Wednesday, September 08, 2010
 

ONGOING EVENTS... Minimize

 [Please see calendar for more info]

Our Whole Community Walking Club  - Is on Hiatus until the Fall! 

Boost Your Brain Club Meetings - Last Thursday of every month from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm at St. Margaret Mary Church.  All are welcome! Please join us to learn about ways to stimulate your brain and learn what you need to do everyday to maintain your brain for the long term.  Questions?  Please contact Joann Ruiz at 407-998-5659 or at joann@stmargaretmary.org.  By joining the club, you will become a member of the Winter Park Library's Lifelong Learning Institute that offers many wonderful educational programs. 

Support Group for Caregivers of Persons with Memory Loss, Dementia, and Alzheimer'sMeetings the First Tuesday of Every Month from 10:00 am - 11:00 am at Daybreak at the Miller Center, 2010 Mizell Avenue, Winter Park.  Call 407-629-4565 if respite care is needed for your loved one while you attend the meetings.  This service is offered free of charge.  

Brain Fitness Club is a program for persons experiencing early memory loss.  It is held from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm on Tuesdays and Fridays with socialization, light physical exercise, mental stimulation and coping strategies all in a relaxed supportive fun environment.  Contact Peggy Bargmann at 407-927-4380 or email at brain.fitness@yahoo.com to discuss appropriateness of program and possible enrollment.  Each person must be evaluated before enrollment.  Sessions are held at First United Methodist Church of Winter Park.

Sit-to-be-Fit, Mondays from 10:15 am - 11:15 am, Winter Park Farmer's Market, 200 W. New England Ave., Winter Park.  Chair exercises for every fitness level.  Offers aerobic benefits, stretching and strengthening.  Upbeat with energizing worship music.  Great for improving balance and just plain fun.  Scientifically-proven program yields true results.  Contact Personal Trainer, Many Nice, for more information at 407-754-6190 or email at thenicelifenow@gmail.com.  Cost:  Free

Sit to be Fit, Tuesdays from 10:30 am - 11:30 am, St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church.  Chair exercises for every fitness level.  Offers aerobic benefits, stretching and strengthening.  Upbeat with energizing worship music.  Great for improving balance and just plain fun.  Scientifically-proven program yields true results.  Contact Personal Trainer, Many Nice, for more information at 407-754-6190 or email at thenicelifenow@gmail.com.  Cost:  Free for first month then $5.00 suggested donation.

Jazzercise, Mon, Wed, Fri, and Sat from 9:30 am - 10:30 am.  and Monday through Thursday from 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm, First United Methodist Church of Winter Park.  Cost is $34/month or $80 for eight weeks of unlimited classes.  The joining fee of $35 is waived for church members.  There is an additional 30 minute "Personal Touch" class on Saturday using resistance tubes and bands at 10:35 am.  Contact Nancy Lowe, certified Jazzercise instructor, at 407-321-7761 with any questions. 

Tai Chi, Mondays and Fridays 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Winter Park Presbyterian Church.  Classes are offered free of charge to church members. Non-members are charged a $6.00 fee per class. The ongoing class has been held at the church for about the last 5 years and another six years prior at Winter Park Memorial Hospital. Some of the groups 30 or so members started 11 years ago and continue to reap the benefits of the slow and gentle exercises. Most participants feel in increase in range of motion, release of stress, and a general sense of well being and a fun and interesting environment. Any age adult in any type of physical health is invited to watch or participate in a class. Please contact Jim Moltzan at 407-234-0119 or info@mindandbodymartials.com for further details. 

Gentle Yoga, Mondays and Fridays 10:30 am -11:30am, First United Methodist Church of Winter Park.  Classes are taught by Gwen Burnett, certified Yoga teacher in the integral Hatha Yoga tradition and registered Yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance.  Donations are accepted.  

Hatha Yoga classes (Level 1) - held on Monday mornings from 9:30 to 10:30 and on Tuesdays from 12:30 to 1:30 at First United Methodist Church of Winter Park in the Family Life Center Room 305. Monday class includes light hand weights. Classes are open to all members of the community and no prior experience is necessary. Beginners learn and improve poses and breathing; experienced students focus on the foundations of their practice. The cost is $14 for single classes, $44 for four classes, and $80 for eight classes. Scholarships are available. Classes are taught by Vickie Reedy, certified instructor in YogaFit and Sign Chi Do (a medically-based Christian relaxation program).

Hatha Yoga classes (Level 2) - held on Wednesday mornings from 9:30 - 10:45 am at First United Methodist Church of Winter Park in the Family Life Center Room 305 from 9:30 to 10:45. More challenging poses are presented by Vickie and poses are held longer than in Level 1.

 

 


 

EDUCATION

Our Whole Community learns about gardening, healthy cooking, nutrition, and fitness to help you eat and live healthfully. We offer healthy meal preparation classes, cooking demonstrations and fitness presentations.

 

Take Steps Toward a Healthier You Today! Minimize

Let us assist you in deciding upon lifestyle practices that you might change or show you new practices you might wish to adopt and help you create an action plan to achieve your goals. 

The American Heart Association offers a new, free, online heart health wellness center, powered by Microsoft's HealthVault. Whether you want to maintain good heart health, prevent a cardiovascular event or learn to control a current heart condition, click here for more information.

The American Heart Association also offers its Heart360 program-where you can track your blood pressure, cholesterol, blood glucose, daily diet and exercise -for free!  Visit www.heart360.org for more information.

For information on children's nutrition and for links to MyPyramid, please click here. You will find an interactive site that will actually help you design and eating plan based on your height, weight, age and activity level.  A variety of information is presented including interactive games for children.

Click here for Nutrition Facts A-Z for lots of good tips on better eating and a review of popular diets from the American Dietetic Association. Click on the food and nutrition  box at the top/left of the screen, then click on Nutrition Facts Sheets.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services creates Dietary Guidelines for American. Click here for several excellent resources. We recommend starting with this helpful brochure on the site: 

Finding Your Way to A Healthier You

This brochure offers basic guidelines for eating a healthy diet and being physically active. Learn how to make smart choices from every food group, find your balance between food and physical activity, and get the most nutrition out of your calories.

Please click here for additional links to other health related websites.

Our community libraries offer many wonderful educational programs.  Visit the Winter Park library  at www.wppl.org; Eatonville Public Library at www.piercecountylibrary.org; and Maitland Library at www.maitlandpubliclibrary.org to view their programs. 

 

 

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been purchased at a price. Therefore, glorify God in your body.  1 Corinthians 6:19-20


 

 

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