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  • Description: This 30-minute aerobic cardio workout class will help get your heart rate up and pumping in a fun way! Aerobic cardio exercise promotes cardiovascular endurance and helps improve cognitive skills, posture, balance, overall mental health and mood. Suited for beginner to intermediate levels with modifications available. 



    No equipment needed. For safety: make sure your workout area is cleared to avoid tripping/bumping; wear appropriate footwear that is secure and comfortable for walking/marching (low impact); if uncomfortable standing, seated & chair supported variations are offered
  • Description: Join Stephanie Meyers, MS, RD, LDN, the nutrition manager with Dana-Farber’s Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living, for healthy cooking inspiration. This recipe has been adapted from Bryant Terry’s Vegetable Kingdom. https://www.bryant-terry.com/books 
    For Dana-Farber patients interested in scheduling a nutrition consultation, please call 617-632-3006. To learn more about the Zakim Center's group programs, please visit myzakim.dana-farber.org where you can access a variety of programming including exercise, yoga, meditation, music therapy, nutrition and more. 
    We would like to extend a special thank you to Sodexo Food Services and Molta Media for helping to make this video possible, as well as our philanthropic partners whose continued generosity supports the Zakim Center's group programming. *The appearance of external hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute or the Zakim Center of the linked websites, or the in...
  • Description: Join Nancy Campbell, MS, an exercise physiologist at Dana-Farber, for a 45-minute workout focusing on strengthening the whole body.
    Tags: Beginner-intermediate, Bone, Full body workout, Muscle, Weight lifting, Weights
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  • Description: Join Stephanie Meyers, MS, RD, LDN, the nutrition manager with Dana-Farber’s Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living, for plant-forward cooking inspiration from three of her favorite cookbooks: Bryant Terry’s Vegetable Kingdom, Jeanine Donofrio and Jack Mathews’s Love & Lemons Every Day, and Laura Wright’s The First Mess. 
    https://www.bryant-terry.com/bookshttps://www.loveandlemons.com/cookbook/https://thefirstmess.com/cookbook/the-first-mess-cookbook/ 
    For Dana-Farber patients interested in scheduling a nutrition consultation, please call 617-632-3006. To learn more about the Zakim Center's group programs, please visit myzakim.dana-farber.org where you can access a variety of programming including exercise, yoga, meditation, music therapy, nutrition and more. We would like to extend a special thank you to Sodexo Food Services and Molta Media for helping to make this video possible, as well as our philanthropic partners whose continued generosi...
  • Description: This class is great for building up strength and stretching the entire body while being supported by a chair (seated and/or standing behind a chair). This class starts with a seated warm up, moving to an engaging sequence of strengthening with light weights, followed by stretching and cool down.
  • Description: In this 30-minute class you will experience an alternative mindfulness meditation experience with the presence of live music. Research shows that listening to live music during meditation may help focus an active mind, decrease heart rate, anxiety and pain, and guide you to a deeper relaxation. 


    Songs: No One Needs to Know - Shania Twain Her Majesty - The Beatles Just My Imagination - The Temptations You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman - Aretha Franklin Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley Make You Feel My Love - Bob Dylan As The World Falls Down - David Bowie Rainbow - Kacey Musgraves
    Tags: Expressive Arts, Meditation, Music Therapy, Video
  • Description: In this 30-min class, you’ll incorporate core strength and stretch movements to improve your core stability and body wellness. Sessions involve a mix of yoga, barre, Pilates, and muscle conditioning with controlled breathing and alignment that builds strength and endurance. 
    Props: core ball, block, strap, elastic band, blanket, yoga mat. Level : beginners welcome; all levels.