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Free Cholesterol Screening
We invite you to participate in free health screenings for employees, including cholesterol, blood pressure, BMI, and glucose measurements. Screenings will take less than 15 minutes to complete and participants should fast for 8+ hours prior to the screening. Earn 1,000 MyWellness points by printing out your personalized biometric screen form here and bringing it with you to the event. A light, yummy breakfast will be served for participants.
Earn rewards with MyWellness
The new MyWellness program helps you build healthy behaviors and discover new ways to be kind to yourself. It’s simple, fun and designed for you. There are over 100 ways MyWellness can inspire and motivate, no matter where you are on your well-being journey. Employees can earn up to $450 in health account contributions or gift cards for completing a variety of activities. Some of the offerings include mindfulness sessions, resilience and stress management workshops, nutrition and weight-management support and more. You can even have your own wellness coach to help you get started and stay on track!
You can also click HERE for additional information.
MyWellness Program Challenge: Increase Your Steps and Incorporate Mindfulness
Mindful Exploration is a new step challenge to encourage you to get moving and support your well-being. Create a team of up to five players or compete individually as a “team of one.” As your step count goes up, you’ll learn about the mindfulness practices of other cultures. Goals are based on an average of 7,000 steps a day. For more information about the challenge, visit MyWellness and navigate to the Social section and select Challenges.
Registration opens: Monday, August 22
Challenge begins: Monday, August 29
Challenge ends: Sunday, September 25
Sign up for this challenge by clicking here.
In person classes
Stance and Strength
Join us for a gentle movement series including functional movements using body weight, dumbbells, and TRX. Balance and postural movements will also be included. Smiling is heartily encouraged! No prior experience required, all levels welcome!
Mindful Walking - *New offering*
Take a 15 minute break to learn a simple approach to mindfulness that’s easy to incorporate into your daily routine. When we combine the benefits of walking with mindfulness, we can experience numerous improvements to our physical and mental well-being.
Guided Meditation - *New offering*
Join us to experience the numerous benefits a meditative practice can bring to you. Learn how to feel more calm, focused, balanced and to more easily let go of daily stressors and challenges. Practice together with others, ask questions and share in the experience. This class is appropriate for beginners as well as those who already have a regular meditation practice.
Health & Wellbeing Coaching - *New offering*
Struggling to make consistent, positive behavior changes in areas such as nutrition, physical fitness, smoking cessation and stress management? In this series of classes you'll receive support and guidance on creating your Wellness Vision and set achievable goals that facilitate lasting behavior change. Free for Dominican Hospital employees!
Register at: dignityhealth.org/Dominican/pep or call (831) 457-7099.
View the complete schedule and registration information for classes, coaching, and massage on the calendar below. Please check the calendar below for days and times for current wellness classes at the DECC and at the Wellness Center. Please note the location for each class listing.
The Employee Gym is Open!
For safety, all gym users must sign up before they exercise. Sign up here (September 1-15) or here (September 16-30).
Commuter Club
New Commuter Program Offers Free Benefits for Employees
Dominican Hospital is proud to partner with Ecology Action to provide employees with free environmentally friendly services to lessen the burden of commuting. Through this program Dominican employees can take advantage of great benefits including:
If you have questions about wellness programming please contact [email protected] or [email protected].
