Spring Into Wellness First Friday April 1st

First Friday Carbondale
April 1, 2016
Spring Into Wellness
Celebrating Healthy Eating Active Living   (H. E. A. L.)

Showcasing wellness practitioners and businesses that support the health and well-being of our community
and
Promoting Carbondale’s Role in the LiveWell Colorado Initiative!

When:   5:00 – 8:00 pm (and beyond)

Where: Two Featured Locations

• Main Street and periphery – businesses up and down Main Street and just off Main.
• Third Street Center hosting wellness activities and tables for practitioners and businesses not in the core or periphery. Community Garden representatives, Bread Oven community and more on the south lawn.

Why: Collaboratively we are raising awareness of all the wellness opportunities that are available in Carbondale and beyond.

Whose Involved: Yoga studios, Restaurants, Juice Bars, Coffee Shops, Bike Shops, Sports businesses, Gyms/Fitness Centers, Physician Offices, Health Coaches, Nutritionists and more!

Play Spring into Wellness BINGO – Celebrating Healthy Eating Active Living (H.E.A.L.)

Pick up a Bingo card at 4^th and Main or at Third Street Center and collect 6 stamps or initials from 6 participating businesses in downtown and 6 participating practitioners, businesses or gardeners, CSAs at Third Street Center. Turn in your completed Bingo at 4^th and Main or Third Street Center by 8 pm to be included in drawing for donated prizes. You will be notified by e-mail or by phone if you won a prize and will be instructed to pick your prize at Carbondale Recreation Center after Sunday, April 3^rd.

Spring Into Wellness First Friday Downtown

4th and Main: Visit the Carbondale Recreation and Community Center Activities led by Recreation Department Director Erik Brendlinger and his talented staff offering Active Living demonstrations  by the following groups. These programs are all ongoing and offered at the Carbondale Recreation and Community Center.

• The SilverSneakers exercise program will be giving a demonstration and explanation of their program.
• Sahn Tae Kwon Do forms and board breaking demonstration
• The Roaring Fork Pickleball Association will be demonstrating their sport  and the public can give it a try.  We will set up a regulation sixed court on the 4^th street .
• The public is also invited to participate in The Erg Challenge.  We will have two indoor rowers set up and participants can race head to head over a timed course of 200 meters. The fastest competitors of the night will win a 20 punch pass to the Carbondale Recreation and Community Center and the John M. Fleet Pool.
• Garfield County Live Well will provide some printed information and some prizes for the event.
• Another co-sponsor of the event, Sandro Torres with Custom Body Fitness will be setting up a booth and promoting his “6 week sexy slim challenge” campaign and conducting Body Composition Tests.
• Aloha Mountain Cyclery – Aaron Taylor –  is offering Bicycle Love at 4th and Main Streets. Quick bicycle repair assessments, bicycle maintenance and purchasing advice, quick adjustments, lube for your chains and air for your tires. Pedal your way into spring! THANK YOU, Aaron.

At 4th and Main you can also pick up (and drop off your completed) Spring Into Wellness Bingo Card.

Participating Businesses on Main Street
Crystal River Spas at1197 Main Street
Bonfire at
Roaring Fork Food Co-op at
Marble Distillery, Co. at ety of fitness challenges.

Participating Businesses Off Main Street
True Nature at 100 N. Third Street –  4 pm: Stretch Yoga with Joanne Nevilas
Helios Center for Therapeutic Arts at

Spring Into Wellness Participants at Third Street Center, 520 S. Third Street, Carbondale

Front Entry
Davi Nikent, Center for Human Flourishing

Practitioners & Businesses in the Calaway Room
Eileen Macfarlane D. C.
Clear Heart Healing Arts – Claire O’Leary
Hippocrates Table – Peter Goldstein
Heart Healthy Meals – Ardis Hoffman
Inner Wellness Therapies – Jackie Parker
Life’s A Dish – Laurie Nathe
Wellness Wave International – Rachel Dayton
The Wholeness Project – Kimberlie Chenoweth
Chia2 and Paramour Velour – Stacy Everson
Dr. Jody Powell, ND
Wake-up Reiki – Angelique Fowler
BioSynergy Inc – Donna Lee Humble
Kate Cardamone, MA
Elevate Dental Wellness – Becky Steinbach
Illuminating Wellness – Kate Eakins

Alcove East Hall
World of Hands – Cynthia Clark

Businesses in Third Street Center hosting Open House
The Buddy Program – Suite 30
Mindful Life Program – Suite 28
ASFB Folklórico – Suite 20 Open House Rehearsal with Francisco Nevarez-Burgueño, Director

Round Room Activities
5 pm           Revive Yoga with Jamie Fowler

Whether you’ve had a long week or are getting ready for a relaxing/fulfilling weekend. Wrap it up or press the play button, by reviving yourself through the practice of yoga.  We will be exploring our intentions through the third chakra, breath work, visualizations and postures. Please bring a yoga mat, water bottle, and any props that you may use to adjust your poses.

6:30 pm     Tai Chi with Marty Finkelstein

Tai Chi is the best known internal or inner school of Chinese Martial Arts. It differs from hard styles because it emphasizes softness, relaxation, mind body integration, meditation & Chi (breath-energy) development. The ultimate goal is health & longevity. Join Marty Finklestein for an experience of this healing art form. A class perfect for folks new to Tai Chi or current practitioners.

Gym
Roaring Fork Food Alliance – Gwen Garcelon
Erin’s Acres – Erin Cuseo
Grace Shehi Community Garden – Debbie Lyons
Summer Garden Boot Camp – Diana Alcantara
Sewell Ranch
Aspen TREE
RFHS Growing Dome and Gardens – Illene Pevec
Whole Life Lean Plan – Gregory D. A. Garwood
Christen Hillmer – aeroponic gardening
Happy Belly CSA – Dava Parr
doTerra Essential Oils – Stacie Pink
Grace Wayer Solutions, LLC (Kangen) – David Perez
Injury Release & Wellness Rehabilitation Center, LLC – Kathy Stahlman, DC
Basalt High School Band – flash mob New Orleans jazz at 7 pm

You can also pick up (and drop off your completed) Spring Into Wellness Bingo Card at Third Street Center.

If you would like to participate as a “vendor” at Spring Into Wellness and have not yet received an invitation you can download one here – First Friday Call to Action April 2016. Review the information, fill out the form and send it to Davi Nikent, Center for Human Flourishing P. O, Box 307, Carbondale, CO 81623 with the appropriate fee.

Co-Sponsors: (as of March 28th)
Carbondale Chamber of Commerce                    carbondale.com
Clear Heart Healing Arts                                      clearhearthealingarts.com
Custom Body Fitness                                             custombodyfitnessllc.com
Davi Nikent, Center for Human Flourishing       davinikent.org
Elevate Dental Wellness                                         elevatewillits.com
Heart Healthy Meals
Hippocrates Table                                                   hippocratestable.com
LiveWell Garfield County                                      garfield-county.com/livewell
Third Street Center                                               thirdstreetcenter.net
Town of Carbondale Recreation Department     carbondalerec.com
Whole Life Lean Plan
Carbondale Food Co-op                                      carbondalecommunityfoodcoop.org
and MORE…

Questions? e-mail [email protected] or call or e-mail [email protected].

Health Benefits You Can Gain at Spring Into Wellness!

Did you know that the approximate distance from Main Street Carbondale to Third Street Center is ½ of a mile?
Compare your mode of travel between locations:

Walking
1000 steps
10 Minutes
Average of 67 calories burned
No need for parking

Biking
5 minutes
Average of 48 calories burned
No need for parking due to ample bike parking  available.

Driving
3 minutes
Calorie burn, negligible
Average parking time, during First Friday Events, 5 minutes, plus walking time to Town or Third Street from outlying parking spot an additional 5 minutes.Total time with parking 13 minutes, minimal health benefits

Bi-peds and Bikers win the Race!