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Wellness Evaluation Profile - Heart to Hearts, Inc. offers a unique wellness program with a comprehensive wellness evaluation. The evaluation covers personal and family medical history, eating habits, body type and metabolism. A personal meeting with an experienced medical professional is held to review an individual’s data and asses risk for certain diseases, such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease. The wellness profile combined with diagnostic tests form the basis for recommendations on nutrition and fitness to complement your prescribed medical care. Contact Terry Tucker, R.N. at 609-771-9048 to schedule an appointment.
- Health Portfolio Class - This class teaches you the importance of keeping accurate medical and health records. You will learn how to compile a personal portfolio of your individual health with updated medical records and recommended guidelines for diagnostic tests. Classes are offered at the Wellness Center. Call 609-689-3131 for more information.
- Medical Seminars - To provide our clients with information on recent medical developments in disease prevention, we sponsor workshops throughout the year. These workshops are conducted by medical and health care professionals on such topics as:
- Alzheimer’s
- Anxiety and Depression
- Bladder Functioning
- Breast Cancer
- Cancer Prevention
- Cholesterol
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Diabetes
- Nutritional and Mental Health
- Osteoporosis
- Vitamin D
Nutrition- (see Calendar for schedule and times)
Our nutrition classes teach the basic guidelines on how to develop and maintain  an individualized balanced diet. They also focus on the foods that will help to prevent disease.
- Nutrition Support Groups - Small group sessions are held every two weeks at the Wellness Center to provide support for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. You can discuss your eating habits, discover new ideas, exchange recipes, and sample healthy dishes.
- Vitamins and Supplements - This class teaches the benefits of taking vitamins, minerals and the proper use of
 supplements to fulfill your daily requirements. You will learn how to identify natural food sources that will help avoid nutritional deficiencies and the safe and proper use of supplements. Heart to Hearts has a large selection of Metagenics vitamins, minerals and supplements for sale.
- Conscious Eating Classes - Learn how to focus on a balanced approach to eating and how to choose the best foods based on your body type. Get away from fad diets and develop the “conscious eating habit.” Classes are held at the Wellness Center. A holiday dinner is held in December.
- Eat to Beat Cancer - Nutrition plays an important role in cancer prevention. This class identifies foods that help reduce risk factors for many types of cancer. You will gain a better understanding of antioxidants foods and those that contain free radicals (carcogenic).
Contact Terry Tucker or Sue Methot at (609) 689-3131 for more information.
Stress Management - (see Calendar for schedule and times)
- Massage therapy sessions are offered by appointment. Guaranteed 1 1/2 to 2 hour full body customized massage by an excellent practitioner who is also certified in the massage of cancer and hospice patients.
- Laughter from the Healthy Heart - It has long been said that laughter is the best medicine. The idea of laughter clubs began in India and was brought to the U.S. by Steve Wilson who founded the World Laughter Tour, Inc.
 Our Heart to Hearts Laughter Club gives sessions at nursing homes, retirement centers, schools and hospitals. The sessions include some yoga stretches and breathing techniques, laughter exercises, laughter meditations and sensible living practices to prevent “hardening of the attitudes. The Heart to Hearts Laughter Club meets on the first Monday of each month at the Wellness Center at 6 p.m. If the first Monday is a holiday, Laughter Club will meet the following Monday.  Contact Marie Bethke.
- Reiki Classes - Reiki is a gentle technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It helps to rebalance your system and leaves you with a sense of well-being and calm. Enjoy a Reiki session at the Wellness Center by appointment – Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings. Call Annette Krier, RN, Reiki Master 609-585-3072.
- Yoga for the Healthy Heart - We offer a variety of yoga classes at the Wellness Center. Call to register (609) 689-3131.
- Home Spa Experience - The human body is designed to handle stressful situations. The nervous system prepares the body for emergencies and situations requiring high levels of mental alertness and physical activity. It also relaxes the body and returns it to normal after a stressful situation is over.
Long-term, high-level, repeated stress, however, can have damaging effects on the body. This form of stress contributes to physical and emotional illness. In today’s fast-paced world, people are seeking ways to reduce this stress and find peace and relaxation.
Spas have arisen from this new awareness, and they provide a quiet retreat from the stress of our daily routine. Spas offer therapeutic treatments and serene surroundings, by creating an environment conducive to rest, clarity and inner peace. By becoming in tune with our senses we can discover and foster a more relaxed and positive outlook on life, thus improve our overall health.
The basic concept of the home spa experience, which is presented by Beverly Yard, Cosmetics Skin Care Consultant, is to achieve balance, harmony and well being of the mind, body and spirit. Quality products together with music, aromatherapy, massage and meditation are the elements comprising the full home spa experience.
Contact the Wellness Center at 609-689-3131 for more information.
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Fitness- (see Calendar for schedule and times)
- Weight Management - If you are overweight, you are certainly not alone. Experts state that one out of three Americans is overweight. According to scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in three US. children born in 2000 will become diabetic unless many more people start eating less
 and exercising more. Excess weight has been linked to diabetes, heart disease, chronic fatigue, hypertension, arthritis, colon cancer, prostate cancer in men and breast cancer in women. Sedentary lifestyles combined with high fat diets contribute greatly to the problem.
If you are determined to lose weight or maintain a healthy weight, most health experts agree that healthy eating and regular exercise are the keys to success. The good news is that a weight loss of 10 to 20 pounds can improve your health. The secret for successful weight loss is simply to eat fewer calories than you use. For every pound of fat you lose, you must burn 3,500 calories. This is accomplished by adopting a weight loss program that motivates you to eat healthy food and exercise more.
Our Weight Management program teaches the value of healthy nutrition, the benefits of exercise and provides emotional support in a small group setting.
Contact Terry Tucker at 609-689-3131 for more information.
- Yoga for the Healthy Heart - We offer a variety of yoga classes at the Wellness Center. Call to register (609) 689-3131.
- Fitness and Exercise - Fitness and Exercise – daily movement is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. This class teaches you how to make your muscles work for you. It reviews the types and benefits of exercise( aerobic, resistance and flexibility) and shows you basic exercises that anyone can do.
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