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Wellness Center Classes
Nutrition Programs
Nutrition Consultation
This provides you with an opportunity to meet one-on-one with a registered, licensed dietitian to discuss personal goals that will enhance healthy eating habits.
Please call Natalie Newell, RD, LDN for more information at (919) 784-1396.
The Healthy Way - Life Style and Weight Management Class
This is a comprehensive weight management, nutrition and lifestyle program with a multidimensional, non-diet approach, geared toward enhancing your overall well-being. Pre-registration is required. Please contact the center of your choice to register for this program. Learn More.
Living Well
CPR for Family & Friends
This course is a modular course that teaches rescue skills in CPR and relief of foreign-body airway obstruction. Information presented is from the American Heart Association and covers adult chain of survival and signs of heart attack, cardiac arrest, stroke, and choking in adults. The course also presents information on the AHA pediatric infant and child chain of survival, signs of choking in infants and children, prevention of sudden infant death syndrome and prevention of the most common fatal injuries in infants and children.
BLS Healthcare Provider Course
This class is designed to teach the skills of CPR for victims of all ages (including ventilation with a barrier device, a bag-mask device and oxygen); use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) and relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (FBAO). It is intended for participants who provide heath care to patients in a wide variety of settings (both in-hospital and out-of-hospital.) This class is available to certified or non-certified, licensed or non-licensed healthcare professionals.
Total Lipid Screenings and Blood Glucose Testing
Discover your total cholesterol HDL, LDL triglyceride levels and receive education about what individual results mean and factors to control cholesterol.
Swim Lessons
We offer a variety of swimming classes: parent and tot, preschool non-swimmer, preschool swimmer and adult swim lessons. Private lessons are also available.
Raleigh and Garner:
Adult Beginners Call for availability.
Parent & Tot This fun-filled class is designed to give parents and their infants and tots a friendly water experience. Safety skills in and around the pool are stressed while children explore the water, learn buoyancy, simple stroking, floating and kicking skills. Ages 6 months - 3 years. Call for availability.
Non-Swimmer This is a class for children ages 4-6 with little or no water experience. There is lots of water exploration and confidence building in a playful environment. Safety skills, floating, kicking, stroking and submerging will be introduced. Call for availability.
Swimmer This class is for children ages 5-8 with some swimming ability. They will learn the combined stroke, front and back, including rhythmic breathing. The class will continue to learn safety skills such as treading water. Call for availability.
Private Lessons and Aquatic Personal training Aquatic Personal Training offers one-on-one training in the water with a certified aquatic instructor. After an evaluation, the trainer uses this information as a basis to design an individual exercise prescription that focuses on your needs, preferences and abilities in the water with instruction on safe and efficient movement. For more information and availability, please call the Center of your choice:
Raleigh (919) 784-1378
Garner (919) 661-6100
Cary:
Adult Intermediate This class is for adults who have taken the beginner swim class and can swim 25 yards using the freestyle stroke. Breaststroke and sidestroke will be introduced. This class teaches you the fundamentals of fitness swimming through structured workouts. Call for availability.
Parent & Tot This fun-filled class is designed to give parents and their infants and tots a friendly water experience. Safety skills in and around the pool are stressed while children explore the water, learn buoyancy, simple stroking, floating and kicking skills. Ages 6 months - 3 years. Call for availability.
Non-Swimmer This is a class for children ages 4-6 with little or no water experience. There is lots of water exploration and confidence building in a playful environment. Safety skills, floating, kicking, stroking and submerging will be introduced. Call for availability.
Swimmer This class is for children ages 5-8 with some swimming ability. They will learn the combined stroke, front and back, including rhythmic breathing. The class will continue to learn safety skills such as treading water. Call for availability.
Swim Stroke Refinement Call for availability.
Swim Stroke Development Call for availability.
Private Lessons and Aquatic Personal training
Private Lessons and Aquatic Personal training Aquatic Personal Training offers one-on-one training in the water with a certified aquatic instructor. After an evaluation, the trainer uses this information as a basis to design an individual exercise prescription that focuses on your needs, preferences and abilities in the water with instruction on safe and efficient movement. For more information and availability, please call the swim instructor at (919) 387-3221.
Know Your Number
KYN is a program that assesses your likelihood of developing specific chronic illnesses or diseases such as coronary heart disease, Type II diabetes or stroke. Your risk is determined by assessing height, weight, age, health history and results of a simple cholesterol and glucose screening (12-hour fast required). Program includes a one-on-one consultation to discuss your results and lifestyle prescription. This 20-minute screening could save your life!
Take a Deep Breath
Hatha Yoga
In this 6-week program, you will learn to relax deeply and improve physical strength, mental strength and flexibility. We utilize techniques such as deep breathing, stretching and becoming mindful of your body.
Prenatal Yoga
Prenatal Yoga classes are designed to provide the experience and enjoyment of the integration of physical, mental and emotional well-being for expectant mothers. This prenatal series can help to gently strengthen the uterus and pelvic muscles, improve digestion and exercise the spine - all of which will increase comfort and enhance relaxation. The breathing techniques, stretches and conscious relaxation learned in class promote a healthy pregnancy and help prepare for labor and delivery. Prenatal yoga class also provides an ideal setting for meeting other expectant moms and sharing the unique experiences that come with pregnancy.
Postnatal Hatha Yoga
The big day has arrived and you have a new bundle of joy! And now you can enjoy a unique yoga class, specifically designed to give new moms and babies time to bond and have fun with each other through movement, relaxation and baby massage. This dynamic and nurturing yoga practice was created for your postpartum body and helps tone abdominal muscles and restore strength and flexibility. Babies learn body awareness by exploring movement and massage with mommy. Infants must be between 6-weeks and 6-months old and not yet crawling, rolling or scooting to attend with mommy. A doctor's release is required for mom.
Mindfulness
Learn how to be present in the here and now. Train your mind, body and spirit in mindfulness - a form of meditation. Experience the tranquillity and inward reflection that mindfulness offers as a discipline of the mind, body and spirit.
BLS Healthcare Provider Course
This class is designed to teach the skills of CPR for victims of all ages (including ventilation with a barrier device, a bag-mask device and oxygen); use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) and relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (FBAO). It is intended for participants who provide heath care to patients in a wide variety of settings (both in-hospital and out-of-hospital.) This class is available to certified or non-certified, licensed or non-licensed healthcare professionals.
Call for more information
To Learn More
To enroll in these classes, or if you would like more information, call Raleigh Wellness Center at (919) 784-1371, Cary Wellness Center at (919) 387-0080 or Garner Wellness Center at (919) 661-6100, unless otherwise noted.
