Sports at the UdG > Activities > Health Week
Go to content (click on Intro)
UdG Home UdG Home
Close
Menu

Sport at the UdG

Week of the Health

UdG Health Week 2024.

We're holding Health Week 2024 at the University of Girona from 8 to 12 April, with sports activities in several disciplines.  Sign up, as you're sure to enjoy having a go at them, and they’ll get you in better shape physically, mentally and emotionally. All the activities are free for everyone!

Look after yourself, we’re counting on you!

What is the Week of the health of the UdG?

To mark World Physical Activity Day (6 April) and World Health Day (7 April) - it’s a bit further away this year, because of Easter Week - we’re inviting you to take part in this year’s Health Week 2024 activities under the slogan 'Look after yourself - we're counting on you'. The event will be inviting reflection on the benefits of a lifestyle with emotional well-being, healthy physical activity and a balanced diet.

Aiming to promote healthy habits among the university community and Girona society, the Social Commitment Unit, the Sports Service and the Occupational Health Office have all collaborated to offer free activities, workshops and lectures to celebrate Health Week at the University of Girona’s various campuses.

All the activities are free, although Sports Service activities require assistance monitoring and registration. It be necessary to register there previously, for the limited seating of the spaces that accommodate them. 

If you are a student and want to earn POINTS to exchange for ECTS with this week’s activities from the Sports Service, you can do so according to your interests by specifically registering on the Sports Service web page .

If you are not a student but wish to take part in the Sports Service's activities, you can register with its website up to the start of the activity or all the places have been taken. If you are not a member of the university community you will have to send an email to anna.vinyolas@udg.edu with your details before you can register.

We encourage you to share your activity during Health Week on the various social media sites with the hashtag #salutUdG23

Important note:

As the activities are free of charge and places are limited, please book responsibly. It is indispensable that, if cannot assist, you leave the free square (it is so much simple as to enter into the web where you have registered and to cancel the enrolment). The registered persons and that they do not assist nor retire with anticipation they will not be able to accumulate points of the programme of Practical Sport and of Leisure.

Health Week video - April 2021

LIST OF ACTIVITIES

 

+Biodansa: dansa la vida (Tuesday, 9 April, 4.30 pm. )

Biodansa: dansa la vida (Tuesday, 9 April, 4.30 pm. )

Biodance is a system for self-knowledge and personal growth through movement, music and silence, which facilitates the connection with our emotions and their expression, combining do-think-feel. Moving around free it is to live free. One of the goals is to connect us with ourselves, with our emotions, to express them and take them on board in a healthy way, unblocking movements suppressed for different reasons during the course of our lives (education, culture, etc.) to live a life where we are more aware and have greater well-being, living for here and now. Teacher: Rosa Verge.
+Body awareness (Friday, 12 April, at 12 noon)

Body awareness (Friday, 12 April, at 12 noon)

Session where attention will be paid to your body, carrying out a whole range of simple micromovements slowly and carefully, in order to meet your own natural mobility, respecting your own rhythm, and keep on freeing yourself from tensions and blockades, thus. It is wanted to achieve a major consciousness of your body, to be more flexible and to coordinate different movements to reach a relaxation that it will make you feel better with you. Teacher: Joan Riera.
+Hatha yoga and Vinyasa yoga (Monday, 8 April, 4 pm)

Hatha yoga and Vinyasa yoga (Monday, 8 April, 4 pm)

Course on the essence of Hatha yoga, to become aware of breathing, gestures and the sensation of the body through a the gentle practice of this activity. The sessions work on attention and physical and mental concentration. This will also be combined with sessions of "Vinyasa” (movement) yoga, meaning classes consist of a fluid progression of postures (asana) combining movement with breathing. It is an active and dynamic practice that contains the elements necessary for a balanced body and mind, helping to unblock, increase flexibility and concentration and the final relaxation to undo tensions and integrate the benefits of the practice. Teacher: Carolina Garcia
+Ballet Fit

Ballet Fit

Ballet Fit® is a new fitness concept and one of the latest trends in the United States and United Kingdom, merging classical dance technique with fitness. FIT BALLET is a discipline that is based and combines the essence of ballet with elements of fitness. The sessions will involve cardiovascular workouts, toning, strength, balance, flexibility and elasticity, as well as joint mobility. They will consist of small group methods and individual work on body awareness and stretching techniques. Teacher at the Escola en Dansa Girona. 
+Get started with P13FIT

Get started with P13FIT

P13Fit it is a revolutionary high-intensity and low-impact training method that combines skipping to the rhythm of music but based on the basic child’s jump. This unique and fun approach offers an innovative way of training, with many benefits for the body and the mind. As an intense and effective cardiovascular training that includes toning exercises, P13Fit has become a popular tool for getting in shape and enjoying a completely different exercise experience. Teacher: Anna Pascual. CAFE graduate.

Choose which types of cookies you accept which the University of Girona can store in your browser.

Those that are essential for enabling your connection. There is no option for disabling them, as they are necessary for the functioning of the website.

These enable your options to be remembered (for example language or region you are accessing from), to provide you with advanced services.

They provide statistical information and enable improved services. We use Google Analytics cookies which you can deactivate by installing this plugin.

To offer advertising contents relating to the interests of users, either directly, or through third parties (“adservers”). These must be activated if you wish to see the YouTube videos uploaded to the University of Girona’s website.