Reality Check 52 Challenge sends message that long-term weight loss takes time.

LEWES –
For those who’ve abandoned their weight loss resolution time and time again, a local fitness expert is proposing a way that community members can achieve their health and fitness goals.
Quest Fitness founder Matt Carter is kicking off the Reality Check 52 Challenge to help individuals commit to making meaningful changes over 52 weeks.

Practicing prenatal yoga brings awareness to both mother and child and the amazing changes happening in the body. It prepares a woman to give birth actively and instinctively, building trust in her body’s wisdom while bringing forth a sense of calmness, confidence and focus. Yoga encourages us to go within, bringing quiet to the mind so we can listen to our body’s cues. It connects us to the intuitive and innate wisdom within each of us.

Seeds sprout, flowers bloom, and the sun warms the earth. There is a sense of renewal all around us. Start fresh. Spring clean your body with some of our healing therapies.
Acupuncture and Spring Allergies
Heather’s Holistic Health favors the holistic approach because it takes into account the spiritual aspect of a person’s well-being during treatment. If you are suffering from seasonal allergies, we recommend acupuncture because it treats the whole person, not just the person’s symptoms, like Benadryl or Claritin, which come with irritating side effects. Most clients report long-term improvement within a few treatments.

When I was a kid, if I was ever feeling grumpy, my dad would lift me up, flip me upside down, and say “here’s a new perspective on life.” Without fail, by the time he placed me back on my feet, I always had a smile on my face.
I still get this feeling of euphoria when I become grounded after an inversion. Except now my inversions come in the form of yoga postures. Perhaps it was the “new perspective” I was shown as a child that drew me to Aerial Yoga. As a young adult I thought it was all about the perspective, but as I came to study Aerial Yoga, I realized

There are one of two categories when you meet a trainer, that they usually fall into; physical or mental. Physical trainers tend to use exercise in their training to obtain (consistent) proper movement. Mental trainers use inconsistency in sensory perception to attempt to stimulate the horse, to develop leadership to modify things like the fight or flight response of the horse. The inconsistency can easily lead to fear, and consistency can easily lead to boredom and resentment of the method! These contradictions take wisdom to master in a balanced approach. Both methods of training are valid, but differ greatly in applications.

This is one of many Buddhist quotes, which refers to how anger can ruin our lives. When we talk about anger, it’s implied that pessimism, grudges, and general negativity are being talked about as well. Allowing things to anger us pushes us to make poor decisions and say things that we don’t mean, which eventually result in typically unwanted consequences, thus creating a stressful life.
When we are angry and stressed, our bodies produce various hormones which are designed to help us deal with stressful situations: These situations should only last moments. However, when you have devised a stressful life for yourself which is thread with anger, grudges, and hatred, these hormones will begin to cause more harm than good.

With the year coming to an end, many of us make the resolution to get in shape and start living healthier for the New Year, but by March, we have a million excuses why we will start it up again next week. But what if I told you there was a better way? What if you could set yourself up with a better chance of success in 2013? With a strong commitment and the necessary tools you can be successful in your journey to good health and fitness by setting REALISTIC GOALS, also known as S.M.A.R.T Goals.

Look around you. There is a health crisis – AN EPIDEMIC: Stomach problems, Autoimmunity, Type 2 Diabetes, Thyroid Disorders, Obesity… The list is ENDLESS. The most debilitating health condition I see that is preventable and REVERSIBLE IS TYPE 2 DIABETES!!

In today’s fast paced world we GO GO GO, eat fake fast food, consume artificial sweeteners, caffeine & sugar in epidemic proportions and IT IS TAKING ITS TOLL. Children and adults alike are FATTER, SICKER, ON MORE RX MEDICATIONS, and DIAGNOSED WITH MORE CHRONIC DEBILITATING CONDITIONS. There are alternatives to traditional treatments but most of all there is PREVENTION – the only way to avoid and/or reverse Type 2 Diabetes!

Pilates offers an opportunity to improve strength, flexibility and balance. Students find themselves becoming longer and leaner and so much more. Pilates has invisible, intangible benefits . . . lessons for life that go way beyond the mat.