Health & Wellness Section :: Page 24

• A day of disability awareness at AUM

  By Megan BachmanDecember 3, 2014

  

  Antioch University Midwest will host an all-day conference on disability on Friday, Dec. 5, aimed at raising awareness about the issues facing those with physical and mental disabilities.

• Calling on dance to fight Parkinson’s

  By Jenn WheelerOctober 9, 2014

  

  Every Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m., Jill Becker, a local dance instructor, meets with a small group of people at the Yellow Springs Senior Center to lead a dance class intended to help participants manage the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.

• Villagers win gold at Gay Games

  By Diane ChiddisterOctober 3, 2014

  

  Delaine Adkins, Kristine Hofstra and Judy Kintner came away from the 2014 Gay Games with gold medals and something more — a sense of hope about living in Ohio, a state that has not always felt welcoming to its gay residents.

• Grand opening for Wellness Center

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 5, 2014

  

  The grand opening for the Antioch College Wellness Center takes place this Saturday, Sept. 6, from noon to 4 p.m.

• Mindfully Well Center opening

  By YS News StaffAugust 27, 2014

  

  The Mindfully Well Center is a collective of practitioners, each devoted to their healing art. The center will celebrate its grand opening with an open house Mon., Sept. 1, from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. at 1525 Xenia Ave.

• New business offers Body Wisdom

  By Jenn WheelerAugust 7, 2014

  

  When Julie Pies and Patti Mielziner returned to Ohio to be closer to their immediate family, they hoped that their newly opened bodywork practice in Yellow Springs, Body Wisdom, would help them to create some new family as well. Through their work together over time with their clients and patients, Julie said, they come to be like family.

• Bodywork at Body Wisdom

  By Jenn WheelerJuly 29, 2014

  

  Julie Pies and Patti Mielziner returned to Ohio to be closer to their immediate family and to bring their bodywork practice, Body Wisdom, to Yellow Springs.

• Spotlight on mental health

  By Megan BachmanJuly 24, 2014

  

  Formed in the wake of last summer’s tragic shooting event, the Yellow Springs affiliate of the National Association of Mental Illness, or NAMI, runs support groups for those with mental illness and their family members and friends.

• Wellness Center launches fundraiser

  By Megan BachmanJuly 10, 2014

  

  Last week, Antioch launched $1 million community fundraising campaign to cover some of the $7.8 million cost of renovating its 44,000-square-foot Wellness Center.

• A sneak peek of the new Antioch Wellness Center

  By Megan BachmanJuly 2, 2014

  

  Antioch College opened to the public last weekend its 44,000-square foot Wellness Center currently undergoing a $7.8 million renovation. See more photos.