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• WOD 2015

World Osteoporosis Day (WOD) activities at OAZ

The theme which was announced by IOF for year 2015 is ”Strong Bone”. Our activities at OAZ Zlín started well in advance and tied up the WOD with several events.

Art therapy can help us with finding our lost psychic balance. We assume mutual relationship of mental and psychical state must be balanced to keep our bones in good condition. Next, better cooperation between patient and medical doctor can lead to better medical treatment and results in osteoporosis indicators will improve. Based on this assumption, we prepared a two- week summer program for our osteoporotic patients.

1) 18.8.2015 – 28.8.2015 Art Exhibition in Alternativa exhibition hall: Pavla Novosadová and Art Therapy at OAZ. The art show opening was a success with about 200 participants: patients, their relatives, friends and general public.

2) 25.8.2015Workshop – Music Therapy with Miroslav Černý in Alternative: Mgr. Mirek Černý presented selected instruments from his historical and ethnic musical instruments collection. This workshop was a success. Mr. Černý played music while participants actively worked on their original art pieces under the supervision by Jarmila Přibylová and Hana Atcheson, the OAZ art-therapists.

3) 27.8.2015 Lecture – Nepal Expedition with MUDr. Petr Fojtík. This lecture brought a close insight into the current life of people in Mustang Valey, Nepal. MUDr. Fojtík talked about beautiful nature and life in the valley, and also about local teaching and religion of Tibetans in Nepalese exile. He practically presented several exercises from the Tibetan breathing yoga Ca-Lung.