Health & Wellness

University of Nevada Reno Extension will host a free summer nutrition class for kids. Ages K-5th grade will experience yummy fruits and vegetables, while learning about a healthy diet.

With summer in full swing, the farmers market in Dayton is the place to be for local flavor on Thursday afternoons. The market offers a seasonal bounty of fresh fruits and vegetables, local honey and jam, food trucks, and special items like baked goods. This week is National Farmers Market Week. In celebration, customers will receive free re-usable market bags while supplies last.

Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey Counties meets every other month on the second Thursday at 9am. Hot breakfast and coffee are part of the public meetings.

The inaugural Healing in Harmony Festival will be coming to Carson City Saturday, Aug. 17 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Hosted by Erika Olivas of Aurora Heart Healing, this wellness fair will be a collaborative event of multiple holistic health practitioners who offer services locally. They’ll be on site to help raise awareness of natural healing methods, and the first 150 attendees will receive gift bags.

Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey Counties meets every other month on the second Thursday at 9am. Hot breakfast and coffee are part of the public meetings which are held in the Silver Springs Community Center at 2945 Ft Churchill Street, Silver Springs.

Prestige Care, a leading provider of senior living and skilled nursing and rehabilitation care services, is proud to announce that its Carson City skilled nursing center recently earned the 2024 bronze “Commitment to Quality” National Quality Award from the American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living.

Science has proven that when we laugh endorphins are released in the brain, giving you the ability to feel better from pain, to emotional distress! It’s your bodies natural healer! So next time you’re feeling badly put on your favorite comedy, and enjoy how your body is taking care of itself!

Do you want to quit smoking? Carson Tahoe Health welcomes all who want to quit to be a part of a supportive, group effort for smoking cessation.

Join Muscle Powered on a hike or two this week in Carson City.

The Carson City Intuitive Center is a spiritual sanctuary, a branch location of the Reno Psychic Institute.
We are a safe place where you can discover and validate your psychic abilities by taking classes, getting psychic readings, receive healings, being a part of our monthly prayer circle and more, without having to travel to Reno.

Improve flexibility, build physical strength, and increase energy with Ashtanga Yoga taught by Ruth Chan, on Tuesdays from 11:30 to 12:30Pm. The weekly class is $5.00 per class or $40 for 10 classes and will be in the Nevada Room at the Carson City Senior Center, 911 Beverly Drive. RSVP’s for the event are not necessary – just show up. Call the Senior Center for more information (775) 883-0703.

Join Muscle Powered for an early morning hike Wednesday on the Galena Creek Trail. Meet at 7:30 a.m. at the trailhead in Phillip and Annie Callahan Park. Head north on I-580 to Mt. Rose Highway, turn left onto Mt. Rose Highway and then a left onto Callahan Road.

Keep Memory Alive’s annual Summer Festival & Rodeo at Shakespeare Ranch, a private Lake Tahoe estate in Glenbrook, Nev., returns on Saturday, June 29 and Sunday, June 30 for another weekend of rodeo excitement to raise funds in the fight against neurodegenerative diseases and recognize local philanthropist and entrepreneur Kern Schumacher with the Community Leadership Award.

Join Dr. Thottempudi and Trina Belair, DNP, at Dayton Valley Golf Club for a community lecture Thursday on stroke awareness.

Join Muscle Powered for an evening hike of Kings Canyon Waterfall Trail in Carson City at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 19.

If you are planning to participate in the Muscle Powered Hike on June 13th at 5:30pm, please meet at Carson River Park. We will hike from Carson River Park to Mexican Dam and back. Make sure you have good hiking shoes, water and whatever you need for a great hike! Questions? Email Janet McDonnell at jmcdonnell@musclepowered.org

Join us this Tuesday, 8 a.m. for a hike on the Centennial Park Loop Trail. Meet at the north end, across from the ball fields for a 4.5 mile hike. Come on out and enjoy the morning.

Powerful Prayer and Healing Circle

Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey Counties’ June 13, 2024 public meeting includes presentations on both the Parkinson's Support Center of Northern Nevada, and Carson City Health and Human Services’ Epidemiology Division.

Carson Tahoe Health invites you to their Diabetes Education and General Nutrition Counseling Clinic on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, from 4 to 5 p.m. The event will take place at the Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center, in the Valley View Room on the 3rd floor.

Optum, a leading health solution and care delivery organization, brings its Mobile Medical Center known as "Medicine on the Move" to Carson City this Tuesday and Wednesday.

Pickleball is the fastest-growing sport in the United States. It’s a fun, social way for people of all ages to be active. But the recent boom in popularity has brought a rise in pickleball-related injuries. Here’s how to stay safe while enjoying yourself on the pickleball court.

Looking for a group ride on Sundays? Join Muscle Powered for a no drop social ride around beautiful Carson City. We cycle an average of 20-25 miles. Check out the Muscle Powered calendar at musclepowered.org or email Bob Bondiett at bbondiett@yahoo.com.

Love the Muscle Powered jerseys and want one of your own? Keep an eye out as to how to order one! Keep a look out on our Facebook page or email Janet McDonnell at jmcdonnell@mucslepowered.org for information.

Why is Restorative Yoga with Sound so incredible? Restorative yoga promotes stress reduction and support for healing by balancing the nervous system.

Dayton, Nevada - Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey Counties (HCC) will offer a free information night for parents and other community members on the health risks of youth vaping, strategies for preventing vaping and ways to support youth in leading healthy lives.

Carson City health officials will discuss the youth vaping epidemic, along with short-term and long-term effects of vaping at a monthly parent night meeting, happening Monday night, May 20.

A “Stuff the Cop Car With Food” event will be held at Smith’s Food Food and Drug parking lot in Dayton on Saturday, May 18, 2024 from 10am until 3pm.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and as part of that, Partnership Carson City (PCC) and OSP Northern Nevada are holding a workshop focused on suicide prevention training.

Join Partnership Douglas County and Suicide Prevention Network for a free awareness event promoting mental wellness within our community.

Following a capacity community turnout in March, Grassroots Yoga Center is offering its second Self-Care Wellness Fair Saturday, May 18. The center is located at 195 E. Winnie Lane.