Transformative Wellness E-Newsletter:

September 2007 News:

Welcome Fall! Time to fall in love with colorful leaves, fresh crispy breezes, harvests and abundance.  How lucky we are for our cherished community of friends, family and partners that support us in life.

May we often practice seeing the perfection in those around us including ourselves, in nature, the planet and the universe.  Balance and yoga is the integral practice of equanimity of mind, which allows us to have peaceful appreciation of the present beauty in everything and everyone. 

According to many spiritual systems the aim is to love all things; situations and people as they are, at their excellence, regardless of the changes or preferences we would like to see (ego mind).
How may we find this amidst our likes and dislikes?

We aspire and set our hearts to transcend the attachment to pleasure, resistance to change, and the lack of skill in accepting impermanence.

May we see all that we are experiencing and all that is entering into our lives as an opportunity to practice our limitless potential, in choosing a path of freedom (judgment). 

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:
Initial full consultation and session: $75
Returning: $60

Price Changes as of Nov. 1st 2007
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 @  Steve Nash Club

Recipe of the Month:

Roasted beet and warm Goat cheese Salad

2 medium-large sized beets with the tops/greens
2 medium onions
2-3 heaping tablespoons of soft goat cheese
Splash of balsamic and apple cider vinegar
Salt

Slice onions into thin rings, and sauté over medium low heat with olive oil, until soft and caramelized.  Cut off beet tops and chop beets into cubes.  Steam beets until tender; throw in the greens near the end. Stir together beets, greens, onions and cheese while beets are hot, so that the cheese will melt over all the ingredients.  Add the vinegar and a bit of salt to taste, stir and voila!

Why Beets?
A silicon rich vegetable: strengthens the heart, sedates the spirit, improves circulation and purifies the blood.  Therefore, treats nervousness and congestion of the vascular system.  Beets benefit the liver and moisten the intestines, hence treating liver stagnation and constipation due to fluid dryness.   One last gift from the beet when eaten with carrots is used for hormone regulation during menopause.  Root veggies are naturally abundant at the harvest time, so lets eat up the deliciousness!

Pose of the Month:

Urdva Dhanurasana: Wheel

The benefits of this pose are endless. 

Wheel opens the spine and nervous system.   It encourages lightness of the body and mind.   In Traditional Chinese Medicine wheel enhances the opening of the meridians (energy pathways) in the front body; namely the stomach and conception vessel which represents our interface with the world.   Practicing wheel has many benefits on the organs of digestion stretching and moving any stagnation out. 

Modifications for wheel is 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 (shoulder width), elbows bent.

3. Lift the buttocks in line with your knees and shoulders and then lift the top of the head on the ground.  Readjust you elbows to shoulder width and fingers point toward your body and hands.

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 off the floor or lift one leg up to the sky for a different stretch.

6. Exhale and lower slowly in the same sequence as you came up. 

Namaste
Natasha Grbich

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