Fitness Themes

Explore physical movement you LOVE or mix up your exercise regime with these fitness activities.


12 Weeks= 12 Themes




Optimal Health and Fitness

Boot Camp Week

  • Optimal Health and Fitness

    Boot Camp 

    Thousands of books have been written over the past few decades regarding goal setting. Numerous seminars, webinars, and teleconferences are held each month showing individuals the value of setting goals. It has been shown that when you write you goals down and you have a clear vision of them, you are more likely to attain them. As you commit the next 12-weeks of your life to personal improvement, we want to lay some ground work to ensure your success. The week prior to the beginning of The Challenge is the week to set your goals and create your vision. 

    Joy of Movement

    Pilates Week 

  • Joy of Movement Pilates

    Pilates Week

    One of the major perks of living in Santa Cruz County is the accessibility of seasonal food. With all the local farms and agriculture, lush soil, and the consciousness around the environment, we are perfectly positioned to be the leading community that supports sustainable agriculture and local economy. Numerous benefits are gained by choosing to buy local, seasonal food. You can choose to reduce the amount of resources used in transportation of the food, which often comes from out of the country, and reduce the amount of waste packaging necessary to transport the food. Local food is always fresher and maintains more nutrients than transported foods. Buying organic eliminates possibility of eating food that has been genetically modified and contaminated with herbicides, pesticides, and fungicides, all of which are toxic.

    One of the major reasons people do not purchase food to cook at home is because they are too busy and don't have a variety of recipes to choose from. Beginning this week and throughout the following weeks, participants of the challenge will have access to a list of daily recipes including a variety of breakfast, lunch, and dinner meals that can be created by even the novice cook.

    MinorSan, Six Animal Kung-Fu

    Martial Arts Week 

  • Six Animal Kung Fu

    Martial Arts

    An elimination diet is a method of identifying foods that an individual cannot consume without adverse effects. Adverse effects may be due to food allergy, food intolerance, other physiological mechanisms (such as metabolic or toxins), or a combination of these. Elimination diets typically involve entirely removing a suspected food from the diet for a period of time from two weeks to two months, and waiting to determine whether symptoms resolve during that time period. We will discover what things we will eliminate this week to learn what our body needs best. I know you’re excited about this one!

    Tri Yoga, DiviniTree

    Yoga Week 

  • DiviniTreeTriYoga Santa Cruz

    Yoga

    Sexual health and sexuality are relevant to all of us - whether you’re a sexual novice, a sexpert, or abstinent. It doesn't matter whether you are single, dating, in a relationship; it doesn’t matter how you identify yourself sexually. Sexuality is part of who you are, and healthy sexuality is important to your overall wellness. You should have as much information as possible to make informed choices about sexuality. Healthy sexuality involves recognizing that we are all sexual beings, and celebrating the ways that our sexuality benefits us physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Tao is the primal power that forges all phenomena in the universe, from the infinite to the infinitesimal. invisible yet ever-present, Tao permeates the world with the very breath of life, and those who learn how to harmonize themselves with Tao may harness that power to enhance and prolong their own lives. Come learn practical aspects of the Tao in relation to healthy sexuality around issues that some of us may be dealing with today.

    Raizes do Brazil Santa Cruz

    Capoeira Week 

  • Raizes do Brazil Capoeira

    Capoeira

    UNLOCK YOUR PURPOSE & MAKE MONEY LIVING IT!
    • Learn the 3 Essential Ingredients to Clarify your Life Purpose and build your bridge to a more fulfilling & lucrative career path.  
    • Understand the critical mindset shift you MUST MAKE in order to be paid WELL for doing what you LOVE.
    • Find out what to do when you have SO many Career or Business Ideas that you don’t know where to start.

    When we can allow ourselves to be a creative channel, rather than a slave to our to-do lists and linear thinking, we enter into co-creativity both with Spirit and each other, and this is what brings resources, lasting change, and realization of vision. 
    90 percent of our perceived reality is governed by the subconscious mind- the part of us that stores memories of every time we were told or made to feel like we aren't "Enough".  Join us learn to move forward through the fear, listen to your intuition and discover what it really takes to be paid WELL for living your PURPOSE!

    • Hillel

      Soccer Week 

    • Hillel Rom Soccer

      Soccer

      There is a new field of potential for our relationships that only existed for rare individuals. Now, through willingness, commitment and knowledge we can access where the leading edge of consciousness can take us together! Learn what is possible in your relationships. Realize what our normal relationships are organized around and why they are inherently limited.  Understanding relationships are a powerful vehicle for transformation and the highest states of creativity and love.

      Everyone who has ever felt that there must be a deeper and more profound way that we can relate to each other — beyond ‘getting our needs met,’ beyond answering the question, “Am I loved and lovable?,” beyond our struggles for power, self-esteem and survival. This lecture is for those who want to access what is possible for human beings in the domain of relationships — to be deeply met and seen, to evolve together, create together and reach our highest potentials. 


    Santa Cruz Dance Company

    Zumba Week 

  • Santa Cruz Dance Company

    Zumba

    The practice of meditation has often been referred to as a form of spiritual exercise. Millions of thoughts enter our minds on a daily basis and trigger an emotional response within our bodies. Thoughts exists as healthy and constructive, or unhealthy and destructive experiences and it is the purpose of meditation to help discern the difference and support those thought patterns that are most beneficial to a functionally healthy mind. As you move forward into week three and your body is feeling the effects of week one and two, you will gain the tools to have your mind work for you, imagine that!

    Aikido of Santa Cruz

    Aikido Week 

  • Aikido of Santa Cruz

    Aikido

    Feng Shui influences all aspects of our life. Winston Churchill once said, "We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us." Pretty good for someone who did not formally know Feng Shui! Unfortunately, the opposite is equally true: When we misshape our buildings, thereafter, they misshape us too. In this talk we will look at some basic principles of Feng Shui and how they influence:

    • Health – how the shape of your home impacts weight
    • Relationships – are you missing out?
    • Abundance – ways to increase prosperity

    Homework: After tonight’s talk you know how to place the Feng Shui template (Ba Gua) on your home and discover what you are missing and where you have abundance.

    Pleasure Point Fitness

    Dance Week 

  • Pleasure Point Fitness

    Dr. Ariana Ebrihimian

    Do you snore or know someone who snores?  Ever wish you had a few extra hours to sleep in the morning?  Tired of feeling so fatigued? Come learn what your sleep habits have to do with your overall health and fitness!  You’ll learn:
    Why snoring is so common, but never normal
    How snoring and sleep apnea impact your health
    What you can do to get a better night’s sleep TONIGHT!

    Santa Cruz Chi Center

    Chi Week 

  • Santa Cruz Chi Center

    Qi Gong

    End Your Pain, Decrease Your Stress, and Create a Profound Level of Well Being… Discover how to relieve your pain and positively change your life through a new paradigm of natural and holistic mind-body integrating technologies. You Discover when you bring focused attention, conscious awareness and full acceptance to areas of your body that have been painful or symptomatic.
    Stop trying to “get rid of” your symptoms and start connecting to what your body really wants, so you can begin to heal.  Awareness is, in and of itself, transformative, and by learning how to pay attention within you’ll get more than just short-term relief – you’ll create the foundation for long-term well being.

    Kayak Connection

    Stand-up Paddleboard Week 

  • Kayak Connection

    Stand-up Paddleboard

    • Are you curious about acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, and Oriental medicine? Would you like to learn more about this ancient healing system? We will give a brief introduction to the history and philosophy of Oriental medicine, the how and why of acupuncture and Chinese herbs, and the contemporary practical applications of this increasingly popular form of healthcare.






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