Living Well @ 缅北强奸

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Wellness Events Calendar

has a full list of activities across campus, or you can download a monthly PDF version.

Be a Wellness Champion!

Join our network of Champions to help bring the best wellness programming and represent your department/area.

New to Living Well?

Please complete a release form to participate in our classes.

Email to join our mailing list, get updates, access early-bird registration and our monthly calendar.

Rewards! You can turn your health activities into Wellness Reward points toward prizes!

Living Well @ 缅北强奸 provides free wellness activities that span the seven domains of wellness, intended to maintain and improve employee well-being. Come join us!

Don't Miss Our 缅北强奸 Employee Health Fair

Vendor Day - Wednesday, May 8, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Alumni Hall, Room 201

Self-Guided - Thursday, May 9 and Friday, May 10 - Support Services Building, Main Lobby (4th Floor)

Joint us for refreshments, door prizes, a scavenger hunt and much more.

Visit the Health Fair webpage now for more details.

Regular Living Well Activities

Rise and Shine Yoga

When: Mondays and Thursdays from 6:30 to 7:00 a.m.
Where: Virtual

Set the tone for your day by joining rise and shine yoga! This moving meditation is a choreography of breath and movement to help focus the mind on the present moment, and improve mobility as well as enhance concentration. Ease yourself into the work day with a little self-care. This 30-min class is available virtually so that individuals can join in from home, alone or with loved ones. Participants should feel free to keep their cameras off or on throughout.

 - Meeting ID: 949 4763 5845 Passcode: R&SYoga

TRANSFORM by Group RX

This activity is inspired by uniting two disciplines – yoga and sport – extracting from these practices to create an integrated and unique experience. Movement from traditional yoga poses (warrior, sun salutations, eagle, pigeon) thread throughout the experience. Sport-influenced movement including plyometrics, speed, power and strength are incorporated progressively to allow participants to self-guide their intensity with the focus on creating a better body and improved breath control. 

When: Mondays: 12:10 – 12:50 p.m.
Where: Arts & Humanities Building, Room 2B15

 and be sure to collect your Wellness Reward points. 

Yoga Tuesdays with Tracy

Join Tracy Ishmael in her weekly yoga class! This activity class focuses on improving posture, balance, coordination, strength and breath control by practicing a series of physical postures. Use the power of positive thinking to develop harmony in the body, mind, and environment. Namaste. Please bring your own yoga mat.

When: Tuesdays from 12:10-12:50 p.m.
Where: Arts & Humanities Building, Room 2B15

 and be sure to collect your Wellness Reward points. 

20-Minute Body Weight Workout

Join Fitness instructor JJ Keck for 20-minute body weight workouts on Wednesdays!

There will be two 20-minute classes back-to-back. You can stay for one or both! The shorter classes will add flexibility for people to be able to attend.

When: Wednesdays from 12:10-12:30 p.m. AND 12:30-12:50 p.m.
Where: Arts and Humanities Building, Room 2B15

 and be sure to collect your Wellness Reward points.

*NEW* Online: Gentle Chair Yoga/Meditation - Starting April 17, 2024

Chair yoga is a gentle form of yoga that can be practiced while seated in a chair.  It is suitable for people of all fitness levels.

When: Wednesdays from 2:45 – 3:00 p.m.
Where: Virtual

 and be sure to collect your Wellness Reward points. 

Zumba

Join Darlene Willie, Certified Zumba instructor on Thursdays for a lunch time Zumba class! Open to all 缅北强奸 employees.

When: Thursdays from 12:10-12:50 p.m.
Where: Arts and Humanities Building, Room 2B15 

 and be sure to collect your Wellness Reward points. 

Pilates by Michelle Moses

Pilates is a form of exercise that involves simple, repetitive exercises that increase muscle strength, endurance, flexibility, and postural stability. Participants can self-guide the intensity of their exercise.

When: Fridays from 12:10 – 12:50 p.m.
Where: Arts & Humanities Building, Room 2B15

 and be sure to collect your Wellness Reward points. 

Wellness Walks

When: Every Thursday or Friday from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. 
Where: Meet at the Biological & Geological Sciences Building (BGS)

Take a break and get outside for some fresh air! Join Ben Souriol for an hour-long walk through the various trails and walking paths on campus. If you can't commit to the full hour, no problem! There are opportunities along the route to return back to the office.

Dress appropriately for the weather, as walks may continue through foul weather. Participants are encouraged to email Ben - bsouriol@uwo.ca - to be placed on a mailing list to confirm day, as well as in the event of a cancellation or time change.  This is a great way to explore campus, connect with nature, meet new colleagues and improve your overall well-being.

We've got some winners!

Congratulations to last month’s Internal Wellness Rewards winners: Amelia Seed (Student Experience) and Edit Somogyi (Kinesiology). Shout outs to Nan Meng (Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry), the winner of the Self-Care Bingo Challenge! 

Did you miss our special Introduction to Gut Health? We recorded the Zoom presentation for you!

 - Recorded January 19, 2024

This presentation, from 缅北强奸's on-campus dietitian looks at the benefits of gut health and its role in immunity. You'll also learn about the diversity diet for gut health, important lifestyle factors, and the role of prebiotics and probiotics. Our dietician Kelsey Russell-Murray, RD, MSc, BSC has worked as an inpatient hospital dietitian for the past decade, and is founder of Gut Healthy Dietitian Inc.

Previously Recorded Activities

Introduction to Yoga

This 40-minute activity class with instructor Tracy focuses on breath control, mindfulness, and adopting specific postures to promote relaxation and improve the health of the mind, body, and spirit. Namaste.

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Mobility for Better Mentality

The class combines multiple methods of stretching and movement patterns to increase flexibility, stability, and improve pain management. 

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Yoga with Cassie

This activity class focuses on breath control, mindfulness, and adopting specific postures to promote relaxation and improve the health of the mind, body, and spirit. Namaste.

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Guided Meditation with Dr. J

Dr. Tanaz Javan will guide you through a set of techniques intended to encourage a heightened state of awareness and focused attention. Take a well-deserved break to focus on your emotional and spiritual well-being.

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Zumba!

This high-energy aerobic fitness class features movements inspired by various styles of Latin American dance. You are guaranteed to have fun while improving coordination, balance, strength, and heart health.

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Release, Restore, and Rest

Instructor Melissa Ostrowski will start with a meditation or embodiment practice, giving you the chance to release the day’s events, come back into your body and the present moment, and breathe. From there, we’ll move into 1 or 2 restorative yoga postures. We’ll hold these postures for 5 -10 minutes each, so having blankets and pillows handy can be really supportive. If you have yoga blocks or bolsters those work, but are not necessary. Finally, we’ll end with a delicious savasana. The goal is to leave the session feeling a little lighter, more grounded, and ready for a great night sleep. This is a great gift to give yourself at the end of the day.

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Yoga with Melissa

This activity class focuses on improving posture, balance, coordination, strength and breath control by practicing a series of physical postures. Use the power of positive thinking to develop harmony in the body, mind, and environment. Namaste.

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FUN!ctional Fitness

Using her unique storytelling approach, instructor Ariana Crispin-Frei will focus on functional movement patterns such as squatting, hingeing, lunging, pushing, pulling, and twisting. By learning and engaging proper form in your workouts, you will reduce your risk of injury while performing everyday tasks - such as lunging to tie your shoe, squatting to lift a box, pulling a heavy door closed, or pushing it open. Plus, these types of movements use multiple muscles at once, so you are getting an effective and efficient workout while strengthening your body holistically. Come train with Ariana and let's put the "FUN" back in "functional". 

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Pilates

This low-impact form of exercise with Instructor Jenny Goldberg aims to strengthen muscles while improving postural alignment and flexibility. Pilates moves tend to target the core, but manages to engage muscles throughout the entire body!  

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10-Minute Wellness Break Videos

Previously Recorded Wellness Presentations and Activities

Art Workshops

  • Watercolour Painting -   Grab your supplies and join us for guided lessons that will tap into your artistic side!
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缅北强奸 Coffeehouse

Take a break, grab a warm beverage and enjoy music performed by talented 缅北强奸 students. 

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Self-Compassion

Workshop delivered by Kelsey Sick and Vanessa Coulbeck, graduate students working under Dr. Eva Pila at the Body Image and Health Lab within the school of Kinesiology at 缅北强奸.  .

Hygge: The Art of Creating Coziness

This session explores the Danish philosophy of Hygge and the benefits of creating a comfortable and relaxing atmosphere. Grab your favourite warm beverage, light a candle, grab a blanket and enjoy! Presentation delivered by Michelle from CHMA.

Interested in learning more? Visit the Huron Hygge for more information and opportunities.

Connecting with Environmental Wellness at 缅北强奸

Jessica Cordes and Evan Green (Office of Sustainability) review past accomplishments, current and future initiatives and examine the various ways that employees can improve their environmental well-being and get involved at 缅北强奸. 

Lifestyle Choices and Mental Health

Dr. Peter Lemon, Director of the Exercise Nutrition Research Laboratory at 缅北强奸 highlights the connection between nutrition, physical activity and mental health,while providing practical tips to improve your well-being. .

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