Technology, tai chi and happiness tools taught at Clinton-Macomb Library senior event – Macomb Daily

Tackling overall senior wellness from several different angles and two different presentation methods in one day is the goal of the Clinton-Macomb Public Library’s Living Well at CMPL program.

On Oct. 6, Living Well at the CMPL will encourage those age 55 and over to participate in both in-person and virtual course offerings. Caregivers and families are also welcome to participate. In-person events will be held at the Clinton-Macomb Public Library (CMPL) Main Library, located at 40900 Romeo Plank Road in Clinton Township.

On Oct. 6, seniors are invited to join in the ongoing literary discussions offered at the library called Mitten Tales and Talk. This event can be joined in-person or via Zoom. Stories in Mitten Tales and Talk all relate to Michigan. The event begins at 10:30 a.m. and registration is necessary for online attendance. Registration can be found via links at cmpl.libnet.info/events.

“The librarian reads a short story out loud, and we discuss. It is the easiest book club event. It is good for those who do not have enough time to commit to reading a whole book or who don’t like to come out for an evening book club,” Meghan Mott said, CMPL outreach manager.

Librarians will demonstrate a wide variety of items, particularly technology items, offered through the library’s Things to Go collection. No registration is necessary to participate, as this course is drop-in. Demonstrations will be held in-person from noon to 5 p.m. at the Main Library. Participants are invited to bring as many as 20 photos and a flash drive. Photos will be scanned as part of the demonstration of the library’s borrowable photo scanner.

“It’s a technology petting zoo. It has all of these things, to go items, from tools and hobbies to technology,” Mott said.

At 2 p.m., tai chi lessons will be offered in-person at the Main Library in the auditorium. Instructor Garry Cabbil will teach the basic tai chi moves and benefits. Registration is necessary and can be obtained by contacting 586-226-5050 or via links online at cmpl.libnet.info/events .

At 6:30 p.m., Zoom participants can learn a toolkit of psychological and physiological behaviors to increase and maintain happiness. Registration is necessary and can be obtained by contacting 586-226-5050 or via links at cmpl.libnet.info/events .

The course will be taught by Peggi Tabor, a certified, integrated wellness coach. Through the course, Tabor will examine recent studies on understanding happiness, and the neural correlates of happiness that can be developed and expanded up on.

Rrecommendations for those age 55 and up will be offered throughout the day on the library’s Facebook at facebook.com/ClintonMacombPublicLibrary.

2021 marks the fourth year that the Clinton-Macomb Public Library has held a Living Well at CMPL event. Most prior expos have been held in-person at library locations, but in 2020 the event moved entirely to Zoom.

“We started offering it in 2018, just because, you know, we have a lot of stuff for youth. We wanted to highlight services for seniors as well,” Mott said.

More information about the Living Well at the CMPL events can be obtained by contacting 586-226-5050.

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