" 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 you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be. ."

-- Patanjali

Transformative Wellness E-Newsletter:

January 2006:

May all your visions and yearnings be acted upon with complete zest and enthusiasm this year.   Many decisions are made around the New Year and we remember that we make them because it's all possible.   Disregarding self imposed limitations and freeing all parts of our being to act accordingly; to our great purpose.

News:

Studios opening in the New Year.   Semperviva is running on regular schedule.   Proactive Pilates is opening on the 3 rd for most classes and the 9 th for the remaining classes.    Body and Soul is opening on the 16 th of January.  

Chinese medicine sessions will go as before Richmond and Vancouver locations. 

Yoga In Vancouver

Monday :
Proactive Pilates Hatha @ 7-8pm

Tuesday :
Semperviva Granville Island - Ashtanga @7:15-8:30pm

Wednesday :
Body and Soul - Ashtanga-Power   @ 7:30-8:30am
Semperviva Granville Island - Hatha @ 7:15-8:30pm

Thursday :
Proactive Pilates - Hatha @ 8-9am
Semperviva Sky Centre- Power @ 5:45-7pm    +   7:15-8:30pm

Friday :
Body and Soul - Ashtanga-Power   @ 7:30-8:30am

Saturday :
Proactive Pilates -Power @ 9-10am
Semperviva Granville Island - Power @ 11-12:15pm
Semperviva Granville Island - Hatha @ 5:45-7pm

Yoga in Richmond

Richmond classes are still on Friday @ Yoga Nation :
4:30-5:30pm and 6:30-7:30pm

For full class schedule check: www.creativefightersguild.com

Private Yoga sessions now available!

Photos by: Kari Medig

Pose of the Month:

Urdva Dhanurasana: Wheel

The benefits of this pose are endless.  

It has great effects on opening the spine and nervous system.   It encourages lightness of the body and mind.   In Traditional Chinese Medicine urdva dhanurasana enhances the opening of the meridian in the front body stomach, conception vessel (our interface with the world).   It has many benefits on the organs of digestion stretching and moving any stagnation.  

Modifications here are Setu Bandha (little bridge), or keeping ones head on the ground.

Method:

  1. Lie flat on your back.
  2. Feet are should width apart and your hands are able to touch your heels, now place your hands under your shoulders, elbows bent.
  3. Lift the buttocks in line with your knees and shoulders and then lift the top of the head on the ground.   Fingers point toward your body and hands are should width apart.
  4. Lift the whole body off the ground and balance the weight on your hands and feet breathing smoothly during the posture.
  5. Eventually arms will straighten and you may lift the heel of the floor for a different stretch.
  6. Exhale and lower slowly in the same sequence as you came up.  

Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture sessions available:

Improve your diet, understand nutrition, bring the balance and 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.

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TCM Sessions available in Richmond and Vancouver.

Recipe of the Month:

Vegan Scrambled tofu (alternative to egg and dairy breakfast)

¼ red onion diced            

1 clove garlic chopped finely

½ container of medium or soft tofu (organic preferable)

½ red pepper squared

½ yellow, orange or green pepper squared

Handful or chopped mint and cilantro

Pinch of turmeric

Splash of Braggs all purpose seasoning or soy sauce

1tbsp. Olive oil

1 tsp. Sesame seeds

On an oiled frying pan sauté onion and garlic with turmeric and sesame seeds.   Once onion is translucent add peppers and tofu in pan for 4-5 minutes.   Last minute of frying splash Braggs or soy sauce with mint and cilantro.   Stir and Serve.

Benefits:

Onion and garlic family have numerous health properties.   Firstly these increase circulation and naturally remove excess toxins from the system.   Turmeric is a wonder spice, used in many joint formulas these days to promote healing for degeneration or injured joints.   Soybeans or tofu is highly alkalizing and eliminates toxin from the body and high in protein.  

"One acre of land planted in soybeans produces over 20 times more usable protein than if the land were used to raise beef cattle or grow their fodder." Rebecca Wood, Whole food Encyclopedia (New York: Prentic Hall Press)


 

Namaste
Natasha Grbich

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