UBU takes an active wellness approach for youth & adults to become more self aware, grow peer connections, make physical activity a lifestyle choice & build leadership skills Typically each spring and fall (when there isn’t a global pandemic), UBU: Girls program runs in Sherwood Park, AB for youth who identify as female and are in Grades 6-8. UBU: Girls meets weekly for 6-8 weeks to help girls fee
l a sense of belonging, become more self-aware, and make physical activity a lifestyle choice by taking part in activities involving fitness, journaling/communication, self-reflection, and leadership. UBU also leads UBU: Schools workshops for co-ed Sport for Life, Sport Fit, Sports Performance, and phys. Gr. 5-9 classes in Edmonton, Sherwood Park, and Fort Saskatchewan to help students pair the power of grit and mindfulness with physical activity/sports results. Understanding how the mind helps the body and the movement helps the mind. UBU: Sports workshops are held with youth sports teams of all genders and sports between U10-U17 ages to help groups team-build, focus on team goals, and determine individual strengths that can be enhanced and celebrated by the coach and other players, which in turn will help the team’s collective success. The last set of programs are UBU: Adults, which have run with a fitness focus (all ability levels welcome and celebrated) with a tinge of mindfulness or the opposite style with a mindfulness, journaling, goal-setting format with a tinge of physical activity to stir up creativity within the workshop. The workshops can be customized to the group’s requests.
