Mental Heath
Your mind is the window to your body and soul, so make sure it receives the proper nourishment. Stress, grief and depression can have a negative effect on your mental health. Use the suggestions below to boost your mental wellness and mood.
Nutrition
Several observational studies found that a healthful dietary pattern – characterized by high intakes of fruit, vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy, and healthy fats – was associated with a reduced risk of depression. In addition, anxiety levels seem to be higher in those who have diets high in saturates fats and added sugars.
Nutrition Consultation – A personalized diet and supplement approach to keeping your bones and joints healthy, and correcting any nutrient deficiencies that can lead to weakness or injury.
Health Coach
Stress Management - Everyone experiences stress. Sometimes it can help you focus and get the task at hand done. But when stress is frequent and intense, it can strain your body and mind and make it impossible to function. Finding effective ways to deal is crucial to living well.
Massage Therapy - A proven way for stress sufferers to seek relief, massage relaxes over-active minds, provides euphoric affects, has anti-depressive benefits, has anti-inflammatory effects, and clams both body and mind.
Guided Relaxation - Helps you achieve a state of inner calm and can help decrease cortisol and, perhaps of most importance, provide a sense of peace.
M-Technique - Uses light touch to induce relaxation and aid in stress relief.
Sound and Energy Therapy - Experience deep relaxation in this emersion of sound and vibration.
Acupuncture - Stimulates the body’s feel-good hormones and reduces the level of stress hormones like cortisol.
Naturopathic Medicine - The main goal of naturopathy is to establish what underlying factors predispose the client to develop mental health issues and assist them by suggesting natural options (like supplements, diet, and other calming techniques) to enhance the quality of life.
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For more information contact Sharon O’Brien,
sobrien@mandelljcc.org, 860-231-6333 |
Fitness
People who exercise regularly tend to do so because it gives them an enormous sense of well-being. They feel more energetic throughout the day, sleep better at night, have sharper memories, and feel more relaxed and positive about themselves and their lives. And it’s also a powerful medicine for many common mental health challenges like anxiety, depression and ADHD.
Personal Training - Farrah Mead, Fitness Director, fmead@mandelljcc.org
Pilates Reformer - Carmen Erian, Group Fitness Director, cerian@mandelljcc.org
Group fitness - Carmen Erian, Group Fitness Director, cerian@mandelljcc.org
Water Exercise - Jaine Mazer, Aquatics Director, jmazer@mandelljcc.org
