Holistic Wellness

Did you know that 70% of all cancers can be prevented with lifestyle and food choices? How you live and what you eat directly affects your quality of life. This is what holistic wellness is all about.

I am happy to share that my healing journey was given new life with a change in food and application of alternative medicine. In my search for wellness I embraced Acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Massage Therapy, Yoga, whole foods, Body Point Modification and so much more. The many benefits of yoga enhanced my wellness practices as well as lowered my stress as I worked toward optimal health.

You are empowered to choose your approach to wellness. As a wellness coach, I am happy to help you pull together your Wellness Team and put your solutions into action. The links to the left share a few of the many ways you can explore wellness.

There are a few spots left in the yoga retreat Illuminate You. Mention this email and you will receive the early bird registration price until Saturday, September 4.

This September is National Yoga Month... another great reason to celebrate. Mark your calendars for a free Balance Yoga class at Lake Ahquabi on Sunday, September 12. You also save the Illuminate September Schedule. Let's share the gift of wellness together. I encourage you to forward this email to anyone who might be interested in joining us.

May this and every day be filled with health and growth for you & yours

What You Really Value

Fresh Ideas

Melt Stress with One Yoga Pose a Day

Kitchen Yoga

Yoga in the Office or Kitchen

Maintain connection to your inner peace with these ideas to bring yoga to work in your kitchen or office:

• At copy machine or while you are waiting for a pan to heat up... reach your arms up and stretch through your entire side body. With your shoulders relaxed bend to the side perhaps rounding the spine & rolling from one side to the other.
• To counter a hunched posture, take a couple moments to open your chest by interlacing your fingers behind your back and straightening your elbows. Lift your chest and gaze. Breathe into your heart's center.
• Use Extended Exhale to relax your system from the rush of making dinner or the daily commute... perhaps as you clean up or as you sit at a red light. Breathe in & out of your nose with your exhale a little longer than your inhale. Aim for your breath to be long and smooth.
• Breathe Like a Baby (Diaphragmatic Breath) wherever you are while you are doing anything.

Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.


5 Surprising Ways Yoga Affects Your Health

Time for Wellness: A Day of Self Healing

Inhale, Exhale, Relax

Go Ahead Laugh

Nothing is so impenetrable as laughter in a language you don't understand.
-William G. Golding

My almost four year old sister Olivia reminds how much fun it is to live in the present. She inspires me with her honesty and free spirit.

Yoga teaches that we are free from pain and suffering when we live in the moment. Furthermore, we honor our body's needs giving our spirit the opportunity to play. I teach yoga in a way that invites you to play on your mat; to explore the feelings and sensations that arise.

Play & laughter seem to go hand in hand. After a recent Qi Gong appointment I found my laughter fuller and more free. It felt great! To the left, check out the Tube Sock link to enjoy a giggle.

What is Laughter Yoga?

Tube Sock

Purpose

When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds: Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great, and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and your discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.

-Patanjali, author of the Yoga Sutras
You could call him the Original Yogi.

Affects of Chemicals

We have been hearing about the affects of chemicals around us for some time. This information can be overwhelming. A question I hear: How do we avoid chemicals when so much is outside our control? As many of you know my approach to wellness is one that advocates Better Choices.

Start by looking at what you put IN your body. Looking at the ingredients in your food, is it chemical? When you recognize ALL of the ingredients as food, you know you are one step closer to feeding your body what it needs to be vital. All those colorful vegetables are nutrient rich and disease fighting ingredients your body craves.

Then look at what you put ON your body. I highly recommend you use the Environmental Working Group's website Skin Deep Cosmetic Database to evaluate the chemicals' affects on your body.

Take it one step or product at a time. I am happy to help you identify simple solutions that fit your lifestyle. In a wellness coaching session, we can identify a step by step plan of action for you to reduce your chemical exposure and find better health.


Addiction to Sugar

What is High Fructose Corn Syrup?