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Week of the Health

UdG Health Week 2026.

We're holding Health Week 2024 at the University of Girona from 23 to 27 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!

Sports at the UdG > Activities > Health Week

What is the Week of the health of the UdG?

With the aim of coinciding with World Physical Activity Day (6 April) and World Health Day (7 April), we invite you to take part in the 2026 Health Week activities, a little later this year because of Easter Week.At this conference we propose an activity to reflect on the benefits of a lifestyle with emotional well-being, a healthy physical activity and good food.

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 .

Social Commitment Activities: UdG Social Commitment Health Week

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.

Sports at the UdG > Activities > Health Week

 

We encourage you to share your activity during Health Week on the various social media sites with the hashtag #salutUdG25

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 2024

LIST OF ACTIVITIES

 

+Biodanca: dancing life (Tuesday, 24 April, 4.30 pm. )

Biodanca: dancing life (Tuesday, 24 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 consciousness (Tuesday 24 March 12.30 pm)

Body consciousness (Tuesday 24 March 12.30 pm)

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.
+Yoga and pilates workshop (Monday 23 and/or Wednesday 25 March at 1 pm and/or Friday 27 March at 2.30 pm)

Yoga and pilates workshop (Monday 23 and/or Wednesday 25 March at 1 pm and/or Friday 27 March at 2.30 pm)

Sessions where you will be able to experience a new form of physical and mental welfare.Based on a dynamic to improve your posture and help you alleviate back pain.In addition, you will improve your strength, flexibility and general well-being.Do you want to feel you're in a healthier body and a calmer mind?We look forward to seeing you to practise this rejuvenating and transformational experience! Teachers: Gemma Xicota (Monday and Thursday) and Luis Enrique Jiménez (Friday).
+Get started in Ultimate Frisbee (Wednesday 25 March and/or Thursday 26 March at 5 pm)

Get started in Ultimate Frisbee (Wednesday 25 March and/or Thursday 26 March at 5 pm)

The Ultimate Frisbee is a team sport played with a frisbee.It is a fast and dynamic game with no physical contact, combining elements of football, basketball and rugby, but with its own rules.  The Ultimate is based on the "Spirit of the Game", where the players referee themselves and each other and sort out any conflicts by speaking.It is often played in mixed teams (men and women together).Coaches:Isaac Cuervas, Iker Pastor, Olesya Egorova. 
+Get started in Olympic boxing (Thursday 26 March, at 12.30 pm)

Get started in Olympic boxing (Thursday 26 March, at 12.30 pm)

Olympic boxing is a real all-round sports activity that develops coordination, agility, stamina and strength.Boxing is suitable for anybody, regardless of sex or age.Besides its sporting benefits, boxing also increases self-confidence, providing a feeling of security and the motivation to go beyond one’s limits.This session will be an introduction to boxing without any type of contact , but at the same time all the concepts of boxing will be put into practice.Teacher: Francesc Martínez. 
+Pilates (Monday 23 March 2 pm and/or Thursday 26 March 2 pm or 3 pm)

Pilates (Monday 23 March 2 pm and/or Thursday 26 March 2 pm or 3 pm)

The Pilates Method is a physical and mental system of training that bases itself on the control of the mind about the body, designed to pull, but also to strengthen the body in a balanced way and respecting the body alignment.The Method challenges in the body to work like an everything unitary and integrated, achieving with its practical awakening the body consciousness, to improve the breath and the coordination.This work-out will help us to develop strong but long and stylised muscles, strengthen our deep musculature, improve our posture and balance, increase our flexibility and sports performance, reduce our risk of injury and, what is more, cut down our stress and back pain.Teacher: Laura Sotillos

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