“FEED YOUR MIND, BODY AND SOUL” – HEALTH EDUCATION DAY
May 6th, 2009

Students and staff participated in the bi-annual “Health Education Day,” an integral part of our health ed curriculum. Health Ed Day brings experts from outside of Sant Bani School to share their knowledge with students through workshop sessions held throughout the day.

This year’s theme was “Feed Your Mind, Body and Soul” and included a keynote presentation from Eat Right America. The keynote presentation and answer session was an incredible opportunity that held faculty and students spellbound. It ended in a spontaneous standing ovation for our guest speakers. More on the Eat Right America program will follow.

Sant Bani School is grateful for the time and talent our presenters provided to our Junior High and High School students and to Priscilla Fay of our Guidance Department for spearheading the effort to put the day’s program together.

Here is a full listing of the workshop offerings:

“The Works” About Your Brain–Rob Ullman.
Rob Ullman is a liscensed Drug and Alcohol Counselor from Horizons Counseling. Choose this workshop and learn all about how the emotional and behavior centers of the brain work. Then discover how medications, illegal substances and mental illness can affect, and even change the brain. Rob is a knowledgeable speaker and will offer a clear picture for you as to how your choices can influence your brain.

Create Bowls Using Nature’s Impression –Lorraine Jones. Lorraine Jones is an extraordinary artist who works at Sant Bani School. She will work with the group to use concrete and plaster to cast a variety of leaves and natural objects. The group will create everything from small bowls to large bird baths and garden structures. Then they will cast and then paint them to create an interesting and attractive surface. No experience necessary. The end result is inspiring!

Near & Middle Eastern Belly Dance (The Old Style Belly Dance.) – Linda Hammond.
Linda will introduce the terminology of the oldest form of Belly Dancing. You will unravel its roots and discover the magic of this powerful dance from its spiritual connection, music, finger cymbals and costumes. This dance form is a powerful workout for your core!

Learn to Row Crew – Paul Euiler.
Paul Euiler comes to us as the Director of Youth Rowing for the Winnipesaukee Rowing Club. He will introduce the sport of rowing on one of several erg machines (a stationary rowing machine). This is the first step to discovering the sport of rowing on the water. Proper form is necessary and the erg machines are where it all starts. A lifetime of rowing is where it can take you….

Get Energized with Reiki - Grace Crane Mauzy.
Reiki is a spiritual healing art that is practiced throughout the world. It is a subtle and effective form of energy healing using spiritually guided life force energy (Rei-ki). It is not massage nor is it based on belief or suggestion. A Reiki session usually is between 60 and 90 minutes in length. Reiki aids in stress reduction and is almost always a very relaxing experience. Learn all about how Reiki works and how it can help us.

The Power of Positive Energy – Grace Crane Mauzy.
Your attitude and perspective deeply affect how you present yourself to the world. A famous quote by Emerson reads: Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your objective. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Learn that what you get back in life has a direct correlation with what you give. Discover how to develop and use positive energy in your daily approach to life.

East Coast Swing and All That Jazz Meets Stylish Salsa and the Latin Beat – Juli Pruden.
Juli Pruden began taking ballroom dance classes in her early twenties and quickly fell in love with the many styles including ballroom, Latin, and swing. Juli started teaching all of those styles in 1999 and her love of dancing is transmitted to her students. She has taught adolescents and people in their 80s! She is rewarded by their progress and increased confidence. She teaches both group and private lessons in the Newfound Region. Dancing is her passion and she is eager to share it with you. Juli is offering two workshops.
Workshop I – East Coast Swing
Her workshop on East Coast Swing will introduce partner dancing in this traditional way. East Coast Swing is a fast, energetic, rotational dance characterized by a lot of turns. It started towards the beginning of the 20th century and was really popular during the Big Band era. It can also be danced to 50s rock and roll and enjoyed a resurgence during the 90s with bands like Brian Setzer, Royal Crown Review, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and through Gap Commercials.
Workshop II – Salsa
Her second workshop is Salsa is a very popular club dance that originated in Puerto Rico and is a descendant of the Cuban Mambo. It is fast and fun, and the music is full of syncopated rhythms. It is also characterized by a lot of turns and is both sexy and relaxed at the same time.

Feed Your Health – Jeanne Prescott.
Jeanne will give an overview of eating disorders with the spectrum from anorexia nervosa to binge eating and obesity. She will outline predisposing factors which may lead to an eating disorder, medical aspects of eating disorders and touch on mindfulness and mindful eating.

Yoga Experience – Santosha Bouchard
This offering will be both informative and experiential…
Santosha will be speaking about yoga: What is yoga and where did it originate? What are some of the different yoga practices?
Why practice yoga? Any other questions about yoga???
A good part of the time you share together will be practicing yoga, this is the best way to know the yoga experience.

Experience a Complete Yoga Session – Santosha Bouchard
Santosha will share a complete yoga experience: centering, intention setting, warm-ups, posture holdings and flows, guided relaxation and a gentle transition to the rest of the days activities.

Feed Yourself and Others through Travel and Service - Magbe Savane (SBS ’07.)
Hear of Magbe’s travels to Africa’s Pokuase Village, summer 2008, to work with other volunteers from the US to address health issues of local women. Magbe also developed a healthy living skill program in order to introduce preventative healthcare in an effort to improve the lives of the native women. Learn about Magbe’s experience through conversation, pictures and presentation. She is truly inspiring!

Body, Balance and Connect! – Tony Mure.
Come and discover your core strength. Learn how to strengthen your core and use it to your advantage in any sport or activity you do. Tony Mure comes to us with a certification from Igor Burdenko, PH.D., who is the originator of the Burdenko method, a unique, problem solving method for rapid healing, rehab, injury free training and conditioning. Tony has been a private trainer for the past thirteen years in this area. He has worked with sports teams and individuals of all ages.

Kick Your Way into Shape – Sharyl Geisert.
Build your core strength with a 50-minute exercise class of kickboxing. Work on your flexibility and core strength.

Defend Yourself – Sharyl Geisert and Sue Plant.
Sheryl and Sue will teach a dynamic instructional and interactive class on self defense. Learn the movements and processes to defending yourself in adversarial situations. Learn why it is your right to protect yourself.

Feed Yourself with a Hip Hop Class – Erica Gilbert.
Erica will introduce you to the basics of Hip Hop. This class will focus on dancing to modern beats and rhythms with lots of fun and energy. Students will learn about benefits of dancing as a form of self-expression and a way to let loose and have some fun!

“Survivor Island” – Eileen Pucci.
Eileen Pucci comes to us from the Franklin Savings Bank. She will discuss the differences between Wants and Needs, and determine the role money plays in setting priorities. Students will be given a scenario of a family living on a secluded island for four months. They’ll have a budget, and a list of supplies to purchase for the family to make it through the four months. This is an excellent experience for anyone. Saving is hard!

Vinyasa Yoga – Marybeth Bailey.
Come enjoy a Vinyasa Flow yoga session. Learn to unite movement and breath, mind and body through a dynamic, active and fun yoga practice. Wear comfortable clothing.

“Feed It, Don’t Deplete It” –Juanita Fernandes or Lakes Region General Hospital.
Explore the Effects of Heat & Trauma on the Body. Juanita Fernandes, RN, will guide you in understanding the effects of traumatic injury to the brain, and damage due to excessive heat inflicted on the body.

Feed Your Mind, Body and Soul –Georgette Misiewicz.
Learn more about your BMI (Body Mass Index), what does it all mean in relation to why there is such a wide range. Learn about the appropriate amount of exercise, and supporting your body during athletic endeavors. Discover the keys and tips to fueling yourself by your diet, and experience general healthy living through choices.

Healing from Trauma: Lessons People can take from Animals – Liz Wilding.
Trauma is experienced every time we have an overwhelming event we cannot escape from. We all have trauma. Come explore the lessons that animals can teach us to help free ourselves from the traumas we’ve lived through.

“Your Body is Your Biography” – Lisa Charest.
Join Lisa Charest of Summit Health New Hampshire to take a look at how your body stores its life experiences, from an anatomic, physiologic, emotional, and spiritual (path/purpose) perspective. Learn how the memories get stored in your cells, muscles and mind, and then learn strategies to exist without the cumulative strain.

The Enneagram – Explore Personality Types – Liz Wilding.
Come and receive an introduction to the Enneagram, which is the easiest and most accurate way to unlock the secrets of personality. Have some light-hearted fun discovering how your personality and character traits tend to respond differently depending upon the situation or conversation. Gain a better understanding of yourself and others in the workings of human dynamics.

Experience Cyanotype – Amy Wilson
This is an alternative/antique photographic process that does not include the use of a camera. making it available to all. The group will coat a piece of watercolor paper with the cyanotype emulsion, dry it with a hair drier, and then use natural, transparent, objects to create images. This is a process with immediate results. The class may modify their images in the initial application of their emulsion or in the application of a variety of media after the image has been processed.

Use Your Digital Camera Creatively – Amy Wilson
Learn how to maximize the creative potential of your camera. By changing your aperture you can purposefully use selective focus or have a great depth of field in which everything is in focus. By changing your shutter you may stop motion or blur motion intentionally. By changing your exposures you may optimize natural light, whether it is low light indoors or bright light outdoors. In this workshop students will learn how manipulating their shutter, aperture, and ISO, reading their in-camera histogram and over or underexposing can result in creative and purposeful images. The class can be flexible depending upon the experience held by the group.
(Please make a note if you need to borrow a camera.)