Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Yoga and Wellness - Open House - January 30, 2010


From Victoria Haffer, E-RYT - Faculty teacher at Finding Inner Peace Yoga School
Yoga and Wellness - Open House
Saturday, January 30, 2010    Time:    12:30 - 3:30pm


Come experience a wide variety of healing modalities and mini yoga and meditation classes.
Acupuncture, Reiki, Massage, Reflexology, Sat Nam Rasayan, Tai Chi, Aura-Soma Color Therapy consultations, Gong Healings, Chiropractic screenings, Angels Reading, Jewelry, Fitness Assessment, Healthy Snacks, Yogi Tea and much more.
Location: Yoga at the Ashram
368 Village Street, Millis, MA 02054
25 Minute Yoga and Meditation


Classes every half hour!
12:30 Sat Nam Rasayan healing with Dharma Kaur
1:00 Tai Chi with Ed Williamson
1:30 Yoga Core with Victoria
2:00 Kundalini Yoga & Gong with Guruatma Singh
2:30 Intro to Power Yoga (Vinyasa) with Victoria
3:00 Kundalini Yoga for kids with Rai Kaur (Alaine)

For more information please visit our website:
http://www.kundaliniyogane.com/ or call 508-376-4525
Baba Siri Chand Yoga Center

Stress hormone key to alcohol dependence discovered



http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100125173452.htm ScienceDaily (2010-01-26) -- Scientists have found that a specific stress hormone, the corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), is key to the development and maintenance of alcohol dependence in animal models. Chemically blocking the stress factor also blocked the signs and symptoms of addiction, suggesting a potentially promising area for future drug development.

I saw this research post and thought - why does it always have to be a "drug development" to deal with stress related problems than to recommend yoga, meditation , stress reducing breathing techniques!  This is what is so wrong with our society - dependence on drugs - rather than put the time and effort into caring for their body and mind - with something so brilliant as the Science of Yoga!

Monday, January 25, 2010

Yoga and 12-Step Recovery Training - Dharma Yoga Studio


The Dharma Connection

6 Merchants Road, Unit 8
Sandwich, Massachusetts 02563
http://www.dharmaconnection.com/
508-296-3619
 
Workshop Dates:   3 days:  April 16, 2010 - April 18, 2010


Yoga and 12-Step recovery is an exploration of addiction and recovery within the mind/body continuum that weaves together the wisdom of yoga with the practical tools of 12 step programs.
This training, led by the creators of the Yoga of Recovery work featured in the New York Times, Yoga Journal Magazine and Conference will equip you to create, facilitate and guide yoga and 12 step recovery classes in your community.
This training is designed for yoga teachers wanting to work with the recovery population. It also extremely relevant and helpful for therapists, counselors, social workers, probation officers and others with a desire to understand how ancient philosophies and practices of yoga align with the 12-step program of recovery.

This program will give you the tools to:
1.Hold a safe space for deep healing
2.Facilitate from compassion and empowerment
3.Recognize traps that often prevent us from being fully present
4.Create self-sustaining groups
5.Build practices based on recovery themes for anyone working with addictive patterns or affected by those patterns in others.

Cost: $350 ($325 if you register before March 26th)
Yoga and 12 Step Recovery is an Off the Mat Affiliate Program

Friday, January 22, 2010

Sweet Sue-renity Holistic Center, Rockland MA


Welcome To Sweet Sue-renity Holistic Center

•Reiki
•Meditation
•Spiritual Drumming
•Yoga
•Ear Candling/Coning

Upcoming Events:
Healing Drumming Circle with Toni Conley Friday, January 22,nd 7-9 pm $20
"Be the change you wish to see in the World"
Sweet Sue-renity Holistic Center, Rockland, MA

437 Webster Street

Rockland, MA. 02370
e-mail: Blessing101@verizon.net

phone: 781.878.HEAL (4325)
Suzanne Adduci
Owner/Director/Master Instructor

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Yoga Reduces Cytokine Levels Known To Promote Inflammation


Regularly practicing yoga exercises may lower a number of compounds in the blood and reduce the level of inflammation that normally rises because of both normal aging and stress, a new study has shown.
The study, done by Ohio State University researchers and just reported in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, showed that women who routinely practiced yoga had lower amounts of the cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) in their blood.
The women also showed smaller increases in IL-6 after stressful experiences than did women who were the same age and weight but who were not yoga practitioners.
IL-6 is an important part of the body's inflammatory response and has been implicated in heart disease, stroke, type-2 diabetes, arthritis and a host of other age-related debilitating diseases. Reducing inflammation may provide substantial short- and long-term health benefits, the researchers suggest.



http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/175705.php

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Mango effective in preventing, stopping certain colon, breast cancer cells, food scientists find


ScienceDaily (2010-01-12) --  Mango fruit been found to prevent or stop certain colon and breast cancer cells in the lab.That's according to a new study by Texas AgriLife Research food scientists, who examined the five varieties most common in the U.S.: Kent, Francine, Ataulfo, Tommy/Atkins and Haden.

Though the mango is an ancient fruit heavily consumed in many parts of the world, little has been known about its health aspects. The National Mango Board commissioned a variety of studies with several U.S. researchers to help determine its nutritional value.
"If you look at what people currently perceive as a superfood, people think of high antioxidant capacity, and mango is not quite there," said Dr. Susanne Talcott, who with her husband, Dr. Steve Talcott, conducted the study on cancer cells. "In comparison with antioxidants in blueberry, acai and pomegranate, it's not even close."
But the team checked mango against cancer cells anyway, and found it prevented or stopped cancer growth in certain breast and colon cell lines, Susanne Talcott noted.
"It has about four to five times less antioxidant capacity than an average wine grape, and it still holds up fairly well in anticancer activity. If you look at it from the physiological and nutritional standpoint, taking everything together, it would be a high-ranking super food," she said. "It would be good to include mangoes as part of the regular diet."
The Talcotts tested mango polyphenol extracts in vitro on colon, breast, lung, leukemia and prostate cancers. Polyphenols are natural substances in plants and are associated with a variety of compounds known to promote good health.  Mango showed some impact on lung, leukemia and prostate cancers but was most effective on the most common breast and colon cancers.
"What we found is that not all cell lines are sensitive to the same extent to an anticancer agent," she said. "But the breast and colon cancer lines underwent apotosis, or programmed cell death. Additionally, we found that when we tested normal colon cells side by side with the colon cancer cells, that the mango polyphenolics did not harm the normal cells."
The duo did further tests on the colon cancer lines because a mango contains both small molecules that are readily absorbed and larger molecules that would not be absorbed and thus remain present in a colon.
"We found the normal cells weren't killed, so mango is not expected to be damaging in the body," she said. "That is a general observation for any natural agent, that they target cancer cells and leave the healthy cells alone, in reasonable concentrations at least."
The Talcotts evaluated polyphenolics, and more specifically gallotannins as being the class of bioactive compounds (responsible for preventing or stopping cancer cells). Tannins are polyphenols that are often bitter or drying and found in such common foods as grape seed, wine and tea.
The study found that the cell cycle, which is the division cells go through, was interrupted. This is crucial information, Suzanne Talcott said, because it indicates a possible mechanism for how the cancer cells are prevented or stopped.
"For cells that may be on the verge of mutating or being damaged, mango polyphenolics prevent this kind of damage," she said. The Talcotts hope to do a small clinical trial with individuals who have increased inflamation in their intestines with a higher risk for cancer. "From there, if there is any proven efficacy, then we would do a larger trial to see if there is any clinical relevance," she said.
According to the National Mango Board, based in Winter Park, Fla., most mangoes consumed in the U.S. are produced in Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Guatemala and Haiti. Mangoes are native to southeast Asia and India and are produced in tropical climates. They were introduced to the U.S. in the late 1800s, and a few commercial acres still exist in California and Florida.

Monday, January 4, 2010

Yoga & Wellness Workshop - January 9, 2010 - Plymouth

Sanctuary of Plymouth
47 Main Street
Plymouth, MA
774.454.7290
http://www.findsanctuary.com/

Yoga 101

Yoga & Wellness Workshop
Saturday, January 9th 11:15-1:15
$35 ($30 if pre-register by January 2nd)

Learn Basics of Physical Practice
Deepen Your Understanding of Conscious Breath
Relationship Between Quality of Breath and Quality of Mind
with Gail Belaief, RYT, OTR

Gail completed 200 hours with Michelle Fleming of the Sanctuary, through Finding Inner Peace Yoga School. Combining the elements of her work as an Occupational Therapist with the complementary training of Yoga, Reiki, Cranial Sacral Therapy,she teaches children and adults to facilitate the mind body connection and to build balance into their lives. Gail is currently teaching at the Sanctuary in Plymouth and elsewhere, promoting wellness to adults and children. She is an RYT with the Yoga Alliance and works as an Occupational Therapist within the local school system. Her mission in life is to promote wellness in our community

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Astrology Course with Jill Jardine


 LEARN ASTROLOGY
FOR INTUITIVE DEVELOPMENT AND SELF AWARENESS
A Certification Training (6 seminar course) - Level 1
Sundays from January 24- March 14

Taught by Jill Jardine, M.A. Counseling/Psychology, Professional Astrologer
(See Jill's bio on her website http://jilljardine.com/aboutus.html).

@ Heavenly Messengers & Heart of Reiki Center
720 Washington Street - College Park, Hanover, MA


A series of workshops focusing on the Archetypes of Astrology - the planets, signs and houses

An excellent tool for self knowledge - Use Astrology to develop your own intuitive potential

We will interpret the glyphs, signs and symbols of Astrology.
Combining practical information on astrology with right-brain intuitive practices to open our cosmic consciousness, this course will ground the basics of astrology

Learn how to read the astrological chart from a spiritual / psychological perspective with a Master Astrologer

This course will provide a core curriculum for the beginner to the budding professional astrologer

Dates & Times: Sundays, January 24, January 31, February 7, February 14,
March 7 and March 14, 2010 Sunday afternoons from 2 -6 pm
 
** Must attend all 6 workshops to receive a certificate of completion**

Location:   Heavenly Messenger and the Heart of Reiki Center, 720 Washington Street, College Park, Hanover, MA. 

Tuition:  $62 charge/PayPal or $60 check/cash per workshop
Series:  $312 charge/PayPal or $300 check/cash for entire series of 6 workshops

Call 781-871-1740 or 781-204-9350 or email jill @ jilljar@comcast.net
Register on Jill's website
 http://jilljardine.com/astrologytraininglevel1/payment.html (to make payment)
 
Pre-Registration is suggested since this will be a sold out-training.  May matriculate for the whole series of 6 workshops or for just specific workshops.  Sign up now!  Limited to 12 students.  Jill is teaching this training for the first time since 2001, back by popular demand. 
 
 

Course Syllabus

Sunday, January 24, 2010:  2-6 pm:
Sun/Leo/ 5th House in Astrology
Moon /Cancer / 4th House  Archetypes and interpretation of Sun and Moon through signs and houses: Pathworking- Inner Journey to Luna
 
Sunday, January 31, 2010:  2-6 pm:

Mercury/ Gemini/Virgo 3rd & 6th House in Astrology
Uranus/Aquarius /11th House  Archetypes and interpretation of Mercury and Uranus Inner Journey to Uranus
 
Sunday, February 7, 2010:  2-6 pm:
Saturn/Capricorn/ 10th house
Jupiter/Sagittarius/ 9th house
Archetypes and interpretation of Saturn and Jupiter through signs and houses: Pathworking- Inner Journey to Jupiter/Guru
 
Sunday, February 14, 2010:  2-6 pm:
Venus/ Libra & Taurus / 7th & 2nd House in Astrology
Mars /Aries / 1st House 
Archetypes and interpretation of Venus and Mars/ relationships issues and Venus and Mars through the signs and houses: Pathworking- Inner Journey to Venus/Aphrodite
 
Sunday, March 7, 2010:  2-6 pm:
Neptune/Pisces/ 12th House in Astrology
Pluto/Scorpio/ 8th House  Archetypes and interpretation  Pathworking- Inner Journey to Neptune
 
Sunday, March 14, 2010: 2-6 pm
Chiron/the wounded healer teacher archetype
Nodes of the Moon/ your past and future

Course Completion and Certificate Ceremony: TBA

Yoga and Triple Gong Meditation


Happy New Year!

Yoga and Triple Gong Meditation in Kingston and Plymouth.




Saturday Jan 16, 2010
Hope Floats
4 Elm St
Kingston, MA
6pm-8pm
Fee:  $25
To Register
Call:   Denise 781-936-8068,    Annie 508-208-8884

Feb 6, 2010
Yoga Connection

7 Freemont St
Plymouth,  MA
6pm-8pm
Fee: $25.0
phone 508.746.4446