Health & Wellness

Physical Conditioning

We believe that physical conditioning is important to maintaining a healthy balance in early sobriety.  Swimming, weight training, cardio, basketball and other forms of exercise help to channel feelings of frustration, anger, or discomfort into physical activity, clearing your mind to work through the challenges we experience early on in recovery.

Daily gym attendance during Phase I and II with other residents offers social interaction and the attainment of personal physical health.  Cardiovascular activities build a healthier heart and lungs.  Weight training helps to rebuild much of the damaged tissue and joint function you may have suffered as a result of substance abuse.

Training in mixed martial arts instructs you to use control, patience, and calm to deal successfully with stressful situations.  Yoga adds not only a helpful counterpart to regular workouts but also gently demonstrates that balance is needed both in a physical training regime and in decision making.  Overall, you are given a wide variety of healthy ways to cope with feelings that might have previously led to pick up.

Nutritional Healing

Malnutrition, vitamin deficiencies, sleep disturbance, and irregular digestive functioning are only a few of the problems that you may experience as a result of long-term substance abuse.  Turning Point believes strongly that you must combine physical conditioning with a healthy diet. In order for you to function at the highest level possible, your mind and body must be well tuned.

Residents are expected to eat three meals a day. By ensuring proper nutrition, instead of the typical blend of junk food and energy drinks, Turning Point aims to promote healthier options.  Breakfast is Continental, with a variety of cereals, fruits, yogurts and juices to choose from.  Residents participate in the production of both lunch and dinner, overseen by our talented Chef, Matthew Vidal.

Yoga

Similar to the benefits of martial arts, regular yoga practice reinforces the mind-body-spirit approach.  Yoga helps you regain control over your mind and body by rebuilding strength and structure through deep breathing and the slow-paced repetition of various poses.  Yoga boasts a number of benefits:

  • Improves athletic ability by increasing strength/agility
  • Reduces stress/anxiety/depression
  • Can lower blood pressure
  • Aids in regulating sleep cycles
  • Therapeutic assistance to injuries/medical conditions
  • Improves heart/digestive functioning

Substance abuse not only destroys our personal strength; it makes us lose touch with our own abilities, whereas yoga can help you rediscover your inner strength.  Turning Point provides regular classes in Ishta Yoga, which is a combination of Flow Yoga and Lyengar with an emphasis on breath work and meditation.

Exercise in recovery promotes healing of the body, mind, and spirit.