To register for any event, please call 757-507-7200 or email vbstrongcenter@sentara.com.
Trauma Informed Yoga
The VB Strong Center 3388 Princess Anne Road, Suite 2000, Virginia Beach, VA, United StatesThrough 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
Creating Life Balance
The VB Strong Center 3388 Princess Anne Road, Suite 2000, Virginia Beach, VA, United StatesFinding a work life balance goes beyond scheduling. Learn how mindfulness can help you to achieve balance in all areas of life and increase life satisfaction. **This class is for current and retired City Employees and VB Schools Employees Only
The Heart of Recovery
The VB Strong Center 3388 Princess Anne Road, Suite 2000, Virginia Beach, VA, United StatesTraumatic events overwhelm and surpass our ability to cope and can shake our fundamental framework. This can result in changes in view of self, others, and the world. This group is led by a chaplain.
Healthy You Series: Reclaiming Inner Sense of Safety
The VB Strong Center 3388 Princess Anne Road, Suite 2000, Virginia Beach, VA, United StatesAfter 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.
Art of Healing Expressive Art Series: Paint and Process
The VB Strong Center 3388 Princess Anne Road, Suite 2000, Virginia Beach, VA, United StatesCreating 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.
Trauma Informed Yoga
The VB Strong Center 3388 Princess Anne Road, Suite 2000, Virginia Beach, VA, United StatesThrough 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
Art of Healing Expressive Art Series: Creating Terrariums
The VB Strong Center 3388 Princess Anne Road, Suite 2000, Virginia Beach, VA, United StatesGardening 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 […]
Mid-Day Yoga
The VB Strong Center 3388 Princess Anne Road, Suite 2000, Virginia Beach, VA, United StatesDecrease stress levels, improve concentration, increase productivity, reset and refresh your body with mid-day. Join VBSC for midday yoga.
Art of Healing Expressive Art Series: Latin Line Dancing
The VB Strong Center 3388 Princess Anne Road, Suite 2000, Virginia Beach, VA, United StatesIncrease 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 […]
Strength in Community Series: Self-Care: Essential Oils a Supportive Method of Healing 101
The VB Strong Center 3388 Princess Anne Road, Suite 2000, Virginia Beach, VA, United StatesLearn 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 […]
Guided Meditation
The VB Strong Center 3388 Princess Anne Road, Suite 2000, Virginia Beach, VA, United StatesA 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
Art of Healing Expressive Art Series: Sand Jars
The VB Strong Center 3388 Princess Anne Road, Suite 2000, Virginia Beach, VA, United StatesBeing 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