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Learn a new skill for better health in 2025

The Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute offers community classes in vegan cooking, tai chi and more

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Classes at the Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute can teach new skills that enhance well-being.

IN THE NEWS: A new year presents an opportunity to learn a new skill. All the better if it’s a skill that improves your health and life.

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Dr. Shaista Malik, executive director of the Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute, spoke to the Irvine Standard about classes

“Our community classes are opportunities to prioritize your health and well-being in the new year. Through our evidence-informed integrative health practice — whether it’s a nutritional education cooking lesson or an empowering tai chi class  we help you nourish the whole person: mind, body and spirit.”

Malik is the founding medical director of the UCI Health Preventive Cardiology and UCI Health Cardiac Rehabilitation programs.

Malik is also the founding associate vice chancellor of integrative health for the UC Irvine Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences. She is a professor in the Mary & Steve Wen Cardiovascular Division in the Department of Medicine at the UC Irvine School of Medicine.

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