"I long to accomplish a noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.”
"I long to accomplish a noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.”
Living Well With LupusThose living with lupus contend with an enormous amount of decisions and worries that come along with a diagnosis of a chronic illness. Often the focus of care and support for patients is on medical treatment and management of their illness.
This wellness program is about helping people living with lupus get access to or learn new or different ways to find positivity and some relief for the physical stresses and emotional strain that comes with a diagnosis of lupus. |
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LFNC + Regan Moves!!
The Lupus Foundation of Northern California is excited to announce that we are partnering with Regan Birr of Regan Moves! Starting this MAY!!
Meet Regan Birr:
"I have 13 years of experience teaching Regan MOVES to various groups including lupus patients, seniors, and people with chronic conditions. I’ve taught in person at the YMCA, community centers, and health clubs, and online for groups including the LFNC and Duke University with Medical University of South Carolina. I also conduct workshops and talks at local organizations. Experience from my own life, going from 2.5 years of Cytoxan and high pain and very low energy to regaining energy and movement and life(!), is the best thing I have to offer. The goal is to share tips that worked for me; and more than that, help personalize tools for people, so they can design their own path to wellness. My qualifications include AFAA (Athletics and Fitness Association of America) certification as group instructor and personal trainer, and B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering."
Regan MOVES is gentle exercise designed specifically for people with chronic conditions, including those who have lupus and arthritis. I developed it out of necessity, given my diagnoses of systemic lupus, osteoarthritis, and fibromyalgia, because I couldn’t perform regular exercise (it was too strenuous, and wasn’t designed for people like me). I used my engineering degree to develop a low-torque, low-impact program that allowed me to exercise, while maintaining joint safety. It promotes sustainability, teeing participants up for success, with participants reporting increase in stamina, strength, and energy. Overall health is improved, with reported improvements in lab work including A1C values. My goal is that these benefits will lead to participants’ longevity.
Ready to do something good for yourself? Join Regan every Tuesday and Thursday at 10:00 am via zoom. You can do this in your home or at the office! Invite your family or loved ones to join you!
Meet Regan Birr:
"I have 13 years of experience teaching Regan MOVES to various groups including lupus patients, seniors, and people with chronic conditions. I’ve taught in person at the YMCA, community centers, and health clubs, and online for groups including the LFNC and Duke University with Medical University of South Carolina. I also conduct workshops and talks at local organizations. Experience from my own life, going from 2.5 years of Cytoxan and high pain and very low energy to regaining energy and movement and life(!), is the best thing I have to offer. The goal is to share tips that worked for me; and more than that, help personalize tools for people, so they can design their own path to wellness. My qualifications include AFAA (Athletics and Fitness Association of America) certification as group instructor and personal trainer, and B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering."
Regan MOVES is gentle exercise designed specifically for people with chronic conditions, including those who have lupus and arthritis. I developed it out of necessity, given my diagnoses of systemic lupus, osteoarthritis, and fibromyalgia, because I couldn’t perform regular exercise (it was too strenuous, and wasn’t designed for people like me). I used my engineering degree to develop a low-torque, low-impact program that allowed me to exercise, while maintaining joint safety. It promotes sustainability, teeing participants up for success, with participants reporting increase in stamina, strength, and energy. Overall health is improved, with reported improvements in lab work including A1C values. My goal is that these benefits will lead to participants’ longevity.
Ready to do something good for yourself? Join Regan every Tuesday and Thursday at 10:00 am via zoom. You can do this in your home or at the office! Invite your family or loved ones to join you!
Program Calendar
Streaming Video Library
Living Well with Lupus events (see program calendar), focus on positive life skills or activities of varied topics, types, and benefits to reach diverse interests and abilities. Find tips and positive insights, or recorded sessions and workshops from this program in this video playlist and via our social media channels. Hear patient stories about their lupus diagnosis and about daily life with lupus. This library is new, and growing, so check back often, follow along and share with friends!
Our InspirationYOU-our Lupus Community! Many of you have expressed interest in seeing more positive information about life with lupus and in learning new ways to incorporate positivity into your day-to-day regimens. There is so much information out there about the difficulties around living with lupus, around disease management, and medications that have adverse side effects, now it’s time to see things with a positive viewpoint.
This new program expands on our other programs which offer support, education and resources, to be an additional way for patients and families to connect, feel inspired, empowered, and potentially find some activities that help with overall well-being. |
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Practitioners & Patients:
Interested in Leading a Workshop or Outing?
Are you a physician, medical or health care practitioner, lupus patient, dance or yoga instructor, herbalist, naturopath, massage therapist, acupuncturist or nutrition counselor (or any other type of wellness practitioner) and looking for ways to help your patients or peers (other lupus patients) improve their day-to-day management of lupus? We would love to work with you!
