March 7, 2024
Welcome to Holderness Recreation's online registration portal. Below you will find general programming updates and announcements. To find information on our SummerEscape program please click on the Summer Camp button at the top of the page. You can also click Here to register for a program. If you would like to print out a form and mail it in or drop it off, you can click on the Forms button at the top of the page.
To register for a particular program, please click on the Program button at the top of the page and then select the program that you would like to register for. For more information and / or for any questions feel free to call 603-968-3700 or email recreation@holderness-nh.gov.
Life Coaching & Mindfulness
with Lena Moser
When: April 4 (at the Holderness Library)
April 11 & 18 (Holderness Town Hall)
Time: 10-11:30am
Cost: $25 per class or $65 for all three
Please bring: your favorite journal, writing utensil and water bottle.
Please register by April 2nd, 9th & 16th
Open to BOTH men and women
April 4th-Mindfulness Intensive Workshop
Research over the past 50 years has revealed that mindfulness reduces anxiety and depression, lowers high blood pressure, improves sleep, boosts your immune system, allows you to unhook from unhealthy habits, and even changes the structure and function of your brain. People who regularly practice mindfulness say that it fundamentally changes how they experience life, in a positive sense.
Join an experienced mindfulness meditation teacher to learn four simple mindfulness practices that you can use and adapt to your own needs: breathing (while doing anything), sitting, walking, and eating (yes—eating!). You will leave with an understanding of how to harness the benefits of mindfulness to actively bring relaxation into moments of stress. This workshop is ideal for anyone who wishes to cultivate greater inner peace, confidence, and emotional resilience while having a bit of fun in a safe, open, and conscious community.
April 11th-Gratitude Mandala Workshop
Expressing and practicing gratitude deepens our relationship with ourself, others, and the world.
Tapping into your creativity is a direct path to your soul. Awaken your creative spirit and brighten your mood in this simple, yet powerful workshop! Come to color, play, create, relax, and discover a new form of mindfulness—the Gratitude Mandala.
In this workshop, you will create your own, unique Gratitude Mandala. There are no rules! As you take the time to reflect on what you're grateful for through this colorful practice, you’ll find a true connection to each blessing and gift in your life. You'll experiment with different ways to depict what matters most to you, such as drawing petals and writing something you are grateful for inside each one, or using words in a circular formation. Come experience the shift in energy that comes from focusing on an "attitude of gratitude,” which transforms your adversities into blessings.
April 18th-Cultivating Emotional Resilience Workshop
If you’re a human being, chances are you’ve struggled with difficult emotions. We all do! The art of peaceful living is not in the absence of having challenging feelings but in being in wise relationship with them.
When we don’t explore our own inner experience, our attention goes outward toward the other, and we blame or want others to change so we can feel better. But that will never bring us the lasting inner peace we long for.
Come learn another way of being with challenging emotions. In this workshop, we will harness the change-of-season energy to mindfully explore our emotional struggles. You will learn a specific mindfulness meditation for bringing greater awareness and consciousness to your difficult experiences. You will also learn a practice for shifting your focus away from reactivity to vulnerability and open spaciousness, which shifts you into empowered energy. This workshop is ideal for anyone who wants to explore a unique way of working with unhelpful emotional patterns, as well as anyone who simply wishes to find more calm and peace in the day-to-day so they can enjoy life more fully.
Zumba®
with Shannon Griffiths
Zumba mixes low-intensity and high-intensity moves for an interval-style, calorie-burning dance fitness party.
This class offers a combo of cardio, muscle conditioning, balance and flexibility!
When: Starting April 19th
Friday’s 5:30-6:30pm
Sunday’s 11:15am-12:15pm
Where: Holderness Town Hall
Cost: $85 / 8 weeks or $12 drop in.
Shannon has lived in the area for a little over a decade and is an alumna of Plymouth State.
Aside from being a licensed Zumba instructor, her professional background is in communications and marketing.
As a lover of Zumba for many years, Shannon is excited to offer Zumba in Holderness. Anyone can do it, all you have to do is have fun!
Please Note: preregistration is requested so we know how many are coming.
Early Bird Exercise
With Anne Packard
Come out and join us for a great eye opener at a great price with great people. Our workout will incorporate hi/lo impact workouts, step aerobics & free weights. This is a great time to get in shape for fall and winter activities. Come on out and give it a try.
Fall class schedule is Mon., Wed., and Fri. from 6—7AM.
Cost: $50 (12wk session)
Location: Holderness Town Hall
Adult Basketball
Monday nights!
7:00—9:00pm
SII—January 22nd to June 3rd
(no play 2/26, 4/22 or 5/27)
$5 per person / session
This program takes place at the Holderness Central School Gym.
The program is open to people 18+ and you must pre-register through the recreation office or online portal.
You must complete a program registration form and pay prior to play.
Clean Gym Shoes are required to play. Shirts are required.
Program is cancelled if school is closed due to weather, holidays, breaks or other events.
For more information, please contact the Holderness Recreation Department at 968-3700 or email recreation@holderness-nh.gov
Our facilitator is Nate Fuller
Adult Volleyball
Tuesday Nights
Ongoing
Tuesday nights from 7:00—9pm
Ages 18+. Recreational play all levels welcome. $5 for the season.
(no play on 12/26, 2/27 or 4/23)
Adult Indoor Pickleball
Wednesday & Friday nights
Wednesday & Friday Nights from 6:15-9pm
Ages 18+. Recreational play, all levels welcome. $10 per session.
Session II—February 14th to June 7th
(No play on 2/28, 3/1, 3/13, 3/15, 4/24 and 4/26)
Registration opens on January 25th at 9am
Adult Badminton
Thursday Nights
Ongoing
Thursday nights, from 6:30-9pm
Ages 18+. Recreational play, all levels welcome. $5 for the season.
(no play on 12/28, 2/29 or 4/25)
Traditional Basket Making
with Ray Lagasse
Saturday April 6th, May 11th, June 8th
8:30—4:30 at the Holderness Town Hall
Make a basket using traditional methods. Choose from over 20 styles: Tote, Double Pie, Pack, Herb, Laundry, Woolgathering and many more.
You can see a complete list of baskets at www.holderness-nh.gov, on the recreation page.
Cost: $145 pp (most baskets)
You may also make a Lidded basket. Lidded baskets are $170 & $180 and take two classes to finish.
*Materials and use of tools are included in the workshop fee.*
Please bring your lunch and drinks.
Family Paint Nights
With Jadi Mercer
Let’s make memories to last a lifetime.
Individually you will paint a fun picture that once put together will create a linked Masterpiece
Join Jadi as she guides you step-by-step to create your painting. Using a fall and winter palette of paints and canvas, Jadi will teach painting basics in this start to finish workshop. All supplies included.
*Note: you do NOT need a partner for this class. Singles welcome!
April 13th 6—7:30pm
Spring Flowers Collage
Who: Adults and children, all ages
Where: Holderness Town Hall
Cost: $30 first person, $25 each additional family member
Please register and pay by February 6th & April 10th. You can register online or by contacting us at recreation@holderness-nh.gov or 603-968-3700
Genral Information:
How to register:
1. Create your family account by clicking on the Log In link in the upper right of this page. Include all of your family members that may participate. Your family account allows you to view programs you have registered for and your payment history.
2. Once your account is created; login to your account
3. Register for the program that you are interested in. At check out you will have the option of paying online with a credit card ( there is a convenience fee for this), mail in a check or drop off your payment at Holderness Town Hall.
4. DONE! Upon completion of your registration, you will receive instant confirmation of your registration. .
You can also register by mail by printing out a registration form and sending it to Holderness Recreation, P.O. Box 203, Holderness, NH 03245.
Please note: Programs are filled on a first come first served basis, so the sooner you turn in your form with a payment or make a payment online, the better.
Refunds / Cancellations: Thank you for your interest in registering for a program with Holderness Recreation. If a program or class is cancelled by Holderness Recreation, you will receive a full refund for the program less the convenience fee if paid by a credit card. If you withdraw from a program or class 1 week prior to the start date of the class you may be issued a refund less the convenience fee if you paid by credit card. If you cancel once the class has started, every effort will be made to accommodate your request however, if the instructor has been contracted, tickets purchased or other expenses accrued on your behalf for the program, a refund will not be guaranteed.
Any refunds will be issued in the form of a check from the Town and will take approximately two weeks to process.
Holderness Recreation
P.O. Box 203
1089 US Rt 3
Holderness, NH 03245
603-968-3700
