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Krista Maddock, RN
Health Educator and Group Facilitator
chronic disease prevention
and behavior change
Health Educator and Group Facilitator
Krista Maddock, RN
chronic disease prevention
and behavior change
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Meal Planning to Meet Your Health Goals
Wed Jan. 14th & 28th @ 1pm-2pm
Kickstart Your Year: New Year, Brighter Brain Challenge
Join our January Challenge: Meal Planning to Meet Your Health Goals, the powerful launch of our year-long Empowering Routines for Brain Health series!
This hour-long class provides you with practical tools to establish systems to help you organize your food environment whether your priorities are heart health, inflammation, metabolic health or brain health. You’ll receive weekly meal planning charts, access to brain-boosting recipes, and strategies to make nutrition easy and effective.
The challenge culminates in a Mid-Month Recipe and Strategy Share event to connect with class participants, troubleshoot challenges, and gain confidence.
This is just the start! Each month of 2026 will feature a new topic and challenge—from fitness to mindfulness—all designed to support and strengthen your brain health. Commit to a brighter year, one routine at a time!
Meal planning to meet your health goals: January 14, 2026 1pm-2pm
Mid-month recipe and strategy share: January 28, 2026 1pm-2pm
$20/person
Minimum of 10 per class
Edina Senior Center
Heart and Mind Connect
Wed Feb 11 & 25 (Reconnect session) @ 1pm-2pm
February Challenge: Heart & Mind Connect
This February, in honor of American Heart Month, join our month-long challenge focusing on the powerful heart-brain connection!
In this one hour class we will review the Heart & Mind Connect Challenge guiding you in practicing simple, proven techniques—including Heart Coherence Practice inspired by the HeartMath Institute—to reduce stress and enhance emotional balance. You'll learn how to maintain calm during social interactions, directly benefiting both your cognitive health and your cardiovascular system.
Through daily tracking and our Mid-Month Heart & Mind Re-Connect, you’ll boost your social connections and emotional resilience. This is a vital part of our year-long commitment to Empowering Routines for Brain Health. Commit to a calmer, more connected heart and mind this month!
Heart & Mind Connect Challenge Class: Wed. Feb. 11, 2026 1pm-2pm
Mid-month Heart & Mind Re-Connect: Wed. Feb. 25, 2026 1pm-2pm
$20/person
Minimum of 10 per class. Register at the Edina Senior Center www.edinamn.gov/2168/Senior-Center
Edina Senior Center
Stepping On
Thursday's @ 1pm-3pm Jan 15 - Feb 26, 2026
About the class
This seven-week class meets once a week for two hours. This class helps participants learn strategies to reduce falls and increase strength. For this class, exercises are introduced in week one and then practiced throughout the remaining six weeks. Participants use weights to improve strength and balance throughout the program. The program also includes a follow-up home visit and a three-month “booster session” to review achievements and sustain efforts. You’ll learn:
Simple and fun balance and strength exercises
The role of vision in keeping your balance
How medications can contribute to falls
Ways to keep from falling when out in your community
How to eliminate fall hazards from your home
Stepping On® is an evidence-based program developed at the University of Sydney, Australia, and adapted for U.S. audiences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Classes are scheduled on Thursday's @ 1pm-3pm: Jan 15, no class on 22nd, 28 & Feb 5, 12, 19 and 26.
Location: Avidor Edina 5220 Eden Ave, Edina
Avidor Edina- Dining Room
Cognitive Health
Metabolic Health
Physical Health
Mental Health
Social Health
IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO START
Empowering Routines For...
FEATURED NEXT CLASS
FEATURED NEXT CLASS
Edina Senior Center
Kickstart Your Year: New Year, Brighter Brain Challenge
Join our January Challenge: Meal Planning to Meet Your Health Goals, the powerful launch of our year-long Empowering Routines for Brain Health series!
This hour-long class provides you with practical tools to establish systems to help you organize your food environment whether your priorities are heart health, inflammation, metabolic health or brain health. You’ll receive weekly meal planning charts, access to brain-boosting recipes, and strategies to make nutrition easy and effective.
The challenge culminates in a Mid-Month Recipe and Strategy Share event to connect with class participants, troubleshoot challenges, and gain confidence.
This is just the start! Each month of 2026 will feature a new topic and challenge—from fitness to mindfulness—all designed to support and strengthen your brain health. Commit to a brighter year, one routine at a time!
Meal planning to meet your health goals: January 14, 2026 1pm-2pm
Mid-month recipe and strategy share: January 28, 2026 1pm-2pm
$20/person
Minimum of 10 per class
Edina Senior Center
February Challenge: Heart & Mind Connect
This February, in honor of American Heart Month, join our month-long challenge focusing on the powerful heart-brain connection!
In this one hour class we will review the Heart & Mind Connect Challenge guiding you in practicing simple, proven techniques—including Heart Coherence Practice inspired by the HeartMath Institute—to reduce stress and enhance emotional balance. You'll learn how to maintain calm during social interactions, directly benefiting both your cognitive health and your cardiovascular system.
Through daily tracking and our Mid-Month Heart & Mind Re-Connect, you’ll boost your social connections and emotional resilience. This is a vital part of our year-long commitment to Empowering Routines for Brain Health. Commit to a calmer, more connected heart and mind this month!
Heart & Mind Connect Challenge Class: Wed. Feb. 11, 2026 1pm-2pm
Mid-month Heart & Mind Re-Connect: Wed. Feb. 25, 2026 1pm-2pm
$20/person
Minimum of 10 per class. Register at the Edina Senior Center www.edinamn.gov/2168/Senior-Center
Stepping On
Thursday's @ 1pm-3pm Jan 15 - Feb 26, 2026
Avidor Edina- Dining Room
About the class
This seven-week class meets once a week for two hours. This class helps participants learn strategies to reduce falls and increase strength. For this class, exercises are introduced in week one and then practiced throughout the remaining six weeks. Participants use weights to improve strength and balance throughout the program. The program also includes a follow-up home visit and a three-month “booster session” to review achievements and sustain efforts. You’ll learn:
Simple and fun balance and strength exercises
The role of vision in keeping your balance
How medications can contribute to falls
Ways to keep from falling when out in your community
How to eliminate fall hazards from your home
Stepping On® is an evidence-based program developed at the University of Sydney, Australia, and adapted for U.S. audiences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Classes are scheduled on Thursday's @ 1pm-3pm: Jan 15, no class on 22nd, 28 & Feb 5, 12, 19 and 26.
Location: Avidor Edina 5220 Eden Ave, Edina
Krista
As a dedicated health educator, Krista specializes in chronic disease prevention and empowering individuals to make informed choices for long-term health. With a background in public health and behavior change, she uses evidence-based practices to support and inspire healthy lifestyles. She holds a bachelor's degree in nursing, an active Minnesota Nursing license, and certifications in Brain Health Coaching and neurodegenerative disease management.
As a dedicated health educator, Krista specializes in chronic disease prevention and empowering individuals to make informed choices for long-term health. With a background in public health and behavior change, she uses evidence-based practices to support and inspire healthy lifestyles. She holds a bachelor's degree in nursing, an active Minnesota Nursing license, and certifications in Brain Health Coaching and neurodegenerative disease management.
Krista
Krista
Meal Planning to Meet Your Health Goals
Wed Jan. 14th & 28th @ 1pm-2pm
Edina Senior Center
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Heart and Mind Connect
Wed Feb 11 & 25 (Reconnect session) @ 1pm-2pm
Edina Senior Center
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Stepping On
Thursday's @ 1pm-3pm Jan 15 - Feb 26, 2026
Avidor Edina- Dining Room
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What some of Krista’s students have to say:
"Krista is very knowledgeable and conveys a ton of ways to begin taking care of your brain health at whatever stage you are. Everyone should take this class."
"Krista conveyed a ton of useful and actionable information."
"This class gave me a lot to think about."
"The instructor is well prepared. She has excellent materials provided at each place with complete references. Krista presents subject matter in an orderly manner for understanding. Learned many activities to try and goals to set for my brain and overall health."
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