‘Health’ Archives
Fitness and Wellness classes combine for better health @ Running Wolf
By Connie Norman Hello from Running Wolf Fitness Center! This month I wanted to talk about the whole program of health and wellness that is offered at Running Wolf all for only 10 dollars a month! When folks think about going to a fitness center, I believe they think about only the treadmills and other weight equipment and the fitness classes like, Taiji/Qigong, Zumba, Yoga and Cardio-Kickboxing and the personal training opportunities that are offered regularly at Running Wolf. However, if you check out our Running Wolf calendar you will often see the other health and wellness classes offered that are so important to building a lifelong wellness program for yourself! For example, last month we offered a 6 week workshop called “Living in Balance”. It is a chronic disease self-management program that brings people together weekly to learn how to live a healthy life with chronic conditions and develop their action plan for healthy living. This workshop is part [...]
Creating Community for LGBTQ People Via the Backyard Initiative
By Out In the Backyard, (a Backyard Initiative CHAT) Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals are all ages, races, cultures, ethnicities, religions, social and economic classes. Sexual orientation and gender identity questions are not asked on most national or state surveys, making it difficult to estimate the number of LGBTQ individuals and their health needs. The Backyard Initiative (BYI) area of South Minneapolis is home to many LGBTQ folks representing this wide range of diversity. The importance of the work on LGBTQ health begun by Out In the Back Yard (OIBY), a Community Health Action Team or CHAT of the Backyard Initiative, starts with understanding the history of oppression and discrimination that these communities have faced. For example: in part, because bars and clubs were often historically the only places where LGBT individuals could gather, alcohol abuse has been an ongoing problem. OIBY offers classes, educational activities, and [...]
FREE CLASSES WITH Out In the BackYard!
Everyone in the community is welcome to participate in these FREE and fun classes sponsored by Out in the Back Yard. Drop in as time allows. Learn yoga, Zumba, Bollywood (dance exercise from India), and hip hop at the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board - Powderhorn Park, 3400 15th Ave. S Perhaps you”'ve already seen some of your neighbors dancing Zumba (a Latin inspired cardio work out class), Mondays and Fridays, 6:30 pm (on the stage) doing Hip Hop or Bollywood ( a dance style from Hindi films), Wednesdays, 6:30 pm (by the park building) stretching out in Yoga classes, Saturdays, 10 am (on the stage) Self-Defense, periodically offered at Five Elements Martial Arts Introduction to Ayurveda class, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 7-9 pm, Powderhorn Park building Not only are the classes free and open to everyone but also a fun way to get to know new people, reduce stress, have fun, and to connect with your neighbors. The year round classes are held outside in the park [...]
