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A Healthier Way
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7/27/2020 0 Comments

How Bones for Life® supports your massage clients

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As body workers we need to take care of our own bodies, as well as help our clients sustain the results created in our sessions.
 
Bones for Life® can add value to almost any massage therapy. It doesn’t replace  massage–it adds value to other hands-on work. (And it might help you as well!)
 
I used to feel so frustrated that my clients were not keeping some of the changes we achieved in our sessions. I wanted to empower them to take charge of their own movement and well-being. I found I could help my clients and take care of myself with Bones for Life®.
 
Bones for Life® gives clients the keys to make and keep postural and gait changes themselves.
 
It can be done in individual or group sessions. If you're interested email me at vianabfl72@gmail.com or keep reading.

 
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​Here’s my story…
 
As a body worker, I was trained in multiple modalities from Swedish, to craniosacral, to positional release technique, and many more. While most modalities were useful for me and helped the scoliosis that I’ve suffered with for life, after thirty years of standing over a massage table day after day, I was frequently in pain. That pain was taking away from the energy I could bring to my clients.
 
Something had to change. My work had become a struggle; the joy had left.
 
Fortunately, I was introduced to Bones for Life ®, a program created by Ruthy Alon, one of the first teachers to be certified in Israel by Moshe Feldenkrais. The Feldenkrais method, Awareness through Movement, is typically done on the massage table or the floor, as practitioners slowly talk their clients through a series of movements.
 
Ruthy’s work, called Movement Intelligence, focuses on the gait.

​Her work builds on Feldenkrais but emphasizes anti-gravity movement. She focuses on what happens when we walk. I started the work to improve my own movement and ability to continue to work with clients.
 
The results were dramatic, I started realigning my spine through my neurological system.



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​The processes offered me steps that invited my brain and body to work together in new ways. My posture changed and so did the way that I move.
 

I also experienced emotional releases as stuck parts of me began to let go.
 
Before I started Bones for Life®, I was feeling the signs of age. I was tripping and falling. My memory started to fail, and I was losing my confidence. All of that changed, after I did Bones for Life®. My brain worked better. My memory started improving along with my posture–an unexpected benefit!
 
As a result of my improvements, I decided to become certified as a Bones for Life trainer. I’ve subsequently been certified in three Movement Intelligence programs, and able to offer clients 300 processes that offer clients a progressive challenge without straining the bodies.
 
The work is helpful in building bone strength for those at risk of osteoporosis–as most women over fifty are. The more one’s posture improves, the stronger the bones become. This can help people achieve a natural state of fitness at any age.
 
I was able to unlock my spine so that I had fluid movement through my spine. My scoliosis didn’t disappear, alas, it had been with me for nearly 70 years, but I was able to function with it so much better.
 
I was able to continue my massage practice without the pain that had practically driven me out of the business.
 
For your clients
 
I’d love to talk to you about how to best support your clients. Better, yet, why not experience a session for yourself? *
 
*Ask me about discounts for licensed massage therapists.

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6/17/2020 0 Comments

The way to a healthier gut is on your shelf

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Over the years, I've learned to experiment and listen to what my body tells me.

When I chose not to listen, I paid the price. 

I started experimenting with my diet in the 70's and am still learning today.

Back then, I got quite sick and I didn't know where to turn. It was at a time when many began questioning our standard American diet. I decided to become my own guinea pig in my own laboratory.

At the time, fasting was in. I bought a juicer, grew my own sprouts and tried the vegan diet. Despite feeling lighter, I ended up getting sick because legumes didn't agree with me and I became protein deficient. I had a lot to learn about balancing the nutrients that my body needed in my diet. 

Then, my husband and I decided to alternate one day eating only fruit and the next day eating only vegetables. We did this for a few years, but it backfired because my body was missing the amino acids that animal products produce.

I knew I was in trouble when all I could think of was roasted chicken!!!

This week, I'm reading a book by Dr. Royal Lee (the founder of Standard Process Labs), From Soil to Supplement. I've been eating sauerkraut and drinking brine for years which I've learned helps the body produce its own gastric enzymes. But the body also needs to maintain a healthy acid-alkaline balance, and one common food is particularly good for this: apple cider vinegar.

I drank apple cider vinegar in the '70s and don't know why I stopped. 

Today, when I drank some apple cider vinegar, my body started to sing!

We need to do both: maintain our gastric enzymes and our acid-alkaline balance.

If you're having arthritic and bursitis symptoms try drinking a little apple cider vinegar diluted in water every day and see what happens. Just before a meal is a good time. 

Why don't you try it? It's simple, common, cheap, and in my experience can do wonders.

But remember, it's your body and you have to listen to what works for you. I hope you'll share what you discover. 

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6/10/2020 2 Comments

One question to ask before you eat

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 I'm not going to tell you what to eat.

Over the years, I've learned to listen to my body as to what it wants, and because of that my diet has evolved over time.

Every time I start preparing food, I ask myself, "Is this food to feed me and heal my body or is this just to comfort me and fill some kind of emotional emptiness inside?"

Comfort food isn't necessarily bad, but eating when you're not hungry and are just comforting yourself forces your body to deal with something it doesn't need. That puts a strain on your bodily systems.

I suggest if you're hungry, before you go straight to your comfort food, why not ask your body, "Is this what I really need?" You might get a different answer than what you expect. t

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6/3/2020 1 Comment

Weed and Feed: a new way to reset your digestive system

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I've just started a program using Standard Process products called Weed and Feed. It's been seven days and my energy has increased. I'm sleeping better, and best of all, I'm not bloating. I've stopped craving sweets after a meal. I feel that my digestion is working so much better, right down to my bowels, which are rolling right out with ease.

The program comes with a suggested diet–pretty much how I eat so I didn't have to make any changes there. No fasting required. You need to eat three meals a day and when you're doing the weeding part, you have to take a product that helps with your microbiome and digestive flora. I didn't experience any side effects.

You need to pace your eating patterns, so that calls for a little diligence, but you can eat regular meals.  You weed for two days and then feed your body for five days to build up your digestive enzymes and microbiome.  

I've cut out all milk products, to give my liver and gallbladder a rest. You're encouraged to eat whole foods, preferably organic, which is what my diet consisted of already. I had cut out grains and lectins a long time ago. No sugar, no alcohol. It's best if you don't do caffeine, but you don't have to cut it out entirely. 

The diet goes for six weeks. Two days of supplements for weeding followed by five days of supplements for feeding. At the end of six weeks, I'll probably experiment with a little sheep's milk products. 

So the first week couldn't be better and I'll keep you posted as we go.

I just finished the 2nd week and I'm feeling better each day. I discovered that I can't eat fruit, which has caused me to bloat in the past.  I'm hoping by the end of the program I'll be able to eat a little bit of fruit. I tried some rhubarb today with Monk fruit drops as the sweetener.  I feel some bloating so I guess that's a no not for now. Darn I love rhubarb.

Next morning I'm realizing that my eyes are clear as marbles, which I haven't seen for many years. the eye lids are less puffy, There are less floaters.  Who would have guessed that these were caused from a faulty digestive system.

I'm starting to be able to digest raw vegetables again.  I know how important eating raw vegetables at every meal is to helping my body produce the enzymes needed to digest them and anything else I'm eating.  I stopped eating them too years ago without realizing it.  Oh lovely springs salads come to me.  Also juices made from raw veggies.  I just had a freshly made carrot, celery and parsley drink today. Yum Yum

I'd like to hear  your experience when improving your daily diet for better health.
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    Viana Fox 

    I want to share my personal discoveries around health and movement with you–in the hopes that you'll  be inspired to apply some of this to your path to health.

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