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Parkinson’s Disease Telehealth Meeting – Dr. Dan Randolph, medical director of Horizon Hospice and Ray Anderson of Horizon Hospice will speak at this meeting that will discuss accepting changes in independence for those with Parkinson’s Disease. The meeting will be 2 p.m. Monday at St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Center, 711 S. Cowley. Call (509) 473-2490.

Tai Chi for Arthritis – Thursdays at 2:30 p.m., Sept. 7-Oct. 12 at Rockwood South, 2903 E. 25th. Registration is required. The cost is $30. Call (509) 468-0587.

Tai Chi for Stress Reduction – Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Sept. 7-28 at the Spokane Valley YMCA, 2421 N. Discovery Place, Spokane Valley. Registration is required. The cost is $30. Call (509) 468-0587.

Families Supporting Families – Meets the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month for families of those with eating disorders. The group meets from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Mary Bede Room of Sacred Heart Medical Center, 101 W. Eighth Ave. Call Maureen Reynolds at (509) 456-0567.

Hearing Loss Association of Spokane – Meetings are held the second Saturday of the month, September through June, 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the Rockpointe East Building, 1313 N. Atlantic. The goal of this group is to keep the hearing impaired informed of events, legislation and activities. Call (509) 326-6712, or e-mail sina@icehouse.net.

Upcoming

Car Seat Safety Workshop – Learn the proper way to install and use car seats for children, today from 6-8 p.m. at Spokane Regional Health District, 1101 W. College. The cost is $60 per family and registration is required. Call the Community Health Education and Resource office at (509) 232-8138.

Eating to Help Control Your Diabetes – Class for those who help control their diabetes with diet, pills or insulin, Wednesday from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the Riverfront Medical Center, 322 W. North River Drive. Call Group Health at (509) 459-1086 or visit www.ghc.org.

Prepared Childbirth – This five-week class will discuss breathing techniques, managing labor, muscle toning and relaxation. The session meets Wednesdays starting this week from 6-8 p.m. at the Holy Family Health Education Center, 5633 N. Lidgerwood. The cost is $65 and registration is required. Call the CHER office at (509) 232-8138.

Tobacco Free Program – This three-week class will meet Wednesdays starting this week from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Corbin Senior Center, 827 W. Cleveland. The class is free and includes a free Quit Kit. Registration is required. Call the CHER office at (509) 232-8138.

Healthcare Provider CPR-Renewal – Class for those who wish to renew their current American Heart Association Healthcare Provider card, Thursday from 7:45 a.m.-noon at St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute, 711 S. Cowley. The cost is $55 and registration is required. Call the CHER office at (509) 232-8138.

Your Healthy Back – This class will discuss how to avoid back problems and improve existing conditions, Thursday from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Riverfront Medical Center, 322 W. North River Drive. Call Group Health at (509) 459-1086 or visit www.ghc.org.

Migraine Help – This dinner, resource fair and presentation will be Thursday from 6-8:30 a.m. at Deaconess Health and Education Center, 800 W. Fifth Ave. The event is free, but registration is required. Call the CHER office at (509) 232-8138.

Prepared Childbirth – This two-week course will discuss breathing techniques, managing labor, muscle toning and relaxation. The session meets Saturdays starting this week from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at Holy Family Health Education Center, 5633 N. Lidgerwood. The cost is $65 and registration is required. Call the CHER office at (509) 232-8138.

Master Home Environmentalist Program – The American Lung Association of Washington is offering trained volunteers to offer solutions for indoor environmental health problems in your home. To schedule an appointment, call (509) 325-6516 or e-mail lodell@alaw.org.

Get in Touch with Your Baby – This class will discuss infant massage on Tuesdays from 9:30-11 a.m. or on Saturdays from 10:30 a.m.-noon at Sacred Heart Women’s Center, Peaceful Place, 101 W. Eighth Ave. The cost is $80 for four weeks. For more information, visit www.intouchwithyourbaby.com, or call (509) 474-2400.

Happiest Baby on the Block – Learn to calm your crying baby; first Saturday of the month from 1-3 p.m. or the third Tuesday of the month from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Sacred Heart Women’s Center, Peaceful Place, 101 W. Eighth Ave. The cost is $45 and registration is required. Call (509) 474-2400, or visit www.intouchwithyourbaby.com.

Other programs

Power Wheelchairs Available – Miracle on Wheels for nonambulatory senior citizens 65 years and older, also available to the permanently disabled of any age. Call (800) 749-8778 or go to www.durablemedical.com.

Reflexology Sessions – Individual sessions are available Wednesdays and Fridays at 1016 N. Superior. Sessions are also available on Mondays in Deer Park. Call for location, Linda Bussard, (509) 998-1062.

Smoking Cessation Class – This class meets every Tuesday from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the East Central Community Center, 500 S. Stone. For information, call (509) 625-6693.

Speech, Language and Hearing Screenings – WSU Spokane’s Speech and Hearing Clinic, Health Sciences Building, 310 N. Riverpoint Blvd. Open to children and adults. Appointments necessary. Call (509) 358-7580.

Striders – a community walking and exercise program promoting fitness, fun, friends and health education since 1995. Valley Strider classes are at 8 a.m., Mondays and Wednesdays at the YMCA at Mirabeau Point. Northside Strider classes are at 8 a.m., Wednesdays and Fridays at the Sons of Norway, 6710 N. Country Homes Blvd. Lake City Strider classes are at 8 a.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays at Community United Methodist Church, 1470 W. Hanley Ave., Coeur d’Alene. For information, call Carol at (509) 926-1697 or Char, (208) 667-8261.

Stronger Bones and Bodies Functional Training Class – U-District Physical Therapy and Sports Performance, 125 S. Cowley, is presenting this class for those with osteoporosis or osteopenia who want to avoid fractures and maintain fitness levels. There are two sessions Mondays and Wednesdays: 10-11 a.m. or 2-3 p.m. The cost is $50 a month. For information, call (509) 458-7686.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) – Meets Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. for weigh-in, meeting at 6 at Opportunity Presbyterian Church, 202 N. Pines. Call Kathy at (509) 928-4328.

Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes – This program offered by TLC Health Services, 10015 N. Division, Suite 101, will focus on treating metabolic syndrome and obesity. For an introductory visit, call TLC at (509) 467-1739 or e-mail TLCHealth2@aol.com.

TLC Health and Education Services – is accepting new patients and offers primary health care, nutrition counseling, massage therapy, family counseling and fitness training. Located at 10015 N. Division Suite 101. For a free get acquainted visit, call (509) 467-1739 or e-mail TLCHealth2@aol.com.

Women’s Group – This ongoing group addresses relationship issues including fear of intimacy, childhood sexual/physical abuse and depression/irritability. Meets weekly, Wednesdays 6-7:30 p.m. Cost: $25/week; for information call Donna Carolyn, Cedar Bridge Counseling, (509) 624-3561.

Cancer Support

Cancer Support – For questions about cancer, call Providence Cancer Center at (509) 474-5490. A nurse will answer questions and give the latest local and national information.

Look Good… Feel Better – A program offered by the American Cancer Society to help women diagnosed with cancer learn how to apply cosmetics and choose wigs and other head wear. The group meets monthly. For locations, time and more information, call Bonnie Abernethy at (509) 455-3440, option 3.

Cancer Fitness Recovery Program – The Medically Directed Wellness Center at St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute is looking for four underinsured or uninsured women to participate in its Cancer Fitness Recovery Program. The program helps cancer survivors deal with the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation. The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation has set aside money for women who cannot afford to join. Call (509) 473-6013.

Chiropractic Care

Free Scoliosis Screen – Enlist professional expertise to your service group or club. Call Loren C. Miller, at (509) 327-3393.

Free Scoliosis Screening – The progression of scoliosis can be slowed or stopped and reversed in most cases without surgery. Utilize this opportunity to have your child evaluated. Call Mark Guthrie, at 327-8188.

Free Workshop – Bond Chiropractic Health Center offers a free workshop on alternative health-care topics, 307 W. Francis. Call (509) 489-1544 for times and dates.

Drug and alcohol

Daybreak of Spokane – offers residential and outpatient treatment for adolescents with emphasis on family. Downtown outpatient and residential, 960 E. 3rd, (509) 444-7033; Valley outpatient, 11711 E. Sprague, (509) 927-1991.

Nar-Anon – For friends and families of drug addicts. Group meets Mondays at 6:30 p.m. at Bethany Lutheran Church, 301 S. Freya. Call Walt and Lois, (509) 489-6368.

Tobacco Cessation Classes – Community Health Education and Resources office is offering free tobacco cessation classes throughout Spokane. Call (509) 232-8138 or (509) 232-8139.

Tobacco Cessation Classes – Free for Group Health members. For a list of dates and times, call (509) 459-1086 or visit www.ghc.org.

Parenting/Childbirth

Birth Preparation and Breastfeeding Classes – Offered through Group Health. For dates, times and fees, call (509) 459-1086 or visit www.ghc.org.

Free Developmental Screenings – For infants and toddlers under age 3 living in Spokane County. Screenings include: language, physical strength and coordination, vision, hearing, feeding and behavior. Several sites are available. To make an appointment, call the Spokane Regional Health District’s Infant Toddler Network at (509) 324-1651.

Infant and Developmental Massage Classes – Individual and group classes offered in the Spokane area, call Lori at (509) 466-8435.

Maternity Center Tour – Free Holy Family Hospital tours, second and fourth Wednesday of each month, 8 p.m. or by appointment. Call (509) 482-BABY for information or appointment.

Mother Baby Time Support Group – Wednesdays from 10-11 a.m. at the Sacred Heart Women’s Center, Peaceful Place, 101 W. Eighth Ave. Call (509) 474-2400.

Parenting Classes – for single parents of children up to 1 year, sponsored by Catholic Charities Childbirth and Parenting Alone Program, Wednesdays 2-4 p.m., CAPA offices, 707 N. Cedar, Suite B. Free; for registration and information, call (509) 325-7667.

Parent/Childbirth Education – Classes at Holy Family, 5633 N. Lidgerwood St., are offered through Community Health Education and Resources and include: Baby Care Basics, Breastfeeding Basics, Prepared and Refresher Childbirth, Sibling Preparation, Infant/Child CPR, Children at Birth, Sensational Beginnings, Communicating with your Baby, and Infant Massage. For dates and times call Community Health Education Resources Office at (509) 232-8138.

Yoga

Gentle Yoga Classes for Seniors – Presented by Earthshine Yoga, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9-10 a.m. through Aug. 24 at the Southside Senior Center, 3151 E. 27th Ave. The cost is $34 for center members and $38 for nonmembers for the session, and walk-ins are welcome for $5 a class. Call Earthshine Yoga at (509) 299-9128.

Introduction to Yoga – Learn physical poses for strength, balance and flexibility Tuesdays through Aug. 29 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at CenterPlace at Mirabeau Park, 2426 N. Discovery Place, Spokane Valley. The cost is $26. To register, call the Institute for Extended Learning at (509) 279-6000 for class No. L158.

Introduction to Yoga – This class will focus on stretching, relaxing and awareness of your body’s intelligence, Tuesdays from 7:15-8:45 p.m. and Wednesdays from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Radha Yoga Center, 405 S. Coeur d’Alene St., Suite T. The cost is $11 a class, or $55 for a six-week session. For information, call (509) 838-3575.

Yoga for Health and Healing – The Radha Yoga Center, 406 S. Coeur d’Alene St., Suite T, is offering classes for individual with chronic conditions or persons seeking gentle yoga, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10-11 a.m. The cost is $40 for six weeks, or $8 per class. For information, call the center at (509) 838-3575.

Positive Power Yoga and Pilates Studio – 9107 N. Country Homes Blvd., Suite 7, offers a variety of classes including: yoga, Tuesdays from 4-5 p.m., the first class is free and $10 after that; yoga and Pilates fusion class, Saturdays from 9-10:30 a.m.; $5 donation and the proceeds will go to the Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery; strength and core training with weights, Mondays from 9:30-10:30 a.m. and Tuesdays from 9:30-10:30 a.m., $10; Pilates, Wednesdays, 9:30-10:30 a.m., $10; yoga over 50, Fridays from 9-10:30 a.m. Call (509) 467-9199.

Qi-Gong – The St. Joseph Family Center, 1016 N. Superior St., is offering this class, pronounced “chee-goong,” to help boost self-confidence, firm the body and relieve depression every Wednesday from noon-1:15 p.m. The cost is $40 for six sessions. Call the center at (509) 483-6495.

Serenity Yoga – Yoga classes are now available for all ability levels at Serenity Yoga inside the Ninth Avenue Medical Building, 315 W. Ninth. For schedules and prices, call (509) 230-8070.