Wellness classes are offered free to UA employees throughout the year and there is no limit to the number of classes you can attend. Most of our wellness classes are online webinars through Microsoft Teams. To attend a wellness class webinar, register through your wellness portal. You will receive an email confirmation containing the special link to the webinar inviting you to join the session. To earn an additional $50 after attending your WellBAMA health screening, you may complete one qualifying wellness program and attend one wellness class.
Date | Title | Location | Time |
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Wednesday, July 17, 2024 | Saving Your Skin from the Sun | Online | 12-1pm |
Thursday, July 25, 2024 | Upside of Stress Series: The Stress Mindset | Houser Hall Room 1002 | 11am-12pm |
Thursday, August 1, 2024 | Upside of Stress Series: Contagious Stress and Connection | Houser Hall Room 1002 | 11am-12pm |
Thursday, August 8, 2024 | Upside of Stress Series: Find Your Stress Edge | Houser Hall Room 1002 | 11am-12pm |
Wednesday, August 14, 2024 | Caring for Aging Populations and the Caregiver | Online | 12-1pm |
Wednesday, August 28, 2024 | Healing Your Nervous System | Online | 12-1pm |
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 | Creating Good Habits that Last | Online | 12-1pm |
Thursday, September 12, 2024 | Fuel for Rest: The Link Between Nutrition and Sleep | Online | 12-1pm |
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 | Power of Posture | Gorgas Library Yellowhammer Room 2019 | 12-1pm |
Thursday, September 19, 2024 | GLP-1 Medications: Understanding Benefits and Risk | Online | 12-1pm |
Wednesday, October 9, 2024 | Your Health After 40 | Online | 12-1pm |
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 | Diabetes: The Sweet Truth | Online | 12-1pm |
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Wellness Class Descriptions
Follow author Whitney English’s personal goal-setting system to achieve your personal and professional goals. H-E-A-R-T is a framework for prioritizing and decision-making, while keeping what’s most important the priority.
Alleviating Everyday Aches and Pains
Introduces common causes for everyday aches and pains, along with simple solutions for promoting pain-free living.
Bring Out Your Resilience Series
Bounce back from challenges and bring out the resilience you already have within you! Broaden your sense of self-awareness and learn skills to grow and thrive in the workplace and at home and practice the skills you learn in this workshop-style series to build competencies in mental toughness, energy management, and strong leadership.
Building an Attitude of Gratitude
Learn more about the practice of gratitude and its positive effects on our mental, emotional, and total wellbeing. Get practical tips on how you can incorporate thankfulness into your daily routine from certified health and life coach Abby Horton.
Caring for Aging Populations/Caring for the Caregiver
How to plan, prepare, and care for challenges related to aging. Topics covered include care giving fatigue, aging-related health concerns, and aging-related stress.
Clean Living Lifestyle
Find out more about the 5 benefits of clean living, while reaching your goals of a healthy lifestyle and protecting the planet. We will explore how to “ditch and switch” for cleaner, safer household and personal products.
Creating Good Habits That Last
Habit change is foundational to all health and wellness goals. Learn how to cultivate healthy habits and how to “habit stack” for sustainable health and wellness.
Diabetes: The Sweet Truth
Designed to help those currently living with Diabetes those at risk for developing Diabetes. Topics covered include Diabetes Type 1, Type 2, prediabetes, and Gestational Diabetes.
Don’t Miss a Beat: Your Path to a Healthier Heart
This class is more than heart health. Learn how to care for your heart, brain, and circulatory system for overall improved health and wellbeing.
Don’t Wait, Hydrate!
Learn about the benefits of drinking water, how poor hydration affects the body, why it is important to drink water during physical activity, and how to stay hydrated during hot summer months.
Uncover the power of breathwork in this webinar on nervous system regulation and stress management. Learn diverse techniques for relaxation and a balanced, mindful life.
Experience the Power of Resistance Bands
Discover the simplicity and versatility of resistance bands as Michela Snell from UREC. Experience an accessible and enjoyable workout that will help you build strength and improve flexibility. *Workout attire recommended but not required. Free resistance bands provided.
Find a Better Work-Life Balance
Work-life balance simply means striking a healthy balance between your working life and your personal life. Work-life balance is often depicted as a perfectly balanced scale…in most cases that is simply not realistic or achievable. Learn more about how to intentionally seek Work-Life Balance for a more fulfilling personal and professional experience, while fostering health and wellbeing.
Fuel for Rest: The Link Between Nutrition and Sleep
More information coming soon.
5 Practices to Thrive
Learn the 5 Wellness Basics you need to master to Thrive with your health and wellness journey.
GLP-1 Medications: Understanding Benefits and Risks
Discover more about the rising trend of GLP-1 medications, which are gaining popularity in treating diabetes and obesity. Gain insight into their advantages and drawbacks to make well-informed decisions.
Healing the Nervous System
Explore the intricate workings of the nervous system and learn holistic approaches to promote well-being and explore various techniques to support its healing processes.
Improving Your Sleep Health
What is Sleep Health? What is great Sleep Health? What is concerning Sleep Health? How can we optimize Sleep Health? In this class, Heather Gunn, Assistant Professor in Psychology and licensed clinical psychologist will answer these and other questions about sleep across the lifespan.
Nutrition for Exercise Performance
Join Health Promotion and Wellness dietitian Sheena Gregg as she shares tips for optimal nutrition pre- and post-workout and the overall benefits of eating for physical activity.
Organize Your Life
Getting and keeping everything organized often feels like it’s an impossible task. This class will cover the fundamentals of how to “organize your life” one step at a time.
Feeling Overwhelmed? Let’s take the first steps to overcoming overwhelm at home and work through developing organization, rhythms, and routines.
Power of Posture
Do you tend to slouch at your desk or feel tension in your neck, back, or shoulders? Join UREC’s Michela Snell as she discusses the importance of posture to overall wellbeing and demonstrates techniques to improve it.
Resiliency Series
Bounce back from challenges and bring out the resilience you already have within you! You will also have the opportunity to practice the skills you learn in this workshop-style series to build competencies in mental toughness, energy management, and strong leadership. Read more about each class.
Saving Your Skin from the Sun
Let’s learn how we can best protect our skin from the harmful rays while still enjoying the beautiful outdoors.
Successfully Navigating Menopause
Hormones, hot flashes, and night sweats. Perimenopause and menopause are not often discussed but should be as these are significant changes in a woman’s life. Join University Medical Center Registered Dietitian Suzanne Henson as she discusses nutrition and this stage of life and how to feel your best as you navigate these changes.
The MIND Diet: Eating for Brain Health
Have you ever thought about eating in a way to prevent cognitive decline? Using elements of both the Mediterranean diet and the DASH diet, the MIND diet has been ranked as one of the Top 5 Diets for Overall Health by US News and World Report. Join UA registered dietitian nutritionist Sheena Gregg as she shares what the MIND diet is and how to incorporate it in your everyday food choices.
Upside of Stress Series: The Stress Mindset
Explore what stress really means, how it affects the mind and body, and what you can do to embrace the stress.
Upside of Stress Series – Contagious Stress and Connection
Learn how building and maintaining a strong community can shift your ability to deal with stress in an effective way at work and at home.
Upside of Stress Series – Find Your Stress Edge
Reflect on stressful moments to highlight your strengths and foster resilience.
Your Health After 40
Preparing you for continued health after 40. Topics covered include recommended medical visits, testing, vaccinations, tailored nutrition and exercise for those 40 years and older. All ages are welcome! It is never too early to plan for continued health.