Escape with Clara Macy and Dr. Jackie Fields to a remote corner of Baja, Mexico for 7 days of women’s focused health and mind-body balancing. Rejuvenate in the privacy of 10, 000 acres of beach, mountains, luxurious accommodations and abundant nature. Experience the charm of Mexico at our authentic 100 year old luxury ranch while watching the seasonal whale migrations from your villa patio directly on the Sea of Cortez.

Days will be spent integrating the physical, emotional and spiritual elements of your yoga practice with the science of integrative medicine from Dr. Jackie Fields. We will take what we experience on the mat to an “off the mat” application relative to our current health conditions, receiving individual guidance for our optimal state health and wellbeing.  Learn more and register here.

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If you are managing T2 Diabetes, this article offers some valuable information on small nutrition tweaks that can help your blood sugar levels!

“In a new study published in the British Journal of Nutrition, scientists compared animal proteins to plant proteins and evaluated their impact on type 2 diabetes (T2D) risk.

While high-protein diets, high-animal protein diets and a diet of processed red meats have been linked to increased diabetes risk in many studies, this was the first time an animal-based protein diet was compared to a plant-based protein diet.

“Using the numbers from this study, if you were to replace just 5 grams of animal protein with 5 grams of a plant-based protein, you would reduce your risk of T2D by 18%.

Plant-based proteins were also associated with lower fasting glucose levels during the study. (1)”  Read more here…

 

I’m Maria Fenty, CMT, and I have recently returned from Beautiful British Columbia, Canada, immersed for 10 days in the Kootenay Wilderness as part of a six-month Certification Training as a Forest Therapy Guide.  As part of my practicum, I am required to offer numerous Forest Therapy Walks between now and January.  There will be a series of these walks, in different bioregions and various times of day, that I wish to invite community members to experience.Forest Therapy is inspired by the Japanese  practice of Shinrin Yoku; which translates as ‘Forest Bathing’.  There’s a growing body of evidence that supports the wellness benefits of spending time in nature that we all have intuited over time. Some of these benefits include decreased Cortisol levels ( a stress hormone), increased immunity function, decreased depression and a lower blood pressure rate. The Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides is proactive in operating within the auspices of mental health to promote “Green Prescriptions”. Some medical practitioners have observed a decline in pharmaceutical prescription use for depression, et. al, as they, instead, steer client’s towards time in nature with these ‘Green Prescriptions.’These guided walks are contemplative, silent and are NOT hikes.  I invite you to Breathe, Slow Down and Sense this natural,“more-than-human-world’ we are linked to.

This Sunday 7/16/17 @ 3-5pm our first Forest Therapy Walk will be in Bellevue, CO at the Watson Lake footpath adjacent to the cooling Poudre River.  

If you would like to join us, RSVP to this invitation at riarealms11@gmail.com.  Participants will be limited to 8, and I will follow up with an informed e-mail to those who rsvp. If you wish to be added to my Forest Therapy Guide email list for future guided walks please note this in your reply.

For any further overview of Shinrin Yoku/Forest Bathing and Forest therapy Walks feel free to visit www.shinrin-yoku.org  or www.NatureAndForestTherapy.org.

In health,

Maria Fenty C.M.T.