SPRINGFIELD — A new Healthy Living Initiative at the EdgarMay’s Studio Momentum will kick off this Sunday, focusing on lifestyle changes and the many aspects of wellness.
You’ve just finished a long day at work and head home only to stop for some take-out because you’re too exhausted to make dinner. You sit down with a tall glass of wine and proceed to binge watch your favorite Netflix series, bowl of ice cream in hand, finally crawling into bed well past midnight. After tossing and turning, the 6 a.m. alarm receives multiple hits to the snooze button, only to rush to a morning meeting without breakfast.
Making healthy changes is hard, and while most people have an idea of what a healthy lifestyle should look like, figuring out how to fit it into an already stressful and busy day-to-day lives (often with kids) can sometimes feel impossible.
The first step to making a lifestyle change is to evaluate more than just the obvious, all according to a press release. The Healthy Living Program through The Edgar May Health and Recreation Center is focusing on eight components of wellness to support and create change: emotional, physical, intellectual, financial, social, environmental, occupational, and spiritual. The EdgarMay has successfully offered a space for the community to move more, but after 11 years, the center will open the doors to complete the wellness circle through programs, workshops, coaching, challenges, videos, blogs and more.
All are welcome to a kick-off for the center’s new Healthy Living Initiative, with Mallory Peterson at the EdgarMay’s Studio Momentum for a free afternoon dedicated to more awareness of other areas of wellness. This free event will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18 with a focus on stress management, sleep improvement, goal setting, healthy eating, cooking demo and more.
For more information contact Peterson, Director for Healthy Living at the Edgar May Health and Recreation Center, at (802) 885-2568 or [email protected].
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