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Choosing a Holistic Lifestyle Coach

A holistic lifestyle will definitely improve your attitude towards life and how you take care of your physical, mental and emotional well-being.

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The Holistic Approach of Alternative Medicine

Lifestyle changes can be difficult, determining your direction and goals can also be challenging.  A holistic coach can help you shape up and start living your life in a way that is more in line with your life’s goals than your current lifestyle may be.

There are eight important areas of our life that we need to pay equal attention to: work, money, environment, personal growth, health, community, family and our spirituality.  A holistic coach will consider all the aspects and how, if out of balance, can contribute to health problems.

There are several things to consider when looking for a holistic life coach.

• Consider their experience.  Holistic life coaches should have experience working with different kinds of people. Testimonials from former clients are also a good sign that they’ve accomplished what they say they can.

• Find out how long they have been giving advice and helping people.  Ask how long they have worked as a part-time or full-time coach. You basically want to interview them on a conversational level to find out if you’re both a good fit for each other.

• Holistic coaches can focus on career, life, sales, or any particular field of your choice. Make your needs, desires and goals clear to your coach. They’re best able to help you if you know what direction you’d like to go.

• There is no harm with talking with several holistic coaches before making a choice.  Look for other holistic coaches and meet with them, choose the person you best identify with. It’s an important choice, as important as choosing the right doctor.

• Make sure that the coach you choose understands and listen to your objectives and your demands. The most effective coaches are also the most effective communicators.

• You’ll want to check each coach’s references.  Talk to previous clients or friends or family who worked with the coach and get their feedback.

• Aside from checking the coach’s reference, make sure that they also attended or are accredited by the International Coach Federation or other reputable Trade Associations.  They also provide membership to professional life coaches.

• When meeting with a holistic coach, make sure that you full understand what kinds of services you are receiving. Be sure that the services and fee structure are explained to your satisfaction.

• Choose a coach whom you can identify with whether it is for personal or business reasons. It’s important that you feel comfortable with each other in order to communicate effectively.

It is important to choose a life coach who was able to understand a person clearly and deliver results.  There are a lot of people who falsely advertise themselves as a holistic or life coach. Do not get fooled by impostors and scam artists.

What is a clear way to separate a trustworthy holistic coach?  Check their website.  If they have contact information on their website, make sure to call and verify the information.  Also make sue there’s personal contact information indicated on the site which makes it accessible to clients  24 hours a day.

Also remember that holistic coaches are meant to ease the burden and help you achieve some direction in your life, not add to your stress.  Holistic coaches should be motivating, inspiring, exciting and drives you to action, if they cause you stress, then tell them.  You are the one who will pay the bill, and besides at the end of the day, it is still about you.

While holistic lifestyle coaches can help you prioritize and organize your life in a more balanced way, they’re not meant to be a panacea or fix-all cure. The bulk of the responsibility ultimately lies with you. Nobody can force you to eat the right things, exercise regularly or meditate daily. Deep inside you probably know that they’re the right things to do, you just haven’t “gotten a round tuit” yet. This is exactly where a holistic lifestyle coach can make the difference for you. Decide if it’s a good choice for you and then find someone today. Procrastination is the biggest obstacle that most people face….do it now.

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Marketing Tips For Your Green Business

Environmentally conscious consumers are increasing.  In fact, in a survey performed by the Natural Marketing Institute, about 63 million Americans are practicing a lifestyle of health and sustainability, which is also known as LOHAS.  The increasing demands on green and healthy products are causing the emergence of green businesses and use of green practices by other business establishments.

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Businesses have learned that not only will they save the environment by practicing green strategies, but they would also save on their operational costs and increase their profit, in the long run.  But will consumers buy more expensive, green products while in economic recession?  Apparently, yes.  The OTA Manufacturer Survey of 2009 showed that total food sale was only 1.6%.  However,  organic food sales grew by 5.3% , an evidence that Americans are purchasing eco-friendly food even though tad costly.

How do you promote your eco-friendly business to consumers and possible clients?

The first thing to do is ensure that your business is certified green. There are different institutions like the Green Business Bureau, Institute for Green Business Certification and even the Green Good Housekeeping Seal, could help in certifying your business, products or services.  Establishing approval from these institutions could help a lot if promoting your business.

The last thing that you want to happen to your business is be accused of greenwashing or pretending to be environmentally friendly when your products and methods say otherwise.   To avoid claims of greenwashing, Brooks Beard, a partner in Morrison Foerster law firm, recommends that green businesses should :

•    Be cautious on choosing or promoting products based on their being green.
•    Be specific in describing the product and use the appropriate words.
•    Particularly identify which part of their product is green
•    Be prepared to support their claims with credible certification, data or research.

Radical transparency or informing the public about your products, ingredients and measuring your carbon footprints will help in promoting your business.  Establishing your business’ credibility, even though it is still starting would help consumers trust you and your products.  In short, the business should “walk the talk.”

Nowadays, consumers want to be green and turn to eco-friendly products, however, they do not rely only on manufacturer claims.  Being honest with your business’ environmental and sustainability efforts is important.  Consumers are ready to research on specific products and labels, they are also ready on spreading bad publicity once they realized that a particular manufacturer is fibbing.

Also, if your budget could afford it, then you could start giving samples.  Consumers may not be interested in getting sample products, but it would signify that you trust your product.  Have your internet site working and updated, it does not have to be the best website, but it should be informative and creative enough to attract customers and possible clients.

Aside from that, always be updated with current environmental issues and demands.  The green market is fast evolving, technology and science has led us to better understanding of what would be beneficial and destructive.  Keep in mind that promotion of your green business is not only for profit, but for consciousness-raising which would lead to public participation and action.

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The Trivedi Effect – Healing vs Transformation

As Mahendra Trivedi, affectionately known as Guruji explains  in the video linked above, there is a huge difference between a healing and a transformation. With a healing comes a cure and restoration of health caused by one of any number of dis-eases. A transformation on the other hand makes more profound and permanent changes to the person transformed.

Guruji has proven scientifically in over 5000 authenticated and documented experiments that he has the distinct ability to make changes to any number of substances, plant life and more importantly…human life. With his “blessing” (as called by Guruji, it could also be called an imparting) Guruji is able to make changes on a molecular level. Whereas a healing may diminish or eliminate a symptom, the blessings received are more systemic and effect one’s entire being.

A transformation allows you to operate at your highest potential at your highest frequency. This resonance builds upon itself and enhances all of your own natural abilities.  Make sure you find time to learn more about Mahendra Trivedi and the blessings he imparts.

The Trivedi Foundation recently opened the Trivedi Center in New York City, located at 39 Lispenard Street, New York, NY, 10113

In fact if you’re available this weekend (May 20-22, 2011) and can make it to NYC, you can learn for yourself about the profound changes that go along with a transformational blessing. Click here for information about individual blessings in NYC. If you’re not available this weekend check out Guruji’s Calendar of Events.

There are also remote blessings available if you can’t make it to an in-person event. There’s also an online webinar on May 24, 2011. So do your research, learn about Guruji and his abilities and if you think it’s for you, make arrangements to receive a blessing, it will be a life changing event for sure.

How To Cut Energy Costs, And Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

Rather than whine about how miserable the current outlook for our environment is, you can actually make a lot of difference by starting your own conservation revolution at home. Apart from implementing your own green initiatives at home, it would also help if you write or call your congressmen and senators and ask them to craft environment-friendly legislation. Here are a few helpful tips on how to reduce your carbon footprint at home.

Set Goals To Reduce Energy Consumption

Before revving up your green campaign at home, first determine a baseline to start your energy conservation activity. Make sure you set specific energy reduction goals, for gas, vehicle fuel consumption and electricity. Create a chart for your car’s fuel-reduction objectives, and chart the kilowatts-per hour or thermal readings at home.

Make Changes In The Products Used By Your Family

Some of the products and items you use at home may actually lead to a build-up in your carbon footprint, as well as to a spike in your electricity and gas bills. Remember to buy only energy-saving products where needed.

It would also help if you get your family involved by asking them to make changes to their daily habits. You could ask each of your family members to check all the lights and appliances before they leave at home, and to reduce water use when watering the lawn or washing the dishes and clothes.

Buy Only Green Certified Products

If you’re headed to the grocery or mall, make sure you only purchase green-certified products. Many non-government organizations and consumer groups have a listing of which green-certified products are available today. A product can only be certified as eco-friendly if it is proven to have come from biodegradable sources, or if it was harvested and manufactured using environment-friendly practices.

How To Reduce Your Carbon Footprint While Working

There are lots of ways to cut down on energy costs, and reduce your carbon footprint while working. While significantly lowered power costs are one of the many benefits, you and your co-workers can also do more to save the planet.

First, instead of taking the car with you, why not walk, bike or carpool to work? In the workplace, you can also recycle paper, and reuse office supplies.   When shopping for copiers, printers or fax machines, remember to buy only the products that have an Energy Star rating, so that you will know how they efficiently use energy. If you are still using older products in the office, make sure you install a surge protector, so you can quickly power them down at night and on weekends.

Regularly Check Your heating Equipment

Before winter arrives, make sure you repair and do maintenance checks on your heating and cooling units, to enable them to run at peak performance. Always do the routine checks on your heating or cooling equipment, so you will know when to change filters, or spot any leaks.

Holistic Lifestyle – Self Healing

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Using self healing as an example for the purpose of this description, it’s my hope that you’ll be able to apply the concept and premises described to your own practice and life. It is offered only as reference to my own personal experiences and my own walk.

I recently had surgery to repair the last of three hernias (two inguinal and one umbilical). Two of them were repaired in a surgery in 2008 and the last of them was taken care of very recently.

Having undergone this procedure before, I felt prepared and there were no real surprises. Some of the pre-surgical conditions were radically different though.

Three years ago I was 50 pounds heavier than I am now, yet still fairly active and healthy. I was walking every day and even did a small leg of the AT (Appalachian Trail) out in the Berkshires through Bear Mountain state Park.

As of June 2010 (as some of you may know) I began a habit that has turned (returned actually) into a passion…running. At the time of the first surgeries I was walking around carrying 235-240 lbs.

Last year, through some half- hearted efforts and the flu, I whittled down to 225 lbs. My physical activity helped me to maintain that weight.

It was also around that time that I became certified in Reiki 1.
The benefits and changes that have been facilitated or potentiated in my life through Usui Reiki are both profound and exhilarating.

Through further study and the daily practices of Usui Reiki, Munay Ki Earthkeeper Wisdom and other healing modalities as well as yoga, I have come to realize the synergistic threads and energies that each shares.

Once any of us realizes that there are more “things” that bind us together than separate us, our ultimate responsibility becomes more clear, we’re graced with more passion and more energy to pursue “that” in our lives and therefore are able to bless more people, in more ways with the particular collection of gifts, talents and abilities that DO make us each unique.

It’s safe to say that the surgeries of three years ago took place on a body that didn’t have the “spiritual preparedness” that it does now.

When I prepare for healing either myself or others I first clear and set Sacred space. The intent of the healing is then set from within those sacred boundaries. I also prepared for this surgery by using essential oils to maximize the healing and shorten the recovery period. Contact me if you’d like more information about the oils.

Post surgically when applying self Reiki, I set intent upon retrieving an energetic representation of perfect health & healing for the area of injury or deeper to an example of perfect DNA, unblemished by scar, dis-ease or injury.

Through that intent I seek the sense of balance that lets me know that the intent has been received and implanted. Meditating on the healing in the following days allows the complete manifestation of  it to be revealed.

You can “choose” to be one who heals quickly. You can also impart that seed (energetically speaking) to those who you’re called to heal.

The Earthkeeper Way

Earthkeeper Way

  • Aquarius New Moon Feb 02, 2011 at 9.32pm EST.
    Aquarius New Moon Feb 02, 2011 at 9.32pm EST. Here are the Moon phases and planetary activations. As you can see it is a very busy Moon cycle with lots of planetary shifts. All times are 75 west longitude EST

    Aquarius New Moon- Feb 02- 9.21pm- This is the Rest and Cleansing New Moon with Otter guiding you. Wherever you were focused when the Sun entered Aquarius on Jan 20 is now enhanced. Spiritually this New Moon is asking you to make a deeper commitment to living your Soul Purpose and giving your gifts to the world. The Tarot card for Aquarius is The Star. Know when you are stepping into your true self you are being blessed by the Cosmos, Creator, and Great Mystery. It is time to let your Light shine brightly. That is what this New Moon is asking you to do. This is also Chinese New Year. The year of the Rabbit. This Totem has great power of manifestation. Be clear about what you want to create.

    Dale Osadchuk is an Artist, Spiritual Astrologer, and Transformational Counsellor and is available for consultations in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada in person or by telephone. You can contact her at 905-883-3192. To receive her brochure of Astrological Sessions, New Moon Meditation Schedule or to be added to her free New Moon list contact her at daleosadchuk@rogers.com you can also find Dale on www.facebook.com on her own page and Azra Dale’s page. Web sites that post Dale’s articles are http://www.TheRisingSun.ca/ and www.crystalwind.ca

    Copywrite Dale Osadchuk February 2011.

    You are welcome to share this Moon information with others. Please send it in its entirety with Dale’s contact information. Thank you.

Positive Visualization To Change Sickness To Health

Positive visualization reduces stress and inspires hope for the future. Your daily life can then become the process through which you actualize this positive, healthy image of yourself. Here are several simple visualization exercises.

  1. Relax, close your eyes and stabilize your breathing.
  2. In your mind, create an image of the infinite universe. See the heavens filled with billions and billions of galaxies and stars, solar systems and planets, cycling in perfect harmony.
  3. Imagine the earth bathed in the gentle, peaceful energy from all these celestial bodies.
  4. Imagine this energy coming down and into our planet in centripetal spiral waves and making it spin on its axis, coming up again from the center of the earth in centrifugal waves that spiral in a complementary, outward, upward direction.
  5. Imagine this energy of heaven and earth making the plants and animals grow, the grains blowing gently in the wind, the vegetables, beans, and other seeds pushing up from below ground, the seaweed swaying peacefully in the oceans, the salt and other minerals collecting in the sea, absorbing and gathering this vital energy.
  6. Imagine eating a delicious, balanced meal made from these foods and that strong nourishing energy flowing through your body, from the digestive system, to the circulatory system, to the nervous system, to all organs, functions, tissues, and cells.
  7. Imagine this energy creating fresh, new blood and lymph and gently melting away hardness, stagnation, and blockages that may have developed in the past.
  8. Imagine your tumor tumor or growth gradually shrinking and dissolving as this peaceful, harmonious energy is received.
  9. Imagine yourself restored to health, surrounded by the love of family and friends.
  10. Imagine yourself now completely well, guiding and helping other people with serious illness rediscover the laws of nature and the healing power of their own minds and bodies.
  11. Imagine yourself five, ten, fifteen, twenty years or more from now, experiencing ever greater realms of self-realization. Hold this image for a few minutes, let it subside naturally, and resume normal consciousness.

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Your Journey to a Holistic Lifestyle

Everyone should strive to live a more holistic lifestyle.

If you intend to live healthier in all aspects of your life, you should make sure your health includes every dimension of your being: your mind, your body, your spirit, and your environment. By following a holistic path to health, you can surely realize profound and apparent improvements in physical, mental, and spiritual well-being.

Live a more harmonious lifestyle.

That is what holistic living is all about. A holistic lifestyle  is a solid building block leading to the fulfillment of a more satisfying and happier life. If you aim to live healthier, you should strive to live better. The path to a holistic lifestyle is comprised of the following factors.

The food you eat.

You certainly are what you eat. If you consume healthy and nutritious foods, there is no way that your body would accumulate all the unnecessary toxins and excess fats that make people obese. It is not advisable to consume more than what you need. Just make sure your diet is balanced and is comprising of foods and beverages that surely bring about the right vitamins and minerals that your body needs to function better everyday. Stay away from cholesterols and saturated fats.

Your home.

Of course, your home could be a key to a holistic lifestyle. The house should keep its function as your sanctuary: a place where you find relief and comfort after a long day of work. It should be cozy and comfortable so you could take necessary and sound sleep or rest in it. The home should always be able to protect you against all the unnecessary elements that bring about sickness and stress.

The way you think.

Mental health is crucial to a holistic lifestyle. It is not hard to maintain good mental health. Keeping a happy disposition in life could be a great help. Reduce or eliminate all the negativity in your life and for sure you would have a big improvement in the way you think.

Your level of wealth.

Let us face it. Money is an important possession because no one could be able to enjoy life without it. Manage your wealth very well so you would not incur stress when it comes to finances. Money matter is undoubtedly the top stressor these days. Do not spend way beyond your means to avoid any money problem in the future.

Personal relationships.

Have a healthy relationship with everyone in your family, circle of friends, and office environment. A harmonious social life could do a lot of wonders in your mental and emotional health. Keeping such relationships healthy is not hard if you would only keep it a point to be positive and pleasant to everyone.

The career you choose.

You have the power to decide what career path to take. Having a high ambition is not bad but it surely would lead to more stress. As much as possible, find and take a job or income source that would not make you incur too much stress, anxiety, and fatigue.

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