“Healthy Pleasures” is an online fundraising auction showcasing products, services, and activities that help people relax, have fun, lower stress, and be healthy. Activities we enjoy that engage us, bring us social connections, or get us outdoors are more than just fun; having fun is essential for good health!

What do we mean by healthy pleasures? Healthy pleasure can be solo or social, active or soothing, serious or silly. It includes any activity or hobby that relieves stress, exercises our bodies and minds, brings a sense of accomplishment, and encourages creativity.

 
Here are some examples of what we would consider healthy pleasures:

• Making music – playing an instrument, singing, writing tunes or lyrics.
• Making art or craft – painting; knitting, weaving, braiding, or any fiber arts; woodworking or carving; paper crafts or book arts; printing; or any of the hundreds of activities that can be lumped into the Maker Movement.
• Mindfulness practices – meditation, yoga, tai chi, qi gong, and others.
• Physical activities – walking, hiking, running, bicycling, skateboarding, swimming, dancing, and more.
• Social activities – playing games, sports, getting together with other people to make or participate in activities together.
• Experiences that take us outside of our cares and into something grander – appreciating our environment (being in nature, sightseeing), appreciating performances or other arts.

About us

Since 1989 PlaneTree Health Library has been providing resources that guide people to accurate, trustworthy, and free health information. To serve more people in the community, we are now exclusively online. We offer webinars on how to evaluate health information, our PlaneTalk e-newsletter with actions you can take to advocate for your health, resource guides for later life planning and caregiving, and more! To learn more, visit us at www.planetree-sv.org.

In this time of challenges, change and stressful events in our world, we want to offer people ways to support their health with healthy pleasure for self-care. We hope you will join us by donating one or more items for our online auction.