Informal group that allows people with Parkinson's disease (PD) and their caregivers to share information and compare experiences. Collaborative effort with YMCA Brunswick Landing.

For more information, call the Neurology department at 207-373-6099.

A free, 7-session series focusing on methods to cultivate and preserve nature’s bounty, including planning and preparing your garden, dehydrating food and canning vegetables.

Facilitated by Sheryl McWilliams.

• Planning for the Future: Garden design, breaking the ground, till vs. no-till, etc.
• All Things Seeds: Selection, sourcing, starting and preservation
• Will It Grow? Planting, weeding and nurturing
• Growing the Soil: How to produce healthy, nutrient-dense plants
• Gathering the Bounty: Harvesting your produce
• What to Do with a Bumper Crop: Food storage and preservation
• Putting the Garden to Bed for the Winter

This class is not currently scheduled. To learn more or find out when the next session will be offered, call 207-373-6585 and ask for Meghan..

Specialized 12-week exercise, education, and support program for those with lung disease and related respiratory problems designed to promote independence and endurance.

Covered by Medicare & most insurers.

Referral required by MD or DO. To find out if you are eligible to participate, please speak with your pulmonologist or primary care physician.

This virtual session allows you to discuss how your feeding journey has gone so far and how you would like it to go moving forward. The topics include: 

• Pump/flange education
• Setting up a pumping schedule at work
• Conversations to have with your childcare provider
• Bottle feeding
• Building up a milk stash
• Maintaining a milk supply
• Helpful products and resources

We recommend taking this session at least 5 weeks prior to returning to work if possible. Please email Erin Kirkpatrick at erin@lighthouselactationmaine.com to schedule your session. Please check your junk/spam folder for emails from her. 

Practiced at health care centers such as the Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins, and Maine Medical Center, Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing.

It is administered by "laying on hands" and is based on the idea that an unseen "life force energy" flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one's "life force energy" is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy.

Registration is NOT required, just drop by the Social Hub at Lifestyle Medicine Brunswick Mondays from 10 am-Noon.

For more information, please call 207-373-6585.

Rock Steady Boxing improves the quality of life for people battling Parkinson’s disease through non-contact, boxing-inspired fitness training.

No boxing experience is necessary and people of all ages are invited to participate.

Classes take place at the Brunswick Landing YMCA and are led by certified Rock Steady Boxing instructors. YMCA membership required.

For more information or to register, please call 207-373-6360.

Need help quitting Tobacco Use or maybe just trying to start with cutting down? There are free resources available:

MaineHealth MidCoast Hospital BeFree (Local) Program offers cost free support to help your quit journey. Appointments are available for phone, Zoom, or in-person. Call 207-844-4582 to speak to a Tobacco Treatment Specialist to help develop a personalized plan that works with your lifestyle or ask your Provider to submit a referral and our team will contact you.  

Maine Quitlink (ME State program)  can be reached by calling 1-800-Quit-Now or www.mainequitlink.com  - this is a free program offering phone and text support.

Military Members or Veterans enrolled in VA health care may contact any of the above programs and also:

• https://veterans.smokefree.gov/ 
• Smokefree\VET Text Program: text VET to 47848.
• VA’s free telephone quitline: 1-855-QUIT-VET (1-855-784-8838)
• YouCanQuit2 (Depart of Defense) https://www.ycq2.org/ 

Call for more information or with any questions 207-844-4582.

As part of the Pulmonary Rehab program, Lifestyle Medicine Brunswick offers this quarterly education session to help people manage chronic lung disease (emphysema, chronic bronchitis) and restrictive disease (pulmonary fibrosis) and improve quality of life.

This class is not currently scheduled. To learn more or find out when the next session will be offered, call 207-373-6585 and ask for Meghan.