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Happy New Year! 2016 is going to be a fantastic year! 
Welcome to the LahariLoveTribe  January Newsletter.

Health, Honesty, Equality, and Loving Kindness
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Upcoming Workshops

 
Saturday, January 23, 2016
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A creative exercise including guided meditation, colouring, heart mapping, setting intentions, directing attention, and creating a 2016 vision / collage.



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Cost: $395+GST
Learn how to teach the youngest yogis, as well as those with emotional and mental challenges, techniques to control impulsivity and self-regulate.
After attending this workshop you'll know how to:
  • use music effectively in kids yoga classes
  • integrate early literacy skills into your yoga classes
  • adapt yoga poses to meet students needs and abilities
  • unite sensory processing with yoga and mindfulness
  • offer age appropriate breathing techniques and games to children of all ages and abilities
  • apply effective calming strategies to help children self regulate
  • effectively use yoga as a complementary therapy for children with special needs.
This experiential workshop will provide a foundation to promote the healthy development of the hearts, minds and bodies preschoolers as well as individuals diagnosed with:
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Autism
  • Down syndrome
  • Mild Cerebral palsy
  • Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
All participants receive the Yoga In My School Yoga for Children with Special Needs Manual, Yoga for Literacy Bibliography , and Recommended Music for Kids Yoga Classes .

Understand the needs and challenges and explore creative, fun ways of engaging and supporting all children in the practice of yoga.  This is one of four Yoga In My School training modules to earning your RCYT designation with Yoga Alliance.

Feature Teacher Creature
  
What is your passion?
Physical movement is my passion. The bond it nurtures and strengthens between mind, body, and spirit drives my passion for it. When you move your body, you can feel confident, strong, energized and relaxed all at the same time. I am so very happy and grateful when I get to share this passion with others, especially during yoga practice. 
Why yoga?
Because it not only tones the body, but you always leave your yoga session with that "little bit extra". Whether you leave with new insight, a more balanced mind, the letting go of something no longer needed, it truly is the whole package. Yoga is exercise and health for the whole person. It is a duality, both grounding and uplifting, drawing us inwards and simultaneously out into our environment. 
What is nourishment to you?
It is anything that positively feeds the soul. Time spent with family and friends, yoga practice, physical exercise, good food, a sunny day, sharing a laugh with someone... fortunately the list goes on and on. 
What are you working on?
I'm currently working on being more grounded and mindful. I find that my mind has acquired a taste for being easily tempted into the future or past. As I'm working in this area, I notice that I'm beginning to find sweet pockets of serenity and appreciation for life. Time can slow down, happy memories become stronger ,and the little sweet things in life seem even sweeter. 
What would surprise people to know about you?
  Hmmm.... maybe that I have been to at least one country in 6 out of the 7 continents by now. I have been to over 21 countries at least, and some of them multiple times. I love travel, new adventures and experiencing different ways of life. And of course travel photography! I'm saving the seventh continent, Antarctica, for sometime in the next twenty years before my fiftieth birthday!
OM Kitchen Recipe

This month's recipe comes courtesy of the Lotus & Lettuce blog
Mini Quinoa Ham & Cheese Bites

Delicious little breakfast bites...

2 cups cooked quinoa
2 eggs
2 egg whites
1 cup shredded zucchini
1 cup shredded cheddar
1/2 cup diced ham
2 tbsp Parmesean cheese
2 chopped green onions
1/2 cup diced orange peppers
Salt and pepper

Mix all ingredients into large bowl. Spoon into well greased mini-muffin tins. Bake at 350* for 15-20 minutes, until edges are brown. Server warm. These freeze well.

Food for Thought
with  Harry Aime
Happy New Year to everyone. I hope you had a wonderful holiday season, celebrating with family and friends. As the new year starts, many of us have things that we would like to start or change, whether it be more exercise, eat better or differently or something all together different. I would like to make a small suggestion for your consideration. It's a small thing that could make a huge difference in your body - drinking warm lemon water first thing in the morning.
 
There are many benefits to the body drinking the juice of 1/2 a lemon mixed with warm water first thing in the morning.
  •  It rehydrates the body and helps flush the digestive system after a night of no fluids.
  • It helps to alkalize the body as many of us eat foods that contribute to lowering our bodies ph level and research is starting to indicate that many diseases thrive in an acidic environment but don't in an alkaline environment.
  • It reduces inflammation by helping to remove uric acid from the joints.
  • Lemon juice gives your body a vitamin C boost which has major benefits for the immune system, as stress lowers the amount of vitamin C the body has access to, and we are all under some amount of stress, to one degree or another.
  • Vitamin C has been studied extensively and shown to have a myriad of health benefits including protecting against prenatal problems, cardiovascular disease, eye diseases, skin wrinkles, and immune system deficiencies.
  • It acts as an antioxidant and helps protect cells from damage caused by free radicals.
  • It is also a good source of potassium which is good for your heart and brain. 
It is very important to note that when lemon juice comes directly in contact with the teeth, it can degrade the enamel on the teeth. Hence, it is advised to consume it diluted, and also rinse your mouth thoroughly after drinking lemon juice. You can also drink it through a straw, which is what I do, to avoid contact with the teeth as much as possible.
 
If this little change resonates with you, please let me know how it goes and if you notice any differences in your body or how you feel. I would be interested in your observations. Click here for more benefits.

Should you have any questions, please feel free to seek me out at the studio or contact me at golfingyogi54@gmail.com
 
All the best in good health.
Harry 



 
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