Transformative Wellness E-Newsletter:

Winter 2007 News:

Greeting and Blessings everyone! Thank you once again for an amazing year!

Time for celebration, time to enjoy these holidays and to enjoy each other…Ahhh!  It’s quite a funny time with this Christmas fever turned on and a New Year around the corner.  Lets indulge not only in the delightful feasts and gifts, but also with the ones we spend time with.

Can we remember what’s behind the gifts?  The quality time we are having with each other, its precious.  May we move beyond the external representation and experience it within us?

All right, it’s a New Year!

Another opportunity arises to clarify what is important! We may do this by consciously prioritizing matters of health, fitness, relationships and finding a more balanced quality of life etc..  Let us make use of past insights and offer a new and refined focus to our lives.  Moving us to embrace..YES.. Our, truly unlimited potential!

Still looking for a last minute gift?
Wanting to donate (taxable right offs) to a wonderful cause, please check out the Emanuel boy’s orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya.  We will be spending Christmas at the center this year and will update all of you who are interested. Thank you all for your support!

Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture sessions available:

Improve your diet, understand nutrition, bring balance and the healthy glow back to your being, re-charge your body and life into a positive flow, and re-ignite health and inspiration into your life. To book you appointment call 604-202-0796 or visit www.transformativewellness.com for more info.

Clinic (Grandview Massage Therapy) located in
Vancouver (303-2730 Commercial drive at 11th ave). 
Prices:
Price Changes as of Jan. 1st, 2008
Initial consultation: $85
Returning sessions: $70

Yoga Classes   (Vancouver + Richmond)

There have been changes with yoga scheduling, location and classes. Please check the website for current class information.

Thursday: 
12:10pm Power @  Vancouver Corporate Yoga
1:10 pm  Hatha @ Vancouver Corporate Yoga
7:30-9pm  Power @  Richmond Dance (#175 4351, #3rd)

Recipe of the Month:

Hot, Hot Chocolate!
2tsp cocoa
1tbsp honey
2 cups Almond milk, organic milk or soy

Heat milk until just before boiling.  At the bottom of a cup mix cocoa, honey and a few tablespoons of hot milk until smooth. Then add hot milk mix and drink.  Yum!

Benefits:
Carob is a remedy, which calms the nerves for coffee (caffeine) withdrawals. 
You can either use it as a drink or as an ingredient in food. 

Pose of the Month:

Supta baddha Konasana
(Reclined cobbler pose)

Method
1) Start from seated position (dandasana) with the legs extended together forward.
2) Bring the soles of the feet together and near the perineum.
3) Gently, start lowering yourself to the ground, elbows first then follow with the rest of your spine and finally resting the head down. 
4) Arms may lie by your side, returning back to your own breath and rhythm.
5) You may finish in Savasana (corpse pose) from here or stay. 

Props:
For a long supported stay in Supta Baddhakonasa use blankets or blocks under the knees if needed. 

Benefits:

• Fabulous hip opener
• Increases the blood and energy flow to the lower back and lower organs
• The kidney, bladder, prostate and menstrual flow stay healthy

Namaste
Natasha Grbich

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