September Newsletter

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Learn how to achieve a more balanced and healthy lifestyle in the areas of intellectual, physical, occupational, emotional, social, spiritual, financial, and environmental wellness through tips from experts and information about upcoming wellness events at UC San Diego.

September's Issue includes:

- Wellness Focus

- Video of the Month: Zumba!

- Cash Course

- Meet the Beach

- Monthly Yoga Pose

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September Wellness Goals Calendar

Trying to start or maintain a wellness goal? Join the Office of Student Wellness in keeping track of your progress with monthly goal calendars! You can focus on one dimension of wellness, or choose a goal for each one!

Some sample goals include:

- Practice compassion

- Eat 5 servings of fruits/veggies each day

- Exercise 3 times a week

- Save up money for a trip

- Meditate 20 minutes a day

- Read a book each week

- Recycle!

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10-Minute Pilates

Pilates is great for core conditioning and toning your body through exercises that teach awareness of breath and alignment of the spine, and aim to strengthen the deep torso muscles. Test out Pilates by following along with a UCSD FitLife instructor in this 10-minute intro to Pilates.



To sign up for a Pilates class, visit: recreation.ucsd.edu

Important Tips for Your First Year, Part 4

Check out these tips to help make your 1st year at college...AMAZING!

Walk to class. While taking public transportation might be quicker, walking will give you a chance to stretch your legs, burn some calories and relax before your next class.

Incorporate different kinds of exercise in your routine. When you work out, don't just stick to one kind of workout. Incorporate strength training, cardio and stretching exercises into your routine to make it well rounded.

Make Exercising fun. You're probably not going to work out if you are bored with your routine or find going to the gym torture. Find a way to make it fun for yourself and you'll be much more likely to keep it up.

Set goals. You'll be more motivated and positive if you give yourself goals to work towards throughout the school year.

Take advantage of fitness courses. Along with gym facilities most students will have access to fitness classes they can take. Since you're already paying for these through your tuition you may as well take advantage and get a workout that will help keep you in shape and motivate you.

Register for QCamp

Join the LGBT Resource Center for Q Camp 2009!
Wed, September 23, 2009
9:00am - 1:30pm,
LGBT Resource Center

Q Camp is our orientation to the UC San Diego Lesbian Gay Bisexual

Transgender community for incoming students.
Q Camp will help acquaint students with LGBTQI-specific organizations, help students make connections with continuing and other incoming students, allow students to get connected with resources on and off campus (including the LGBT Resource Center), and give students an opportunity to ask questions about UCSD LGBTQI life.
Register for Q Camp!
E-mail us your:

• name
• e-mail
• phone number
• undergraduate college/graduate student
• any accommodations you require to fully access Q Camp and/or the LGBT Resource Center

Questions? Contact Jan Estrellado at jeestrellado@ucsd.edu or at 858-822-3493.

Easy Ways to Go Green

Being sustainable starts at home!
Here are ways to be green around the house:

• Study in daylight whenever you can.
• If you bring a lamp to school, make sure to buy a compact CFL. They use 20% less energy than regular bulbs and last 10x longer.
• Be sure to communicate with your roommate as to who is bringing the fridge to share. There is really no need to have more than 1 fridge in a room. Also, instead of buying a new one, check out re-sale websites like eBay, Craig's List, or FreeCycle and re-use (It's one of the 3 R's!)
• Wash clothes in cold water. It gets them just as clean and uses much less energy.
• Use greener laundry detergent that are plant-based and free of phosphates, which can cause algae blooms.
• Did you know there is a backside to all of the paper you use? And that backside doesn't get used very often! When you need a scratch piece of paper or need to print something not important, be sure to use that backside!
• Is there a phantom in your room? Phantom power that is! When you leave for class, be sure to turn off the power strips in your room. There's no reason why your TV needs to pull power when you're in class.
• Remember that batteries and ink cartridges can be recycled.
• Use eco-friendly cleaning products like Method, Seventh Generation, or Clorox Greenworks.
• Be sure that your appliances are Energy-Star rated.

Information provided by Stanford Office of Sustainability

10-Minute ZUMBA!

Want a super FUN way to exercise? Try Zumba!

Experience the dance craze that's taking the fitness industry by storm! Zumba combines Latin rhythms and easy-to-follow dance moves to put the FUN back in your workout. Fast and slow rhythms are combined for an aerobic and toning workout that confers the benefits of interval training.

In this video a UC San Diego FitLife instructor demonstrates 3 different Zumba dances.

Interested in learning more or signing up for a Zumba class? Visit recreation.ucsd.edu