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Did you miss a class? Access video recordings and resources below for previous classes (listed in alphabetical order by topic).

Also see current Wellness Classes & Activities and Group Fitness Classes.

Behind the Belly Button Webinar Series

Wellness Pillars: Physical and Emotional Well-being

  • Digestion and Nutrient Absorption – Session 1 provided a closer look at how digestion works to break down food to usable forms of energy, vitamins and minerals and how they’re absorbed into the body (53-minute video).
  • Gut Health – Session 2 uncovered the mysteries of the gut and identified ways to improve your gut health (50-minute video). 
  • The Microbiome Explained – Session 3 focused on our body’s over 100 trillion microbial cells. When this complex system tips out of balance, we get sick (44-minute video).
  • Epigenetics – Session 4 focused on epigenetics which proves lifestyle choices turn certain genes on and off, giving us the power to prevent poor health and disease, even with a genetic predisposition (39-minute video).

Biometric Screening: Know Your Numbers Webinar

Wellness Pillars: Physical Well-being

  • Know Your Numbers: Why Getting a Biometric Screening Matters – BMI, BP, HDL, LDL! What does it all mean and why do we need a biometric screening anyway!? These important markers are vital in getting an accurate picture of your health status, but they can be confusing. Join Dr. Lydia Malcolm to learn about important biometric markers, what they mean for your health, and how to improve them (42-minute video).

Cook Along Kitchen Webinar Series

Wellness Pillars: Physical, Social and Financial Well-being

  • Healthy Meals on a Budget – Watch this hands-on cooking demonstration to gain time-saving tips to prepare delicious, healthy and affordable meals (57-minute video).
  • Perfect Post-Workout Snacks – The right post-workout snack provides your body the nutrients needed to help repair and rebuild muscles worked during physical activity. Watch our Nutrition Health Coach show you how to make two delicious, no-cook easy snacks to maximize exercise benefits (17-minute video).
  • Use Your Hands to Measure Portions – Portion control is key to healthy weight. Learn to use your hands as measurement tools so you can measure a portion no matter where you go. Also watch a cooking demo of restaurant style bowls (49-minute video).

Dementia Awareness Webinar

Wellness Pillars: Physical, Emotional and Social Well-being

  • Dementia Awareness – Human Services’ Jane Muhrlin, who serves on the Dementia Care & Cure Initiative Task Force, and Celisa Boner, Madonna Ptak Center for Alzheimer’s Research & Memory Disorders Clinic, share information about dementia and provide caregiver resources (49-minute video). 

Family Life: The Juggling Act Webinar

Wellness Pillars: Physical, Emotional and Social Well-being

Financial Well-Being Webinar Series

Wellness Pillars: Physical, Emotional, Social and Financial Well-being

  • Financially Fit Kids – Learn how to live and teach financial values to your kids so they, too, can be fiscally fit for life (42-minute video). 
  • Financial Wellness for the Young Adult – Help young adults start their financial journey on the right foot (52-minute video).
  • Frugal, But Fun: Making the Most of Your Money – Take an in depth look at how attitudes and behavior patterns influence spending and explore easy and enjoyable ways to save money (32-minute video).
  • Home Buying Success – Put yourself in a good position to buy a home with confidence by planning ahead and knowing what you can afford (45-minute video).
  • Paying Down Debt & Improving Credit Score – Find out how to improve your credit scores, pay down debt, and stay out of debt (41-minute video).
  • Preparing for Retirement – Learn how to prepare for retirement today so that tomorrow is the life you want (35-minute video). 
  • Psychology of Money – Challenge your attitude around money by taking a deep dive into your mindset, behaviors and relationships that affect your ability to thrive financially (34-minute video).
  • The College Plan – Learn to develop a college payment plan which sets realistic expectations and clear communication (36-minute video).

Finding Your Resilience Webinar

Wellness Pillars: Emotional Well-being

Fitness Routine Webinar

Wellness Pillars: Physical Well-being

  • Start a Sustainable Fitness Routine – Learn in detail the proper steps and considerations needed to successfully add a fitness routine into your life for the long haul (56-minute video).

Garden for Life Webinar

Wellness Pillars: Physical and Emotional Well-being

  • Growing Vegetables in Containers – Want to grow your own food but don’t exactly live on a farm? Join Theresa Badurek, Urban Horticulture Extension Agent, to learn what kind of veggies to grow in small spaces and what to grow them in (54-minute video).

Joyful Movement Webinar

Wellness Pillars: Physical and Emotional Well-being

  • Joyful Movement – When you hear the word ‘exercise’, do you run for cover? Gain a fresh perspective on physical activity, ditch the rigid structure many believe exercise to be and find joy in moving (40-minute video).

Pain Webinar

Wellness Pillars: Physical and Emotional Well-being

  • Pain-Free Movement – Wellness Technician Nicki highlights the common causes of pain during and after exercises and how to minimize and avoid unnecessary discomfort to get your wellness routine back on track (51-minute video).

Sleep Webinar

Wellness Pillars: Physical and Emotional Well-being

Stress-Proof Brain Series

Wellness Pillars: Physical, Emotional, Social and Financial Well-being

  • Stress-Proof Brain – This learning series, based on a book by Dr. Melanie Greenberg, provided insights on the brain’s physiological response to stress plus practical stress-buster techniques. 

Yoga for Digestion Class

Wellness Pillars: Physical and Emotional Well-being

  • Yoga for Digestion – Follow this on-demand 30-minute yoga class which focuses on digestion-supportive poses. The gentle moves are suited to all levels. Lengthening, strengthening, twisting, and compression help stimulate digestion and massage your internal organs, leading to a healthy and happy gut (33-minute video).

11/21/24