Jaywalker U Website Launch
Jaywalker U Website Launch The new Jaywalker U website is now online. Jaywalker Lodge is now partnering with Colorado Mountain College (CMC) to offer men in recovery a collegiate community to support their sobriety, as well as their academics – we call it, Jaywalker U. We have created a residential Student Center for students […]
Riding to New Heights
Today men from both Jaywalker U and Solutions headed west to ride some of the amazing trails that Fruita has to offer. This was one of the first times riding for some of the guys and have the more experienced riders a chance to help each other out. Another perfect example of mountain biking saving […]
Recovery Class
The next two weeks the Jaywalker U students will be attending a webinar series by Faces & Voices of Recovery titled, “Messaging for young people in recovery.” JWU students will learn how to tell their recovery story publicly and effectively in hopes of helping others that are seeking help. The class also gives hands-on training on […]
Relaxation of the Mind and Body
Every Monday morning the Jaywalker U students participate in either Yoga for relaxation or a meditation practice with Janet DeMars. Harvard Medical School discovered that long-term practitioners of relaxation methods have more “disease-fighting genes,” than participants who practiced no form of relaxation. Yoga and relaxation has also been shown to protect individuals from pain, high blood […]
Sober in the Sun
Last week, the Jaywalker U guys traveled out west with Jaywalker U Program Coordinator Donnie Hagenbart to beautiful San Diego, California for their Spring break trip. The crew flew out of cold and snowy Denver, Colorado early Sunday morning only to be lounging on the beach in 80 degree weather a few hours later in […]
Recovery in College
The director of Jaywalker U, Janet DeMars, made a quick trip to Lubbock, Texas in February to visit the renowned Center for the Study of Addiction and Recovery (CSAR) at Texas Tech. The CSAR is one form of a College Recovery Community (CRC), a phenomenon that is sprouting up at college campuses all over the […]
From Snow to San Diego
After the first half of the spring semester comes to an end, the Jaywalker U students head to San Diego to wind down from their first semester back in college sober. Not only is this a great opportunity for the students to relax and take a break from school but also gives them a good […]
What is a man?
This week Dave Landers (pictured left), Ph. D. in educational counseling, brought a workshop to the men of Jaywalker on how their fathers influenced their view of what a man is and how we would like our future children to view us. Through recovery many of us have learned that sometimes our thinking can be […]
Mental Health First Aid
Jaywalker U students are finishing up with Workshop Wednesday’s next week and will be starting a 6-week class at Colorado Mountain College on Mental Health First Aid. The class will be taught by Janet DeMars, Jaywalker U Program Director, and will be held Wednesday mornings. By the end of the semester JWU students will be […]
What’s in your backpack?
What’s in your backpack? Craig Farnum, the academic counselor from CMC in Carbondale, facilitated two workshops and also presented during Workshop Wednesdays at Jaywalker U today. His first workshop encouraged the participants to look at the effect their beliefs, values, and attitudes have on their behavior. Our beliefs, values, and attitudes are the things we […]
