the good citizens there as much of their hard earned livelihood as possible. But for the robbers, it didn't quite work out as they had planned. Here's the story.
Minnesota Historical Society
Summit Avenue Tour
A virtual historical tour of Summit Avenue in St Paul.
Archaeology of the John Orth & Germania Breweries - SHPO
Here are a couple of programs that take a look at the history of beer and craft brewing in Minnesota. One is hosted by Channel 4 Jason DeRusa About craft brewing. That's a talk about a new book that's recently been published. The other is an archaeological report about German breweries in Minneapolis. The sound is not the best on that one for the first two minutes but it does get better around 1:50.
The Plots to Assassinate Hitler
This is to a lecture given by Danny Orbach on the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler during the second world war. This lecture was delivered as part of a series given by their partner organization the World War II roundtable.
Storied: Bohemian
This is a short program that the historical society created about the "Bohemian flats,” a unique culturally diverse immigrant neighborhood in Minneapolis
Every Man Did His Duty with Wayne Jorgenson
This is an author talk about the book "Every Man Did His Duty". It's a book that examines the first Minnesota infantry in the Civil War.
Armed with Language
“Armed with Language” shares the story of a little-known military intelligence school in Minnesota during World War II that trained over 6,000 Japanese Americans to be translators, interrogators and Japanese military specialists - all while their families and loved ones were being held in concentration camps. It is said that their work “shortened the Pacific War by two years and saved possibly a million American lives.” After decades of being classified, the story of their courage, sacrifice, heartbreak, and patriotism is finally being told.
Are Women People? A History of the ERA
A series that MN Historical Society did that examines the Equal Rights Amendment.
The Battle of Antietam with Jim Rosebrock
This is a virtual tour of the Antietam battlefield to share with you. The guide gives an overview of the battle and the role played by Minnesota troops during the fighting. This includes the famous first Minnesota infantry Regiment.
Bicycle Corps: America’s Black Army on Wheels
It's a documentary about the 25th infantry Regiment, one of the all-black units in the U.S. Army after the Civil War. The 25th was garrisoned at Fort Snelling in the 1880s. After they left Fort Snelling they were transferred to Missoula Montana. Where the regiment was involved in an experiment by the U.S. Army to test the viability of equipping troops with this new invention the bicycle.
History Forum: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote & Insisted on Equality for All
This is a history forum that discussed the history of voting rights across our country and how Black women broke barriers and won the right to vote.
The Contributions of Women in the Air War
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6M11mfqkoA
Here is a program that the MN Historical Society’s partner organization the Harold C Deutsch World War II roundtable had done several years back on the WAFS the women's AirForce service pilots Program during the second world war.
"Funny Thing About Minnesota . . ." Virtual Book Launch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9fimVQFOq8
Here is a video they did just about comedy clubs and performers in Minnesota
William Dixon Video
https://video.tpt.org/video/north-star-civil-war-stories-hhybva/
This is about Black Minnesotans who fought for the Union Army during the Civil War.
The Dred Scott Decision with Lea Vandervelde
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-onnXYOSsK0
This is about the Dred Scott decision. It is delivered by the woman who wrote the book Mrs. Dred Scott. She took a look at this important historical event From the perspective of Harriet rather than her husband Dred. The Scott's are among the most important people who ever lived at Fort Snelling. Their time there would become the basis for their legal suit in an attempt to win freedom for their family.
History Forum: American Revolutions with Alan Taylor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhNxPEE8uD8
A program they did about the American Revolution.
Building the Death Railroad - Bridge on the River Kwai (WW2HRT 28-03)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xnl5gCmnlg
Here is a World War II roundtable on the real "bridge on the river's Kwai".
History at Home Author Talk with Wayne Gannaway,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq84N-ghAiw&t=332s
This is a talk about the visit of Frederick Douglass abolitionist and civil rights leader and his visit to Minnesota/Winona and 1867
Prince: From Minneapolis to the World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTOBaA3qsr4
This is about MN musician Prince and his life and impact on the world.
Women in Bars — A Minnesota Story in 3 Rounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35KFItVoZNQ
A program about the history of Minnesota women involved in the Temperance Movement.
The Attack of Dec. 7, 1941
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mGpQSIxkDQ&feature=youtu.be
This is about the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Winning the Pacific War
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6rMbhn3SE8&feature=youtu.be
An author speaks about how the United States won the Pacific during WWII.
U.S.- Dakota war 1862
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRrmlN6cO7LtD52Rg3O8ne02ZCpz_yiID
Here are two videos about Lincoln and the Dakota War of 1862. One is a lecture about Abraham Lincoln and his role in the United States Dakota war 1862. There's also to a series of short videos that talks about the history of that war and its aftermath in Minnesota and its legacy.
Origins of the Pacific Conflict
A Lecture by Richard Frank - Origins of the Pacific Conflict
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmglwvrGK3c
Discovery More Videos
- Where The Waters Meet orientation film
- Duluth lynching Centennial: Week of remembrance videos
- Minnesota and the Civil War
- Military intelligence service language school
- Terry Nakanishi Story - Historic Fort Snelling
- Harold C Deutsch Roundtable-Archived resources
- Northern Slaves: How the U.S. Brought Slavery to Minnesota with Walt Bachman
- Minnesota Historical Society: Richard Moe, author of Last Full Measure
- 28th Virginia Infantry Battle Flag Captured at Gettysburg
- Historic Fort Snelling US Army Ammunition 1800s-1940s
- Historic Fort Snelling US Army Canteens 1800s-1960s
- Historic Fort Snelling US Army Shakos 1813-1850s
- Women's Voting Rights Beyond the 19th Amendment
- All the Daring of the Soldier: Women in the Civil War
- Native American Artist-in-Residence
- America Aflame: How the Civil War Created a Nation
- Minneapolis in the 20th Century
- The Hill House Servants: Life Downstairs
- History Forum: The Murky Past & Contested Future of the Electoral College with Rosemarie Zagarri
- “Pints North” Virtual Book Launch
- War Within War: Lincoln and the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862
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