Spring Cleaning

Hello Beauties,

Warm, sweet spring air awakens our senses. We long to purge – unworn clothes closeted far too long, dust bunnies snuggled deeply down, and pantries over-stocked with heavy fare. Lawn furniture emerges from basements just as daffodils from the earthy soil to celebrate spring’s potential – to bring lightness to our lives.
 
You can do that with your body, too. I promise.
 
Energy, clarity and living to your fullest are just a few days away. I’m not talking about a diet to lose weight in a couple of weeks or a meal plan that’s a temporary fix for winter’s sluggishness. I’m talking simple shifts in your diet that will lead to permanent healthy choices for your lifetime. And weight loss. 
 
Give me an hour of your time on Wednesday, April 25^th, 6pm. For free, I’ll stimulate you toward the easy steps to get winter out of your body’s tissues and welcome in lightness and ease through spring to summer.
 
What does that mean, exactly?
 
Winter is cold and our fat cells swell for warmth and nourishment for long, wintery nights. Fat is heavy, dense and dark.
 
Springtime is a light, airy, buoyant, joyful and weightless spring (pun intended) in your step.
 
Renew. Bring freshness to your outlook on your life. Be vibrant and colorful in the kitchen. Find clearness in your thinking and decision-making. Be less allergic to environmental pollutants. Evolve into the purest form of you.
 
Are you ready to Align / Nourish / Reconnect to your highest potential?
 
Join me at April 25^th at the Center for Intregative Healing, 23 Main Street, Watertown Square, Watertown MA for an informative nutrition chat on Spring Cleaning. Parking is ample in the huge lot behind the building.
 
Arrive early to hold your seat!

Read on to sign up for Yoga for Mindful Eating - spring forth into your bountiful goodness!

xo,
Diana

PS - Mark your calendars for the NEXT free class

Veg 101 May 23rd!
Once, it was cool to be a vegetarian. Now, it’s essential to be as plant-based as possible. Not saying you gotta be a veg-head – just a move to a greater plant-based diet that supports using meat and dairy as condiments to the meals.
Vegetarians are healthier than omnivores. It's true. Research has shown that vegetarians have less heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer and other significant diseases that reduce quality of life. Come with all your questions to this FREE nutrition class. Read More
 

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Yoga for Mindful Eating ~ Nourish from within

Explore your relationship with food, body image, and emotions through weekly yoga, meditation, journaling and group support with mindful eating home practices.
Join this 7-week journey toward self-awareness, change, and self-acceptance to learn:

1. Freedom from emotional eating
2. To let go of perfection
3. Awareness of when you're hungry and satisfied
4. Stress eating coping mechanisms
5. Take the fear and guilt out of your relationship with food
6. How to reconnect to your body
7. A mindfulness-based approach to eating

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Therapeutic Yoga

Anusara yoga is a philosophy of mind, body, and spirit that uses heart-oriented Universal principles to align to our energetic Optimal Blueprint.  Thus, we experience relief from suffering. Pain, loss, injury and disease lead us to seek healing. 
Join me in a 4-part Monday series (10:30-11:45am) beginning April 16^th designed to explore how to align our body to experience the abundance of joy and freedom in our body that leads to the same in hearts and mind. 
 
Feet and ankles (hands and wrists)
Often the foundation of our poses, our feet and ankles and hands and wrists can set the tone not only for how we feel in the overall shape of a pose, but we can use optimal alignment to heal misalignments that generate pain and prevent injuries in our feet and hands, knees, elbows and shoulders. It’s all interconnected.
 
Knees
Often, misalignments in the feet and ankles create misalignments that lead to knee pain. Tight hips can throw the knees out of alignment as well. Practice the principles of Shins In, Thighs Out to bring the knees into your energetic blueprint and reduce pain.
 
Hips and low back
Low back pain is the #1 most common complaint. Tightness in the hip flexors and a weak core may contribute to low back and hip pain. We’ll identify if the discomfort is organic (i.e., affected by weather) or muscular in nature. Play with Inner and Outer Spiral and Kidney and Pelvic Loop to free tightness here that can lead to pain.
 
Neck and shoulders
Another common area of tightness and fatigue are the neck and shoulders. Our forward moving society (computers, iPads, iPhones) leave us with slumpasana that can lead to headache, neck ache, upper back soreness and weakness and imbalance in our upper body. We’ll practice Shoulder Loop, Inner and Outer Spiral of the arms, and Skull Loop to alleviate misalignment and pain.

Location: The Mount Auburn Club, Watertown 
 

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Yoga * Mindful Eating * Weekend Retreat

Gift yourself a weekend away in the heart of the White Mountains. Stay in a luxurious private home in northern New Hampshire with amazing views.
Enjoy scrumptious vegetarian meals, and yoga as we explore how outward behaviors like

• compulsive over-eating
• binge-eating
• overweight
• food addiction 

in our relationship to food often are in contrast with our inner and unconscious goals such as

• feeling good about and enjoying our body
• feeling change arise from positive motivations
• banishing negative self-talk
• feeling empowered to reach our highest potential
• freedom from emotional eating
• eating intuitively to what your body wants

Using the chakras (energy processing centers in our body) as tools of investigation, we’ll consciously remove mental, emotional, physical and environmental clutter as a barrier to our fears and old story lines. Sessions include yoga practice, supported sharing, meditation and journaling. Everything is provided – just bring your personal items, a journal and pen, yoga mat, block, belt and yoga blanket or cushion. 

Arrive early on Friday to allow time for exploration of the town, hike, take a long walk or just lounge on the deck with amazing views, read, engage in casual conversation. We’ll begin Saturday 9am, break for lunch and rest, then gather again from 2-5pm. Dinner will be a mindfully eaten meal prepared and eaten together. Sunday’s session will be 9am – 1pm – you’ll have plenty of time to return home and get ready for your week or keep enjoying yourself in the Whites.

REGISTER NOW!  

Retreat is limited to 8 participants (contact me for pricing and exact weekend dates in July/August - stay tuned for Sept/Oct retreats). Meals include Friday dinner, Saturday breakfast/lunch/dinner, and Sunday breakfast/lunch.

Location: Franconia, NH (2 ½ hours from Boston)

Cancellation Policy:
All cancellations prior to start of retreat or Yoga for Mindful Eating will incur a $30 administrative fee. A one-week notice is required to cancel for a refund. Cancellations after that cannot be refunded. Thank you for honoring this policy.