BECOMING OURSELVES

Nourished Health Lunch Series

For those of you that love workshops, but also love keeping your weekends free, come to the Lunch & Learn Series at the Nourished Health Wellness Center, in Central Denver. 

Learn ways to create a vibrant lifestyle during your lunch break! Thursdays from 12-1PM.

10/7       Optimize Your Brain
10/14     Change Your Brain, Change Your Life-with Hypnotherapy
10/21     The Whole Person Approach to the Body you Desire
10/28     The Blue Zones’ Secrets to Longevity-Part I  Research by National Geographic
11/4       The Blue Zones’ Secrets to Longevity-Part II
11/11     The Science of Gratitude
11/18     Introduction to Sound Healing

For more information on each topic and to reserve your place at the table, go to Nourished Health Wellness Center. Lunches prepared by Healthy Chef Katie Bauer are available.

Dr. Amen on Rachael Ray Change Your Brain Change Your Body Part 1/2

via www.youtube.com

Take a look at this clip to see how knowing more about your brain can help you lose weight naturally. Dr. Amen explains clearly why we have added brain nutrition counseling to hypnotherapy in our weight loss program.

Fall Classes at the People House

New location-we are now in Denver and are in the process of creating many personal growth opportunities in various metro locations. Our main website is Technologies of the Self . This blog will continue to list cutting-edge resources for brain optimization and healthy eating.

We have scheduled five classes at the People House for the fall. We will be posting descriptions of each session this week. For more information go to the People House website.

Sept.11     Change Your Body, Change Your Mind, Change                                                     Your Life-with Hypnotherapy

Sept. 18    The Whole Person Approach to the Body you Desire

Oct. 2, 9    Nine Secrets to Healthy Longevity

Nov. 7       Your Body, the Orchestra: A healing experience

Nov. 14    The Science of Gratitude

Pre-registration required. Call 720-202-3078 or email Victoria@technologiesoftheself.org

THE SCIENCE OF GRATITIUDE

Research shows that people who learn to focus on gratitude not only are “flat-out happier”, but are-

    More energetic        Are more determined

    Get more sleep    Feel better about their lives

   Are more likely to help others     Exercise more, and even--

  have fewer illnesses.

Heading into winter, during these challenging times, wouldn’t you like to learn how to give yourself a gratitude intervention?

 

Saturday, November 21   10 am-12 noon         $10

Adams State College-School of Business, Room 142

719-937-2840

Participants will-

1.  Gain an overview of the research conducted by Robert Emmons,PhD that shows the mental and physical benefits of a thankful attitude.

2. Take a Daily Gratitude Inventory (DGI).

3. Take home a list of 10 evidence-based prescriptions to increase one’s gratitude rating in order to experience more health benefits.

Presenter Victoria Bresee, MA, MAR has a master’s of religion from Iliff School of Theology. For the past 20 years she has had a private practice in wellness, offering both unique and time-honored techniques for spiritual, physical and emotional healing.  She will share information from a training she attended with Dr. Emmons, at Loma Linda University, called “Gratitude as a Way of Life: Insights from the Science of Well-Being”. He is the author of Thanks! How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier.

9 SECRETS TO HEALTHY LONGEVITY

National Geographic scientists and photographers have been traveling to pockets around the world where people live the longest, healthiest lives. Their findings come down to nine common denominators that centenarians from Sardinia to Costa Rica share.

Come Saturday morning, Oct. 17, to watch the fascinating presentation aired on Anderson Cooper 360, showing 3 of the pockets that researchers call the "Blue Zone."

On Saturday morning, Oct. 24, find out how to model your lifestyle after the Blue Zone centenarians and learn ways to add up to 14 more good years to your life with the Power9 secrets to longevity.

Take a quick test to gauge your current life expectancy and get suggestions to become biologically younger in just minutes a day.

"The average American could live up to 14 more good years by putting these habits to work."

Oct. 17   9:30-11:30am    Free video presentation

Oct. 24   9:00-noon     Power9 Longevity Secrets   $15

     Presentation, discussion, vitality tools and techniques

Location:  Adams State College, School of Business, #142, Alamosa

Pre-registration necessary      Call  719-937-2840

Fall Workshops in Alamosa

Advance notice for some fascinating opportunities for spiritual and emotional awareness, new ideas for physical well-being and longevity, and just plain fun! During October, November and December watch for classes starting about Living in the Blue Zone for Longevity, Healthy Gourmet Holiday Meals, The Science of Gratitude, Holiday Presence and more. . . . Classes will be offered in various Alamosa locations. For information call 719-937-2840 or go to Technologies of the Self.

Difficult Choices Nowadays!

We want to be as healthy as we can be, even though we don't have the land or the time to grow all our own organic food, but we go to places that try to provide us with choices, like Wild Oats, Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, and many more . . .

Yet, what is best? What is best for our families? What is best for the people that work in the fields?  What is best for the planet?

Colds are Worth Avoiding

We often take a relaxed attitude about colds, "everyone gets them" They make us feel very, very lousy and we notice that just a little cold can interfere with our ability to concentrate, but we even feel guilty about whining and letting other know how miserable we really do feel, since it's "just a cold."

Well, now to make you feel even worse--researchers at "Mayo's Clinic College have found a surprising link between certain viruses and forgetfulness."  Some of the same "picornaviruses that cause colds and diarrhea can cause lasting damage to the memory-governing hippocampus region of the brain." Mice that had experienced a cold through being injected with the virus could not negotiate a maze that had once been familiar, even after they had recovered.  Researchers concluded that "acute  viral  infection can cause memory deficit".  So this can explain why, after a lifetime of severe colds, "the elderly often lose their memories."  (The Week,  11/10/06)

Good reason to eat healthfully and get enough sleep, and many other precautions like hand-washing. I won't mention-stay away from children, since those of us that are around children usually have no option. We are there because it is our livelihood, but most of all, and/or because we love them and so that is where we want to be. But, we must watch our nutrition and any other means of maintaining our well-being, since the repercussions may last forever.

Women Need Exercise More Than Men

According to the authors of Strong Women, Strong Hearts, "exercise is twice as important a predictor of death for women as it is for men.  (Quoted in Environmental Nutrition, 7/05)

Healthier Brains from Carpooling

Besides getting to your destination quicker while whisking along in the carpool lane, your brain will also be happier. Those driving by themselves in the right hand slow lane are inhaling 50% more carbon monoxide than you and your fellow carpoolers are breathing.  So you not only arrive to the job earlier, but you are ready to start working with sharper mind.     (Energy Times, 2/03)