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New Years: Intentions, not Resolutions

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This New Years, let’s not be content to merely make resolutions.  Hey, over 95% of all New Year’s resolutions fail!  Instead, let’s set INTENTIONS.  What’s the difference, you say?  Resolutions are all based on “future outcomes”…like losing weight or stopping smoking…and they must be planned for and worked on and achieved through great discipline.  Great if you can do it.

INTENTION, however, is not oriented toward a future outcome. Instead, according to Buddhist practice, it is a path that focuses on how you are “being” in the present moment. Your attention is on the ever-present “now” in the constantly changing flow of life. You set your intentions based on UNDERSTANDING WHAT MATTERS MOST TO YOU and make a commitment to ALIGN YOUR ACTIONS WITH YOUR INNER VALUES.

 

What are your inner values?   Live by them.  Think according to them and act according to them.  Remember, thoughts become actions and actions become habits.

 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year – Martha and Jeff

 

Thanksgiving Poem

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May your stuffing be tasty

May your turkey be plump,

May your potatoes and gravy

Have nary a lump.

May your yams be delicious.

And your pies take the prize,

And may your Thanksgiving dinner

Stay off your thighs!

 HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

WE WISH YOU A BLESSED HOLIDAY

Nutrition Tip of the Day (and EVERY Day!)

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Several good ways to keep our blood sugar under control is to eat small frequent meals throughout the day, eat foods low on the glycemic index, always pair a starch with a protein and eat some good fats and fiber.

So for this week, let one of your daily snacks be:

* 3 celery sticks filled with a little peanut butter, 3 cucumber slices, 3 carrot slices, 3 slices of any color pepper (you can vary these veggies, but eat mostly green with other colors of the rainbow thrown in!).

* 6-10 raw almonds (or small handful of unsalted roasted peanuts) with a small bunch of grapes.

* optionally, you can also have 3 oz. of PLAIN yogurt with a bit of honey in it.  Make sure the yogurt is NOT non-fat (low-fat is fine) with no added sugary fruit.

Pay attention to how you feel after this healthy snack.  We believe you will notice that you feel satisfied, healthier, and a bit happier for doing something great for your body!

Have a healthy snack, Yak!!

 

 

 

Strength and Balance Exercises for Travelers, Parts 1 and 2 (No Equipment Necessary)

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Hello Friends!  Following are two videos (Parts 1 and 2) that take you through strength and balance exercises that you can do while traveling or incorporate throughout your day.  Below the videos we have included a list of exercises you can print (copy and paste) to take with you as a guide.  We hope you enjoy these exercises and find them beneficial.  Note:  Be on the lookout for Part 3 – Flexibility.

As our Spriggles friends say:  “Stay in Shape, Ape”!

 

 

 

Strength and Balance While Traveling (No Equipment Required)

 

Wide Wall Pushups (Tip:  The further you stand from the wall the more difficult)

Narrow Wall Pushups (Same Tip as Wide)

Lat Pull Downs (Tip:  Lats are upper back muscles)

Bicep Curls

Bent Over Tricep Curls

Wide Squats  (Tip:  Use back of chair, counter, or other for stability if needed)

Narrow Squats  (Tip: Same Tip as Wide)

Standing Leg Curls

Standing Chest Openers

Calf Raises

Calf Stretches

One Leg Balancing Quadriceps Stretch (Tip: Front Thigh Stretch)

Standing Balancing Pigeon (Tip:  Can do this in a chair or on floor as well)

Glute Squeeze

Kegel Exercises

Seated Leg Lifts (I meant to say when sitting behind Hospitality Desk (Smile))

Chair Twist – Chair Chest Opener – Chair Biceps and Triceps

Abdominal Curls with Twist (Front Core)

Locust (Back Core)

 

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