Bodywork & Exercise, Healthy Grilling

Tom Saulnier — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 16:40:33 +0000

IN THIS ISSUE: * Bodywork & Exercise – Increase Body awareness by increasing activity * Afternoon Essential Oils – need a boost or a break? * Healthy Grilling Tips – Flavors of the Season

Bodywork & Exercise – Increase Body Awareness While Increasing Your Activity – by Ruth Werner

You have to give us credit: as a culture, Americans are incredibly interested in getting fit. We invest every year in new diets, exercise programs, and supplements for weight loss and improved energy. Low-range estimates suggest that Americans spend about $2.6 billion each year on gym memberships alone.

We also tend to pitch full speed into any given commitment. If we’re going to get fit, by golly, we’re going to do it now, regardless of how long it took us to get into our current state. We don’t do things by half measures, and moderation is not in our nature. So how do we keep ourselves injury-free while honoring our commitment to exercise and get healthy?

Does It Have to Be All or Nothing?

We all know that starting an exercise program doesn’t actually mean we’ll finish it. When we throw ourselves into an ambitious new routine, we are likely to overdo it and get hurt. Then, we get discouraged, and may give up entirely, only to start the cycle over in another year or so.

Overdoing things in the gym or on the…Click here for full publication Summer 2015 Newsletter

Aromatherapy, PM Essential Oils, Grill Healthy

Tom Saulnier — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 00:45:49 +0000

IN THIS ISSUE: * Aromatherapy and Massage * Afternoon Essential Oils * Healthy Grilling Tips

Aromatherapy and Massage – by Karrie Osborn

Aromatherapy, a process utilizing the purest essence of a plant, is a 4,000-year-old technique that has enhanced the health of everyone from modern-day pop divas to the scholars of ancient Greece. The art of massage has its own deeply rich roots, with even Plato and Socrates touting the value of hands-on bodywork for good health. Separately, these two therapeutic traditions hold individual prowess in the realm of personal health and well-being. Together, however, they become a formidable health alliance that can address not only a person’s physical health, but the health of the mind and spirit as well.

A Natural Complement

Our senses were designed to work best in conjunction with one another. Our sense of taste would not be as acute without our nose lending its support to the process. Our auditory senses might seem hollow if we weren’t gifted with sight as well. Indeed, there exists a quiet partnership between all our five senses that’s built on synergy.

Let’s see how it works. Essential oils are extracted from herbs, flowers, and plants with the intent to improve a person’s health and well-being. Addressing everything from arthritis to whooping cough, effects of the approximate 3,000 oils found globally can range from sedative to stimulating and antibacterial to antispasmodic. The benefits derived from aromatherapy during a massage come in part from the contact the essential oil has on our skin, but even more so how it affects us when it’s inhaled and absorbed through the soft-tissue linings of our nose and mouth. …Click here for full Publication Summer 2014

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Bodywork & Exercise, Healthy Grilling

Aromatherapy, PM Essential Oils, Grill Healthy