Mindful Book Review ~ 10 Day Ayurveda Detox: Achieve Optimal Health & Wellbeing e-Guide

Start the New Year off right with tips from Christaine Erspamer in her "how to detox guide!

"A Guide to Ayurvedic Cleansing for Optimal Health & Wellbeing" by Christiane Erspamer, LMT, RYT

                                    

Book Review by Wiesje Brion, Chief Editor

What good is a healthy regime without our cleanse?!

This book is so easy to read, even for beginners. Christiane offers some great pointers on how to prepare your body for the cleanse and I love that it gives you a step by step guide to the cleanse process from beginning to end. This book is complete with recipes specifically for your ten day cleanse. It can't get any easier than this without the author coming to your door and doing it for you!


The other great benefit to this guide is that it is online. You can read it on your reader or copy it to PDF and even print it out. Perfect for those of us learning on-the-go types!


This e-book is so inexpensive that you could buy a few as gifts for your closest loved ones.

Buy it today!

Why Cleanse?

Guest Author; Melinda Baxter

Everywhere you turn these days there is information to be had and products to be purchased for cleansing. Most of instinctively realize that a cleanse could be a good thing for us. Most of us eat too much sugar and processed foods and drink more alcohol than is recommended by the FDA. So what does a cleanse actually accomplish and should you do one? I’ve done a myriad of cleanses personally so I know what I like to offer as a Health Coach. For me a cleanse is a way to calm inflammation in the body first and foremost. Many of us have inflammation in our bodies that we can’t necessarily feel. Systemic inflammation is the precursor to so many modern diseases ranging from Cancer to M.S. By reducing inflammatory foods our body can begin to repair itself and heal systems that are being taxed by the inflammation. A primary system that becomes damaged by our lifestyles and diets is the digestive system. Doing a whole foods based cleanse that allows you to eat and not starve but still reduce inflammation and reduce or remove negative symptoms is a lovely gift to your body!

January Cleanse: https://m.facebook.com/events/342569729218325


Melinda Baxter is a CHHC, CYT, LMT, FDN practicing in Woolwich, ME. To learn more about her and her cleanses please go to www.melindabaxter.com.

Healthy Body Healthy Mind

You might be surprised to know that living healthy is what we do and what we don't do throughout the day. You might not. However, finding what that is may be frustrating for many.

A lot of what we've been told from the fitness industry changes over time. Why is this? Could this be that what works for one person simply does not for another? We as humans were are not created by one little cookie cutter; the same in all aspects. Determining your special needs is tricky, and can be done.

Ayurveda

An ancient mind, body and spirit way of life. A healthy way of life. Have you hear of Ayurveda? What does this mean to you? These ancient Ayurvedic secrets have not really been a secret, but they have been misunderstood for thousands of years. In this time and culture we are more accepting of possibly unusual and forgotten rituals of healing. After all, each new generation thinks they know best. In some case of advancement this may be true but lets not throw away everything our fore fathers and mothers researched and practiced! Here is a test that will help determine your body type, Dosha Test.

Weight-Loss

The unforgiving word. Those who have tried to lose it have found it again and again. Its a stubborn part of our past pains we don't want to hold on to and yet we can't seem to stop indulging in its desires. I have a secret, well actually Claudia Richey has some secrets to share with you about "never having to diet again"! Yes, I said it! She has recently created a program that incorporates all the secrets of the fitness industry, ancient healthy lifestyles from Chinese Medicine to Ayurveda and so much more. She has really made it all quite easy to understand and to follow. Stop trying to figure it all out and follow Claudia's guidance. She knows what she's doing.

Breaking Free

It's your choice. Break free!

Listen to this recorded call. If this doesn't convince you I don't know what will. Maybe a call from Claudia Richey will do the trick.

Here is the link for her intro call Breaking Free. You will need to register with your email address to get access to the call recording.

Oh, and those who sign-up for her program by May 10 can receive the generous discount of $90 off. Register any time there after at the regular price.

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Breaking Free Intro Call

Breaking Free Program

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Refusing to FAIL! Janette's Journey

Janette's Weight Loss Story of Health and Wellness

 “My heaviest weight was 408 pounds. I stayed away from the scale for many years, but I knew I had to find out exactly where I was starting. I believe that my weight gain was related to the many tragic losses I experienced in my life. I lost my older and only sister, little brother, father and mother. I became an emotional eater and I ran to food for comfort. I remember feeling like I was literally going to eat myself to death. I did not have a stop button. I felt this way for many years. I could not distinguish the difference between physical hunger and emotional hunger. My weight at that time represented all the pain I felt internally; in retrospect it was a symptom to deeper issues.

I embarked on this weight loss journey many times before, but after many failures I tried again. A heavier person has a different experience than that of individuals viewed as normal or average weight. And in most cases the feedback from others may lead to overeating, especially for those who are emotional eaters as I once was. I often tell individuals who battle with emotional eating to take it 1 step at a time, 1 healthy choice at a time, and 1 pound at a time. My motivations for losing weight were many. I was tired of merely existing. I wanted to live. I wanted to fit into booths in restaurants. I did not want to worry whether I could fit into a classroom desk or not; nor how far from class I had to walk to my car. I wanted to play with my children without getting winded or saying maybe later. I wanted to walk and not worry about constant back pain. 

 

 

I lost weight by totally changing my eating habits. I started by calorie counted and later began to watch my sugar, carbohydrate and sodium intake. I generally consume lean meats, fruits and veggies. I drastically limited any processed foods. I drink a gallon of water each day and I exercise 4 to 6 times a week; anywhere from 1 to 3 hours a day. I did not have a trainer or surgery. My diet is what I created for myself.

My breaking point was March 2011, when I received a seat belt ticket because I was too large to buckle up. I would not have believed this was possible if I had not done it myself. Today I am 175lbs; that is a 233lb loss. I think it is amazing what the body can do once you believe it is possible; I want to encourage others to not stop. You must keep going, keep trying, and never give up!”

— By Janette Colantonio

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Mindful Wellness

Wellness in mind and body is like the pendulum affect. Your body is in constant homeostasis (a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group). Merriam-Webster* Living well isn't having luxuries money can buy, although it may seem as if it were easier if we just had this or that. Living well is being happy with what you do have and knowing what that is, is key.

We at Mindful want to guide you to wellness. Ask yourself, “What brings me back to balance?” Does a monthly massage get you back on track? Breathing in the clean air on a mountain top on a sunny day? Sand in your toes, maybe you can't go to the beach every weekend but you can make yourself a Zen garden in your yard. Maybe, you like to learn new things and have been dying to take a nutrition class but just keep putting it off. If going to the gym is your thing, make time for it. Sometimes, Space Clearing or Energy work is just what you need to start fresh.


Find what makes you; You on your very best day and remember to nurture that part of yourself with what ever it is that brings you balance. In doing so be mindful of change; mindful of change in the mind, in the body and all around you. How does season affect you? Do you need something different in the winter than in the summer? How about a warm soothing body treatment? A trip to the Chiropractor may be the trick to getting your health stable. Do you need to change your diet or supplement with herbal remedies? Knowing yourself may take a little mindfulness on your part but your body and mind will thank you for it. 

Remember what the flight attendants says just before take off … “secure your own mask before helping others.” Take care of yourself before you take care of others. This is true in life and will keep you at full strength. Give your body and mind what it needs and it will take care of you. You deserve that!