Showing posts with label Healthy Living series. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Healthy Living series. Show all posts
By some accounts, stress is the new smoking. Ways to respond and address this threat include:
1. Remove as many sources of stress as possible
2. Seek help (from trained professionals as well as from friends)
3. Get active (walking, weightlifting, stretching, and other forms of exercise)
4. Practice mindfulness
Discover the latest research on the benefits of meditation, learn basic exercises for meditation practice, and see a hands-on demonstration of sitting for meditation and breathing spaces. You’ll come away with tools to reduce daily stress.
1. Remove as many sources of stress as possible
2. Seek help (from trained professionals as well as from friends)
3. Get active (walking, weightlifting, stretching, and other forms of exercise)
4. Practice mindfulness
Healthy Living at the Library continues at the Carpenter Branch on July 7 at 7 p.m. Join Philip Horn as he explains how to use Meditation for Stress Relief.
Books available at your library
Stress
- The 15 minute heart cure: the natural way to release stress and heal your heart in just minutes a day by John M. Kennedy and Jason Jennings.
- The stress answer: train your brain to conquer depression and anxiety in 45 days by Frank Lawlis.
- When the body says no: understanding the stress-disease connection by Gabor Maté.
- Stress-related disorders sourcebook edited by Amy L. Sutton.
Mindfulness
- Success through stillness: meditation made simple by Russell Simmons.
- New beliefs, new brain: free yourself from stress and fear by Lisa Wimberger.
- Mindfulness: an eight-week plan for finding peace in a frantic world by Mark Williams and Danny Penman.
Check out the two opportunities for fun fitness happening this Saturday at your library!
- In the morning, try Zumba at the Carpenter Branch. The fun starts at 10:30.
- In the afternoon, Laughter Yoga at the Schlafly Branch starts at 2 p.m.
Next week is National Library Week, and what better way to celebrate than by attending an event in the Healthy Living series put together by the St. Louis Public Library. There are two options (go to both or either), both at the Library's Buder Branch:
- Tuesday April 14 at 6:30 p.m.
- Marlene Chertok, founder of the St. Louis Laughter Club, and a Registered Nurse and certified laughter yoga leader, will lead Laughter Yoga – Laugh for the Health of it! Developed by a physician from Mumbai, India, laughter yoga will help you to stay in high spirits when life throws you challenges. It will enhance your ability to laugh and smile when dealing with negative emotions, situations, and negative or difficult people. Instructor. This session is open to people of all ages and abilities and to anyone who wants to laugh!
- Thursday April 16 at 6:30 p.m.
- OASIS will provide a free beginners exercise class to teach about the benefits of exercise and how to improve functional fitness. Participants will learn basic exercises that are not only safe and effective, but energizing and fun! This is a low impact exercise program.
You are what you eat! We know it's true, but it can still be a challenge to figure out how to make it happen. The St. Louis Public Library is here to help, with the Healthy Living @ Your Library series.
Healthy Cooking on a Budget kicks off the series this Saturday morning at the Baden Branch. Learn how to make delicious, nutritious, and affordable meals with a professional chef.
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