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May Newsletter Available
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Eat for Life- Offered Online
Healthy for Life’s regular 10 week program on creating a healthy relationship with your food, body, and mind is now a course you can take online in your own home. Video and audio components teach you the foundational mindfulness practices (meditation and yoga) and the BASICS of Mindful Eating. If you have a history of chronic dieting, have rigid rules about eating, or find yourself eating when you’re stressed, bored, or unhappy, this may be the program for you. Cost is $50 for materials ($25 refunded with full participation in the class). The course starts the week of May 24. To enroll, contact Angie Bodling, MA. More info click here.

Weight Watchers at Work
Weight Watchers is short TWO people to hold a class in Clark Hall, Room 542 from 12-1 p.m. on Wednesdays, starting May 12. If you are interested, please contact Lori Thunhost. These 13-week series are open to everyone and costs $156. Faculty & Staff who miss no more than once receive a 25% rebate through Healthy for Life. Enroll this time for a special WW deal: 8 weeks of FREE e-tools and 6 months FREE WW magazines. Payment options are available. WW accepts cash, check or credit card. Weight Watchers fees are fully reimbursable through the Flexible Spending Account with appropriate medical documentation. Questions? Call 884-1397.

Chancellor’s Walk
Join Healthy for Life on Thursday, May 20th beginning at 11:00am on the south steps to Jesse Hall. There will be free blood pressure screenings, Pedometer and Odometer sales and a power walk to the Katy Trail starting at noon. The walk will last approximately 30 minutes. There will also be an opportunity to sign up for more information on Healthy for Life programs. Everyone who signs up to receive more information will be eligible to win a Healthy for Life gift basket.  Bring a friend!

Workplace Fitness Opportunities
Take advantage of these classes that fit your budget. Full payment is due at the beginning of the first class and space is limited. Please contact the instructor directly to register or for questions. All classes are designed so that exercises can be performed in work clothes.

  • Yoga: May 10-Jun 14 at Missouri Psychiatric Center. Class meets on Mondays from 12:10-12:50 and costs $14 for the 7 week session. (No class on May 21st) Pre-registration is required and registration deadline is May 9. To sign up, email Kate.
  • Yoga: May 14-Jun 18 at Missouri Psychiatric Center. Class meets on Fridays from 12:10-12:50 and costs $14 for the 7 week session. Pre-registration is required and registration deadline is May 13. To sign up, email Kate.
  • Zakti Yoga: May 6 – May 27  at Memorial Union Various Rooms. Thursdays 12:10-12:50 p.m. and costs $8 for the 4 week session. Pre-registration is required, and registration deadline is May 4. Click here to sign up, or email Ashley.
  • MOREnet Yoga Flow: May 14 – June 4 at MOREnet room 224-225. Class meets Fridays and will cost $8 for the 4 week session. Pre-registration is required, and registration deadline is May 12. Please email Rebekka to sign up.
  • Mat Yoga: May 19 – June 30 (no class June 16) Ellis Fischel Cancer Center PACU Wednesdays 5:20-6:00p.m. and costs $12 for the 6 week session. Pre-registration is required, and registration deadline is May 26. Click here to sign up, or email Ashley.
  • Active Office: June 2 – July 7 (no class June 16) Memorial Union Various Rooms. Wednesdays 4:10-4:50p.m. and costs $10 for the 5 week session. Pre-registration is required, and registration deadline is June 2. Click here to sign up, or email Ashley.
  • Synergy: June 2 – July 28 (no class June 16) Ellis Fischel Library room 4F51A. Wednesdays 1:10-1:50p.m. and costs $16.00 for the 8 week session. Pre-registration is required, and registration deadline is May 26. Click here to sign up, or email Ashley.
  • Core Conditioning: June 3 to July 1 (no class June 17) Lewis Hall Room 3. Thursdays 12:10-12:50p.m. and costs $8 for the 4 week session. Pre-registration is required, and registration deadline is May 26. Click here to sign up, or email Ashley.
  • Body Balance: June 3 to July 1 (no class June 17) School of Nursing. Thursdays 1:15 – 1:50p.m. and costs $8 for the 4 week session. Pre-registration is required, and registration deadline is May 26. Click here to sign up, or email Ashley.

  • Pilate’s/Yoga (PiYo): June 3 to July 22 (no class June 17 or July 8) Memorial Union. Thursdays 4:15-4:55p.m. and costs $12 for the 6 week session. Pre-registration is required, and registration deadline is May 26. Click here to sign up, or email Ashley.

Healthy Eating Lunch ‘n Learn
The Campus Facilities Training Unit is hosting a “Healthy Eating” discussion by Paula Vandelicht, Hy-Vee Dietician.  Bring your lunch, but leave room for samples. Join the fun May 5th from 12:00-12:30 p.m. in the General Services Building Lunch Room.  Pre-registration is strongly encouraged.  If you are not a Campus Facilities employee and would like to attend, please e-mail Kate Walker .

Seeking Healthy Men
The Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology is seeking individuals for a study on how different types of weight-bearing exercise affect bone health. We are looking for healthy men, 25-60 years old who are currently participating in 4hr/wk of physical activity for the last 2 years and not currently participating in strength or plyometric (jumping) training .  You will receive free and supervised resistance training or plyometric training, body composition testing, bone mineral density assessment and payment after completing the study. If interested, please call 882-9917 or email mubonestudy@gmail.com.

National Cancer Survivors Day
Please join Ellis Fischel Cancer Center physicians and staff to celebrate National Cancer Survivors Day. The event will take place Saturday June 6th from 2-4 p.m. at Ellis Fischel, 115 Business Loop 70 West. This event is free, and is as symbolic event to show the world that life after a cancer diagnosis can be a reality. To RSVP, please call 882-5465 or email Kristen Fritschie by Wed, June 2 or register online at www.ellisfischel.org.

May is Arthritis Awareness Month
Missouri’s Regional Arthritis Centers are here to help you learn how to manage arthritis so it doesn’t manage you.  Visit www.moarthritis.org to learn more about physical activity and self-management programs and locate a class near you.  You can also sign up to receive arthritis updates delivered to your email in-box.

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