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Gardening: a holistically healthy hobby

Gardening is Healthy!
Growing up, my mother worked at a local flower/garden shop, and many of my favorite memories of her are of the two of us weeding, and tending to the flowers. It's when I felt the closest to her. I absolutely love all of tasks associated with gardening, (only wish I had a bigger space..ahh some day), but even if you don't have a spacious yard, you can always garden in window boxes, or containers. Gardening is cool, too! The stores are filled with all sorts of tools, plants, and many other accoutrements for this "growing" hobby of interest.
Here are just some of the health benefits: 1. it's exercise! digging, planting, weeding...builds endurance, flexibility, and strength. 2. burns calories. I read that 1 hour of gardening is almost the equivalent of jogging 3 or 4 miles! 3. You get the nutritional benefits of growing fresh vegetables, fruits. 4. It is a stress buster! I love using the gardening metaphors; (ex., clearing, getting rid of the spent, dead
leaves to make room for new growth). In a quiet corner of the garden we can bury the worries of the day. 5. It increases your property value! 6. It's good for the environment. Trees and plants help to clean toxins from the air and produce lot of
oxygen. 7. Getting outside, enjoying a bit of the sun (safely) can give your body some of the vitamin D that it needs. 8. Gardening can be a meditation, teaching us much about beauty, love, natural history, lasting values, and
the seasons of our lives.
So the health tip of the day: get outside and tend your gardens!; and if you don't have one, consider some container planting (it's how I plant my tomatoes), and visit your local gardens and farmers market for fresh vegetables, fruits, and many options for creatively landscaping your outdoor environment!
Have a great day!
~Chris

"Gardening is a labour full of tranquility and satisfaction; natural and instructive, and as such contributes to the most serious contemplation, experience, health and longevity. - John Evelyn, 1666

Gabrielle Roth - "Embodiment"

Dance is a catalyst for change...it is a transformational modality.
Here, Gabrielle Roth (The 5 Rhythms), explains why we need to stop being "talking heads". Embodiment is the Key!
Enjoy.
~Chris

Healthy For Life Program

The Healthy For Life Program
The Healthy for Life Program is cutting –edge and based entirely on medical research.The goal is to get the body into an anti-inflammatory state. Every disease starts in the cell and is a result of some type of inflammation. We live in a toxic world with high stress levels, the smoke and pollution we breathe, the high glycemic foods we eat, the trans fats, and the chemicals in our foods. All this puts the body into an inflammatory state, the precursor to disease. The Healthy for Life Program is cutting –edge and based entirely on medical research.
What we accomplish with the Healthy Lifestyle Program is:
1. We reduce the oxidative stress in the body with the antioxidants;
2. We supply the essential, healthy fats;
3. We provide the proper amount of fiber, which helps the body cleanse of toxins; and
4. We help stabilize blood sugar levels, which also aids in reducing inflammation in the body.

The program includes 3 components: You will learn the importance of combining a Healthy Diet that does not spike your blood sugar, a Modest Exercise Program, and Cellular Nutrition.

The program includes:
1. Education: Dr. Ray Strand will send you detailed instructions each week via email to inform you and instruct you about the scientific evidence that supports your new recommended lifestyle changes.
2. Accountability: There are 3 choices of programs depending on your personal health concerns, preferences, and goals: The Coached Program, The Self-directed Program, and The Program for the Competitive Athlete. For each of these programs, You will record every meal, your daily exercise activity, and your consumption of the recommended cellular nutrition on your Personal Lifestyle Journal provided on this web site. It will take you less than two minutes a day to record this information, which will be reviewed by your Personal Healthy Lifestyle Coach each week. Your personal coach will be able to identify the most important areas that you need to address during the following week. If you choose the self directed program, your Personal Lifestyle Journal will be automatically graded, which will guide you in where you need to improve the most.
3. Motivation and Support: You will also receive a daily motivational and educational email direct from Dr. Strand. These messages will be filled with practical advice along with encouragement. In addition, you will receive 12 weekly trainings that will guide you into simple but specific lifestyle change. You will also receive a daily motivational and educational email direct from Dr. Strand. He is the founder of the program. These messages will be filled with practical advice along with encouragement. They will also help motivate you to make the lifestyle changes that are necessary to achieve your goal of better health and a leaner body.

In addition, You also will be able to interact with other participants and Ezine subscribers on our facebook group, “Creating Your Health”, and receive my twice monthly Ezine on Creating Your Health: mind, body, and soul. As certified team leader,I will be available to answer any questions that are not answered through the daily emails, or weekly trainings.

**Remember, there is 20% discount off the program in the Creating Your Health FREE Ezine. With your coupon code from my free Ezine!

This is a tremendously valuable program, and it is what I personally used back in 2004 when I suffered a heart attack at the age of 37. I wanted to make it accessible to most people this summer. This lifestyle program is clinically proven to work if you follow it!

Sign up now for our free Healthy For Life call, on June 8 by clicking on the link below!

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To Your Health.
Christine

Christine Matteson
LCAT, LMHC, ADTR
Licensed Creative Arts Psychotherapist
Creative Arts Counseling and Consulting
www.creatingyourhealth.org
cfmatteson@hotmail.com