Running Start is a co-ed exercise program for all age groups that incorporates the proper technique of warm-up, stretching, calisthenics, and aerobic exercise tailored to your personal needs. The classes allow everyone to increase or maintain their fitness level in their own way. A clinical exercise physiologist facilitates this program.

Medical Release from a physician and Waiver of Liability are required prior to participation.

Regular physical activity improves your cardiovascular system, muscle tone, and flexibility, as well as reduces the risk of heart disease, the number one killer of adults in the United States. If you increase your physical activity level, you will improve your quality of life. You'll look better, feel better, and have more energy to enjoy your leisure time.

Running Start Swim is a co-ed exercise program for all age groups with shallow-end aerobics and lane swimming. A clinical exercise physiologist facilitates this program.

Medical Release from a physician and Waiver of Liability are required prior to participation.

Regular physical activity improves your cardiovascular system, muscle tone, and flexibility, as well as reduces the risk of heart disease, the number one killer of adults in the United States. If you increase your physical activity level, you will improve your quality of life. You'll look better, feel better, and have more energy to enjoy your leisure time.

Supervised medical exercise consisting of an initial fitness assessment and progressive resistance training, flexibility exercises, and a cardiovascular program. 

A clinical exercise physiologist facilitates this program. 

* Please DO NOT register prior to completing your Intake and being assigned a class time.

* Medical Release from a physician and Waiver of Liability are required prior to participation. Once your Medical Release has been received, an exercise physiologist will contact you to schedule an Intake Appointment. 

DEVELOP A SENSE OF BELONGING THROUGH SHARED EXPERIENCES

Fun, creative, and lively, this series of evidence-based dance classes encourages participants to build stamina, strength, and confidence all while moving to music in a joyful and nonjudgmental atmosphere. These gentle movement classes begin with an engaging seated warm-up that gradually builds to dancing while holding on to the back of a chair and then dancing throughout the room.

No prior experience is necessary, and attendees are invited to take the class at their own pace and slow down or rest at any time.

Adults 65 years of age or older with PD, early dementia, or individuals looking for cardiac rehabilitation are especially encouraged to participate.

Participants are welcome to join for one class or all eight! Cost is $8/class.

For more information call (207) 373-6585.

Join Ruth E. Macy, PT, DPT, of Mid Coast Hospital Rehabilitation, each month for a FREE discussion on topics of concern to every woman.

Registration is required.

Mid Coast Center for Community Health & Wellness, Teaching Kitchen, 329 Maine Street in Brunswick

For more information call (207) 373-6585.

This all-day retreat is limited to participants and graduates of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction.

Mindfulness-based exercises, meditation, and movement (stretches and gentle yoga) will be combined with discussion of the principles of mindfulness and its relevance to stress in our lives.

Registration is required

329 Maine Street, Brunswick, Main Entrance

For more information, please call (207) 373-6585

This FREE support group promotes wellness in those who have survived a stroke. Each month, a topic of interest to stroke patients and their families is discussed, and guest speakers are invited.Participants have the opportunity to ask questions and learn from others.

The Stroke Support Group is facilitated by a Mid Coast Hospital rehabilitation therapist.

FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH FROM 1 – 2 P.M.

Mid Coast Hospital 123 Medical Center Drive, Brunswick, Conference Room 3

For more information call (207) 373-6183 or email StrokeSupportGroup@mainehealth.org 

A FREE monthly series that provides cooking demonstrations and education showing how chronic disease can be prevented, treated and even reversed with a plant-based diet for an overall healthier lifestyle.

Presentations by Timothy Howe, MD

Food Demonstrations by Sheryl McWilliams RN, MPH and Lyn Howe, MPH

Mid Coast Center for Community Health & Wellness Teaching Kitchen, 329 Maine Street in Brunswick

Registration is required.