Living Well @ 深夜福利站

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Wellness Events Calendar

has a full list of activities across campus, or you can download a monthly PDF version.

Be a Wellness Champion!

Join our network of Champions to help bring the best wellness programming and represent your department/area.

New to Living Well?

Please complete a release form to participate in our classes.

Email to join our mailing list, get updates, access early-bird registration and our monthly calendar.

Rewards! You can turn your health activities into Wellness Reward points toward prizes!

About Living Well @ 深夜福利站

Living Well @ 深夜福利站 provides free wellness activities that span the seven domains of wellness, intended to maintain and improve employee well-being. Come join us!

Living Well Activities

Circuit Weight Training

Join Emily Downs every Monday for a strength-based circuit training class. No experience necessary!

When: Mondays from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m.
Where: Arts & Humanities Building, Room 2B15

 and be sure to collect your Wellness Reward points.

Yoga Tuesdays with Tracy

Join Tracy Ishmael in her weekly yoga class! This activity class focuses on improving posture, balance, coordination, strength and breath control by practicing a series of physical postures. Use the power of positive thinking to develop harmony in the body, mind, and environment. Namaste. Please bring your own yoga mat.

When: Tuesdays from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m.
Where: Arts & Humanities Building, Room 2B15

 and be sure to collect your Wellness Reward points.

Zen Meditation Sitting

Please join us for Zen Meditation, where we will practice "Just Sitting" meditation. This silent seated meditation involves focusing on your breath and allowing thoughts to come and go. We provide chairs, yoga Where mats, and meditation cushions. You are welcome to bring your own.

When: Tuesdays from 2:00 to 2:20 p.m.
Where: Arts and Humanities Building, Room 2B15

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Yoga with Melissa

Join Mel Chaffe who is offering a yoga class that focuses on improving posture, balance, coordination, strength and breath control by practicing a series of physical postures. Use the power of positive thinking to develop harmony in the body, mind, and environment. Namaste. 

When: Wednesdays from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m.
Where: Arts & Humanities Building, Room 2B15

 and be sure to collect your Wellness Reward points. 

Gentle Mindful Movements/Chair Yoga

Join Emily Downs, wellness instructor for a virtual 15-minute wellness break. The break will be either a chair yoga or a meditation break.

When: Wednesdays from 2:45 to 3:00 p.m.
Where: Virtual

 and be sure to collect your Wellness Reward points. 

Zumba

Join a Certified Zumba instructor on Thursdays for a lunch time Zumba class. Open to all 深夜福利站 employees.

When: Thursdays from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m.
Where: Arts and Humanities Building, Room 2B15 

 and be sure to collect your Wellness Reward points. 

Pilates by Michelle Moses

Pilates is a form of exercise that involves simple, repetitive exercises that increase muscle strength, endurance, flexibility, and postural stability. Participants can self-guide the intensity of their exercise.

When: Fridays from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m.
Where: Arts & Humanities Building, Room 2B15

 and be sure to collect your Wellness Reward points. 

Track Walking and Skating at Thompson Arena

Track Walking - During the winter months, 深夜福利站 employees may access the walking track in Thompson arena.  It's a good way to get your walk in, even when the weather is not cooperating! No sign-up is required. The track is available to student/staff/faculty from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday to Friday. 

Skating is open to employees on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 1:00 to 2 p.m.  Skaters are required to bring their own skates, and CSA helmets are mandatory.

Important: Please check out the 深夜福利站 Campus Rec Schedule/Hours

Wellness Walks

When: Every Thursday or Friday from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. 
Where: Meet at the Biological & Geological Sciences Building (BGS)

Take a break and get outside for some fresh air! Join Ben Souriol for an hour-long walk through the various trails and walking paths on campus. If you can't commit to the full hour, no problem! There are opportunities along the route to return back to the office.

Dress appropriately for the weather, as walks may continue through foul weather. Participants are encouraged to email Ben - bsouriol@uwo.ca - to be placed on a mailing list to confirm day, as well as in the event of a cancellation or time change.  This is a great way to explore campus, connect with nature, meet new colleagues and improve your overall well-being.

Events for April

Pow Wow Fitness
April 2 & 16, 6 to 7 p.m.

The Wampum Learning Lodge is hosting Pow Wow Fitness classes this month. Everyone (Indigenous & non-Indigenous) are welcome to join Lisa Hill from Moccasin Flow for the classes. Classes run on April 2 and April 16, 2025 from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. at the Wampum Learning Lodge, an intercultural teaching, learning, and gathering space.

The Glass Room Exhibit - Weldon Library

Weldon Library continues to host the much-lauded  into April.

What happens when you rely on social media for information? How do you know if a picture or tweet is truthful? What data is being collected about you and why? What power do you have to shape your relationship with technology? If you use a smart phone, browse the internet, or follow social media, this eye-opening international exhibit is relevant to you. 

Hours: The exhibit (room 113) is open to everyone and visitors may browse the displays during the .

Internal Wellness Rewards

Congratulations to our March  – Alanna Marson (深夜福利站 Libraries) 🎉and Sarah Visscher (Institutional Planning & Budgeting) 🎉.

April Wellness Challenge

This month, let's make it all about YOU, with a focus on self-care. The April Wellness Challenge is Self-Care Bingo. Simply and take some time to participate in individual activities that will help bring joy, calm and self-compassion your way! Track your progress and submit your card entry to livingwell@uwo.ca by noon on April 30 to be entered into the draw!

Here are some additional resources to help you get started:

Congratulations to our March Internal Rewards Winners - Alanna Marson (深夜福利站 Libraries) 🎉and Sarah Visscher (Institutional Planning & Budgeting)🎉.

Save the Date - Employee Wellness Fair - May 14

Put it in your calendar! The 深夜福利站 Employee Health and Wellness Fair will be held on May 14, 2025 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Alumni Hall. Details will be coming soon. Don't miss out on the incredible vendors and opportunities for door prizes!

Previously Recorded Activities

Did you miss our special Introduction to Gut Health? We recorded the Zoom presentation for you!

 - Recorded January 19, 2024

This presentation, from 深夜福利站's on-campus dietitian looks at the benefits of gut health and its role in immunity. You'll also learn about the diversity diet for gut health, important lifestyle factors, and the role of prebiotics and probiotics. Our dietician Kelsey Russell-Murray, RD, MSc, BSC has worked as an inpatient hospital dietitian for the past decade, and is founder of Gut Healthy Dietitian Inc.

Introduction to Yoga

This 40-minute activity class with instructor Tracy focuses on breath control, mindfulness, and adopting specific postures to promote relaxation and improve the health of the mind, body, and spirit. Namaste.

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Mobility for Better Mentality

The class combines multiple methods of stretching and movement patterns to increase flexibility, stability, and improve pain management. 

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Yoga with Cassie

This activity class focuses on breath control, mindfulness, and adopting specific postures to promote relaxation and improve the health of the mind, body, and spirit. Namaste.

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Guided Meditation with Dr. J

Dr. Tanaz Javan will guide you through a set of techniques intended to encourage a heightened state of awareness and focused attention. Take a well-deserved break to focus on your emotional and spiritual well-being.

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Zumba!

This high-energy aerobic fitness class features movements inspired by various styles of Latin American dance. You are guaranteed to have fun while improving coordination, balance, strength, and heart health.

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Release, Restore, and Rest

Instructor Melissa Ostrowski will start with a meditation or embodiment practice, giving you the chance to release the day’s events, come back into your body and the present moment, and breathe. From there, we’ll move into 1 or 2 restorative yoga postures. We’ll hold these postures for 5 -10 minutes each, so having blankets and pillows handy can be really supportive. If you have yoga blocks or bolsters those work, but are not necessary. Finally, we’ll end with a delicious savasana. The goal is to leave the session feeling a little lighter, more grounded, and ready for a great night sleep. This is a great gift to give yourself at the end of the day.

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Yoga with Melissa

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FUN!ctional Fitness

Using her unique storytelling approach, instructor Ariana Crispin-Frei will focus on functional movement patterns such as squatting, hingeing, lunging, pushing, pulling, and twisting. By learning and engaging proper form in your workouts, you will reduce your risk of injury while performing everyday tasks - such as lunging to tie your shoe, squatting to lift a box, pulling a heavy door closed, or pushing it open. Plus, these types of movements use multiple muscles at once, so you are getting an effective and efficient workout while strengthening your body holistically. Come train with Ariana and let's put the "FUN" back in "functional". 

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Pilates

This low-impact form of exercise with Instructor Jenny Goldberg aims to strengthen muscles while improving postural alignment and flexibility. Pilates moves tend to target the core, but manages to engage muscles throughout the entire body!  

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10-Minute Wellness Break Videos

Previously Recorded Wellness Presentations and Activities

Art Workshops

  • Watercolour Painting -   Grab your supplies and join us for guided lessons that will tap into your artistic side!
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深夜福利站 Coffeehouse

Take a break, grab a warm beverage and enjoy music performed by talented 深夜福利站 students. 

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Self-Compassion

Workshop delivered by Kelsey Sick and Vanessa Coulbeck, graduate students working under Dr. Eva Pila at the Body Image and Health Lab within the school of Kinesiology at 深夜福利站.  .

Hygge: The Art of Creating Coziness

This session explores the Danish philosophy of Hygge and the benefits of creating a comfortable and relaxing atmosphere. Grab your favourite warm beverage, light a candle, grab a blanket and enjoy! Presentation delivered by Michelle from CHMA.

Interested in learning more? Visit the Huron Hygge for more information and opportunities.

Connecting with Environmental Wellness at 深夜福利站

Jessica Cordes and Evan Green (Office of Sustainability) review past accomplishments, current and future initiatives and examine the various ways that employees can improve their environmental well-being and get involved at 深夜福利站. 

Lifestyle Choices and Mental Health

Dr. Peter Lemon, Director of the Exercise Nutrition Research Laboratory at 深夜福利站 highlights the connection between nutrition, physical activity and mental health,while providing practical tips to improve your well-being. .

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