Live Longer, Better
Bakersfield
Blue Zones Project® works with the Bakersfield community to create an even better place to live, learn, work, play, and worship. When the entire community participates—from worksites and schools to our restaurants and grocery stores—small changes contribute to huge benefits for us all: lowered healthcare costs, improved productivity, and ultimately, a higher quality of life. We look forward to working together to help make healthier choices easier for everyone in the Bakersfield area.
WANT TO HELP CHAMPION WELL-BEING WORK?
Sign Up to Volunteer with Blue Zones Project Bakersfield!
Discover the power of community wellness as a volunteer with Blue Zones Project Bakersfield! Join us for a fun and rewarding volunteer experience where you’ll use your skills and talents to help support others in our community. Looking for a deeper level of engagement? Take part in our virtual training sessions to learn how you can inspire healthy living in our neighborhoods alongside Blue Zones Project Bakersfield staff.
When you step up and give back to others, our community grows stronger.
It Only Takes
Blue Zones Project Bakersfield is here to support you on your well-being journey. Improving personal health and the health of our community doesn’t have to be a daunting task. Small adjustments to our daily routines coupled with positive shifts to our physical environment can lead to significant improvements in our longterm well-being.
Join us as we focus this quarter on the benefits of having a Right Outlook. Learn how having a clear sense of purpose can help you live up to seven years longer and how cultivating a positive outlook with habits that support downshifting and relaxation, help us manage daily stress and improve our overall quality of life.
It Only Takes
A Few Deep Breaths
In Blue Zones communities, people incorporate daily rituals to unwind, like prayer, meditation, or a few moments of mindful breathing. These simple practices activate the body’s relaxation response, counteracting the negative effects of chronic stress, which can lead to inflammation and illness. By downshifting regularly, we clear our minds, improve emotional well-being, and cultivate a mindset that supports longevity and inner peace.
It Only Takes
Playing to Your Strengths
When we focus on activities that match our unique skills and strengths, we experience a sense of fulfillment and connection to a greater purpose. This purpose-driven living can reduce stress, improve happiness, and add meaningful years to life—a key finding in the Blue Zones, where people live longer, healthier lives. By nurturing our strengths, we can contribute positively to our communities and live with greater resilience and vitality.
It Only Takes
Knowing what’s Important
Having a Right Outlook encourages us to live with intention and perspective. In Blue Zones communities, people often prioritize relationships, personal growth, and contributing to their communities, giving their lives a clearer sense of direction and reducing the feelings of being pulled by everyday stressors. This sense of purpose and clarity helps individuals focus on what really matters, leading to more fulfillment and less anxiety. By aligning our actions with our values, we create a balanced outlook that can enhance resilience, well-being, and even add to our longevity.
Discovering the blue zones
It all began with the original five blue zones—Okinawa, Japan; Sardinia, Italy; Nicoya, Costa Rica; Ikaria, Greece; and Loma Linda, California. In these regions, people not only regularly live into the triple digits, they thrive. At advanced ages, their bodies are still healthy and their minds are still sharp. Dan Buettner and his team of researchers were eventually able to pinpoint commonalities in things residents of these places do that result in living long, happy lives. The blue zones hold many longevity secrets, and there’s a lot we can learn from the residents of these special places.
Live the Power 9
Researchers found that despite being located in vastly different parts of the world, blue zones residents share nine specific traits that can lead to longer, healthier, happier lives. We call these the Power 9®.
Stay connected with community opportunities
If you are interested in living longer and creating a healthier community, sign up to learn more about Blue Zones Project – Bakersfield opportunties.
Organizations
We develop deep relationships with a broad array of organizations in a community to help make healthy choices become easy choices in all of the places where people live, work, learn, and play.
Get your organization involved
Connect your worksite, school, restaurant, grocery store, faith-based, or other organization to the community and elevate its well-being. Where we choose to live, work, learn, and play all influence the lifestyle choices we make. Blue Zones Project programs are designed to inspire, encourage, and promote well-being within your organization so your employees, members, and customers are more socially connected and equipped to positively impact one another and the entire community.
