Our Latest Newsletter: Aug ‘09
By: Kathleen Rouse
No Diets. Just Discipline.
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| If there’s one word that’s difficult to digest it’s the word “Diet”.Holistic Strategies in not about diets, rather about discipline.
In this newsletter you’ll find articles about foods to eat and activities to try as well as a survey we need your help with. As we get closer to opening our first location: a market and studio focused on an active life and healthy eating habits, we want to know what kinds of products and classes you want.
Finally, our next Wellness Retreat is this October! How else to integrate wellness into your life than by spending a weekend with like-minded people enjoying delicious food & invigorating yoga classes.
So follow the links to the various articles, read, try & enjoy!
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| I *heart* TadasanaTadasana: Mountain Pose One of the simplest, yet most profound and beneficial poses in Yoga. When I started taking Yoga I was suffering from chronic lower back pain.
Tadasana Article
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| How Yoga Reduces TensionI felt a strange tightness in my jaw the other day and realized it was from stress. I thought, “That’s weird!I used to feel that all the time, but it’s been so long that I didn’t know what it was at first.” The obvious conclusion was that doing yoga has reduced my stress level so much that I don’t carry tension in my body like I used to.
How Yoga Reduces Tension
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| Ode to the AvocadoHow I love thee. Versatile fruit, delicious blended or sliced, plain or salted, in a dish or the dish itself. Avocados pack a nutrient punch…
Ode to the Avocado
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Wonder-Vitamin D
Vitamin D - yes, we all know it builds strong and healthy teeth and bones but did you also know it:
- keeps you trim,
- boosts your mood,
- wards off sniffles and
- drastically cuts your risk of cancer.
What are some other sources of Vitamin D besides milk? Try salmon and learn about these other sources.
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Awareness
Be aware of the influence Media has on your identity and your perceptions of beauty, success and happiness. I stumbled upon two interesting videos on YouTube off the link above. |
Meet Fellow Global Mama Interested in how you can contribute to lasting economic sustainability through art? Julia Blaukopf, fellow Global Mama and artist has produced some amazing pieces of art developed to support and increase awareness of how to make a sustainable impact on the global community.
Fellow Global Mama
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Charity? No It may sound counterintuitive to some but many of the world’s poorest people are a good credit risk. A lifetime of struggling just for food and shelter fosters the kind of single-minded drive that it takes to start or build a small business. Rather than being merely victims, the world’s poor are the key to their own emergence from poverty. Given a working chance - just a start - they can begin to build their own future.
Charity? No
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| What would you want out of a Studio & Shop?As we get closer to opening our Studio & Shop we want to hear from YOU. Fill out the survey from the link off our website to give us your feedback
What would you want?
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Gourmet Food & Yoga in the Mountains Our next wellness retreat is up in the North Georgia Mountains Friday, October 9 - Monday, October 12. Follow the link below to read more and sign up.
Gourmet Food & Yoga in the Mountains
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If you found the articles in this newsletter and our website helpful, interact!
Post a comment on the site, forward this newsletter to a friend, join our Facebook Fan Page. Just type in “holistic strategies” in the search field on Facebook and join the group.
Many thanks!
Kathleen Rouse
Holistic Strategies, Inc.
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