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CLASSES

Fall quarter has concluded. Thank you all for participating!

We offered 90 Healthy Living classes for 3466 participants.

180 Fitness classes had 2975 enrollees.

We brought 50 WoW classes to your workplace for 472 employees.

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Find out about FREE fitness sampler classes: December 7 - 11.

Winter Quarter class dates: January 11 - March 18

Registration begins January 6th.

HEALTHY LIVING CALENDAR

Get fit, get healthy, get HIP!

View HIP's upcoming Healthy Living classes in the Stanford University Event Calendar

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Learn how the brain impacts our ability to quit smoking and develop the skills you need to finally be free from tobacco.
Smoking Cessation: Intentional Quitting - for Employees & Dependents
1 hour TBD. Counselor will call to schedule.
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT

FREE Fitness Week

Get ready to be fit for the holiday season with a variety of classes for our FREE Fitness Week brought to you by the Health Improvement Program & Stanford Recreation.

Our FREE Fitness Week begins on Monday, December 7 and concludes on Friday, December 11. Bring a friend or two and try classes like TRX, Boot Camp, Pilates and more.

Learn more about FREE Fitness Week and download a schedule.

Check out HIP's healthy recipes

Fall is here and every farmers' market and stand is displaying its harvest of squashes. Find delicious recipes from our BeWell nutritionists, Homemade, the CIA and more.

Vegetarian Butternut Squash & Apple Salad Served in Fresh Pumpkins -Culinary Institute of America

Ingredients:
1 Tbs	unsalted butter
1 ¼ cups	diced onion
1/3 cup	diced carrot
½ cup	diced celery root
1 Tbs	minced fresh ginger
1 clove	garlic, minced
3 to 4 cups	vegetable broth
3 cups	cubed butternut squash
1 cup	sliced tart apple
¼ tsp.	Salt & white pepper
1 tsp.	grated orange zest
1 cup	crème fraîche for garnish (optional)
8	small pumpkins (about a pound each) or one large pumpkin

Recipes and Nutrition

Recipe for Holiday Merriness Very simple ingredients!

Follow this recipe for Holiday Merriness

10-20 oz. of meditation in the morning
(10-20 minutes of deep breathing)
50 oz. of gratitude
20 oz. of exercise
1 lb. of healthy eating

Happy Holidays!

Homemade Co-founder, Dr Chien’s, story From Stanford Medicine to teaching cooking classes

Homemade™ Story

Ai Chloe Chien is the co-founder and COO of Homemade Cooking, a community-based cooking school that teaches people how to prepare healthy meals. She strives to change the face of medicine from sick-care to health-care.

Mission: Cooking and eating real food should be joyful and inspiring.

In our program, members gain hands-on cooking experience and learn core cooking fundamentals and techniques they can bring back to their home kitchen. Homemade also helps members identify and track health and weight-loss goals throughout the program.

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Upcoming class: Homemade™ - Healthy Eating Made Delicious, Sustainable and Fun - M-Th Options (5 Weeks, Session 2)

DID YOU KNOW? That wellness is contagous.

Wellness on Wheels Let HIP bring classes to you.

The Health Improvement Program (HIP) brings Fitness and/or Healthy Living classes to your University or SHC/LPCH department via Wellness on Wheels (WoW). Many of the classes that are offered each quarter by HIP can be brought to your worksite.

Find out about WoW.

To request a WoW class for your department, please complete the Wellness on Wheels web form

Email us for more info.

Register for WoW classes

Living Strong Living Well A strength and fitness program for cancer patients and survivors.

LSLW is a twelve-week small-group strength and fitness training program designed for adult cancer survivors who have recently become de-conditioned or chronically fatigued from their treatment and/or disease. Our goal is to help patients build muscle mass and muscle strength, increase flexibility and endurance; and improve functional ability and quality of life. This program is available at no cost to participants and is not a source of revenue to Stanford or the YMCA.

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Online Resources:

» Stanford Health Promotion Network
» WellMD Stanford Medicine
» Living Strong Living Well
» Take 5 minutes to de-stress. Download Sarah Meyer's wonderful 5-minute breath meditation podcast.
» Defibrillator Locations Map
» Download the Tube Toning Exercises handout

Mission Statement

The Health Improvement Program (HIP) aims to create a culture of wellness and increase employee productivity by empowering individuals to be self-managers of their health. It models the science of healthy living by using translational research to promote wellness. Our primary work involves Stanford University faculty and staff, but our programs are shared and utilized around the world.

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