Wellness

Western Iowa Tech Community College’s Lifelong Learning Wellness program offers a dynamic array of classes and activities designed to promote physical health, mental clarity, and personal growth. Whether you're looking to improve balance, build strength, or explore new wellness strategies, the program provides accessible options for all fitness levels. Engaging offerings like Chair Yoga, Stretch and Flex, and Bingocize®—which combines bingo with light exercise—make staying active both enjoyable and effective. For those seeking deeper insights into health, expert-led sessions cover topics such as sleep science, eye care, and Medicare navigation, ensuring participants are well-informed about their well-being.

Bingocize®: Play, Move, and Win!: Ready to shake up your routine? Join us for BINGOCIZE® - a 10-week health and wellness program that puts a playful twist on exercise and fall prevention.

Brain Health: Healthy habits support healthy brains. Explore MIND diet recommendations for eating well, the importance of social connections, and activities to exercise the body and brain.

Chair Cardio: Stay active and feel your best with this chair-based exercise class focused on flexibility, strength, and movement.

Chair Yoga: With this accessible form of yoga, your instructor, Angela Benson, ERYT, will guide you through yoga poses that are easy for all levels and will help you stay active, alert, and healthy.

Flower Pressing Workshop: From Garden to Gallery: Discover the timeless craft of flower pressing in this hands-on workshop with Lindsay Meylor, Horticulture Coordinator with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.

Learn to Play Cornhole: Whether you’re brand-new to cornhole or already know your way around the boards, this relaxed class is all about tossing beanbags, learning simple strategies, and enjoying a good time with others.

Learn to Play Disc Golf: In this beginner-friendly, four-week class you will learn the basics of throwing techniques, rules of play, scoring, and course etiquette.

Smooth Sailing Through Medicare for New Beneficiaries: Medicare is a complex system that can quickly overwhelm its beneficiaries. Chris Kuchta will give a lively overview of Medicare to help clear the murky water of Parts A, B, C, and D.

Stay Independent: Planning Ahead for Future Care: Planning now allows you to make decisions about future care that are based on your wishes.

Stretch and Flex: Have fun working out in a healthy way. This program includes stretching and weightlifting to strengthen muscles and improve cardiovascular health.

Who Gets Grandmother's Yellow Pie Plate?: "Who Gets Grandma’s Yellow Pie Plate?" will address six key decision-making factors for non-titled property transfer and provide strategies to help you jumpstart conversations about this issue.