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.
Of course, diet and exercise are crucial to a healthy, well-rounded life, but it’s just as important to focus on all dimensions of your wellbeing, including your social and emotional health. Join Crosby Wellness Center’s KK Swanson for this in-depth workshop that will walk you through the pillars of healthy living, with specific, research-backed conversations...
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 art styles. Under the careful guidance of some of Central Florida’s top art instructors, you’ll enjoy the camaraderie of...
September is Self–Care Awareness Month, an annual reminder of the importance of taking care of ourselves and prioritize our mental wellbeing September is Self–Care Awareness Month, an annual reminder of the importance of taking care of ourselves and prioritizing our mental wellbeing. As we head into what is typically a stressful and busy time of...
It’s official -- good sleep isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity. However, knowing you need to get enough sleep isn’t enough to accomplish what can sometimes feel like a futile goal. This scientifically researched program is designed to help you unlock the habits of restful and restorative sleep. Developed by Dr. Rebecca Robbins, an internationally...
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 chimes. They can be very therapeutic because you are literally bathed in sound...
Join us for Succulent & House Plant Gardening, a class intended for growers to learn the basics of growing plants for the home. Admit it – you saw a cute succulent at the farmer’s market, excitedly brought it home, but now it’s dead. Don’t give up your green dreams! Join us for Succulent & House...
Under the careful guidance of calligrapher Jana Ricci, you will soon learn to flourish with style. Ever watch a calligrapher write and think, “I wish I could do that!” Get ready to be impressed with yourself! Under the careful guidance of calligrapher Jana Ricci, you will soon learn to flourish with style. She will unlock...
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...
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...
In this workshop, led by mental health counselors from the CHILL Counseling Program learn how to recognize the signs and symptoms of anxiety Most people would admit to having felt some level of anxiety, but what is anxiety? Where does it come from? Anxiety is a healthy and normal emotion, and it is important to...
Join us in-person or watch along live online for a special Food as Medicine cooking program focused on prostate health, featuring culinary medicine specialist Allison Harrell and AdventHealth urologist Justin Emtage, MD. Allison will be working with ingredients proven to boost prostate health, including a recipe for Gochujang Tomato Tofu Over Rice. Program fee of...
Join us in-person or watch along live online for a special Food as Medicine cooking program focused on prostate health, featuring culinary medicine specialist Allison Harrell and AdventHealth urologist Justin Emtage, MD. Allison will be working with ingredients proven to boost prostate health, including a recipe for Gochujang Tomato Tofu Over Rice. Program fee of...
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...
In this workshop, you’ll learn the art of memoir writing, telling your own story, one moment at a time. We write our memoirs to preserve our legacy, to help us understand a situation, and to tell a story as only we can. In this workshop, you’ll learn the art of memoir writing, telling your own...
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...
Learn how to start your own backyard food forest. One of the joys of living in Florida is year-round growing seasons for fresh produce. As grocery costs continue to rise, have you considered setting up your own backyard food forest? Not only is gardening good for your physical health, studies show it is also great...
Join licensed mental health counselor Jill Hamilton Buss will help you understand how your brain and how the process of attention works. What we focus our attention on in amplified; it becomes our experience. This unique session with licensed mental health counselor Jill Hamilton Buss will help you understand how your brain and how the...
Laura Varich, MD, will distill the latest research findings into practical lifestyle tips to start improving your blood pressure today. While 1 in 3 adults in the United States suffer from high blood pressure as they age, the research tells us that high blood pressure is not an inevitable consequence of getting older. As a...
For our September Book Club selection, bring your recent favorite book to discuss. A book club can have several goals at once, including the social aspect of getting together with others in a relaxed setting and the focused activity of discussing various elements of a particular book that everyone in the group has (mostly) read....
Enjoy a relaxed, sensory experience outdoors with certified forest bathing guide, Eve Payor of the Atlantic Center for the Arts. Enjoy a relaxed, sensory experience outdoors with certified forest bathing guide, Eve Payor of the Atlantic Center for the Arts. Forest bathing, also known as Nature Therapy, can be practiced by anyone and does not...
Did you know there are certain foods that can actually increase your happiness and boost your mood? No, we’re not talking about a pint of your favorite ice cream (although, we’re also not saying that can’t help from time to time!) Mother Nature has supplied us with a fresh bounty of delicious produce that can...
What is the cause of the current “epidemic of chronic disease?” And what can we do to protect our health? In this class, led by certified lifestyle medicine physician Laura Varich, MD, we will uncover the answers to these questions as we explore the factors that launched (and continue to propagate) this epidemic, as well...
We’re excited to welcome Dr. Paul Lam back to CHWB! We’re excited to welcome Dr. Paul Lam back to CHWB! Dr. Lam is an internationally renowned Australian physician and director of the Tai Chi for Health Institute. He’s the creator of a number of Tai Chi for Health programs that have improved the health and...
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...
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...
Florida is home to many wild and wonderful places, but that land is quickly disappearing. Florida is home to many wild and wonderful places, but that land is quickly disappearing. This summer, a bipartisan group of citizens, politicians, and activists helped to halt, for now, plans to add amenities such as hotels, golf courses, and...
Celebrate the bounty of the season by learning to make flavorful salads that feature the nourishing power of fall’s freshest ingredients. Celebrate the bounty of the season by learning to make fresh and flavorful salads that feature the nourishing power of fall’s freshest ingredients. Led by Allison Harrell, Registered Dietitian and Culinary Medicine Specialist, this...
Puzzled by your dreams? With Judy Minear, a projective dream work expert, you’ll unpack the symbolic language of the “theater of the night”. A note about this program series: After registering for the first class in this four-part series, attendees are expected to attend all four sessions (October 3, 10, 17, & 24) in order...
