Health and Wellness
ABCs of Health and Fitness
Here in the Boothbay Region we have so many options to choose from to stay fit and healthy - body and mind.
Thanks to these local resources: Boothbay Region YMCA, Crow Point Yoga, Boothbay Region Land Trust preserves, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Pedego Electric Bikes. If you love tennis, pickelball, racquetball, basketball , have we got courts for you! You love swimming? Keep in mind the water stays brisk even in summer, still, choose bay and/or ocean swimming, rock climbing at Grimes Cove out toward Monhegan Island, bird watching; mediation, yoga, qigong, walking... Lucky, lucky, lucky...Now, get out there and have some fun!
A - Aerobics
B – Bicycling
C - Chiropractic
D – Dance
E – Eat healthy
F – Fish
G - Golf
H - Hike
J – Jump rope
K – Kayak
L - Lacrosse
M - Meditate
P - Pickleball
Q - Qigong
R - Racquetball
S – Swim
T - Tennis
V – Volleyball
W- Walk
Y – Yoga
Z - Zumba
Boothbay Harbor Urgent Care: Your best bet for life’s little emergencies
LincolnHealth’s Emergency Department is experiencing a significant increase in volume, like most hospitals in Maine. As a result, extremely long wait times can be expected, especially for those who arrive with non-life threatening concerns.
The Urgent Care Center in Boothbay Harbor offers a better option for those with non-life threatening illnesses or injuries who cannot access their primary care provider.
“You can expect to be treated quicker, at lower cost than a typical…
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Yoga for all ages
Downward facing dog, happy baby, child’s pose, high dragon, cobra pose: These are but a few of the poses struck during yoga classes all over the world. Practiced for centuries, its health benefits include increased flexibility and muscle tone, cardio and circulatory health, improved breathing, and more, according to http://www.yogaalliance.org/
For those of us living on or near the Boothbay peninsula, there’s Crow Point Yoga owned by teacher…
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Natural healing for mind, body and soul
Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha, was the founder of Buddhism. One of his teachings was this: “Your mind is a powerful thing. When you filter it with positive thoughts your life will start to change.”
Life during a pandemic makes it harder to focus on positive thoughts; every day, every hour we are bombarded with new COVID-19 statistics, worrying about the health of family members – and our own health; political fractures, changes in doing business, business closings, the to…
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