The seniors at the Gates Mills Community Club learned how the practice of Gratitude Journaling helps provide a happy, optimistic outlook on life. They learned how to start a gratitude journal, what to include, and all the ways it can help them keep a healthy perspective on life.

 It was a day of relaxation and education today at The Homewood Residence. We gave sample massage treatments to the residents and also educated them about he benefits of massage. Guests from the Board of Developmental Disabilities joined us, for a morning of health and learning.

 We had a fun class today at the Warrensville Community Apartments with our guests from the Board of Developmental Disabilities. We learned about gazebos, pergolas, trellises and arbors. Then we built scale models of a pergola. The construction teams did a great job, and celebrated with fist-bumps! Then they got to take their mini-pergolas home with them.

Many thanks to ResCare fort inviting me out to speak with their employees at their in-service training day. The employees work with developmentally disabled people at ResCare’s Day Support and Residential Care centers. I gave them tools for teaching meditation and yoga stretching to their clients, as well as tools for stress relief and dealing with grief.

The seniors and disabled folks in our class today learned how to prepare and plant a visually-pleasing container garden. Then we planted Alyssum seeds in pots and each participant got to take their pot home to watch it grow!