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We have found the complete package I think right here at St. Leonard
for those who are Catholic
it provides an environment that helps enrich our faith
at this particular stage of life and that was important to us
we would normally attend mass in the morning
up in our beautiful church
and then we find ourselves at the fitness center just about well i would
say five or six days a week.
here with the health programs they have the emphasis is on staying healthy as long
as you can
wellness is really about
as its name implies
establishing a level of wholeness for the individual
so they're having new experiences they're meeting new people
and those experiences change
the way they think about themselves and that changes their physiology too
I had a back operation
about 15 years ago
and that limited to the some of the
the more macho type of exercise, maybe, I used to do
as we age we have things that our bodies
can't handle as well as they did when we were a little bit younger
with 2 new knees and so forth
I was concerned about balance and I was concerned about strengthening and never
took a formalized class in weight training before and now I take 2 and I enjoy it
but when movement hurts it can be very
frustrating psychologically and can be very challenging
water exercise has been very important to me
they can take the risks in terms of balance in the water that they would
never want to take on land. we have people who haven't run in thirty years who
are running
on the underwater treadmills
some of our friends don't really take advantage
of the programs in their uh... retirement communities and when they
hear how active we can be here at saint leonard they're a little surprised
The Franciscan Center is a 22,000 square foot wellness facility
we have a restaurant, we have a full bar, which is very popular
we have over
35 different exercise classes, we have a spa
The flexibility here is just really so amazing
that you can be as involved as you want or you can just kinda settled back and just
enjoy life. The day goes by quickly and we're very happy here.