What happens when the provider, the caregiver, starts to burn out? Science reveals that we experience a change biochemically when we have taken on too much. Compassion fatigue creates a whole host of symptoms, including irritability, impatience, exhaustion, intolerance, dread, lack of clarity, poor motivation, a decline in personal well-being regarding sleep, health and mood, a transfer of stress to personal life, the internal eye roll, boredom, feeling of heaviness, forgetfulness, … [Read more...] about Combatting Compassion Fatigue
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Using Yoga in Recovery Therapy
Back2Basics offers a holistic and integrative approach to the treatment of addiction and co-occurring issues. By nature, the program is designed to bring participants into the outdoors and learn to be more comfortable in their own skin. We also bring in components of nutrition, fitness and mindfulness to complement the therapeutic and recovery work. In addition, the practice of yoga is an important component for teaching young people in recovery to become more “grounded” in their bodies. The … [Read more...] about Using Yoga in Recovery Therapy
Yoga Offered for Absolute Beginners
A new Yoga for Absolute Beginners class starts Feb. 1. For six weeks, Sabrina Carlson will guide a small group through a series of yoga postures and breathing exercises. This class is geared towards people wanting to try yoga, but have been hesitant to join an existing class. Yoga offers “health benefits such as reducing heart rate and blood pressure ... anxiety and depression” (National Institutes of Health). Lately, Carlson has seen more people needing the transformative practice of yoga to … [Read more...] about Yoga Offered for Absolute Beginners
Yoga Business Stresses Healthful Living
ESenEM Yoga is a new business that opened at the end of 2015 in the Aspen Place Shopping Center. The business has been a dream of owner Steve Glacy for some time and he is responsible for its name, a phonetic pronunciation for S and M which stands for “sweat and movement,” according to Abby Chan, who helped open the health center. It has a mission. “We are working to make yoga accessible to everyone at every age and we are working to create a community around living a healthful life,” she … [Read more...] about Yoga Business Stresses Healthful Living
Businesses Catering to Pregnant Women
Pregnancies lead to big business. In fact, in the United States, people spend more than $20 billion dollars a year on pregnancy/infant/toddler and preschool age products combined. Let’s face it, like the need for health care, the market for expectant mothers will always be there. In Northern Arizona, there are several companies that cater to pregnant women. In addition, there are a lot of products offered online. Some of the local options include prenatal massage, prenatal yoga … [Read more...] about Businesses Catering to Pregnant Women
