Judith Sachs offers specialized movement workshops designed for people with Parkinson's Disease and their care partners:

Close Contact for Couples® with PD:  4-week workshop teaching partners, (one PWP and one CP) to learn communication and movement skills for activities of daily living that can raise awareness and confidence.

Date Night & Intimacy: Reconnecting Parkinson's Couples and Singles is a 4-week workshop that can alleviate partners of their “patient” and “carepartner” roles. We explore types of touch, laughter and sexuality that may have been lost with a PD diagnosis.

Balance and Gait:  a weekly Zoom class offered through Penn Medicine’s Living Well at Home with Parkinson's series. Participants practice seated and standing exercises to improve balance and coordination.

Bounce Back: Mastering the Art of Falls and Recovery uses strategies of martial arts and contact improvisation. Participants learn safe falling techniques and ways to get up from the floor independently and with assistance.

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The Tango Therapy Project is a Philadelphia based organization whose mission is to provide therapeutic benefit, improve quality of life, spark joy, and promote social connection through Argentine tango. The organization hosts adapted tango classes for people with Parkinson’s Disease and their care partners in Philadelphia and the surrounding area, and in the future will expand to serve individuals with other motor and neurologic conditions.

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Spirit Rising Dance & Wellness is based in Yardley, PA and offers specialized movement programs that support healthy aging and therapeutic wellness through dance.

FLOW (Functional Living for Optimal Wellness) serves adults 50+, blending functional movement, dance, and fitness to help prevent physical decline and promote aging in place.

Let’s Move Together provides therapeutic adapted classes for seniors living with neurological conditions such as Stroke, Cerebral Palsy, and Alzheimer’s/Dementia, supporting improved health outcomes.

Good Moves for PD is designed especially for individuals with Parkinson’s and their caregivers, led by instructors trained in Dance for PD® techniques and using music and creative movement to inspire expression and well-being.

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Dance for PD® is a global program active in more than 30 countries. Founded in 2001 at the Mark Morris Dance Center in Brooklyn, New York, it offers specialized dance classes for people living with Parkinson’s and their care partners, along with professional training for dance artists and educators. Through research-backed approaches and artistic excellence, Dance for PD connects communities through movement, creativity, and joy—both in person and online.

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Join us every other Sunday for a free virtual dance class for people living with Parkinson’s!

Offered by the Mass General Brigham Department

of Neurology, these adaptive classes blend gentle movement, rhythm and creativity to support mobility, balance and overall well-being. Suitable for all abilities—just bring yourself and a chair for a joyful, engaging session online via Zoom. In collaboration with Dance for PD®.

Following a stroke that caused aphasia,  Mark Harder began writing poetry as part of his stroke recovery. He founded Poems in Speech to bring the practice of poetry to others with aphasia. Poems in Speech holds frequent events to share and discuss poetry.

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