January - Feb: Stress Reduction
After ten months of pandemic, maybe the first thing we need to do right now is take care of our bodies and spirits, so we’ll be strong for ourselves, our families and our communities in the coming year. The January sessions are offered with that in mind, then we move more into planning for future projects.
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Thursday January 7 / 12 noon: Instant Stress Busters. This session is for people who are getting frazzled by the pandemic - or know people who are. Aila Accad will provide practical, safe ways we can reduce our body’s stress level quickly. Those same stress-reduction tools can help people of all ages. Presenter: Aila Accad, author of “Instant Stress Busters,” director of The Future of Nursing WV and frequent, much-loved Try This presenter. SUCCESS! More than 500 views so far. See Youtube video
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POSTPONED to Feb. 22 at 11 due to death in presenter's family. Tuesday, January 12 / 11 am. Mindful techniques to help kids de-stress and have fun, at home or at school. Two founders of Mindful WV, Amy Snodgrass and Pam Santer, will show you different activities that can be used during school or at home, to help keep kids active. This class could be really helpful to a parent or anyone who works with kids and wants to build self-control, focus and empathy. Presenters: Amy Snodgrass is Manager of WHAT and Pam Santer directs the Wellness Center at WVU Parkersburg. Mindful WV began with Try This grants and has already arranged training for more than 500 WV teachers. Register for Zoom session on Feb. 22 here.
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Thursday, January 21 / 6:30 PM. Eight essential moves: A foundation for Tai Chi. While we’re confined by the pandemic, you may have time to practice things like eight essential movements of Tai Chi practice. Jsut doing these moves is calming, says Ron Wilkerson, the presenter. He will demonstrate each move three times, so you can move along with him, learning by doing. The presentation will be live, and, like all sessions, it will be recorded, so the recording will give you a way to learn tai chi basics in weeks ahead, without leaving your home. Presenter: Ron Wilkerson, tai chi master, was recently honored as Public Citizen of the Year by the National Association of Social Workers. He has been a team member on three Try This minigrant projects involving teaching tai chi to at-risk youth. Great attendance on Zoom and Facebook Live.
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Wednesday, January 27 / 6:30 PM. Take the Stress Out of Your Grant Reporting. This session is for anybody who wants to make grant reporting more fun and creative. Reporting can be incredibly stressful if you wait till the last minute to get started. That’s true no matter who gave you the grant. Grant reporting needs to be built in, information you’re gathering all along, celebrating little successes along the road. So when it’s time to file a report, you can put it together easily. Try This minigrant
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teams will be required to have people at this session, Presenters: Traci Jarrett and Leesa Prendergast evaluate many projects related to Try This for the WV Prevention Research Center. R



