Transformative Wellness E-Newsletter:

Spring 2008 News:

Thank you for taking the time to read this.  This 1st quarterly newsletter is focused on thinking outside our social conditioning.  

Look at all the people and relationships we’re in…family, partners, bosses, clients and colleagues; these are special opportunities to improve each other’s lives. Lending a hand and helping each other just because it makes someone’s life easier, we’re building a positive and healthy community. 

When we look at each other with the idea of: How are you going to benefit me? What am I going to get out of this relationship? How is this relationship going to make ME happier, richer or more popular?  We have succumbed to egos and fear of lack and inadequacy/not enough. 

This world has plenty of everything: food, water, animals, nature, money and people.  There are many ways we can assist this planet and all of its inhabitants just by investing in each other. Protecting the rights of animals and stopping the violence against Mother Nature is essential for healthy cohabitation.  There is a reason that we have met and are surrounded by the people we know and also reside in the environment we live in.

Can we take the awareness to the next level and help improve the lives of so many others?

I will be at the Omega institute in New York State for the month of May for Jivamukti yoga teacher training. For any appointment changes, cancellations, and scheduling please call the Grandview Massage and Acupuncture center at 604-872-1675. 

NEW JIVAMUKTI YOGA CLASS

50% of the proceeds are donated to the Emmanuel boys rescue center in Nairobi, Kenya.

Starts: Thursdays, June 5th 2008
Time: 7:15pm-8:30pm
Price: $12.50 (Cash/cheque)
Where: 1707 Grant street. (www.eastsideyogastudio.com)

More information contact Natasha (info@transformativewellness.com, 604-202-0796)

Yoga Classes   (Vancouver + Richmond)
Thursdays:
12:10pm Power @  Vancouver Corporate Yoga
1:10 pm  Hatha @ Vancouver Corporate Yoga
4:30-6pm  Power @  Richmond Dance (#175 4351 #3rd)

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: (cell) 604-202-0796 (office) 604-872-1675 or visit www.transformativewellness.com for more info.

Clinic (Grandview Massage Therapy) located in
Vancouver (303-2730 Commercial drive at 11th ave). 
604-872-1675
Initial consultation: $85
Returning Sessions: $70

Recipe of the Month:

Black Bean and Mango Salad

Ingredients:
1 can black beans well rinsed/ 1 1/2 cups of cooked black beans
1 can corn drained (341 ml)
1 avocado cubed
3-4 roma tomatoes diced
1 yellow pepper diced
1 red pepper diced
1 medium purple onion diced
2/3 cup cilantro minced
1-2 mangoes diced

Dressing:
1/4 cup olive oil, juice 2 limes, dash of chilies, one garlic clove crushed and add salt and pepper to taste

Place all ingredients into a large bowl.  Add the dressing to ingredients then mix and serve!

There’s many benefits of the black bean! High in proteins, fat and carbohydrates.  They are rich sources of potassium, calcium, iron, and several B-vitamins.
Black beans in Traditional Chinese medicine are warming and have sweet flavor.  They are beneficial to kidneys and reproductive function; builds the yin fluids and blood; diuretic.  Used for low backache, knee pain, involuntary seminal emission, and infertility. 

The protein from legumes can help regulate sugar, water and other aspects of metabolism, as well as promote balanced sexual activity and proper growth and development of the body, including the brain.

Thank you for your support,
Namaste,
Natasha

Pose of the Month:

Gomukhasana Arms (Cows’s face pose)

Method:
1) Lift both arms up to the ceiling. Place the Left palm onto the left shoulder blade.
2) Swing the right arm behind your back and interlace fingers.
3) Sit tall and keep the shoulder girdle steady and level, gazing ahead with a comfortable neck position (10-15 breathes). 
4) Switch to the other side, once advanced you can hold the wrists .

Modification:
Use a strap, towel or scarf to bind hand behind the back. 

Benefits:

• Muscles of the arms and shoulders have increased mobility and flexibility.
• Tones the muscles and nerves around the shoulders and cardiac plexus.
• Stimulates the channels/meridians of the lungs and heart. 

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