Salaam Community Wellness Center to Host Free Monthly “Peace of Mind


Salaam Community Wellness Center to Host Free Monthly “Peace of Mind 

Health and Wellness Pop-Up” At MetroSquash in Woodlawn 


CHICAGO (April 12, 2025) – With millions of Americans experiencing increased feelings of anxiety and insecurity, healthcare providers are stepping up their efforts to help provide relief and support. Salaam Community Wellness Center launched its “Peace of Mind Health and Wellness Pop-Up” series last year as a way to help people navigate their mental and physical emotions. Salaam Community Wellness Center is a health and wellness center located in Chicago's historic Woodlawn neighborhood that offers a unique, innovative model of holistic healthcare that utilizes both western and non-western practices such as individual and group therapies, deep breathing, meditation, yoga, massage, acupuncture, Reiki, and sound therapy, among others.

    Their next pop-up event is Saturday, April 19, at MetroSquash, 6100 S. Cottage Grove Ave., in Chicago from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. It is a free event and open to the public. There will be interactive workshops and activities including yoga, meditation, sound and music therapy, gardening workshops, healthy food cooking demonstrations, Zumba, and mental health presentations along with holistic community programs, vendors, and resources to assist with housing, accessing healthy foods, and job skills training. 

    Specifically, here’s a schedule of workshops: Your Mental Health is Your Mental Wealth presented by Cynthia Chambers of Safe Space (11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.); Food As Medicine - Grow Your Own Food As Medicine presented by Orrin Williams, UIC Extension Program, and Calvin Young, Entrepreneurs Academy (11:00 a.m., noon, and 2:00 p.m.); Yoga, Meditation and Sound Therapy presented by Beth Albrecht, Blue Yoga (noon and 2:00 p.m.); Zumba with Nikitta (noon and 2:00 p.m.); Food As Medicine Cooking Demonstration, presented by Chef Maria Fernandez and Dr. Sonia Oyola, University of Chicago (noon); and Music Therapy & Yoga, presented by Clare Takarabe, Northwestern University and Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Dr. Larry Turner, Studio Yogi (1:00 p.m.). 

    In addition, there will be free food and other giveaways, available on a first come, first serve basis, until supplies are gone. Supporting partners include MetroSquash, Zakat Foundation of America, Your Neighborhood Laundromat, Blue Cross Blue Shield of IL, CIOGC Zakat Chicago, and Wayfarer Foundation. Visit www.salaamcwc.org , send an email to info@salaamcwc.org, or phone SCWC at 773-435-9493 for more information.


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