Stress Reduction Program – EARLY ENROLLMENT starts now!
The Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Program is an 8 week class for faculty and staff (and their partner or spouse for no extra fee). Sign up NOW for the next program and learn skills for responding to stress with greater ease and creativity. Formal mindfulness skills (meditation, yoga, body scan) and information about stress, communication, and wellness become your tools for greater health and enthusiasm for life. Participants will be encouraged to engage in daily practice exercises outside of class.
Orientation: Tuesday, September 18 at 5:30
Class: Tuesdays, September 25 – November 13 (5:30 – 7:30 p.m.)
Full day retreat: Saturday, November 3 (9 a.m. – 4 p.m.)
Cost: $40($20 refunded if you attend 7 of 8 classes).
For more information go to or to register, contact Dr. Lynn Rossy.
Learning to Eat for Health and Enjoyment – Online and In Person 10 week classes – ENROLL NOW!
Discover the benefits of this innovative approach to weight management. If you have a history of chronic dieting, have rigid “healthy” rules about eating, or find yourself eating when you’re stressed, bored, or unhappy, this may be the program for you. The Eat for Life 10 week program uses mind-body practices, the principles of intuitive eating, and group support to guide you in making lifestyle changes that will help you create a healthier relationship to your food, mind, and body.
In Person Class: September 11 – November 20 (12 – 1pm) at Memorial Union.
Online Class: Weeks of September 14 – December 7 (except Thanksgiving week)
Cost: $50 ($25 refunded with full participation).
For more info watch videos and to enroll contact RossyL@umsystem.edu.
Million Step Pedometer Program
This on-going program is designed for the University of Missouri’s faculty and staff to get moving through counting their steps. For $15, participants will receive a pedometer and a log book. Once you reach 1 million steps, you get to keep the pedometer and you’ll receive a T-shirt, certificate and a $15 refund. There are a variety of prizes for every additional million steps you take—with no limit. To enroll, contact wellness@umsystem.edu.
Ride to Wellness Program
This program is designed for the University of Missouri’s faculty and staff to get moving through counting their miles. For $20, participants will receive an odometer and a log book. Once you reach 500 miles, you get to keep the odometer and you’ll receive a T-shirt, certificate and a $20 refund. There are a variety of prizes for every additional 500 miles—with no limit. To enroll, contact wellness@umsystem.edu.
City Cycling: PedNet is working with Healthy for Life to help you incorporate biking into your daily activities. City Cycling Class is taught by League of American Bicyclists Certified Instructors who are very experienced in all aspects of biking for transportation and recreation. Whether you are an experienced cyclist or just bike curious, City Cycling will help you bike more, stay active and be Healthy for Life!
Class covers:
• The rules of the road for safe and legal biking.
• Improve safety and avoid crashes through bike handling skill drills.
• Put your new biking expertise to work with an instructor guided ride around town to familiarize you with the rules of the road and bike friendly routes.
City Cycling is a five-hour course available as one weekend morning or two evening sessions. City Cycling consists of on-bike and lecture portions. Class setting and pace are non-competitive, laid back and casual.
Registration/Tuition: – Pre-registration is required. Tuition is $50 for the 5 hour course due at time of registration; HFL will reimburse $25 upon class completion. For more information or questions, contact Gina Overshiner, 573.303.1033 or gina@pednet.org
Register at http://www.pednet.org/programs/confident-city-cycling.asp>
Free Exercise & Physical Activity Guide and DVD
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) offers a FREE exercise & physical activity guide AND a companion DVD. To add the guide to your shopping cart, go to http://newcart.niapublications.org/order/order.aspx?id=BK004. To add the DVD to your shopping cart, go to http://newcart.niapublications.org/order/order.aspx?id=MS033. NIA offers many other publications free of charge, too. To see all of their publications (grouped by category), go to http://newcart.niapublications.org/shopdisplaycategories.aspx
Get a Taste of Mindfulness
Interested in having a mindful relationship to your food, your body, and your life but often forget your good intentions? You might be interested in hooking up with the social media support community called Tasting Mindfulness. Created and maintained by Dr. Lynn Rossy, at Healthy for Life, the wellness program for faculty and staff, and designed to support you in your quest for a happier, healthier lifestyle. Through these sites you can find encouragement, advice, and support from Dr. Rossy and others. Subscribe for a weekly blog at www.TastingMindfulness.com, “like” us on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/TastingMindfulness, and follow us on Twitter at Twitter.com/DrLynnRossy. Check out these great audio and video recordings that you can access while at your desk for FREE!
Susan G. Komen Mid-Missouri Race for the Cure
Together, we can make an impact! Registration for the 2012 Susan G. Komen Mid-Missouri Race for the Cure is now open!
What: 5k Walk/Run
Where: Mizzou Campus
When: September 16, 2012 at 8:30 am
Who: Everyone!
Cost: Adult early registration is $25 until August 1st (additional $5 to be chip-timed). Children 12 and under are $15 and can participate in both the 5k and the Kids’ Dash, held inside Memorial Stadium! Other registration options include “Sleep in for the Cure” and “Pink in the Pew,” for those who would like to participate, but cannot make it on a Sunday morning.
Register as an individual, join a team, or start a team today! Go to www.KomenMidMissouri.org and click the link to “Sign Up Today.” Compete with other departments for the largest team and the most money raised by team members. Prizes are awarded to the largest team and the team with the most money raised. The individual who raises the most money wins a free round-trip ticket from American Airlines!
Seventy-five percent of the funds raised will stay in our local community for breast cancer awareness and education, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and post-treatment support. The remaining 25% is granted out on a national level to fund important research to find a cure for breast cancer. One in eight women will hear the words “You have breast cancer” in their lifetime. Let’s join together and help achieve our mission: to save lives and end breast cancer forever.
For further information, please visit the website at www.KomenMidMissouri.org or email RaceChairKomenMidMo@gmail.com
Weight Watchers
Faculty and Staff are eligible for Weight Watchers discounts:
• If you are a Coventry member, you are eligible for a discounted rate to enroll in Weight Watchers online. For $55, you can access recipes, tracking tools and chat boards for three months. That’s less than $5 per week!
• Weight Watchers also offers a discount for University of Missouri faculty and staff who enroll through its portal system.
Login Instructions: Go to this website https://wellness.weightwatchers.com and enter in the MU ID 46814 and passcode WW446814. It will then take you to next page where you enter in your personal information and set up your website user ID and password (this user ID and password is just for this registration website). There is only one website portal, so be sure when you enter in the company address specify which location you want to attend a meeting. Enrolling through this portal will give you a $39.95/month membership instead of $42.95!
Blaine Snow
Program Coordinator MU, UM System and Extension
Healthy for Life: TE Atkins UM Wellness Program
573.884.2402 (Phone)
SnowB@umsystem.edu
Web: wellness.umsystem.edu
