HEALTH/FITNESS
Globe-Trotting with Brooke Bierhaus: Finding Community in Yoga Classes Around the World
Staying active while traveling isn’t always easy, especially when work and travel coincide. A long walk or a quick run are my favorite ways to combine exercise and sightseeing.
Insurance-Based Fitness Plans Help Seniors Pay Memberships
Judy and Paul Tedesco have logged countless miles trekking around the Twin Lakes Recreation Center track. Judy also rides the recumbent bike, Paul enjoys pickleball, and they both use the weight machines. The couple visits the City-run fitness facility nearly every day.
IU Student Advocates for Youth with Chronic Illness
Sneha Dave learned to cope with chronic illness when she was just a little girl. At age 6, she was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) affecting the large intestine.
IU Researcher Creates Health App To Aid Those on Autism Spectrum
Limited research shows that, due to sedentary lifestyles, health disorders such as Type 2 diabetes, obesity, and hypertension are prevalent in those who experience autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Stride Coalition to Open Crisis Diversion Center
Working behind the scenes for two years, a group with more than 40 public, private, and nonprofit organizations represented has been quietly mapping out the community resources available for those with substance abuse disorders, working to identify service gaps, and looking for solutions to the problems faced by people in crisis.
HEALTH/FITNESS
Globe-Trotting with Brooke Bierhaus: Finding Community in Yoga Classes Around the World
Staying active while traveling isn’t always easy, especially when work and travel coincide. A long walk or a quick run are my favorite ways to combine exercise and sightseeing.
Insurance-Based Fitness Plans Help Seniors Pay Memberships
Judy and Paul Tedesco have logged countless miles trekking around the Twin Lakes Recreation Center track. Judy also rides the recumbent bike, Paul enjoys pickleball, and they both use the weight machines. The couple visits the City-run fitness facility nearly every day.
IU Student Advocates for Youth with Chronic Illness
Sneha Dave learned to cope with chronic illness when she was just a little girl. At age 6, she was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) affecting the large intestine.
IU Researcher Creates Health App To Aid Those on Autism Spectrum
Limited research shows that, due to sedentary lifestyles, health disorders such as Type 2 diabetes, obesity, and hypertension are prevalent in those who experience autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Stride Coalition to Open Crisis Diversion Center
Working behind the scenes for two years, a group with more than 40 public, private, and nonprofit organizations represented has been quietly mapping out the community resources available for those with substance abuse disorders, working to identify service gaps, and looking for solutions to the problems faced by people in crisis.
Mind · Body · Spirit: Finding Your Next Fun Fitness Activity
I’m not sure if it’s an aphorism or an adage, but the saying “When one door closes, a window opens” is used in various contexts, usually to keep up one’s spirits. While I can’t seem to pin down who said it first, its general truthfulness and applicability make it useful in a variety of situations. I’ve most recently been applying it to exercise.
A Wellness Coach Who Knows About Trauma
Although she has always had a desire to help people, Susan Woods says experiencing her own health crisis took her work as a health and wellness coach to a new level.
B-town’s Jeff Huntoon—Coach of Championship Teams in Canada
While many of us may be anticipating the approach of the 2020 Summer Olympics, the games mean much more to former Bloomingtonian Jeff Huntoon. For him, those 16 days are the culmination of years of coaching some of Canada’s best track and field athletes.
Mind · Body · Spirit: It Doesn’t Hurt to Ask
In our family we have a motto: “It doesn’t hurt to ask.” My husband, Greg, insists this is true—the sentiment and the fact that it is our motto.
IU, Bloomington North Study Effects of Subconcussive Hits
Concerns about concussions have led to questions about the safety of high school football. Now a team of researchers from Indiana University has set up shop at Bloomington High School North to study the impact of subconcussive hits in youthful football players over time.
Local Girls Get Moving With Girls on the Run
Chelsea Blanchard says she was lucky to have talented cross country and track coaches when she was a runner—from the time she was in middle school through her time at Indiana University. Now, the Clear Creek Elementary School art teacher is a coach with Girls on the Run (GOTR), training a new generation of runners while also helping them build confidence and make smart life choices.
Volunteers in Medicine Now Able to Serve More People
Bloomington residents may notice changes to Volunteers in Medicine (VIM) at the end of the year, but Executive Director Nancy Richman says the clinic’s not going anywhere, it’s just entering a new era.
IU Health Embraces New Model: Population Health Management
There’s a new way of looking at medical care, and it’s being embraced at Indiana University Health. It’s called population health management, and it’s changing the way medical establishments interact with patients.
Every CrossFit Gym Offers Something a Little Different
CrossFit has been around since 2000, so it’s almost 20 years old, and still, people are confused as to what it means to “do CrossFit.”
‘The Universe Gave Me an Opportunity’ To Be a Donor Match and Save a Life
Five years ago, in 2014, Samuel Hanslits was a Georgetown University student, worn out and hungry during finals week. As he stepped off the campus library elevator, he noticed a table offering hefty chocolate chip cookies in exchange for joining Be the Match, a DNA registry seeking bone marrow donors for people with blood cancer.
Life Coaching Offers Clients Guidance and Skill Building
Scan the advertisements of any self-help or wellness magazine and you’ll find the term “life coaching” applied across a variety of services—everything from relationship help, career strategizing, and financial management to spiritual growth, stress reduction, and communication building.
Small Fitness Facilities Focus on the Individual
The second in a series about fitness facilities in Bloomington.
Courtney Payne-Taylor: Skateboarder on a Mission
When Courtney Payne-Taylor stepped onto a skateboard at Upper Cascades Skate Park in 2004, she was hooked. Skateboarding gave her the strength and confidence she needed to overcome the depression that had plagued her teen years.
Senior Games of Indiana: September 13-October 10
Staying active is a factor in healthy aging. In 1985, the Senior Games of Indiana was created to provide opportunities for people 50 and older to keep physically and mentally fit, says Na’Kia Jones, activities and programming manager for the Area 10 Agency on Aging.
City Starts Senior Center at Mall: Open on Tuesdays and Thursdays
While most Bloomington residents head to College Mall to peruse racks of clothing or maybe have lunch, Deborah Hill recently found herself in the mall for an entirely different reason: to attend a low-impact dance class at the new Endwright East Active Living Community Center.
