Yes, so many of you may know - I lost my voice this week - totally lost it and I suppose the brain/finger receptors were not on board either - hence no blog this week!
We had our second wellness weekend yesterday, this one was designated for SPOHNC, at the Hilton Garden Inn, Islip - many a deep breath was taken. The day was not without last minute changes....but in reality it all worked out. I am a firm believer that when the intent is pure - the universe takes over and all is well!.
Deep breath number one: The evening guest speaker, Dr. Carfora realized that her daughter's junior prom and pre prom party (at her house)was Saturday night....shift the day's events - Dr. Carfora will speak at breakfast. For those that were there - she literally walked in, we ripped her coat off and she was presenting with passion. Her information is always so enlightening, as a DO, she understands how to address the whole person - simply not the disease itself. Water in plastic bottles - glass is better; processed foods - whole foods are better; sugar - get rid of it in your diet! We want to alkalize our body - acidity is not your friend! Dr. Carfora has a way to make a daunting situation appear simple! Thank you Roxanne!
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Deep breath number two: Friday night the Tai Chi instructor wrote an email at approximately 7:45 that he would not be able to attend. Shallow breathes - a quick google and a call to the Smithtown Body & Brain Training center explaining our position. After consideration and a glance at our website - they offered to send a Tai Chi Instructor to the Hilton Garden Inn Saturday afternoon. Exhale!!! Thank you Michele - you were awesome!
Who's coming, who's staying, who's helping, who's going to be late to help, who is that person who came to film???....deep breathing! There was not a minute to spare, these wonderful guests were shuffled here and there and back, up and down...it was busy!
Chef Kathryn, The Health Concious Chef, had us holding our breathe learning about the adulteration of the food we eat, but also gave us the steps to make simple changes (you all know I like baby steps). Chef Kathryn also gave us handouts galore, recipes and information to keep us busy ingesting food facts for days. She suggests keeping them by your bedside with a HIGHLIGTER, and taking all this valuable information in a bit at a time....we'll be grazing information like we should be grazing food.
Deep breathing (literally)- Yoga with Lida.......Tai Chi with Michele....... Reiki with Rosemary, Teresa, Barbara...Thank you all!
Suffolk Community College (Debbie and I met and graduated as Fitness Specialists from SCCC)sent a student to tape a documentary on Strength for Life, of course he never confirmed he was coming and he arrived before us. All is good!
Two Hofstra University students came to film a PSA for their school and stayed more than five hours filming, interviewing for a 3+ minute clip. Shari (one student) found us by googling cancer and exercise and eventually located Strength for Life. Her mom is involved in a program in California and Shari selected Strength for Life for her project. As I wrote a note of thanks to Shari and Kiki, I told them how thrilled I was that they were able to meet with Evelyn's daughters and how the circle seemed to be complete.
Strength for Life, as you may already know, was founded in memory of Evelyn Knapp, an exercise physiologist and co-founder of Personal Training Institute who lost her battle with breast cancer at 40 years old in 2005. Evelyn's three daughters, now 10 - 16 years old, joined us this wellness weekend to see what we have achieved in memory of their Mom. Shari and Kiki were able to interview the girls and that was heartwarming for Debbie and I.
So much more, too much for a Sunday blog.
Thank you all for another successful weekend, we could not have done it without all the helping hands!
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. Eric Hoffer
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