August is National Wellness Month! LifeStream is dedicated to helping older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers maintain their independence and improve quality of life through various programs, including wellness. Taking care of your well-being is vital to aging with independence. This month encourages us to focus on self-care, stress management, and healthy habits impacting physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being. LifeStream offers a number of wellness classes that each focus on different areas of wellness. See below to find a class that fits your needs:

Enhance Fitness

• A full hour of fun focused on dynamic cardiovascular exercise, strength training, balance, and flexibility – everything older adults need to maintain health and functions as they age.
  • Strength Training: train with light weights.
  • Flexibility and Balance: increase your range of movement and help prevent falls.
  • Aerobic and Cardio: experience improvements in walking and breathing.

Geri-Fit

• Geri-Fit is a 45 minute video-led strength training exercise class for older adults. Most of the body building exercises are performed seated in chairs with a set of light dumbbell weights. As you become stronger, you can advance to heavier dumbbells in order to challenge yourself even more. Enrollment is open to older adults of all ages and fitness levels, simply work out at your own pace!

• Participating locations include:

  • Centerville-Abington Senior Center
  • Farmland Community Center
  • Forest Park Senior Center
  • New Castle Senior Center
  • Richmond Senior Community Center
  • Western-Wayne Senior Center

Healthy Eating Every Day

• Healthy Eating Every Day is designed to help people identify the reasons for their poor eating choices and acquire the lifestyle management skills needed to improve their eating habits permanently. In this class you will set personal goals and learn how you can utilize the Healthy Eating Every Day behaviors to achieve your goals. Topics covered include portion control, how to limit calorie dense food, and how to accumulate at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity daily.

A Matter of Balance

• A Matter of Balance is an 8-week structured group intervention that emphasizes practical strategies to reduce fear of falling and increase activity levels. You will learn to view falls as controllable, set goals for increasing activity, make changes to reduce fall risks at home, and exercises to increase strength and balance.

• Who should attend?

  • Anyone concerned about falls.
  • Anyone interested in improving balance, flexibility, and strength.
  • Anyone who has fallen in the past.
  • Anyone who has restricted activities because of falling concerns.

Drums Alive

• Experience the transformative power of cognition, movement, music and rhythm. EveryBODY comes alive with Drums Alive! This is a fun, evidence-based wellness program that improves physical, mental, and social-emotional well-being. This interactive weekly class can be customized to meet your ability level and schedule.

• This program positively impacts:

  • Stress and Anxiety
  • Mood
  • Blood Pressure
  • Natural Immune System
  • and much more!

These are just the currently available wellness courses through LifeStream. If you have any questions about our courses or would like to sign up, visit our Wellness Programs page or contact Gina Harvey, Wellness Educator, at (765) 759-1121 ext. 190 or gharvey@lifestreaminc.org.

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