Associació Esportiva Sarrià-Sant Gervasi (AESSG)

Movement and cognitive health for older adults

Associació Esportiva Sarrià-Sant Gervasi (AESSG) is a Barcelona nonprofit that has focused on physical and cognitive health for older adults since 1984. Its programs encourage exercise and healthy living through preventive and maintenance activities.

Classes and programs

The association offers activities throughout the year, with weekly sessions lasting one, one and a half, or two hours. Options include:

• Gentle exercise and fitness maintenance.
• Stretching.
• Yoga.
• Pilates and osteopilates.
• Tai chi and qigong.
• Relaxation and breathing.
• Water activities.
• Memory workshops.
• Memory and computer workshops.
• Movement and memory workshops.
• Hypopressive exercise.
• Nordic walking.
• Recreational circuits.
• Movement with music.

Special events include annual celebrations with parks participating in the city's Activa't program, yearly gatherings for memory-stimulation workshops, walking-pole outings, and health talks at community centers, senior centers, and retirement homes.

Activa't in Barcelona parks

AESSG runs the City of Barcelona's ACTIVA'T program, which offers physical activity in city parks. The association also provides cognitive-stimulation programs for CSD (Consell de l'Esport de Barcelona) and organizes activities at community and senior centers throughout the city.

Community partnerships

The association works with older adults in a range of settings, including social clubs, senior centers, residences, day centers, hospitals, clinics, and medical centers. It brings preventive and maintenance exercise to these locations.

Contact

Email: comunica@aessg.cat. A contact form is available on the association's website.