Move for Your Mood
FREE Movement Sessions
In addition to the physical health benefits of exercise, regular physical activity can positively impact your brain function, boost your mood, and help reduce stress, along with many other enhancements to mental health. Join for any one session, or attend all semester long. All experience levels welcome.
All activities are FREE for BGSU students, faculty and staff. Registration is not required.
Summer 2025 Move for Your Mood Schedule
Yoga As You Are at Jerome Library
- Mondays & Wednesdays: 12:10 – 12:50 PM, Room 142
- May 19 - August 6, (no session May 26)
- Please bring your own yoga mat or towel
Aqua Zumba
- Tuesdays: 5:30 - 6:15 PM, Student Recreation Center, Cooper Pool
- May 20 - August 5
Virtual Yoga
- Tuesdays: 8 - 9 AM, Zoom
- June 3 - August 5
- Enjoy a Vinyasa Flow from the comfort of your home or on the go. Energize your yoga practice with this dynamic Ashtanga-based Vinyasa flow using breath and movement to sync mind and body. Each fast-paced, exhilarating session concludes with the freedom to explore your 'freestyle flow,' promoting physical strength and mental resilience utilizing Sun Salutation A, B, and "C" or main flow.
- Register at https://forms.office.com/r/X5eEpXjHaN
Pickleball Fridays
- Fridays: 11 AM - 1 PM, Student Recreation Center Multi-Activity Court
- May 23 - August 8, (no session July 4)
- Fun, social & enjoyed by all skill levels – pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports nationwide
- Equipment available for complimentary use. SRC membership not required for pickleball play during these specified times.
- For more information contact Julia Adams at jthatch@bgsu.edu
Strive for Five Wellness Challenge
- June 9 - July 20
- This 6-week challenge is designed to motivate, educate, and inspire you to build healthier habits. Exercise, nutrition, and engaging in intentional self-care activities are extremely important and can have an impact on our energy levels, productivity, mental well-being and more.
- Register at https://forms.office.com/r/Le3tEtP2FX by June 6
BGSU Campus Walk-and-Run Routes
- Students in the BGSU Graphic Design Community Engagement Practicum have developed an iniative to highlight BGSU's walk-and-run routes.
- These routes are designed to encourage healthy, active lifestyles among students, faculty, and staff.
- Refer to the Graphic Design 4060 Instagram Account @gdsn4060 to view these routes!
Group Exercise Classes
So many great options to choose from including cycle, BODYPUMP, WERQ Dance Fitness, Yoga, strength circuits and more. BGSU students, faculty and staff can participate in unlimited fitness classes all semester long by purchasing a Group X membership at a discounted rate. SRC facility membership is not required. View full schedule.
Yoga Practices
Physical Activity for Mental Acuity/Cognitive Function
- Exercise can boost mood by triggering the release of feel-good hormones and chemicals, like endorphins, which can boost energy levels and promote positive feelings.
- Regular aerobic exercise can reduce anxiety by making your brain’s “fight or flight” system less reactive and it can reduce depressive symptoms.
- Exercise directly affects your brain and improves brain function!
- Exercise increases levels of a neurotransmitter called BDNF, which helps build brain cells and improves transmission of nervous system signals through the brain.
- Exercise leads to stronger, healthier, better-connected, bigger brain cells = increased learning capacity!
- Moderate physical exercise, such as walking, can also boost memory functions.
Updated: 06/04/2025 01:27PM