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Getting older is inevitable, but there are things we can do to maintain our health while we age.
With that in mind, the free Healthy Aging class is coming back to the Cleveland County Wellness Square (The Well) in March!
Taught by Barb Pyle, the class addresses topics related to healthy aging. Many already know Pyle who leads the Yoga for Everyone class which incorporates balance, flexibility, agility and strength, key components for any age, but particularly important as we grow older.
The healthy aging class will be in the downstairs classroom from 10-11 a.m. on Wednesdays, starting on March 20 and continuing March 27, April 3 and (in the big event hall) concluding April 10. All are at The Well, 210 S. James Garner Ave.
Pyle brings a lifelong passion for healthy living to The Well. She is a registered nurse and a certified health and wellness coach and educator through the National Institute of Whole Health. She spent 26 years working as an RN and has been a certified yoga instructor for the past nine years. After completing training in Baxter Bell in California, she earned an instruction certification in Yoga for Healthy Aging.
“This is a class for anyone who wants to know about healthy living,” Pyle told me last year. “You don’t have to be older to benefit from the class. There will be discussion about how to be as healthy as you can, even if you are living with chronic illness or have physical limitations including how to modify exercise.” Here are the topics her Healthy Aging series will cover.
Part 1. Definition of health and wellness. Goal setting.
We will make a healthy vision board. Bring any pictures, words or images you have cut out of magazines. There will be extra magazines available as well as the board and glue.
Part 2. Physical health and exercise.
How to continue or start working on physical health. This will include an emphasis on strength, balance, agility and flexibility. We will consider ways to achieve this with limitations and modifications.
Part 3. Healthy eating habits. How to improve nutrition and small steps toward healthier eating.
Part 4. Mental Health and stress management. We will look at how lifestyle improvement can aid our mental health. Further discussion on the importance of community and a sense of purpose. Techniques for stress management will be taught.
“I have a passion for teaching others, not only about yoga, but about health and wellness,” she said. “Health is not the absence of disease but rather living your best life.”
Pyle has taught at Moore Norman Technology Center on the South Penn and Norman campuses, as well as at a local studio in Norman.
“I like the concept of The Well, a community wellness center accessible to all,” Pyle said.
Sign up classes via The Well’s new free app, The Well OK, or online at thewellok.org/all-classes.
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