In the community of Augusta, Maine there are a few different options of wellness programs. Some are for people who are seeking recovery help with addictions, while others are more geared towards healthy living. The main wellness center that seemed to have a well around base for all health problems was Maine General Living Resource Center ("Healthy Living Resource Center - MaineGeneral Health, Augusta, ME," 2015).
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Maine General has a program called Healthy Living Resources Center, the program offers a balance of the mind, heart and body by focusing on supporting healthy lifestyle changes. This is to help reduce and eliminate chronic health issues. Healthy Living Resources Center offer healthy cooking …show more content…
There is another class offered called the Healthy Gut, Healthy you. It helps by removing toxins from one’s body and leaning towards healthier options. Another create class for mind and body is make and take essential oils. People to experience the different uses of essential oils and are able to take some home with them as well. One of the classes offered for body and mind Health is Self-Care with Reiki Energy. It explores the idea of reiki and how to harness one’s own energy, this will help with balancing a person body ("Healthy Living Resource Center - MaineGeneral Health, Augusta, ME," 2015).
Mind and Body Health “Soul collage” is a class that helps a person to discover themselves through using pictures from magazines and turning them into art to self-reflect. Another class that uses the power of mind is stop smoking with hypnosis. They work with a person to figure out triggers and help them to stop smoking. The final class is walking the Labyrinth; Maine General has made a labyrinth on site to allow people to connect a higher power ("Healthy Living Resource Center - MaineGeneral Health, Augusta, ME," 2015).
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This program offers adults help with weight loss, increase of physical activity, food tracking and peer support group. This also come with a one year of support and help from a life coach. They see you once per week, for 16 weeks. Then one hour every other week ("Healthy Living Resource Center - MaineGeneral Health, Augusta, ME," 2015). There is a class that is offered for free by helping people who live with chronic pain or chronic conditions, such as type 2 diabetes. This class is offered for free and helps deal with eating, physical activity, how to deal with stress. It works by dealing with all and any problems to do these conditions ("Healthy Living Resource Center - MaineGeneral Health, Augusta, ME," 2015).
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Even though Maine General does charge for some of the classes, they do offer scholarship to help pay for the classes. They even give discounts for military people and of course, employees of Maine General get a discount as well. It a program that works closely with doctors, nutritionist, fitness instructor and even specialist dealing with medical diseases. It is great opportunities for the community to take advantage of, to help improve their overall life’s ("Healthy Living Resource Center - MaineGeneral Health, Augusta, ME," 2015).
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