Health and Fitness

For Children

Play-Well: Every Tuesday and Thursday at 10 a.m. PST join online lego play on Facebook. Lego Mike will demo a project and you can build along.
Fitness Blender for Kids: Participate in a 25-minute workout to burn off energy, increase bone density, balance, endurance and even strength.
Workout with Paul: Ten excercises to get youth motivated in a life of exercise.
Little Sports: These great animated cartoons take you through short home-exercises that you’ll love.
Active Kids Do Better offers free resources for parents including work out routines and anything that will help children be active for 30 minutes a day.

For Teenagers

This 8-minute workout is for teens who want to work up a sweat and get in shape. It’s a great way to get inspired.
Balance Exercises for Teens with Fitness Coach Mark Verstegen shows the world’s greatest stretch known to man.
This teens fitness workout by the Kid’s Coach is and interval session guaranteed to get you fit as!
Ready for a workout series? The body coach will get you started on a lifetime of fitness.

For Children and Teens

Marina Recreation & Cultural Services along with Marina PAL is offering the Half Marathon (13.1 miles) Youth Fitness Challenge while we “Learn from Home” in August and September. To learn how to participate and win awards, please see Half Marathon Fitness Challenge.

For Adults

Headspace, a mindfulness app, is offering a free trial of Weathering the Storm. It includes meditations, sleep, and movement exercises to help you out, however you’re feeling. It’s our small way of helping you find some space and kindness for yourself and those around you.
Downward Dog App is making all of its apps (for smartphones) — Down Dog, Yoga for Beginners, HIIT, Barre, and 7 Minute Workout - completely free.
Do Yoga With Me - Free yoga videos provides a way to get in tune with your body and relieve stress.
Nike Training Club offers an App filled with free fitness videos.
Youtube has thousands of fitness-at-home videos. Here’s a link to a search where you can find the right videographer who works for you.
While we’re at it, Youtube also offers thousands of free guided meditations to help you de-stress.
So, you prefer old-school exercise? Here are pdfs of 100 no-equipment workouts ( Volume 1) ( Volume 2) ( Volume 3).
Les Mills Mindfulness body scan workout helps us develop both our capacity to pay attention and our relationship to the physical body.

Mental Health

Forward Together Weekly Sessions

Monterey County Behavioral Health will offer weekly sessions every Tuesday at 4pm from February 9 through March 16.

Being a youth or young adult can be difficult as you are dealing with a lot of changes and stress. This past year has brought additional challenges to our lives. We want you to know you are not alone and there is help. This series will cover topics to help youth with their health and wellbeing. The sessions will be led by youth advocates from The Epicenter in partnership with staff from Monterey County Behavioral Health. Join us to learn some tips and have a safe space to connect with us and other youth.

02/09 Healthy Relationships
02/16 Navigating COVID-19
02/23 Being Non-Binary
03/02 Resources For LGBTQ+ Youth
03/09 Self-Care for Youth
03/16 Youth Mental Health Tips & Resources

Click this link to join on Zoom: https://montereycty.zoom.us/j/98295991832

From your mobile device or landline call: 1-669-900-6833 or 1-346-248-7799 and enter: 982-9599-1832#

Click for website: https://www.co.monterey.ca.us/go vernment/departments-ah/health/behavioralhealth/forward-togetheravanzando-juntos/teen-connect

Teen Connect: Social Inequity and Racism in our Communities

Monterey County Behavioral Health will offer weekly sessions every Tuesday at 2pm from February 9 to March 16 discussing social injustice and racism. Our communities feel outraged and hurt and maybe even hopeless. Come to the Teen Connect Online Gathering to share your feelings and ideas in a safe space We Are Stronger Together.

Topics include:

02/16 Social Inequity and Racism in our Communities
02/16 How to Cope/Resiliency
02/23 Sharing Experience
03/02 Sharing ideas for Taking Action
03/09 Taking Action
03/16 Staying Involved, Keeping Momentum & Inspiring Others

Here's the link:
https://montereycty.zoom.us/j/95188185599?pwd=R3ZOOXNXK3ZWVnB2Ti9RTFRLZTg2Zz09#success

To access from your mobile device or landline call: 1-669-900-6833 or 1-346-248-7799 and enter: 951-8818-5599#

For information, visit the Monterey County Behavioral Health website

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Forward Together Weekly Sessions

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