Don’t eat when you’re not hungry. Register for Summer Eat for Life Online Course
Discover the benefits of this innovative approach to weight management through the Eat for Life course. This 10-week program uses mind-body practices (meditations and yoga), mindful and intuitive eating, skills training, and group support to guide you in making lifestyle. 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.
Online Course:
- Online Orientation: week of May 31
- Online Class: week of June 7 – week August 9
- Cost: $50 for faculty, staff and family members ($25 rebated with full participation); $180 for community members
Program is taught by Dr. Lynn Rossy, health psychologist. Register by emailing Craig Deken at csdk89@mail.missouri.edu.
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Ride to Wellness Program
This program is designed for University of Missouri faculty and staff to get moving by counting their bicycle 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 rebate. There are a variety of prizes for every additional 500 miles—with no limit. To enroll, contact wellness@umsystem.edu.
Lower your stress in just 8 weeks – Sign up Now!
Managing stress effectively is essential to a culture of health. The wellness program offers eight-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction classes at minimal cost to employees looking to manage today’s busy lifestyles in a healthy way. You will learn mindfulness meditation, yoga, and body scan as well as important information about stress, communication, and wellness.
In Person Course:
- Orientation: Wednesday, June 5 (Memorial Union) at 5:00 p.m.
- Class: Wednesdays (June 12-July 31) 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. *June 26 class will be from 6-8 p.m.
- Retreat: Saturday, July 20 (9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
- Cost: $40 for faculty, staff, retirees and spouses/partners. ($20 refunded with full participation)
Program taught by Dr. Lynn Rossy. Register by contacting Craig Deken at csdk89@mail.missouri.edu.
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Blaine Snow
Healthy for Life: TE Atkins UM Wellness
myTotal Rewards, Wellness
Program Coordinator, MU, UM System and MU Health Care
205 Heinkel Bldg.| Columbia, MO 65211 | 573.884.1312 (Phone) | 573.884.3123 (Fax)
Faculty and Staff: To learn more about Healthy for Life: T.E. Atkins University of Missouri Wellness Program, visit www.wellness.umsystem.edu