Path to Wellness (Essential for most new clients)
Facilitator: Lori Loveland, M.A. Center Director
Day: First Thursday of Each Month
Time: 7:00-8:20 PM
Price: Free

Everyone wants to enjoy a happy healthy life and there are many ideas about how to achieve this. At “Path to Wellness”, we will share with you some of the foundational principles that guide our therapy programs and help you understand the common threads that connect our healthcare offerings at the center. This introductory class is intended to shed light on some of the basic “stepping stones” to harnessing your healing potential and to provide you with a foundation to capitalize on the therapeutic opportunities that lay ahead on your personal path to wellness.

Guideposts on Your Path to Wellness
Facilitator: Becky Joyce, CNMT,LMBT, #306

The Guidepost Series is intended to offer you some of the essential skills for promoting health and wellness. Whether you are attempting to recover from an injury or dealing with a long-standing health concern, these classes will be very important in reaching your wellness goals. Although the instruction is intended to be practical, simple and enjoyable, don’t be misled – these are powerful tools that will help you embrace your inner healer in the present moment and support you on your path to wellness for years to come. Although the classes of the Guidepost series are labeled I through III, they are intended to be mutually supportive and can be taken in any order.

Guidepost I - Breathing & Relaxation
Day: Second Wednesday of Each Month
Time: 12:00-1:00 PM
Price: $10.00

According to Andrew Weil, MD (and most of us here at the center) “proper breathing is the master key to good health.” We all know that breathing is essential to life but how we breathe is a major determinant of the health of our cells and the major biological functions of our bodies. Come learn more about the “magic” of your breath and how it can help you remove roadblocks to healing and cultivate deep, restorative relaxation.

Guidepost II - Pacing & Lifestyle Day
Day: Third Wednesday of Each Month
Time: 12:00-1:00 PM
Price: $10.00

No, we won’t be talking about the “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous”, but we will be exploring some of the “golden nuggets” of the lifestyles of the happy and healthy. More specifically, we will give you tools and information on how to make some small adjustments in your routine or ways of thinking about your day to day life that will help foster more energy and increased comfort level. Taking even a little time out to tune in to our Being can help us get in touch with our heart and soul and the many resources available to guide us towards wellness and inner peace.

Guidepost III - Breathing, Moving, Stretching Day
Day: Fourth Wednesday of Each Month
Time: 12:00-1:00 PM
Evening Class : First Monday of Each Month 6:00-7:00 PM
Price: $10.00

As you go through your course of treatment at Integrative Therapies or simply through the course of your day, knowing how to breathe, move and stretch optimally is very important. Awareness is the key to choice and choice gives us power in the matter of many things that relate to our health and well-being. Come learn or review basic awareness and breathing techniques as well as strategies for moving and stretching that will add extra enjoyment and ease in reaching your treatment goals.

Yoga For Health
Facilitator: Heather Fields, Certified Yoga Instructor
Day: Tuesday Evenings
Time: 6:00-7:20 PM
Price: $13.00/class or $45/month if paid in advance

The monthly series of classes draws on the wisdom of Yoga while providing you with guidance in stretching and strengthening exercises as well as strategies to promote relaxation. The sessions are designed to help enhance your body awareness and are also intended to provide support toward maintaining therapeutic gains for those who have been involved in an individual therapy program. All classes are geared toward beginners and intermediate students. Individual sessions available upon request.

Fibromyalgia: Education, Skills & Support Group
Facilitator: Donna Paulsen, RN, MSN
Day: Third Monday of Each Month
Time: 6:00-8:00 PM
Price: Donations will be accepted
* Please call prior to class to sign up because of limited space

The fibromyalgia group meeting is intended to function both as a support group and as an educational and skill building opportunity. Each month different topics will be discussed to help participants move toward optimal management of their fibromyalgia symptoms. Discussion may include such topics as nutritional and exercise strategies for fibromyalgia, use of medications and different modalities to help control pain. Many other topics that may be of interest to individuals dealing with fibromyalgia and related conditions may be addressed at the group meetings.