Hospital announces special programs as well as ongoing classes.
LEWISTON — The Central Maine Medical Center Healthy Start Community Wellness Program will offer the following programs during April:
April 3, “Exploring the Role of Spirituality in Coping with Cancer or a Blood Disorder”: A non-sectarian definition of spirituality and spirit will be used. Kathleen O’Wril, a CMMC chaplain, will present.
April 10, “Exploring the Touch and Massage in Healing”: Chair massages will be provided to those who are interested. Those with cancer or blood disorders must bring a permission note from their doctor. Licensed massage therapist Donna Labrie will present.
April 17, “Enhancing Well Being and Managing Stress through Creativity and Art”: Marnie Lawson, an artist, creative thinker and breast cancer survivor, will present. The program will extend from noon to 3 p.m.
All the Wellness Skills Group programs are offered free from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Call Kerry Irish at 795-7118 for more information.
Healthy Start also offers the following ongoing programs:
People with Arthritis Can Exercise: The program is a gentle group recreational exercise program that is also beneficial for people with fibromyalgia. Sue Driscoll, certified PACE instructor, will lead the classes. Participants are advised to ask for a physician’s consent form when they register. The classes are offered from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays in the CMMC Wellness Center. A fee will be charged.
Personal Fitness Class: The class is perfect for beginning exercisers. Participants will work on treadmills, exercise bikes, rowing machines and steppers, and lift light weights with Sue Driscoll and Aaron Swift, certified exercise instructors. All participants must have a note from their physician. Limited space is available. The classes are offered from 8 to 9 and 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Wellness Center. A fee will be charged.
Susan Coady, a Kripalu yoga instructor and Phoenix Rising therapist, teaches all of the following yoga classes:
Mixed Levels Yoga: from 9:30 to 11 a.m. or 1 to 2:30 p.m. Tuesdays and 3:45 to 5:15 or 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursdays.
Beginning Yoga: from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays.
Yoga for Health: A gentle yoga class for cancer survivors, people with diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, fibromyalgia and others with serious health problems; from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays.
For more information and costs on the ongoing classes, call the Wellness Center at 795-2473. All classes are held in the center.
For more information or to register for any Healthy Start program call 795-2473. Healthy Start’s offerings can also be found on the Web site at www.cmmc.org.
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