My interview with Amy Spencer, ERYT of Niralambaya, Windham, NH Amy: Please tell me a little bit about your first introduction to yoga and how that practice has evolved for you? Andrea: I started doing yoga about 15 years ago. I was tired of the gym and wanted to enjoy exercise. Yoga gave me so [...]
>Thank you, Arielle for sharing your story! Check out Nahar Yoga in Derry, NH Flashback: > February 2001. After my first yoga class with Rolf Gates at Baron Baptiste’s studio in Cambridge, MA I felt vibrant, alive, new! Inspired by my inner glow and well being I enthusiastically asked Rolf if there was a suggested [...]
At Holistic Health Services we can help you bring your body systems into balance so that you can feel great physically and emotionally! A holistic approach that addresses the body, mind and spirit gets to the root of the problem. Using a medication to treat a body symptom doesn’t really heal the body. In fact, [...]
Here is a self-care questionnaire I recently came across. Occasionally we all need to be reminded that self-care is important for our physical, mental and emotional well-being. I encourage you to fill out the questionnaire honestly and see which areas need more attention in your life. In the right-hand column, write down the score (from [...]
“Chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer, stroke, and diabetes are responsible for 75% of the nation’s healthcare spending and 7 out every of 10 deaths in America each year. Yet, as you know, they are often preventable.” (www.medscape.com Kathleen Sebelius, MPA, US secretary of health and human services) Are you going to let a [...]
We must take back the responsibility for feeding ourselves. In giving it away we have given up feelings of self-control, empowerment and self-confidence in nurturing ourselves. Instead we experience doubt, guilt and shame around food. Who wants to live like that? Let’s learn to enjoy cooking and eating and experience what self-nurturing is all about [...]
We’ve all heard the terms “weight loss program” and “nutritional counseling.” Why use the term holistic weight management? The reason is that holistic weight management is not just about calories consumed and calories burned or sacrifice and self-discipline. It’s about adopting a healthy lifestyle that nourishes the body, mind and spirit. It’s about tuning in [...]
