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The
New Bedford
Wellness Initiative is an effort to raise health awareness with the
goal to help prevent disease and recover from illness through healthy
living and not just medications. Dr.
Michael Rocha has been leading a monthly wellness walk around
Buttonwood Park on the first Saturday of each month since April 2014. The
group headed off on its third walk on June 7, 2014, to the accompaniment
of trombone, trumpet and guitar music on a gorgeous spring day. Over one
hundred people joined the two-mile walk around the park which ended with
the opportunity to participate in a yoga class led by Pam Teves of South
Coast Yoga and offered by Laura Broekel and Catherine O'Berry from Down
to Earth Natural Foods. "There are many wonderful resources
already present in the community, and we can share these with one
another," says Dr. Rocha on his Facebook page. "The power to
change is within each of us." The walks are open to anyone and are
scheduled on the first Saturday of every month at 10:00 a.m. at the
Buttonwood Park Zoo. Click
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(Top row) A crowd of over one hundred walkers gathers near the parking lot of the Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford where Dr. Michael Rocha, right, begins his monthly walks. (Rows two and three) The group heads off on the two-mile route around the Park along Brownell Avenue on a beautiful June Saturday. (Bottom row) The group rounds the North End of the Park on Route 6 before returning along Rockdale Avenue to the parking lot where they are greeted by Dr. Rocha. |
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