National Institutes of Health (NIH) CORE Week 2009

From February 9-13, 2009, The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will premier its first CORE Week, Conditioning and Relaxation Together, highlighting the science and practice of different modes of physical activity and their relaxing counterparts. During this five-day series of events open to NIH employees and the public, participants will learn about the benefits of conditioning and relaxation while being able to experience them first-hand.

This event is being sponsored by the NIH Recreation and Welfare Association (NIH R&W) with collaboration from NIH Office of Research Services, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH), the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and the National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (NIAMS). In addition, the NIH Recreation and Welfare Association has partnered with several local businesses to create a community-focus to this week.

Margaret will be attending the Wednesday night networking event featuring a Peak Pilates Reformer Demonstration and a panel discussion entitled “Shifting Toward Prevention: Integration of Health Modalities to Achieve Overall Well-Being” with Robert Sherman, Group Fitness Department Head for Rockville Life Time Athletic and International Speaker on Physical Activity and Cathy Hannon, Mind/Body Coordinator at Life Time Athletic. The panel will be moderated by Rachel Permuth-Levine, PhD, Deputy Director for the Office of Strategic and Innovative Programs at NIH.

For a complete review of the week's activities which are open to you, please visit the agenda posting under Wellness News and Events on the homepage of the WPC website, http://www.wellpartcoaching.com/ . The posting will remain through the duration of CORE Week.