Wellness
The Martha’s Vineyard Cancer Support Group will be holding an eight-week class at the YMCA designed to help patients feel healthy again and regain control over their lives through exercise. The classes will help to improve flexibility and balance, rebuild muscles, protect bones, and enhance vitality and all-around health.
As the holidays drew to a close, a different type of season swept in: flu season.
Outbreaks of the virus are being reported earlier than before, according to the Center for Disease Control. Martha’s Vineyard is no exception. Flu season typically peaks in February and early March.
On New Year’s Day there will be a 5K run/walk to benefit the family of Jim Moore who is battling cancer. The run begins at 11 a.m. at Martha’s Vineyard Chowder Company in Oak Bluffs.
The cost is $20 in advance or $25 day of race and $5 for children under 12.
For information, call 508-627-8303.
The Yoga Collective is in the giving mood and is offering a week of free yoga to all new students. The free classes are from Dec. 16 to 22 and are unlimited. Now is the time to find out what all the fuss is about and which type of yoga — Anusara, Vinyasa, flow, power — is right for you.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) will sponsor a free educational course for families of people diagnosed with a serious mental illness. The course will begin Wednesday, Jan. 9 at 6:30 p.m. Twelve weekly two and a half hour classes will cover information about schizophrenia, the affective disorders (bipolar disease and major depression), obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety disorders.
On Monday the Mansion House hosted a wheat and gluten workshop with nutrition coach Griffin Hughes. Ms. Hughes will continue leading monthly health discussions based on what workshop attendees want to know more about. Classes are free to members of the hotel’s health club and are $12 for walk-ins.