Transformative Wellness E-Newsletter:

June 2006:

Are you spontaneously itching to feel or experience something altered, different, lose the routine and maybe jump into a place that is foreign to your comfort zone? 

One of my teachers would say, “If you’re comfortable it means your not growing”.  I have thought of this concept and attempt to bring it back to the natural world.  Nature is always in transition like the seasons, the sun, the cycle of the moon, the river full and swollen in the spring and trickling in the fall and our bodies and energies full in the summer alive ready to experience, in the winter spontaneous reflection and gentle hibernation. 

May we be ready to break the habits, to be uncomfortable to grow and experience what is greater and grander out in the universe!

Clinic locations:

Vancouver: #303-2730 Commercial Drive @ 11th avenue.

Richmond: 4A-11460 Voyageur Way

Please call 604-202-0796 for more information.

Yoga In Vancouver

Wednesday :
Semperviva Granville Island - Hatha @ 7:15-8:30pm

Thursday :
Proactive Pilates - Hatha @ 8-9am

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

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

Privates, group and corporate yoga sessions are available upon request!

Pose of the Month:

Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana A  (Extended Hand Big To Posture)

Method:

1. Standing in mountain pose (tadasana), inhale and raise your right foot. 
2. Hold the right big toe with the right index and thumb and straighten your leg while the shoulders move away from the ears.
3. Left hand is on the waist while the right leg is drawn towards the chest and stay for 5-7 breaths.
4. Repeat on the other side. 

Modifications:

1. Standing in mountain pose bend the right knee and either hold the right toe (knee can stay bent) or you can hold the right knee with both hands. 
2. One may also use the wall as a balancing post until the body has trained to stay steady. 

Benefits:

1. The muscles of the legs become strong and flexible.
2. The feet and rest of the body acquire balance.

Recipe of the Month:

Date Shake

For a single serving/ 1 person:
1frozen banana
3/4cup rice,soy,almond milk
2-3 medjool dates (fresh, found in the produce section
1 tbsp almond butter
Blend it up, and enjoy!
The banana is best used if it’s frozen, because then you don’t have to add any ice cubes.  If there isn’t a chill to the drink, then it may taste excessively sweet, from the dates.  So start with 2 dates, and then add more if you need to.

Benefits:
Almonds and almond milk have a slightly warming thermal nature; it relieves stagnant qi and transforms phlegm.  Used for lung conditions including coughing and asthma: also helps in cases of fluid dryness types of constipation.  In Ayurveda almonds is one of the best nuts for building the ojas, an essence that vivifies intellection and spirituality as well as reproductive ability.  This is the only alkaline nut!

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.

www.transformativewellness.com
604-202-0796

TCM Sessions available in Richmond (4A-11460 Voyageur Way) and Vancouver (303-2730 Commercial drive at 11th ave). 

Namaste
Natasha Grbich

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