With September designated as National Senior Centers Month, we continue celebrating this year’s theme of Mind-Body-Spirit-Community, focusing on knowledge, programs, and resources for the Active Adult community.
This week we’ll focus on SPIRIT, and ways in which Active Adults make choices and take action based on awareness of their values and purpose.
With September designated as National Senior Centers Month, we continue celebrating this year’s theme of Mind-Body-Spirit-Community, focusing on knowledge, programs, and resources for the Active Adult community.
This week we’ll focus on BODY, and ways in which Active Adults can strengthen and maintain their body’s fitness, and contribute to their overall health and wellness.
September is officially National Senior Center Month, recognizing the contributions of organizations dedicated to providing knowledge, programs, and resources for the Active Adult community.
This year’s theme is Mind-Body-Spirit-Community. Each week this month, we’ll focus on a different component of the theme, beginning with MIND.
A Boomer Poem, inspired by “Two of Us” (“On Our Way Home”), by The Beatles (1970)
The two of us looking always, never finding
the right place
One day we were out driving, suddenly smiling
We found it: OUR HOME!
We found our new home
This is our new home
We’re moving home
Lately, we hear a lot about taking time for “self-care.” But it’s far more than a buzz word. By definition, Self-Care means, “the practice of taking an active role in protecting one’s own well-being and happiness, particularly during times of stress.”
Experts have identified five areas of focus for Active Adults in terms of self-care:
Lots of sentimental sayings focus on the idea of “home.” While each resonates differently, depending upon where you live, one thing is for certain: we carry with us a piece of each place we’ve called “home,” and those pieces, those feelings, are what we look for when we inhabit our current home.
Let’s look at a few of these ideas about “home”:
Maintaining physical fitness means far more than simply going outside and taking a daily walk. On the flip side, physical fitness doesn’t require you to complete a workout that’s so strenuous that it turns you off of exercise completely.
“Windsong’s mission trickles down even to the happy homeowners. Windsong does, and should, do well because of the quality and care they put into everything they do.”
- Mitch Morris, Morris Drywall
Summer Days at Windsong
A Boomer Poem, inspired by “Saturday In the Park,” by Chicago (1972)
Summer days on our block
Already the end of July
Neighbors all stop and talk
About how fast the year’s going by.
News flash: It’s HOT outside!
Georgia temperatures have topped 93 degrees several times over the past week, leaving everyone feeling as if they’re about to melt into the sidewalk when they walk to the mailbox or take the dog for a walk.
As Active Adults (who enjoy putting the “active” in that title!), we want to both keep moving and stay fit while avoiding the problems that come from becoming overheated (a host of issues, known collectively as hyperthermia).