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Chewing The Fat, Shedding Pounds, and Saying Goodbye to Diets

January 29, 2015 John Uncategorized No comments

Well, here we are in the last week of January winging our way through 2015. I don’t know if you made any resolutions for the year, but if you did you may have the “lose some weight” resolution on your list. It’s one of the more popular promises we make each year. On the next CHI FOR YOURSELF we’re going to look at weight gain and weight loss from a perspective you may not have considered.

Our guest will be Karen Koenig, author of Outsmarting Overeating: Boost Your Life Skills, End Your Food Problems as well as five other books about eating and weight. Karen’s a psychotherapist, eating coach, and speaker who’s been working with troubled eaters for more than 30 years. Karen says “You may think food is your main problem, but it isn’t.” Rather, she says your problem is that “you never learned the skills and strategies everyone needs in order to live effectively and successfully.”

Karen Koenig

Be on the call with us on the next CHI FOR YOURSELF with Karen Koenig- Thursday, February 5th at 1pm Pacific, 4pm Eastern time at chiforyourself.com.

If you missed last week’s CHI FOR YOURSELF interview with Mary Beth Sammons here’s a look back on some of the points we covered:

*overcoming challenges to an attitude of gratitude
*the Law of Attraction’s place in the practice of gratitude
*how hardship is such a good starting point for appreciation
*getting kids to feel grateful
*what Mary Beth is grateful for
*her favorite gratitude practice
*Yoga and Meditation as aids to gratitude
*Mary Beth’s collaboration with co-author Nina Lesowitz
*finding gratitude in a world of negative news
*separating real dreams from ego urges
*Mary Beth’s takeaway point from the book

You can listen to the CHI FOR YOURSELF interview with Mary Beth Sammons by clicking on this player:

Overheard:
..all you really need is in your life already

∼ Thomas Merton

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A New Year of CHI FOR YOURSELF Begins With Gratitude

January 19, 2015 John Uncategorized No comments

Join us for 2015’s first of the “first run” interviews this week when CHI FOR YOURSELF welcomes Mary Beth Sammons. Mary Beth is co-author, along with Nina Lesowitz, of The Grateful Life: The Secret to Happiness and the Science of Contentment. We’ll explore gratitude’s connection to contentment and a healthier and more abundant life, and how the power of gratitude can help us change our lives and improve our emotional and physical well-being.

Mary Beth Sammons

Be with us on the call Thursday, January 22nd at 4pm Eastern, 1pm Pacific time at chiforyourself.com

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Notes to Start The Week June 24th, 2013

June 24, 2013 John Uncategorized No comments

I’m planning to bring back an encore episode of Chi For Yourself this week, possibly the interview of several years ago with E Dee Conrad. The older shows tend to be shorter than the more recent programs. If you’ve followed CFY since the early days you know that interview lengths were sometimes as short as 7 minutes!

A new, Southern California-based start-up magazine on health and healing has approached Chi For Yourself about possibly doing print versions of the interviews heard on our show. I like the idea a lot and I’m going to do all I can to make this happen..

…been reading a new book on manifesting by Tony Burroughs. I’m going to see about getting Tony on the show. His approach to bringing abundance into our lives is worth hearing, as is his personal story.

Chi For Yourself is a big proponent of meditation…no secret to be sure. We’ve had the great pleasure hearing from some of today’s best voices on the practice on our show. My questioning to our guests often includes how much meditation time is enough time. This article from the White Hindu gives you one approach to a ‘compact contemplation’:

Meditation in Minutes: Does One Minute of Meditation Make a Difference?
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Last week I did my own meditation challenge. For me, I know I want to be meditating, but there’s always something else to be doing. Taking twenty to thirty minutes once or twice a day seems like such a small commitment, yet in practice it feels …

We’ll wrap up this post with a word about Yoga…actually about 450 words. Guest blogger Larry Cewtly has some thoughts on Yoga’s body/mind benefits. And don’t forget to check out the Chi For Yourself Yoga page. You’ll find a video you can use for your own workout and some notes from the Yoga community..

Yoga Can Help Heal Your Body And Mind

by Larry Cewtly

If you would like your body to be calm, you must consider yoga. This type of workout does not only exercise your body, but also relaxes your mind and soul. If you’d like to try this exercise, begin by looking for a local facility. Opt for a teacher with considerable experience so that you can execute the workout correctly and keep away from injuries.

You could find several types of yoga. It could take some time for you to identify which type is most suitable for you. Beginners are advised to participate in a few classes for different types of yoga. It can help you identify the type of yoga that’s ideal for you.

There are several other things that you need to look into when choosing a yoga teacher. They should not just have plenty of experience, but should also be trained properly so that they can do the same thing to you. A properly trained instructor keeps you far from injuries and prioritizes your safety before everything else. Yoga is something that will enhance your strength, flexibility and enable you to grow spiritually. Then again, it won’t happen when you’ve got injuries.

Locating the best yoga facility near you is easy, and you simply have to look at the years that it has been operating along with reviews that it has received. There’s a likelihood that you will have to take a look at a number of studios before you finally come to a decision. So make sure you spend time in checking out the studios in your area. You’ll be happy you spent the time to find the best yoga studio.

What is important about yoga is ensuring you do each and every stretch and exercise appropriately to avoid injury. You could harm your body if you do not hold poses and stretch properly. This is one of the main factors we suggest that you start with a trained yoga instructor, to allow them to explain to you the easiest method to do each and every stretch.

The most effective ways to get a yoga teacher near you is to go online and browse in Google. You’ll also see the various yoga studios in your area as well as studios that grant special discounts to new members. You don’t have to get stuck with a single studio. You can try several studios until you locate the one which is best for you.

As you check out different studios, be sure to identify which amongst these facilities make you feel comfy and provides the type of yoga that you like. As there are various types of yoga you will need to find the one is perfect for you.

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If you want even more info on yoga in Napa Valley, then check out this video on gentle yoga in Napa Valley for your body.