The Healthy Holiday Party
November 7, 2009
The Healthy Holiday Party
WHEN: Wed Dec 9, 6:30pm
WHERE: Aire Fitness, 1014 5th Ave @ Broadway, Downtown
COST: $10 
(Aire has free validated parking)
We are bringing it all together this month to make our holiday party fun, convenient and festive:
*get your holiday shopping from local artisans
*healthy hor d’oeuvres
*wine tasting
*a special guest speaker to talk about the importance of expressing gratitude during the holidays.
Novalena Betancourt, our guest speaker this month, is a radio show host, author of Total Female Package, and co-author of Strategies for Success with Jack Canfield and Marie Diamond of The Secret. She has a Masters in Executive Leadership, applying empowerment to both the corporate and entrepreneurial worlds.
About our vendors:
The Coffee Bag Chick – Imported from around the world and hand-stitched, just for you! Our collection of recycled bags are 
for people who are planet-friendly and who know unique when they see it. Our eco-friendly totes are sewn locally from recycled burlap coffee bags. These sacks are transformed into fun and colorful eco-friendly bags. Individually handmade our bags are unique and come in a variety of styles and sizes. “Bags good for the earth and for life!”
Artmagic Publishing – creates and sells visual tools for contemplation and higher learning in the form of workbooks, fine art 
cards and artwork, posters and prints. We believe that higher learning is enhanced when we honor our feminine way of knowing through our creativity and inner vision in partnership with the divine masculine and wisdom teachings from the world’s many spiritual traditions. Our goal is to create visual tools to help you clarify your life situation as well as provide you with visual and symbolic road maps for exploring the mysteries of life’s meaning and purpose. Our contemplation tools are designed to guide and inspire you, and hopefully empower you with self-knowledge and clarity about what is meaningful to you within the framework of your current spiritual and religious beliefs.
Mystensils – Portable utensils for people on the go. Great travel utensils with eco friendly fabrics and sustainable solutions for the planet.
Nutrichai- Infuse your health with goodness… Packed with nutrients and antioxidants, our tea will help enhance your health both physically and mentally. Blended skillfully, our teas provide natural cleansing for your body, getting rid of harmful toxins. Along with a healthy diet, these teas help keep those extra inches off your body. For more information go to www.nutrichai.com.
Lora Da
ngova – emerging local photographer and artist has greeting cards entitled “Changing energy fields with photographs.” Canvas shopping bags “Nature is my home” are also available.
Youn
g Living Essential Oils – Essential oils are aromatic volatile liquids derived from plants. Their use in everyday life dates back to 4500 BC, and today their health-enhancing benefits can be found in more than 400 Young Living products. www.youngliving.org/atha
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Awareness Apparel™ for adults, children and babies. Bringing awareness to social and environmental issues that affect our world. 100% certified organic cotton and made in USA. Set of 8 PEACE, LOVE and HIPPY HOLIDAYS cards with matching envelopes. Hand-stamped on recycled paper and we tie dye our own 100% organic cotton ribbons so each set is very unique. www.shoppositiveenergy.com
Je’Marie PurseHook is a family owned company that designs and manufacturers the highest quality, strongest and most 
beautiful Purse Hooks, Handbag Hangers, FUMI Bracelet Purse Hooks, and Purse Accessories to keep your purse safe and clean up off of the dirty floor. All of our products have their own positive message. Je’Marie Accessories are eco-friendly! Each PurseHook is made out of recycled metal and is fully backed with 100% recycled rubber, which helps secure every hook to any surface! http://www.thefumi.com
Quinntessentials Yoga Mat Spray uses a synergistic blend of 6 different essential oils and purified spring water providing antiseptic, antiviral, antifungal and antibacterial. It will clean your yoga mat and leave it smelling fresh and wonderful. http://www.yogamatspray.net/
Cookie Lee Jewelry is fun, affordable, fashion jewelry. Prices range from $14-$48. From eclectic to trendy, and natural to glamorous, Cookie Lee has just what you need to make your fashion statement. With a beatiful line available for such an amazing fashion value, there’s no better way to keep your style fresh. If you buy anything this season make sure it’s Cookie Lee jewelry! www.cookielee.biz/pamelawhalen
Beyond Bliss USAloe is excited to offer a special holiday discount to Women 4 Wellness. We will be offering the gift of nearly $100 worth of natural products for only $45! We specialize in natural products for core nutrition, energy, rest, and weight control. Visit us at www.beyondbliss.usaloe.com.
Shea Touch™ – Our line of cosmetic products based on 100% natural African shea butter are a reflection of our philosophy. Everything is 100% natural, ecofriendly, no chemicals and no testing on animals. www.sheatouch.com
Photos from last event:
Top 10 Healthy Habits for the Holidays
November 3, 2009
by Tanya Paluso, from Dec ’09 Rancho Magazine:
America is coming around the stretch, only weeks away from the Nov/Dec holiday season. While San Diegans don’t have the snow, the famous Rockefeller Center tree or ice skating outside, we have the typical shopping extravaganzas, the family get-togethers and the massive quantities of Grandma’s best mashed potatoes and other favorite dishes.
While the winter holidays represent a celebration of giving, family and gratitude, they also make us the sickest. Have you ever noticed that flu season falls directly after the holiday season? No coincidence with all the over-stuffing of turkey in our bellies, partying to celebrate the new year, stress of having 30 relatives over for dinner, high anxiety at the after-holiday department store sales and financial burden of the whole thing.
Seem depressing? It doesn’t need to be. There are ways to keep yourself and your family healthy, happy and in the true holiday spirit this year. By incorporating these 10 habits during the holidays, you can reduce your stress, avoid gaining weight, enjoy your family, and set yourself up for a healthy new year.
Food
1. DRINK WATER
Drinking water before you go out or go to a party can reduce the quantity of
food you eat. Drinking water after you go out will help detox your body and keep you hydrated.
2. EAT SWEET VEGETABLES
Sweet root vegetables, such as beets, carrots, turnips, onions, and sweet potatoes are naturally winter vegetables. They keep you grounded and focused, decrease sugar cravings and give you the nutrients you need to stay healthy.
Exercise
3. EXERCISE SOME EVERY DAY
Stay on your exercise routine, and schedule it if things become hectic. It will lower your blood pressure, keep your spirits high and help your digestion.
Get outside and walk with your family and friends, whether it is around the neighborhood block or on a nature hike at Torrey Pines.
4. BREATHE
Set aside a specific time (like when you are shaving or combing your hair), to
take a few deep breaths. This helps you to quickly reduce stress during the
hectic holidays.
Career
5. WORK LESS
Enjoy your holidays, your friends, and your family by committing to not take work home during the holidays.
6. WORK EFFICIENTLY
Start setting goals and map out your activities on the calendar for the coming year.
Increase focus and energy through new food choices. Make a commitment to add some healthy choices instead of eliminating unhealthy ones. This is called the Crowding Out Theory. If you add something healthy, it will naturally crowd out the foods that do not support your wellbeing.
Relationships
7. TAKE CARE OF YOUR SELF
Give yourself a treat, such as a massage, facial, or go to a yoga class. Go with a family member or friend.
8. CONNECT WITH YOUR LOVED ONES
Take time to really connect with your loved ones.
Have some loving and meaningful conversations. Play with the kids. Do something charitable during the holiday with your family and friends.
Inner Calmness and Awareness
9. ENJOY NATURE
Visit a flower shop, a garden, a zoo, a beach. Reflect on who/what you are grateful for in your life. Thank the people who have helped you or made a difference in your life.
10. LISTEN TO MUSIC
Music is an integral part of the holiday season. Make a point to enjoy music that uplifts your spirit at church, a concert, in your living room or even on your ipod.
By taking time to slow down, be present and take care of your body with these tips during the holidays, you will naturally feel better and healthier. Be conscious of how you usually do things and when you know you are doing something that may negatively affect your health, don’t beat yourself; instead, go back to this list and choose something. A healthy mind will produce and sustain a healthy body. It will also produce a happy holiday.
The Trillion Dollar Wellness Industry
November 3, 2009
by Tanya Paluso, from Oct ’09 Rancho Magazine: Supplements. Liquid nutritionals. Home fitness equipment. Skin care products. Smoothies. Water filters. Organic food.
Have you purchased any of these items in the past week? Chances are you have, and you are contributing to the next trillion dollar industry.
U.S. retail sales for the consumer packaged goods health and wellness industry reached more than $112 billion in 2008, representing growth of 9% over 2007, according to the Natural Marketing Institute (NMI), Harleysville, PA.
These numbers will continue to increase, making it one of the most stable and lucrative industries.
The Baby Boomer Generation is actively seeking ways to look and feel younger, spending millions of dollars on preventive health products and services. Generation X also has been spending more as they enter their most productive and highest spending years. Obesity numbers have increased dramatically each year, and health insurance has become a major financial burden to most companies.
This creates an incredible opportunity for people to invest and become stakeholders in the wellness industry. There are a plethora of options for those who are entrepreneurial, unemployed or seeking a career change. From service provider such as a nutritionist, personal trainer or massage therapist to product distributor, there is a place for everyone who wants to contribute to the health of others and make a lot of money.
There is a reason the words “health” and “wealth” come together in the same sentence – the wellness industry will be making the world’s next millionaires. Those who are generating wealth in the wellness industry are also learning how to lead a balanced lifestyle and take care of their body, becoming healthy themselves and teaching others how to prevent disease at the same time.
However, there is one major caveat that all consumers and entrepreneurs need to be aware of: product integrity.
Many companies have jumped on the bandwagon and created products based on current trends, like antioxidants. They throw a bunch of super fruits together and put it on the market. This does not necessarily mean it is what your body needs. Goji berries, for example, have a specific purpose in Chinese medicine, yet most Westerners think because it is a super fruit, they should eat a whole bag of it. Creating homeostasis, or balance, in the body is more important.
Questions to consider when looking at various wellness products:
For supplements: does it have fillers? How quickly will your body absorb the actual vitamin or mineral?
For liquid nutritionals: does it have preservatives? Is it based on a trend or it is actually formulated by a respected doctor?
For water filters: what is it filtering? How is the pH affected? How long will the filter last?
For skin care products: your skin is your body’s largest organ, so consider would you eat this product? Is it organic? Does it have parabens, Propylene Glycol (PG), Mineral Oil, artificial color or Triclosan? These are just a few chemicals that are linked to causing irritation and can be potentially toxic.
It is exciting to see so many people and companies promoting health and wellbeing, but like anything that is commercialized, you have to do your research and see if it is just a trend that will eventually fade out or the real thing that will bring you true holistic health.
Yoga Belly Fusion is back!
November 2, 2009
| Gorgeous Goddesses!
Let us align (as the date suggests) our selves with Source and heal Mother Earth…
Shall we?
How: With Yoga Belly Fusion !
Date: Wednesday, November 11 th
Time: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Place: Indigo Village- 1054 2nd Street, Encinitas, CA 92024
Attire: Yogaware & belly scarfs (yoga mat optional.)
Fee: $20 ($15 for Indigo Village Tenants)
Note: Studio space is limited to maximum 18 people for Yoga Belly Fusion classes. You may wish to drop-in and join us, space permitting. If however, you would like to reserve your space, please mail or drop me a check to the above mentioned address.
Looking forward to shake and shimmy…to laugh and heal with y’all
 Love Aysun
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Are you a Chameleon, Butterfly or Dragonfly?
November 2, 2009
From Cindy Silbert’s blog September 30, 2009, “Divine feminine connections across the country”:
What I love most about authoring this book is watching how the Divine Feminine finds her way into people’s lives and having them share their experience. This book will truly connect you with the Divine Feminine and if you are ready to become fully expressed, it will find you.
The quiz from the book found two women, a mother and daughter, Lynne Cessante and Margaret Heath. Lynne discovered the quiz online through Women4Wellness. (the link to the quiz went out when I spoke at a women’s tea). Lynne passed the quiz on to her Mother in Michigan (where I was born!!). Margaret took the quiz, and shared it with her women’s group. Upon doing so, Margaret began to receive specific divine guidance to draw a picture for each woman and to write in symbolism messages for the women from the divine. She deeply touched the hearts of each woman and discovered a gift that she has.
When Lynne saw the drawings (Lynne lives in California) she contacted me and asked if I’d like to meet her Mother Margaret on her upcoming visit. It took me less than a second to say, “Yes!”. We had such fun sharing our stories and we laughed as I teased them about their “Michigan accents” (my son still thinks Michigan is a planet that I came from). I was so happy the Divine Feminine put me in touch with my “home girls” and newly found soul sisters.
This is what I’m talkin’ about! This is the way the Divine Feminine works. She finds you and brings forth such incredible wisdom and beauty it takes your breath away. Mine was taken away when I received the drawing and message Margaret created for me. Please visit Margaret’s site, she is an amazing woman with transformational gifts.
Now both Lynne and Margaret are reading the book – I can’t wait to hear what opens up for them, now that we know what the quiz alone can do!
Thank you Tanya, thank you Lynne, thank you Margaret and thank you Divine Feminine!
Want to discover your True Self? Take the Quiz Now!
About Cindy Silbert:
Cindy’s natural gift is to listen beyond words as she guides women to thrive in every aspect of life from home, work, love, body, soul and money. She is an Author, Coach, Speaker and the Creator of Life Cultivation, a dynamic fusion of eastern and western practices. Life Cultivation transforms your personal or business life through one-on-one coaching, books, workshops and online member programs.
Cindy founded www.BringUtoLife.com and www.CindySilbert.com to inspire and guide women worldwide to realize full self-expression and lasting fulfillment. Cindy’s gift is coupled with over 25 years of experience and education in business, marketing, transformation, and coaching. She currently resides in Del Mar, California with her husband and son.
Contact Cindy Cindy to schedule your free 15-minute coaching consultation.
Micole Noble
November 2, 2009
Micole Noble, Life Cultivator
Life Cultivation Coaching
La Costa, CA
Micole is committed to the empowerment of people to live extraordinary lives with a focus on joy, abundance and well-being. She will guide you back to living in alignment with your true self and clear everything that no longer serves or supports you in your life by connecting with what inspires you – and then live your life from that place.
Micole has a B.S. degree in Communication and a background in corporate recruiting. She is a natural born leader and entrepreneur who is now coaching and educating women using Life Cultivation, which is about bringing you into alignment with the power of your feminine energy – it unleashes the life, energy and creativity from within you. Her passion is in seeing women come together and offer support for no other reason than to watch others succeed and grow. She is a manifester of whatever she desires and can lead others to create by sharing her commitment to her family, friends and being an empowering leader of women.
For a free 15-min consultation, call Micole at at (858) 361-0860. For information about the next trUe course, go to: http://www.lifecultivation.com/True/.