Calendar of Events

After a traumatic event, safety is often your main concern and the hardest to establish. Learn strategies to increase feelings of safety within yourself in and your environment.

Creating art helps to reduce stress, increases mindfulness, and gives expression too hard to communicate thoughts and feelings. Participants will create an expressive painting on canvas to convey thoughts or feelings.

Through pranayama (breath work) and asana (movement) learn to activate the parasympathetic nervous system to calm the mind, reduce feelings of anxiety, and reduce stress while increasing flexibility, muscle strength, and cardiovascular health. **This class is for current and retired City Employees and VB Schools Employees Only

Gardening boost well-being, but you don’t have to have a green thumb and a plot of land to receive the benefits. Terrariums help to reduce stress and anxiety, increase energy levels, improve focus, and lower blood pressure levels. Participants will create a terrarium to improve overall wellness.  **This class is for current and retired City […]

Decrease stress levels, improve concentration, increase productivity, reset and refresh your body with mid-day. Join VBSC for midday yoga.

Increase social connection. Join the Virginia Beach Strong Center for an evening of dancing to reconnect with old friends, make new friends, reduce stress and improve mood. The classes are called “Latin Line Dancing”.  This class require no previous experience.  Wear comfortable clothing and comfortable closed toe shoes (athletic recommended). This is solo line dancing […]

Learn the basics of how essential oils stimulate olfactory nerves and sends signals to regions of the brain that control emotional responses. Let your sense of smell connect you to positive feelings to unwind the mind, body and spirit. We will test many oils during our time together and end with a meditation using your […]

A guided meditation practice to increase awareness of present moment, improve skills to manage stress, reduce negative emotions, increase creativity and gain a new perspective. **This class is for current and retired City Employees and VB Schools Employees Only

Being at the beach can help to relieve stress immediately. Create a sand jar and take the beach with you wherever you go, while leaving stress behind and practicing mindfulness. **This class is for current and retired City Employees and VB Schools Employees Only

Decrease stress levels, improve concentration, increase productivity, reset and refresh your body with mid-day. Join VBSC for midday yoga.

Journaling doesn’t have to be boring. Use journaling to improve your mood by becoming more aware of your thoughts, feelings and behaviors and create an opportunity for positive self-talk and motivation.

Gently stretching after work helps to remove physical and mental stress from the body. Participate in a practice to reduce mind chatter, soothe tension, relieve aches, and get a better night’s sleep.