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Are you challenged by constantly running a “go-go-go” life? Is it difficult for you to feel calm, effective and efficient as a busy professional? You may think that in order to have these qualities you would need to belong to a gym or perhaps a yoga center. These are only part of the solution. What we are talking about is transforming your daily life to an organic and seamless flow with your own nature.
Please join me and several other wellness coaches for our “Awaken the 8 Pillars of a Healthy Life”. In this challenge you will awaken the 8 pillars for a healthier lifestyle: LIFE NOURISHMENT BODY SPIRITUAL CONNECTION RELATIONSHIP HOME WEALTH BEAUTY Each one of these pillars plays an important role in creating a healthy life. We will guide you step-by-step through the process of transforming in each one of these important parts of your life. This 8-Day Challenge starts on Monday, October 19, 2020. If you missed it, contact me and I will personally coach you and provide the tools you need. Enhance productivity, effectiveness, clarity, efficiency and longevity: Strengthen your Immune System Free your Nervous System for more Energy and Peace of Mind Cleanse your way to Health Redefine Healthy for Modern Living Lifestyle as Nourishment Food as Medicine Routine as Rejuvenation Connect the dots between Health and Quality of Life Join our team as we support the transformation needed for today's world. This isn’t a magic pill---it takes work and a whole support system to affect change. Awaken the 8 Pillars of a Healthy Life for Busy Professionals is the support system you need. Group support, coaching and recognition of your unique body type by trained practitioners is what creates measurable results on your path of optimal energy, effectiveness, efficiency, resilience and productivity.
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Fall is a perfect time to cleanse, reboot and revitalize body, mind and spirit. In fact, when done at the fall equinox folklore says it will keep you from getting sick the following season. Prepare for fall by releasing the heat of the summer.
The Fall Equinox this year falls on September 22nd. This easy -to-follow Fall Equinox Juice Fast is a full body tune-up in just 24 hours (see below.) Equinoxes are moments in time when day and night are equal. They measure fullness and balance in nature. Honor this moment as a time to balance. We are beings conjoined with nature, not separate from it. Now is the time to acknowledge in ourselves what is plentiful and ready to harvest just like in our gardens. 6:30 am - 8:00 am - warm water and lemon; gentle stretching; meditation 9:00 am – 10:00 am - High C Drink Ingredients 1 Oranges 2 Tangerines 2 Large Carrots 1 Turmeric Root 10:00 – 11:00 - Drink Herbal Tea and Water, Apply Sesame or Almond Oil to Skin, Warm Water and Salt Netti Pot (add a drop of oil), Begin Decluttering Home and Car. 11:00 – 12:00 - High Sun Detox Juice Ingredients 1 Medium Red Beet 1 Large Green Apple 3 Radishes 1 Cup Kale Leaves 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm - Green Juice Ingredients 2 Cups spinach 3 Leaves Yellow Beet Greens 2 Large Celery Sticks ½ Cucumber Peeled 1 Cup Green Grapes 1 Inch Fresh Ginger 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm - More Green Juice Ingredients 2 Celery sticks 1 Cucumber 3 Leaves Kale 1 Cup Parsley 1 Green Apple 1 Inch Fresh Ginger 1 Peeled Lemon 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm - Drink Herbal Tea and Water 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm - Happy Hour Seasonal Shift Juice Ingredients 2 Cups Butternut Squash 2 Apples or Pears Dash of Cinnamon and Nutmeg This juice is wonderful served warm 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm - Vegetable Stock Use trimmings from veggies and boil in 3 cups of water for mineral broth to sip on 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm - Herbal Tea, Warm Almond Milk with Cardamom, or Water 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm - Gentle Stretching, 20 Squats, Focused Breathing. Brush Teeth, Floss and Oil Pull for 10 to 15 minutes, Shut Down ALL Electronic Devices, Journal or Read. 10:00 – 11:00 - Bedtime GIVE THANKS FOR EVERYTHING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED. How to move with ease and grace
In the unspoken addiction to life Afflictions amplified by Memories of truth Are always by my side Do not fall asleep Beware of Illusion and constraints Three dimensions create walls Do not get trapped on one side Like the moon in daylight Dance in the field and Delight in the horizon Angels and Demons Woven together tight Shadows compressed into space Machinery dismembered Skin shed Dismiss color Dismiss sound Dismiss taste Dismiss touch The mind betrayed by itself awakens from confinement In the distance Is love seeping through Cells held together By gravity shared The planet is animated again A new hologram Rainbow light flickers Distilled ash Shutters and shakes Around and around We go Unfinished business Here I am. It is 2 a.m. and another long night.
I lay here recovering from hip replacement surgery. I am grateful for my new hardware and the medicine to help me get my life back. I can already tell the choice to have my hip replaced was a good one and I look forward to full mobility and no pain soon. Beginning week two, my days move just as slow as my nights right now. I lay around, take short walks to the kitchen and bathroom, exercise in bed and ice all day long. I am fortunate to be recovering quickly and without too many medications. I take aspirin to avoid blood clots, anti-inflammatory for swelling and Tylenol for pain. I tried the narcotics, but they left me depressed and foggy-headed, so I let them go immediately. I can’t wait for the day to dance again, hike again and bend over to tie my shoe again! You may be asking, “how did this happen to me when I have been so involved in yoga, healthy food, and healthy lifestyle”? I have asked myself the same question for the past four years. All I know is one day I was fine and the next day I was not. At least that is what I thought. It all started in 2016. Dad got sick in September and quickly declined after his fateful fall in October. He shattered his right hip and shortly after died. Simultaneously, I awoke the next morning with a bone spur and hip dysplasia. For four years it continuously got worse. I felt like half of my identity died when my father died. Half of me cast into the underworld traversing a maze of ancestral genes, stored in my body. Not being the type to lay idle I decided it would be a good time to excavate. My past became an archeological dig site. Skeletons of pain and betrayal began to emerge. I discovered that generations of resentment had left their mark on the landscape of my pelvis. I implemented state-of-the-art technology. Lifestyle changes, energy work, water only fasts, vegan diet, bio feedback, ayahuasca, sound therapy, ozone, lights, stem cells, and more but it wasn’t until that moment when respected professionals told me it’s time for a full hip replacement that it hit me. “I had a problem that I couldn’t fix.” To have part of my body removed was like taking a long-standing infection out of me. A hitch hiker hiding in the bones of the ancient past removed and replaced. I am so grateful for the amazing technology of Western Medicine and what they do best! Surgery. An implanted treasure of titanium, cobalt and glue restored the integrity of this body monument. I am SO grateful to my husband Peter, and to my sons Cameron and Evan for their part in this archeological expedition, turning up treasures hidden from view. I could not have done it without a team. With new eyes and new perspective my heart is now capable to hold more love, freedom and adventures to come. I feel like I have a new life in front of me and I am SO EXCITED TO LIVE IN TO THIS NEW FUTURE! by Karen Barbarick-Collins 5:30 a.m. I awoke in a panic. I jumped out of bed, put on my clothes and got in my car. I couldn’t breathe.
This is not a new sensation for me. I remember the first time I encountered it was when I was 4. It was my first surgery. Next was at 7 caught in domestic abuse. Then again at fifteen I was raped. The list goes on and on in fact extreme panic arose in me at least once a year. Sometimes it goes on for weeks, and sometimes for months. Often for no “Real Reason” and yes, even a yogini can experience panic. My first response is to cover it up. Hide it with anger or frustration. To lash out in protection of myself. It’s been going on most of 2020 as I am heavily triggered by meaningless deaths of the elderly, blacks, babies, and animals. Guns, bombs, and natural disasters along with finger pointing politics. It really got to me this morning. Last night I felt despair. I reacted on my husband. I reacted on my ally, my partner, my friend. This morning I woke in a panic. Chest caving in, coughing, gasping for air. The Sun hadn’t lifted to view when I got in my car, the morning light was peeking through. I found myself in nature. One of my favorite Ancient Oak trees. I borrowed some breath. Just for me. I felt the presence of stability. The tree seemed to like my visit too. I am writing this because so many are triggered, and suffering paralyzed by panic and fear. Covering it up with anger, grief and despair. A whole array of destructive emotions. I encourage anyone experiencing panic and feel to self-conscious to reach out, drowning in cannabis, alcohol, adderall and sleep aids. Whatever your thing is. Find an Old Oak tree, or Sequoia, Redwood, or Fir. Any tree the older the better! Befriend the tree, breathe with it and when the wind blows listen to it. It may very well be here long after you are gone. And, if you feel so inclined, find a human being to share with. Be vulnerable and brave. We are not designed to “Have It All Together.” As human beings we will never “Have It All Together”. This is the illusion. We are vulnerable and frail. Alive for a short time, surviving then thriving, surviving then thriving, then dying. This is what it means to be a Human Being. Love and Tenderness Always, Karen Barbarick-Collins |
AuthorKaren Barbarick-Collins is a Certified Ayurvedic Technician and Wellness Coach as well as a Registered Yoga Alliance Teacher. She is the founder of Bending Blade Healing Arts. Archives
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