No matter where you are on your whole-health journey, the Center for Health & Wellbeing offers a variety of webinars, seminars and demonstrations, featuring local and nationally-recognized health and wellness experts, to nurture your mind, body and spiritual growth.
Browse our current Wholeness programs to learn more and register for your favorites.
On February 26, join counselors from the OCPS CHILL program for an educational seminar about the stages of how children grow & develop. Healthy development begins at the start of a child's life, and the role of parents is enormous to help shape and support healthy and happy children. As parents, it is important to...
Start your own journey to learning more about herbs for wellbeing with this two-part series presented by Julie Ward. With a bigger focus on preventative health over the past several years, people are looking for easy, everyday ways to fight off viruses, ailments and aches and pains. One of the most affordable and simple ways...
Experience this unique form of meditation for yourself with Crosby Wellness Center’s Nicole Elliot. Join experienced sound healing practitioners from the Peggy & Philip B. Crosby Wellness Center at the Center for Health & Wellbeing for a relaxing guided meditation and sound healing experience. The use of sound therapy has existed across cultures and throughout...
Explore heart-healthy cooking in our Food is Medicine Series. Explore heart-healthy cooking in our Food is Medicine Series with a Registered Dietitian and Culinary Medicine Specialist Allison Harrell and Patricia Guerrero, MD, FACC, of AdventHealth, who is board-certified in cardiovascular disease, clinical cardiac electrophysiology, nuclear cardiology and cardiovascular computed tomography with special interests in heart...
Join Chris Hicks of Central Florida Community Arts in this creative writing class as she teaches you to create an original poem. If one of your 2024 goals is to write more (or start writing in the first place), this workshop is for you. In this creative writing class, you will be asked to think...
Explore heart-healthy cooking in our Food is Medicine Series. Explore heart-healthy cooking in our Food is Medicine Series with a Registered Dietitian and Culinary Medicine Specialist Allison Harrell and Patricia Guerrero, MD, FACC, of AdventHealth, who is board-certified in cardiovascular disease, clinical cardiac electrophysiology, nuclear cardiology and cardiovascular computed tomography with special interests in heart...
Join us in 2024 for all-new conversations with some of Central Florida’s most talented performers and artists. Join us in 2024 for all-new conversations with some of Central Florida’s most talented performers and artists. In our monthly Artists’ Series, presented by Central Florida Vocal Arts, you'll enjoy a lunchtime performance from some of Central Florida's...
This winter, join Central Florida Vocal Arts Executive Director Theresa Smith-Levin as we explore the role music can play in our lives. Join life-long Winter Park resident and Central Florida Vocal Arts Executive Director, Theresa Smith-Levin as we explore the role that music can play in creating a joyful life for EVERYONE. No previous musical...
Experience this unique form of meditation for yourself with Crosby Wellness Center’s Nicole Elliott. Join experienced sound healing practitioners from the Peggy & Philip B. Crosby Wellness Center at the Center for Health & Wellbeing for a relaxing guided meditation and sound healing experience. The use of sound therapy has existed across cultures and throughout...
Join Chef Collette Keller in the CHWB Nutrition Theatre as she makes a spring brunch picnic. A brunch out with friends is a lot of fun, but these days, it can also cost you a lot of money. Bring brunch home, but make it a spread fit for the trendiest hot spot! Join Chef Collette...
Join Crosby Wellness Center’s KK Swanson for an empowering and inspirational talk about getting back on track and staying motivated. We are well into the New Year and it’s time to reconnect and recommit to your wellness goals. Join Crosby Wellness Center’s KK Swanson for an empowering and inspirational talk about getting back on track...
In these monthly art workshops, you’ll enjoy the opportunity to experiment with a variety of mediums and art styles. Exercise Your Creativity is back in 2024, with an all-new series of classes designed to inspire your creative side. In these monthly art workshops, you’ll enjoy the opportunity to experiment with a variety of mediums and...
Join IDEAS for Us as they delve into the crucial role of green workforce training in shaping a sustainable future. Immerse yourself in a compelling panel discussion on "The Future of Green Jobs," featuring three distinguished professionals at the forefront of climate-related work. This panel session, organized by IDEAS for Us, will delve into the...
Join Jill Hamilton Buss as she leads you through a thought-provoking discussion and a series of writing exercises. Through this interactive session, you will learn how the scripts we were handed as children or the ones we developed as adults may no longer empower us or make us happy. In this program, licensed mental health...
Join Laura Varich, Md, to learn about herbs in this interactive class at the Center for Health & Wellbeing. Herbs are one of the most nutrient-packed and anti-inflammatory ingredients in our diet. They’re also one of the easiest things to grow at home, especially here in Central Florida! Whether you have one pot or a...
Join teaching artists Liz Kitchens and Ann Goodpasture to learn how to weave a cardboard loom and yarn to make "mug rug" coasters. Creating art is a powerful way to boost your emotional and physical wellbeing. Multiple studies have shown art can help those living with depression, anxiety and stress and it’s been linked to...
Join Certified Meditation Instructor Camille Sacco for community + connection throughout the month. Join Certified Meditation Instructor Camille Sacco for community + connection, and to learn the basics of meditation and to experience a crystal bowl sound bath. Part meditation, part listening exercise, Sound Baths are healing musical performances played with crystal singing bowls and...
Join us for Herb Gardening intended for growers to learn the basics of setting up an herb garden. With skyrocketing grocery costs, we’re all looking for ways to save money on food costs. Have you considered growing your own herbs? It’s an easy, affordable and healthy way to add fresh flavors to your regular dishes....
Join Chef Collette Keller in the CHWB Nutrition Theatre as she makes three types of homemade pastas and sauces. Ciao! Bring the taste of Italy to your home kitchen. Making your own pasta and scratch-made sauces is easier than you think. Yes, we promise! In no time, you’ll be rolling out fresh pasta and your...
Join licensed mental health counselor Alison Issen as she examines the nature of regret and how to use those lessons to move forward. The Coulda's, Woulda's, and Shoulda's of life can keep us locked into a painful and limiting view of ourselves and those we care about. In this workshop, “Finding Lessons in Our Regrets,”...
CFCArts teaching artist Chris HIcks will help you explore the Bard’s words and forms, and in the process, soon be writing poetry with ease. In this creative workshop you will see That sonnet writing really isn’t hard. We’ll work on form and creativity And write a poem worthy of the Bard. You’ll play around with...
Join Certified Meditation Instructor Camille Sacco for community + connection throughout the month. Join Certified Meditation Instructor Camille Sacco for community + connection, and to learn the basics of meditation and to experience a crystal bowl sound bath. Part meditation, part listening exercise, Sound Baths are healing musical performances played with crystal singing bowls and...
Join Julie Ward for a a tasting of three different herbal teas and a guide to notice where the energy moves in your body. Tea, with its centuries-old roots in Eastern medicine and cultural practices, has long been considered a way to good health, happiness, and wisdom. Now, modern western researchers are realizing tea’s role...
Join us in 2024 for all-new conversations with some of Central Florida’s most talented performers and artists. Join us in 2024 for all-new conversations with some of Central Florida’s most talented performers and artists. In our monthly Artists’ Series, presented by Central Florida Vocal Arts, you’ll enjoy a lunchtime performance from some of Central Florida’s...
Experience the uplifting power of Singin' for Parkinson's, a group that goes beyond singing, offering a warm and welcoming space for anyone with Parkinson's disease. Connect with others, discover new skills, and let your favorite songs become a source of joy and improvement for Parkinson's symptoms. Facilitated by Ashley Lewis, a Board-Certified Neurologic Music...
Laughter Yoga is a unique & gentle form of exercise in which we combine breathing techniques from yoga with laughter exercises. Laughter Yoga is a unique & gentle form of exercise in which we combine breathing techniques from yoga with laughter exercises. This brings extra oxygen into the body, creates feel good hormones called endorphins,...
Under the careful guidance of Momma G Farms, you will review and discuss the different methods of extracting from fresh and dried plants. For thousands of years, people have turned to herbs for flavorful additions to cooking, for soothing scents for the home and to treat minor aches and ailments. If you’re herb curious, this...
Experience the uplifting power of Singin' for Parkinson's, a group that goes beyond singing, offering a warm and welcoming space for anyone with Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders. Connect with others, discover new skills, and let your favorite songs become a source of joy and improvement for Parkinson's symptoms. Facilitated by Ashley Lewis,...
Led by mental health counselors from the CHILL program at Orange County Public Schools, this educational seminar will teach you strategies for positive parenting. Being a parent is one of the most challenging jobs there is. Parenting does not come with a handbook or the tools to know how to manage and support the challenges...
Join Katie Farmand in the CHWB Nutrition Theatre as she makes delicious side dishes with the best spring vegetables. Springtime brings the most incredible fresh vegetables. We’ll take the guesswork out of the best way to prepare the bounty of the spring with simple and delicious spring vegetable side dishes. Join cookbook author Katie Farmand...
Join Allison Harrell and Dr. Karen Corbin in the newest installment of the Food as Medicine Series. Did you know that your gut microbes depend on you to feed them and that starving them negatively impacts your health? Join us in-person or watch along live online for a special Food as Medicine program featuring culinary...
Join Allison Harrell and Dr. Karen Corbin in the newest installment of the Food as Medicine Series. Did you know that your gut microbes depend on you to feed them and that starving them negatively impacts your health? Join us in-person or watch along live online for a special Food as Medicine program featuring culinary...
Exercise Your Creativity is back in 2024, with an all-new series of classes designed to inspire your creative side. Exercise Your Creativity is back in 2024, with an all-new series of classes designed to inspire your creative side. In these monthly art workshops, you’ll enjoy the opportunity to experiment with a variety of mediums and...
Experience the uplifting power of Singin' for Parkinson's, a group that goes beyond singing, offering a warm and welcoming space for anyone. Experience the uplifting power of Singin' for Parkinson's, a group that goes beyond singing, offering a warm and welcoming space for anyone with Parkinson's disease. Connect with others, discover new skills, and let...
Join Amy Sweezey as she talks about the steps of reinventing herself after walking away from a successful career and how you can do the same As an award-winning broadcast meteorologist, Amy Sweezey spent nearly 30 years in full-time broadcast news before leaving in 2020. She could have comfortably pushed toward retirement, but instead, chose...
