YING & YANG Myofascial Yoga - Live Mindfully

Why is stretching so good for you? For starters it improves your range of motion! It also has an impact on the quality of your life! Isn't that novel? Improving your flexibility unleashes your potential of knowing, feeling and moving your body, putting the power of improving your quality of life & health back in to your hands, living mindfully!

Coming up with only 4 spots remaining is a yoga series specialized to guide you through postures that move your body in to a place of balance. With special attention paid to subtle movements and flow, our YING & YANG Myofascial 6 week Yoga Series will safely and gradually unlock movement limitations, helping you connect your mind to your body and equipping you with knowledge of how to make yourself feel better. YING & YANG yoga is a gentle and restorative form for regaining flexibility in both body and mind. By moving your body outside of it's normal range you are in turn stimulating your mind (nervous system) to do the same, being able to adapt and cope with the stresses of life better. Feel the difference in your body after 6 weeks, and feel better 'in your skin'.

#moveintobetterhealth STARTING THIS THURSDAY.

Pre-Registration Only. Thursdays at 7:45pm for 6 weeks, $95.85

Revive yourself: Yoga and Acupuncutre Workshop

Spring is the perfect time to stop, pause and reassess your life.  Come regroup, revive and restore yourself emotionally, physically and spiritually through this unique offering of Yoga Therapy and Acupuncture.

Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist, Shari Arial; & Acupuncturist, Vanessa Groshong present:

The Yoga and Acupuncture Workshop

What’s involved :

-       Three 2 hour workshops, offered in a series of once per week focusing on energetic pathways in the body, accessing them through embodied yoga movement, internal dialogue promoting a self-inquiry approach to awareness, and acupuncture points;
 

-        (1) the mind – we will acknowledge the mind and explore the power it has over our daily thoughts, feelings, emotions and reactions.   Acupuncture points will be used to retune the mind and return us to the center of our body.

 

-       (2) body – we will explore the relationship with our body, which is our greatest teacher in life, learning to love ourselves more.  Acupuncture points will be used to imprint love and compassion for ourselves.

-       (3) spirit – we will honor the deep wisdom that resides within each of us, learning to harness that energy and how use it to make powerful changes in our lives.  Acupuncture points will be used to continue to open us up to our spirit, freeing us from past habitual patterns and allowing us to move forward in life.

What it looks like:

-       75 minute mindful yoga practice with internal dialogue focusing on the weekly theme

-       30 minutes of acupuncture performed during savasana focusing on weekly theme

-       15 minutes of integrating and further imprinting what you may have noticed

Investment:

-       Sign up for one - $90 per workshop; or,

-       Sign up for all three - $250.

REGISTER YOUR SPOT: therapythruyoga@hotmail.com

There is the potential for insurance reimbursement for the acupuncture portion of the workshops

($45 receipt will be provided for each workshop).

How Can Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy Help You?

By Shari Arial

We all have an internal guiding compass, something inside us that truly knows what we want and need in our lives.

Well, what does that mean exactly?

Think of intuition, emotion and sickness as salesmen at your front door.

First intuition knocks ever so sweetly but you are in the kitchen busily doing your list of things to do.  You pause because you think you heard something, but don’t give it a second thought. It eventually goes away.

Then comes emotion. It knocks a little louder and this time you peek through the blinds to see who is there. You still don’t answer but you know emotion is out there, and you feel as if it knows you are there. It lingers on your doorstep.

Finally, sickness comes to your house. It does not knock or wait for an invitation. It kicks down your door, steps into your foyer and yells, “Honey I am home”!!!

Have you had this happen to you– where you know something is going on but either can’t tune into it or are unsure of what it means? We all have an internal guiding compass, something inside us that truly knows what we want and need in our lives. The trouble is that sometimes we become so overwhelmed by our lives that we don’t feel we have the time to slow down and tune in. It is when we completely ignore our body’s wisdom that sickness steps into our lives and that’s when we usually become aware of something needing to change.

But what if there was a way to tap into that intuition– that ever so subtle knock at the door?

A Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy session gives you the opportunity to explore what is happening in you in the present moment, to get quiet and listen. Thoughts, emotions, sensations, images, LIFE, are all stored in the body and can cause physical or emotional pain. A Phoenix Rising session uses supported yoga postures and yogic techniques along with a dialogue process that is self-directed. Imagine restoring your body for an hour in a supportive environment where you can reflect on your own wisdom and what you truly need, and bring that awareness into your life. And the best part is no yoga experience is required.

Change happens when you open the door to the salesmen and acknowledge that they are, in fact, standing on your doorstep and consider what they have to sell you today.

“So often we run from our uncomfortable situations and never allow them to teach us.” ~ Michael Lee, Founder of Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy



 

UCLA study: Non-drug treatment may reverse Alzheimer's

Alzheimer's disease was officially recognized a hundred years ago, but there's still no effective treatment for it. Now researchers at UCLA say they've developed a program that shows for the first time memory loss being reversed.

It's not a drug; it's not a procedure; it is a novel, comprehensive and personal approach to treating memory loss associated with Alzheimer's. UCLA researchers spell out exactly what can be done to reverse what the disease does to the brain.

In the report provided by UCLA, Dr. Dale E. Bredesen explains how Alzheimer's is a complex disease affected by sleep, diet, even exercise.

"These all -- and other things -- all contribute to this critical balance in plasticity," said Bredesen.

Ten memory-loss patients, some with brain-scan-confirmed patterns of Alzheimer's, participated in a small UCLA trial called MEND (Metabolic Enhancement for NeuroDegeneration).

In the UCLA protocol, patients made dramatic lifestyle changes. They avoided simple carbs, gluten and processed foods. They increased their fish intake, took yoga and meditated. They were instructed to take melatonin, get adequate sleep, incorporate vitamin B-12, vitamin D-3 and fish oil.

Within six months, nine patients saw a noticeable improvement in memory. One patient, who was in the late stages of Alzheimer's, did not show improvement.

UCLA researchers say the findings suggest at least early on, changing a person's metabolic processes can bring back memory and cognitive function.

Six of the patients of the patients in the study who had to discontinue working were all able to return to their jobs. Study authors say some patients were followed up to two and a half years and the memory improvements remained.

Plans are underway to do larger studies on this therapeutic program.

For more information on the study: Reversal of cognitive decline: A novel therapeutic program