Healthy Living Classes
Enrich your body, mind and spirit with our Healthy Living Program.
We offer gentle restorative practices that stretch and strengthen the body and help release the stresses of the day while learning to quiet the mind. Stop by and experience the joy of movement in your body and stillness in your mind.
Healthy Living Presents:
Welcoming GRUB to our CAM Healthy Living Program: Nourishing our community through food education. Each class is 90 minutes and includes a lesson, visual demonstration and relevant handouts with recipes.
Intro class: Gut Health - FREE
Begin with a basic, introductory class about the importance of a healthy intestinal tract, and the correlation between gut health and over-all health and wellness. Participants will learn about immunity, the gut-brain connection, food sensitivities & healthy self-help with probiotics through Water Kefir.
4-week Series
Series Week 1: Sugar – The Anti-Nutrient
Americans consume an average of 22 teaspoons of sugar a day, and added sugar is one of the most addicting and dangerous ingredients in our food. Participants will learn about sugar’s affects on the body and health, and how to transition away from processed sugar through natural sweetening options.
Series Week 2: Building a Nourishing Pantry
Participants will begin by learning the ten additives in packaged foods that are most damaging to their health, including discussion of dangerous preservatives, artificial colors, modified oils, and genetically-modified ingredients. Then they will be guided through the basic ingredients a pantry needs in order to create wholesome, nourishing meals, including discussion of salts, sweeteners, oils, grains, dried goods and more.
Series Week 3: Green Smoothies & Alkalinity
Smoothies are an easy way to get neglected fruits, veggies, greens, and super foods into your diet for optimal health and wellness. Participants will learn the basics for making delicious and nutritious smoothies, come to understand macro and micro nutrients and the importance of achieving an alkaline state in the body.
Series Week 4: Real Foods in Real Time – Menu Planning Class
Put it all together in a final class that covers the basics of theory, planning, and execution of cooking for your weekly eating goals. It will focus on recipe sourcing, essential kitchen equipment, menu planning, and cooking strategies (including batches & bowls). Join us for an empowering workshop, and leave with the confidence and tools to nourish you and your family all week long.
T'ai Chi(Supreme Ultimate)
Qigong (Practicing the Breath of Life) with Martha Gregory
Wednesdays - Noon-1:00PM
Thursdays - 5:30PM-6:30PM
Members: $5, Non-members: $8
The T’ai Chi forms are taught at a slow, gentle pace to improve balance and mental relaxation while increasing good concentration and right brain / left brain capabilities and overall good physical health and well-being. Come dressed comfortably and experience the beautiful, handsome movements of T’ai Chi and Qigong.
Instructor Martha Gregory
After teaching, performing and choreographing ballet and modern dance, Martha Gregory was introduced to the fluidity and gracefulness that is T'ai Chi. For over 30 years, Martha has taught T'ai Chi and Qigong in Wilmington and the surrounding areas to students of various ages and skill levels. She also provides demonstrations for the medical and educational communities
Yoga
Restorative Yoga with Pam Greenough
Thursdays – Noon-1PM
Members: $5, Non-members: $8
Instructor Pam Greenough
Basic/Restorative Yoga is for all ages and physical abilities. The key to basic yoga is learning to breathe with the body while strengthening muscles. Basic/Restorative encourages each individual to find their own point of strength and lengthening while working on the mat or chair. Yoga is about the union of the mind, body and spirit. My mission as a teacher is to release the yoga student's mind from expectations - allowing the teacher within each student to recognize their limitations and reject being competitive and lift the heart to joy.
Basic Vinyasa Flow with Robbin Lopez
Fridays - 5:30 PM-6:30 PM
Saturdays - 10:00 AM-11:00 AM
Members: $5, Non-members: $8
Instructor Robbin Lopez
Stemming from Hatha Yoga principles, these classes focus on linking breath with motion in order to help create a relaxing practice that leaves you with an overall sense of well-being. All levels are welcome to all classes. Modifications are offered in order to make each class accessible to all levels. Students are encouraged to develop their practice on their mats by recognizing what benefits their bodies. This helps to create an enjoyable practice that supports individual needs and growth. www.practiceofpeaceyoga.com
Basic Yoga
Saturdays 10:00 AM
Instructor Lorel Dyer
Appropriate for the beginner who wants to build a strong foundation of basic Yoga postures, relaxation, breathing techniques and to refine and master the fundamentals. Poses and sequences are practiced with alignment in mind offering the opportunity to gain confidence, strength and flexibility. Modifications are offered and the use of props are encouraged, making it suitable for all levels. Emphasis is placed on breath awareness and being mindful of the body’s alignment or limitations. This combination can help guide the mind to move toward a more meditative state.
3rd Friday of each month: Robbin’s yoga practice is joined by David Key, Therapeutic Sound, using wooden flutes, frame drum to create a deep meditative state and a place of healing.
Saturdays: In gratitude for your service, we would like to extend the offer of free Yoga classes for current Military service members and Veterans on Saturdays at 10:00 AM
*All classes are appropriate for beginning and continuing practices.
