Make a New Year’s resolution that’s easy to keep. Add distilled water to your day using these tips! HYDRATION — Water is important in maintaining bodily functions at their optimum level, yet your body is constantly losing water through breathing and perspiration. Keep hydrated by having water conveniently close. WEIGHT LOSS — Drinking water is a crucial part of any weight loss plan. Steam-distilled water is remarkably pure, not to mention completely calorie-free. DETOXIFICATION — Many of us overindulge over the holidays. Distilled water acts to remove toxins from the body, making us feel better, fitter, and more able to cope with stress.
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Product Spotlight: Sonya™ Daily Skincare System
Do you have combination skin? If your skin is dry in some areas, oily in others, and can fluctuate depending on the season and environmental factors, the answer is yes! The Sonya™ daily skincare system has an advanced gel-based technology that delivers aloe and botanicals deep into your skin for added moisture. The cleanser, illuminating gel, mask, and moisturizer are all formulated specifically for combination skin, to help give you skin that is refreshed, rejuvenated, and looks its absolute best. These four powerful products are perfect for year-round combination skin care that helps to balance and improve your complexion.
Keeping Balance Over the Holidays
Here are some tips for a healthy Christmas holiday: 1. Load up on vegetables. Halve your plate with vegetables. This will keep you full and keep you from reaching for the less healthy options. 2. Savor each bite. Slow down and be mindful. Take your time, enjoy the food and share that enjoyment with family and friends. 3. Don’t skip meals. This will lead to blood sugar imbalance and likely poor food choices. 4. Alternate between water and alcohol. Skip holiday hangovers by staying hydrated. 5. Avoid the food coma. Walk for 10-15 minutes after meals to support digestion and help stabilize blood sugar.
Wellness Tea of the Month
CHOCOMINTNILLA. Did you know that drinking tea gives an added boost of antioxidants to your skin? This delicious blend has a rooibos base and some touches of nougat, vanilla, dark chocolate drops and peppermint. Rooibos is low in tannins, free from caffeine, and packed with antioxidants. Vanilla is also rich in antioxidants, which are beneficial for your skin. Dark chocolate has bioactive compounds that are also great for your skin, with flavanols for sun damage protection and improved blood flow to the skin. Peppermint will help you improve energy levels and reduce daytime fatigue. And nougat is just the special touch for a perfect holiday hot drink, a combination of honey and roasted nuts.
Acupuncture for Sport Injury
Most sports-related injuries occur when a particular part of the body is overused, which leads to a repetitive stress injury. This can lead to injuries such as runner’s knee or tennis elbow. Many athletes rely on acupuncture to treat their injuries and boost their performance – but also to prevent injuries from occurring in the first place. Acupuncture offers many benefits when it comes to pain management, recovery, and prevention, including: 1. Releasing tight muscles or activating muscles that aren’t firing properly. 2. Boosting healing and recovery of tendons and ligaments. 3. Relieving stress. 4. Improving the immune system. 5. Aiding with sleep. 6. Keeping the pain away. These are all great reasons to use acupuncture to keep you active.
Reflexology – More Than a Foot Rub!
Reflexology is a natural therapy that reduces pain, stress & tension in the body and improves circulation (cardiovascular & lymphatic) and elimination. There are reflexes in the feet which are connected to every part, organ and gland through a subtle energy that flows through channels in the body. When there is discomfort like stress, trauma, injury or illness, blockages develop in these channels and the flow of energy becomes disrupted. By applying pressure to these reflexes, signals are sent via the nervous system that release these blockages, relax the body and balance the natural functioning elsewhere in the body. It is a total ‘reboot and rebalance’!
Socks for Christmas
What are you getting your family and friends for Christmas this year? How about a gift of Wellness? This year, give your loved ones a pair of socks. But not just any sock. Socks with wearable technology that works with the brain to reduce pain, increase strength and endurance and enhance stability and balance for months to come. Knee high socks with mild compression are great for the travellers on your list. For the hikers, chose wool sock that hug the feet and keeps them warm in the outdoors. And don’t forget yourself, you too deserve a gift of wellness.
Our Mind is our Greatest Treasure
Our mind is our most important asset – more important than our house, bank account or stock portfolio. We insure our house and work hard to pad our bank account. To enhance our brainpower we need a brain workout. A vigorous and diverse mental life with mental challenges stimulates growth of new neurons and new connections between them. The brain is a complex organ with different parts in charge of different mental functions. Functions such as memory, attention, perception, decision making, or problem solving requires a whole network of brain regions rather than a single region.
Live Theatre – Miracle on 34th Street
This is the Christmas story that we all want to believe in! Kris Kringle, a retired old man, is hired as Macy’s Santa in New York, and begins to spread Christmas cheer by directing parents to other stores, where they can find the exact special gift on their child’s Christmas list. As he threatens their commercialization of Christmas, those in charge try to have Kris committed. The stakes are raised with a court competency hearing, and the risk of one little girl’s belief in Santa. When the court confirms Kris is the true Santa, both children and adults alike experience the delight of childhood fantasy.
Winter Falls
‘Tis the season for freezing temperatures and slippery conditions that can lead to falls. Falls that can result in serious injuries. In addition to obvious hazardous environmental conditions, the winter months bring with them unique characteristics and combinations of conditions that contribute to a higher risk of falling. Hypothermia, vitamin D deficiencies, and bringing winter risks indoors is among them. Work to help prevent winter falls by wearing footwear that provides a good grip, dressing warmly – try layering your clothes, talking to your doctor about vitamin D supplements, and cleaning up any puddles you’ve tracked inside your home.
Gifts of Wellbeing
Here are some ideas to give a gift of wellbeing to your loved ones. *Diffusers and essential oils humidify and purify the air you breathe. Depending on the essential oils used, can provide a variety of health benefits including detoxification, respiratory, calming/sleep, and mood-boosting. Also a great way to scent a room. *Local Beeswax Candles, non-toxic to burn, provide wonderful scent, light, and ambiance. *Himalayan bath salts: relaxing lavender, stimulating grapefruit, or relieving eucalyptus *Handmade soaps:natural ingredients, nourishing oils/butters, essential oils and plants *Himalayan salt lamps: beautiful light, air cleansing, with many health benefits for whole family
