Wellness Life Coaching

PTS is pleased to make Wellness Life Coaching available and affordable on campus for students and spouses this year as an alternative or a complement to traditional counseling and/or spiritual direction. Wellness coaching provides guidance and support for individuals who want to make lifestyle changes important to their well-being such as eating in a healthier way, sticking to an exercise schedule, managing time effectively, or dealing with chronic health challenges. Referrals are through the Office of Student Counseling. Student accounts will be charged $10 if the student or spouse is in the SBHP and $15 if they are not, for up to 12 sessions, usually twice per month.

Self-Care and Wellness Assessment

The Office of Student Counseling would like to invite you to fill out an 80-question Self-Care and Wellness Assessment and Goal-Setting Tool. Both resources are intended to help you assess your strengths in four overlapping areas of wellness. A printed copy of the assessment is available in the lobby of Scheide Hall. More information and a downloadable PDF can be viewed here.

 Fitness Classes at PTS

Each year trained fitness instructors from within the Seminary community step forward to offer a handful of different classes to get your heart pumping and help relieve stress. You can pick up a registration form from any of the instructors or download here. You can also stop by the Office of Student Life (210 Templeton) to pick one up. A $25 fee each year will allow you to take as many classes as you like. Classes are open to all students and seminary employees, as well as all spouses and dependents 16 or older. If you have any questions, please contact Catherine Ahmad in the Office of Student Life (210 Templeton; 609-497-7880; catherine.ahmad@ptsem.edu). All classes take place in the Red Room of the gym unless otherwise noted.

 SPRING 2013 FITNESS OFFERINGS

 MONDAYS:

Yoga with Ryan Irmer: 12:30 – 1:30 pm Fitness Yoga blends balance, strength, flexibility and power that flows from pose to pose. This class delivers a practical, user-friendly style, which is doable by individuals at any level of fitness.

Salsa with Steve Belo: 7:00 – 8:00 pm Salsa is the most popular social dance in the latin culture. The dance is improvised or can be choreographed with a partner using fun, energetic and intricate turn patterns. No experience or partner needed for this class. This class will be focused on learning how to social dance.

WEDNESDAYS:

Adult Cardio Hip Hop Dance with Melanie Marsh: 8:00 – 9:00 am For those looking for a challenge and those who just want to get up and dance! This class is ideal for anyone looking for a fun way to exercise. No prior dance experience is necessary. The class will be focused on fitness and strength, and all skill levels of dancers - even new dancers - are welcome to join.

Cardio Boot Camp with Steve Belo: 7:00 – 8:00 pm "Cardio Bootcamp" is an energetic group exercise class that uses cardio kickboxing, step aerobics, and bootcamp style total body work outs to raise your heart rate to a calorie burning level! No experience needed. Bring a towel and water.

THURSDAYS:

Yoga with Lisa Robinson: 5:00 – 6:15 pm Feeling tired, run down, and stressed out? Come enjoy a tranquil and spiritual Yoga and Meditation experience where you will leave feeling relaxed, refreshed, rejuvenated, and at peace.

FRIDAYS:

Jiu Jitsu with James Kim: 3:00 - 4:30 PM pm JiuJitsu is a martial art, combat sport, and self-defense system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting. Come join James and learn about this exciting sport! Beginners welcome.

SATURDAYS:

Children’s Dance Class with Melanie Marsh: 9:00 – 10:00 am Join us for an hour of fun, high-energy creative movement geared toward young dancers of all skill levels. We will explore the rhythms and movements of our bodies while learning the basics of hip-hop, modern, ballet and jazz technique. We will also create our own styles of dance and freestyle movement. Please note that a 3 -5 year old class will be held for six weeks from 1/22/13 – 3/2/13. This class is limited to a maximum of 8 children. A 6 – 9 year old class will be held for six weeks from 3/9/13 – 4/13/13. This class is limited to a maximum of 12 children.

Yoga with Emily Dumler: 10:30 – 11:45 am This yoga class will combine an energizing flow of movements and poses with a focus on breath, balance, and meditation. Beginners to experienced practitioners of yoga are welcome. Bring your own mat if you have one, and if you don't have one come anyway! This class will be held in W34 of 501 Farber (CRW).

Fitness Recommendations from the Department of Health and Human Services

To reap the health rewards of exercise, you have to push yourself to get your heart rate into its ideal training zone, according to the American College of Sports Medicine. Your maximum heart rate (MHR) is roughly 220 minus your age. Your training zone or targe rate is 50% to 70% of that. To his that rate you need to get at least a moderate level of exercise. The Department of Health and Human Services reommends that you get at least 150 minutes a week of moderate aerobic activity, such as brisk walking, swimming, or mowing the lawn, or 75 minutes a week of vigorous aerobic activity, such as running or dancing. The department also recommends doing some type of strength training at least twice a week. For more on physical activity guidelines visit www.cdc.gov.

Wholistic Health Initiative

Overview
The Wholistic Health Initiative involves doing our part in ministry to make God’s gift of “abundant life” real in the various overlapping dimensions of our lives: physical, spiritual, emotional, and mental. The Wholistic Health Initiative (purposefully spelled with a W to emphasize the “whole” person) is an outgrowth of the Festival for Fitness week begun in 1998. Rather than focusing on a single week of events highlighting health, the intention of the initiative is to sponsor and support events centering on wholeness throughout the year.

The Mission
1. Facilitate the awareness of wholistic health as an integrated and interdependent balance of physical, psychological, relational, and spiritual well being;
2. Encourage and empower students, faculty and staff to develop values, habits, and a lifestyle which support health in all its dimensions;
3. Provide educational resources and experiential opportunities to advance wholistic health and balance as a lifelong orientation involving self-awareness, responsibility, educated choice, and proactive behavior.

The Rationale
Ministers of the gospel are often agents in promoting the health and well being of others, but are not always appropriately attentive to their own wholistic needs. God’s interest for us is that we have a life that “abounds” (II Corinthians 9:8; John 10:10). In ministry, as in parenting, we teach by example; we can facilitate the wholeness of others most effectively when we take responsibility for the various dimensions of what health and abundant life mean for us personally.

The Wholistic Health Fair
To support the goals of the Wholistic Health Initiative, the PTS community welcomes representatives of various wholistic health practices from New Jersey and Pennsylvania to participate in the Wholistic Health Fair. The fair provides PTS community members with an opportunity to learn about and sample local services and resources. Past fairs have included free massages, chiropractic consultations, various health screenings, reiki, chi gong and acupuncture demonstrations, free “mocktails”, the labyrinth prayer walk, and information about counseling opportunities, eye health, fitness and yoga centers, nutrition, alcohol, and much more. Members of the campus community are encouraged to get involved with the fair by volunteering to help at the fair and by attending the fair.

Get Involved
The WHI is run by students and overseen by Nancy Schongalla-Bowman. Events are run when students take initiative to make them happen. If interested in leading a WHI event for the 2012-1013 contact Nancy.  You can also get involved with the WHI at PTS by helping with Student Health 101, a monthly health and wellness e-magazine produced by PTS in conjunction with other schools nationwide.