The Subtle POWER of the Supplement Strategy

T’is the season and we need all the help we can get! For the next 4 months we need to utilize any support that is available for our physical body – one month before and three months after New Year’s to be on the safe side. Diet, exercise, meditation and supplementation are all tools we can employ to get through the holiday season healthfully. Here are a few notes for your review - I trust this will help you to choose the proper supplements and ways to get through the holidays healthfully.

Medicine has come a long way. So has the technology of natural supplements!

To understand what causes most headaches: Your spine protects your nervous system which starts with the brain and becomes the spinal cord. When the vertebrae in your neck are unable to move properly, it irritates or puts pressure on the nerves in that area. That can cause headaches.

If we could change ALL our patterns and beliefs by thinking and rationalizing through the conscious mind, we’d all be happy. Unfortunately, our thoughts have to bump up against our FEELING subconscious minds where a lot of negative beliefs of ourselves are stored.

In our childhood we tend to accept these beliefs without judgment because we don’t yet have enough experiences to compare it to. Unfortunately, these beliefs may have created a negative perception of who we are especially if they were reinforced in a life in which parents, teachers, or other kids in school made us feel less than good enough, too fat, too skinny, unattractive or any other negative beliefs that we may carry in our life today.

Back pain can be seem like frightening, debilitating, and mysterious condition - but it doesn’t have to be. As a yoga teacher, I searched for help for myself and my students, until I came across Anusara Yoga. Anusara means “to align with nature” and is based on biomechanical alignment principles that help move the muscles and bones toward optimal alignment. This is the essence of Anusara philosophy: the idea that when we return to our true nature, we feel better.

In a yoga therapy session, you will learn simple exercises - sort of like physical therapy - that will not only give you immediate relief, but will strengthen some muscles and relax others so that your spine can return to its natural curves and length. You will realize that you have the power to get yourself out of pain! It’s not magic, just the scientific part of yoga: alignment.

This is a time of enormous transition as you enter a new phase of your life, one where your focus can begin to shift toward your purpose, your dreams, your goals and your legacy. Some people might face this time with a sense of disappointment (“life hasn’t gone the way I thought it would and I don’t feel ready for this stage”), others with a sense of bafflement (“life has gone well, so why do I feel unsatisfied as I look forward?”), still others with feelings of anticipation (“I can finally focus on me! I wonder what’s next”).

Only you can really determine your next priorities, but there are a number of specific life spheres that you may want to consider as you think about what’s important to you. These 11 life spheres make up what is commonly called the life balance wheel. This might also be a good time to really delve into your personal life’s purpose. Why are you here? What gives your life meaning This might seem intimidating at first, but the rewards of this exploration are very rich. This exploration is one you can certainly do on your own, but the support of a life coach can exponentially increase the speed of the search.

Over the 29 years of my professional practice, I have seen your symptoms - as well hair thinning, belly fat, and depression - on an alarming rise. City life is challenging to our bodies: we were not meant for the degree of modern stresses we experience daily. This puts pressure on our adrenals to work overtime, and then our thyroids try to pick up the adrenal slack and fatigue. Next, the pancreas picks up the slack and also gets fatigued. This syndrome (which I call tri-organ fatigue syndrome, or TFS) is the cause of massive cellular inflammation. Inflammation is at the root of all disease.

Ayurveda offers some excellent and simple daily practices that you can do which will contribute significantly to your overall health now and in the future. After all, it is the actions that we take on a daily basis which will have a cumulative effect on our lives.

It is important as we get older to provide our bodies with the highest quality ‘building blocks’ available. For us this comes in the form of fresh, organic foods — especially vegetables, fruits and grains. An assessment of your constitution according to Ayurvedic principles can teach you which foods in each group are balancing for you when you are well, when you are ill, and also seasonally.