Culture of Health Speakers

*Dr. Mark Sherman is a Family Physician and the founder of the Victoria Community Health Co-operative.  He has a special interest in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and has taught yoga and meditation for the past 10 years in Victoria.  Dr. Sherman has been facilitating courses in MBSR with patients and community members for the past 5 years, and is currently working on establishing a Centre for Stress Management in Victoria.  He frequently presents on Integrative Medicine approaches to health and disease at conferences and workshops across Canada, and is a proud husband and father of two young children. 

*There are no scheduled presentations at this time. 

Yoga

Glenda Garcia and Linda Cundiff are offering upcoming yoga sessions.  Sign-up in person from 11:30am - 1:30pm, April 26th, in the RJH - PCC Food Court.  Read more about these classes.

Class Schedule:

Monday: Basic Yoga with Linda Cundiff
5:30 - 6:30pm
April 30 - June 11 (no class May 21)

Tuesday: Intermediate Yoga with Glenda Garcia
5:00 - 6:00pm
May 1 - June 5

Wednesday: Basic Yoga with Glenda Garcia
4:30 - 5:30pm
May 2 - June 6

About The Fitness Centre

The RJH Fitness Society opened the Fitness Centre at the Royal Jubilee Hospital’s Patient Care Centre on Monday, July 4, 2011. Take a look at what the facility has to offer in this short RJH Fitness video. (2:40 min)

Membership

Membership at the RJH Fitness Centre is open to Royal Jubilee Hospital employees. his includes VIHA staff, medical staff and affiliate service providers including AFS, ACML, PHSA and ISL Health.

Due to the size of the gym, membership is limited to 500 employees, medical staff, and affiliate service providers, all of whom must work at the RJH campus.

Cost

$144 non-refundable payment, payable one time per year – that works out to about $12 a month!

Memberships dues are payable in full at the time of registration. Dues are non-refundable and membership is non-transferrable.

Membership fees are payable to the "RJH Fitness Society", a registered non-profit society set up to oversee the operation of the Fitness Centre.

Hours of Operation

Members can access the Fitness Centre 24-hours every day with their proximity card, which will be encoded on registration. 

Supervision

The Fitness Centre is not supervised. Members who use the Fitness Centre do so at their own risk.

The RJH Fitness Society and the Vancouver Island Health Authority are not responsible for any injury that may occur to individuals participating in any exercise activity. Participation in exercise activity is on a voluntary basis.  

Lockers 

Lockers are available in the Men’s and Women’s change/shower rooms adjacent to the Fitness Centre. These are day use lockers only. Please remove your belongings from the lockers after your workout or at the end of your shift.

Towel Service

Members must supply their own towels (and toiletries and soap) for use in the Fitness Centre workout area and change/shower rooms.

About the RJH Fitness Society

The RJH Fitness Society is an independent, registered non-profit society incorporated under the Societies Act.

The Board of Directors and founding members are volunteers who are passionate in their desire to create a workplace environment that encourages people to build physical activity into their daily routine and values active living as an essential part of both personal and corporate wellbeing.

To report any damaged equipment, theft, or vandalism please contact us at: RJHFitness@viha.ca