Wellness 101:
In today’s Wellness 101 we bring you 5 Rhythms Dance…

Have you ever lost yourself to the rhythm? I become ecstatic when I see a small child bounce around the room–free to move and express themselves as they tune in to the music. I am envious. Why is it so hard for most of us adults to just get up and dance? One great way to let go of all the mind chatter and just cut loose is through a practice called the 5 Rhythms.

5 Rhythms is a form of improvisational dance. Teachers of this practice guide a class through 5 different types of moving expression: flowing, staccato, chaos, lyrical, and stillness.

Gabrielle Roth, founder of this practice, talks more about it below. I love how she describes the droning critical voice in our head, and learning to “Drown that voice out with the beat…”

I first discovered the 5 Rhythms at Esalen Institute in California. It is practiced regularly in the morning movement classes. As someone who has experienced her format, it is fascinating to explore the boundaries of your own self through dance and become a witness to your own life experience. Learn more here or find classes in the US or worldwide.

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Kick off the summer season this Memorial Day Weekend at Chopra Center & Spa  at Dream Hotel in New York. 

In conjunction with Chopra Spa’s Renewal Weekend program, Chopra Center & Spa at Dream Hotel will offer a special, limited-time treatment – The Ayurvedic Experience.  This 50-minute treatment helps loosen toxins and impurities in the body and enliven consciousness through marma therapy.

Choose from these Ayurvedic Experience Treatments:

• Full Body Massage: Using Ayurvedic techniques and dosha specific herbs and oils, this full body massage allows you to relax and let go of stress and anxiety
• Marma Therapy: Marma Therapy involves 108 energy points throughout the body to balance chakras and enliven the flow of prana energy in the body
• Sound Meditation: Utilizing the Seven Metals sound CD to aid relaxation and tension release

This event is hosted by Chopra Center founders Dr. Deepak Chopra and Dr. David Simon.

The Renewal Weekend teaches the practices of meditation, yoga, Ayurveda and mind-body medicine.  Program includes Primordial Sound Meditation, daily yoga, holistic techniques for reducing stress, and a daily routine for calm, renewal and balance. 

For more information or to reserve your space, call 888.736.6895.

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On Mondays we share our ideas to help you kick-start your week!

If only! I’d guess that the majority of us have neither the time nor the $$$ to go to the spa every day. Luckily, you don’t have to go to the spa to feel like you’ve just been to one – you can also bring the spa to you!

Simply adding fragrance to your morning shower instantly turns a daily task into a blissful, indulgent experience. Equip your shower (and/or tub) with beautifully scented shampoos, conditioners, soaps, and body washes (shop carefully if you have sensitive skin). Energizing scents such as citrus, mint, and eucalyptus gently awaken your senses and encourage deep breathing for a relaxing yet invigorating start to your day. Top it all off with a fragrant lotion, essential oil, or perfume and you can carry your little slice of heaven with you throughout the day.

Whether you’re a morning person or not, this simple step will have you looking forward to your new A.M. routine!

~Kristen Kancler

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On Thursdays we take you to “the well” - your source for inspiration and how-to’s.

Do you know that every relationship holds at least one gift? Hopefully they hold more than just one, but there is always a reason to be thankful for a relationship because it always help shape you. Good or bad, a relationship helps you grow, teaches you about life, and teaches you about yourself.

I am who I am today because of all the wonderful gifts I’ve received in my past relationships. I choose to find the gift in each of them, and I’ve even made a list to see what I have learned and how they have helped shape me.

I am thankful for each one of them:

• I thank Mike for helping me overcome my shyness. I never knew how much falling in love in 6th great would teach me

• I thank Chad for teaching me what I’m worth, and to never settling for anything less

• I thank Matt for showing me what true love feels like and for the experience of falling to sleep every night with a smile on my face

• I thank Sean for teaching me how to let go of someone wonderful who is not right for me

• I thank John for teaching me how to appreciate honesty – even when it hurts

• I thank Erik for teaching me that I am enough, that I love myself and that my intuition is stronger then I realized

• I thank Travis for teaching me that love isn’t always enough and that there is way to let go of the relationship without saying goodbye forever

• I thank the man of my dreams, who I have not yet met, for showing me that trust and faith are enough to keeping going

It’s empowering to acknowledge the gifts our relationships have given us. I invite you all to look at the positive things you have learned from your relationships and make your own “thank you” list. See how you’ve grown and appreciate who you have become.

~Melissa Risdon

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If you are in NY, close to NY, or just want to be in NY (and who doesn’t?!), check out this amazing opportunity from some of New York’s finest:

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Join us on Thursday, May 8th for a Sunrise Yoga Experience
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Top of the Rock Observation Deck
New York City
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Swarovski, the world leader in cut crystal, The Libby Ross Foundation, OM yoga and the Top of the Rock Observation Deck at Rockefeller Center are partnering together to help win the fight against breast cancer in honor of Mother’s Day.

Bid on a special one-of-a-kind prize Sunrise Yoga Experience for two in New York City. The highest bidder and a guest will have the opportunity to attend the Sunrise Yoga Class on May 8th, 2008 at The Top of the Rock along with a package that includes a $200 Swarovski gift certificate, a $100 Top of the Rock Observation Deck gift certificate, Yoga care package, courtesy of OM yoga, that includes yoga mat, books, CD and T-shirt and a $100 gift certificate to Brasserie Ruhlman where they will dine after the class with an OM Yoga teacher.

Bidding has begun and the last bid will be accepted on April 24th, 2008.
For more information and to bid, click here.
Proceeds from the auction will benefit The Libby Ross Foundation and our fight against breast cancer.

Forty mothers, daughters and sisters who have been touched by breast cancer will be brought together at a Sunrise Yoga class set against the breathtaking views of the Manhattan skyline on Thursday, May 8th from 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM at the Top of the Rock Observation Deck at Rockefeller Center.

Reservations are required for the class. To sign up, please call us at 212.831-9592 or email the Foundation if you are interested in attending at yoga@thelibbyrossfoundation.com.

The gentle and restorative OM yoga class, taught by OM certified yoga teachers, will focus on breathing techniques and gentle movements to help integrate body and mind and will allow breast cancer survivors of all stages and ages to share this unique, empowering experience with their loved ones while enjoying the sweeping 360-degree views of New York City from Top of the Rock.

For more information, contact
The Libby Ross Foundation
at (212) 831- 9592 or visit the website click here.

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