Your Wellness Tools & Resources: GUWellness: Mind, Body, Soul

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• Community Resources
• Favorite Links
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November's Featured Resources

American Diabetes Association
Whatever you need to know about diabetes, this is the place to begin. We believe education can help ensure more sensitivity and awareness, better medical care, and increased quality of life for many Americans.

Great American Smokeout is November 19!
Smoking damages nearly every organ in the human body and is linked to at least 15 different cancers. If you still use tobacco, make a plan to quit on November 19th, the day of this year's Great American Smokeout.

American Cancer Society Guide to Quitting Smoking
Quitting smoking is not easy, but you can do it. To have the best chance of quitting and staying quit, you need to know what you’re up against, what your options are, and where to go for help. You'll find this information here.

Updated information on spread and prevention of pandemic flu
www.pandemicflu.gov

Start!
Start! is the American Heart Association’s groundbreaking national campaign that calls on all Americans and their employers to create a culture of physical activity and health to live longer, heart-healthy lives through walking. Sign up for the free tracking tool, and you can start logging your daily activity and nutrition. You can create and save walking routes. You’ll also receive weekly and monthly e-newsletters filled with tips and motivation to keep you moving.

Georgetown Walking Tour
Check out National Geographic's Georgetown Walking Tour.  Great ideas for spicing up your lunch time stroll.

Tips for Being More Active from the CDC
Adults need recess too! With a little creativity and planning, even the person with the busiest schedule can make room for physical activity. For many folks, before or after work or meals is often an available time to cycle, walk, or play. Think about your weekly or daily schedule and look for or make opportunities to be more active. Every little bit helps. Consider the following suggestions...(read more)

University Resources

• Yates Field House (Main Campus)
• Sport and Fitness Center (Law Center)
• Outdoor Education
• Faculty and Staff Assistance Program
• Safety and Environmental Management
• Emergency Preparedness 
• University Campus Ministry
• Chaplain to the Staff
• Center for Wellness Promotion (Law Center)

Community Resources

• Your Wellness Tool Kit
  Are you a GUWellness Captain interested in promoting wellness on your campus, in your department or around the water cooler?  Are you a supervisor looking for a wellness-related team building activity? Just looking for creative and fun wellness ideas?  Click here to see what's in the wellness tool kit this month.
  
• For Runners
  Click here to view some recommended links and upcoming events for runners.  Have something you'd like to add?  Send it to wellness@georgetown.edu.
  
• Walking and Running Routes
  Check out some of the greatest walking and running routes in DC - right here in Georgetown!

Other Favorite Links

www.sparkpeople.com
SparkPeople's mission is to help people be healthy and reach their goals. They offer similar diet and fitness tools and services that people pay for on sites like Weight Watchers and eDiets.com, but for 100% free.  Recommended by Michelle Morley and Johanna Lund, it's a popular site with many of the folks in UIS.

www.healthjourneys.com
Health Journeys is a private, multimedia publishing company that produces and distributes Health Journeys and other guided imagery and meditation tapes, CDs, books and software. In other words, holistic health tools that teach healing and wellness practices.  Recommended by Georgetown University Wellness Counselor, Sue Johnston.

www.mypyramid.gov
This site, sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture, provides tips, tools and resources – based on the MyPyramid system – to help Americans make healthy food choices and to be active every day.

www.cdc.gov
This comprehensive site from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention provides a wealth of health and wellness information, as well as critical information for those faculty and staff planning to travel outside of the United States.

www.kidshealth.org
This is the largest and most-viewed site on the Web providing doctor-approved health information about children before birth through adolescence.

Freebies, Discounts and Special Offers  for Georgetown Faculty & Staff

Spiral Flight Yoga^new
1826 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Yoga, meditation, tai chi - all manner of classes for the body-mind.
$10 classes during the month of June; ongoing discounted passes with GU ID.
www.spiralflightyoga.com

Sport & Health Clubs - all locations 
Membership discounts available for Georgetown University faculty, staff and students.    Click here to view a list of Sport & Health locations in the metro area.

Bikram Yoga Tenleytown
20% discount for student, faculty and staff
www.dcbikramyoga.com
202-243-3000
Contact:  Elaine Rosenberg

Health and Fitness Club Discounts for UnitedHealthcare and CareFirst participants
Save 30 - 60% on your membership at many local health clubs through GlobalFit, and much more.
UHC members:  Health Allies Discount Program
CareFirst members:  Options Discount Program 

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