Post by Marelda Rodrigues, LMT (bio below)
It is the season when cakes, cookies, sweets and other sugary eatables descend on us like rain. Each is more scrumptious looking than the rest. Each appeals to our senses differently – “looks yummy,” “reminds me of…,” “smells soooooooo…….” – you get the point. Each whittles away at our resistance because we are trained to give in to our senses.
Refined sugar and sugar additives are highly addictive. Studies show that sugar is more addictive than cocaine. Want to find out how addictive? Take every bit of sugar out of your daily meal and snack intake, and see how you feel. Try this for a week. Then
add a piece of you favorite candy bar or sugar treat back in and see if
it does not rope you in to repeat immediately and in the days ensuing. How recently did you use or hear the expression “sugar high?”
Manufacturers hide sugars in our foods to make them enticing or to preserve them for longer shelf life. Reading labels is becoming more and more important and a responsibility we must become willing to take one for our own health.
Yes, sugar is addictive. And what is does to our bodies over time is devastating. Feeding
the sugar cravings and habits with refined sugar and sugar additives
over time is like opening the door and inviting chronic illness in.
So rather than resist, we can give in to our cravings for sweet. What?? Is that possible? Yes, it is possible. We can train our taste buds and bodies to like and want healthier sweet options from whole foods. These
healthier sweet options are delicious, versatile, easily available and
less expensive (especially in comparison to healthcare bills for chronic
illnesses).
Learn about healthy sweet options that will keep you from regrets through the holiday season and after.
Come to my
FREE lecture to learn more:
Sugar
Blues - Understanding Your Craving For Sweet.
When: Monday, December
12, 2011, 7-8 p.m.
Where: Chicago College of Healing Arts located at
1622 W Devon Ave, Chicago, IL 60660.
Specific inquiries? Want to sign up
to attend?
Marelda Rodrigues is a Health Coach and Licensed Massage Therapist. Her
journey in the field of Wellness began with Massage Therapy (licensed
in Illinois and New York), and gained momentum through her training with
WellcoachesTM and the Institute of Integrative Nutrition. Marelda
created The Centered Realm to help her clients develop their own unique
and sustainable wellness lifestyles by changing behaviors and meeting
their well-being goals. In developing wellness plans for her clients,
Marelda provides packages or individual rates for wellness coaching and
massage, and has an alliance of experienced practitioners with whom she
partners to maximize client options for wellness. She also conducts
cooking classes and grocery tours to help clients explore new and
delicious nutrition options. Marelda believes that you have one body for
your entire lifetime and it serves you in everything you do and on many
levels; you should treat it well, balance out physical and emotional
stresses, nourish it with care, and allow it’s spirit an outlet to
become grounded and mindful.
I feel more comfortable performing the work. I'm getting into a groove. It's becoming more natural to feel the tissue move under my hands. John told us to view the body as spherical and that this session helps us work the body as a sphere. Working down the side of the body connects the front to the back and reminds the body that it is indeed 3 dimensional. It really is a shame that we forget about so many parts of our body. In our day-to-day lives we live mostly in our heads. The rest of our body gets forgotten, neglected and ignored. Pain comes and we shift our posture to compensate; then we get stuck. Releasing the fascial tissue that has been bound up in those compensatory patterns is the basis of Structural Therapy. In my almost 15 years of practicing massage therapy I have never seen postural changes like this. I love this work
