I hope that you participate in or help spread the word about the two very special Healing Yoga Workshops offered this month at our studio. One hundred percent of the money collected from these classes will be donated to the American Cancer Society.

                                            Deborah Harris
Studio Owner

CLASSES COME & GO -
    October Schedule Changes

A fully updated schedule is attached to this email or it can be downloaded here. 

These classes are no longer active:

• Pilates Tower Class
      Thursdays 1-2PM with Kathy

A number of new classes will now be available to you:

• NEW Pilates Tower Classes
      Thursdays 6-7 PM with Kathy

• NEW Vinyasa Yoga Class
      Mondays 9:00-10:15AM
      with Cheryl

A number of workshops will be starting anew or continuing in October. We are now starting or continuing registration for these special workshops:

• Prenatal Yoga Workshop
     Mondays 6:00-7:00PM
     Oct 9th - Nov 13th

• Prenatal Yoga Workshop
     Wednesdays 6:00-7:00PM 
     Oct 11th - Nov 15th

• Budokon Bootcamp Workshop
     Tuesdays 9:15 - 10:30 AM
     Sept 26th - Oct 31st

• Budokon Bootcamp Workshop
     Thursdays 6:00-7:00 PM
     Oct 26th - Nov 13th

To reserve your spot in these space-limited classes, please drop off your check for $150 as soon as possible.

SPECIAL "HEALING YOGA WORKSHOPS" -
       Two classes for a good cause!

• Tuesday, October 17th 5:30 PM

• Thursday, October 26th, 11:30 AM

ALL PROCEEDS TO GO TO THE
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY

Healing Yoga uses traditional Hatha Yoga, Pranayama and Meditation to strengthen the body, making it more resilient and flexible.

• A variety of traditional Hatha Yoga postures are used to focus on healing various physical and mental faculties, relieving stress and calming mind, body and spirit

• Pranayama (breathing techniques), a critical aspect of Healing Yoga, will relax, rejuvenate and energize the lungs thereby removing toxins from our bodies 

• Meditation helps to focus and center, while opening to the universe as well as ourselves

The practice will end with a small prayer dedicated to all those who lost their lives to Breast Cancer and to celebrate those that survived.

You do not have to be an experienced Yoga Practitioner or even a beginner to participate in these workshops. Just come with an open mind and heart, go with the flow and enjoy the experience!

100% of the proceeds from these workshops
will be donated to The American Cancer Society.

 Workshop Description

• Starting Prayer
• Warm Up Flow
• Pranayama (Breathing exercise)
• Stretching and Breathing poses
• Stress Relieving poses
• Meditation
• Relaxation Poses
• Ending Prayer

Cost: We are asking our clients to let us know in advance if they are planning on attending either of these wonderful workshops. We ask for a $25 donation, all of which will be passed on to The American Cancer Society. 

Even if you can't attend these workshops, please feel free to drop off your donation with our studio. We aim to raise $500 for this worthy cause. 

YOGA AND BREAST CANCER:
      Two recent studies highlight the importance of exercise

     Researchers at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center focused on 61 women who had surgery for breast cancer and now were getting six weeks of radiation treatment. Thirty women were assigned to a test group that took twice-a-week yoga classes. The others did not.

     At the end of six weeks, study participants filled out detailed questionnaires grading their ability to lift groceries, walk a mile and perform other physical activities. They also were asked about feelings of fatigue, their sense of well-being and other aspects of their quality of life.

     The researchers found that the yoga group consistently had higher scores in almost every area. It was most pronounced in physical function. Participants said they were in better general health, were less fatigued and had fewer problems with daytime sleepiness.

     The importance of this study is that it is one of the first scientific studies of its kind that so clearly demonstrated that women going through treatment for breast cancer felt better when they tried yoga. Incidentally, another scientific study reported last year found middle-aged people who regularly did yoga lost weight over 10 years while the non-yoga group gained, on average, more than 13 pounds.

     The results from the second important study were recently reported by the researchers in Seattle, Wash. who were able to show that overweight young women who exercise have significantly better odds of surviving breast cancer. During the eight to 10 years the women were followed, there were significant variations in the amount of exercise each woman performed. The study results showed the lower survival rates coincided with women who reported the lowest levels of physical activity. The women who reported the highest amount of physical activity during the 12 months leading up to their diagnosis had a 22 percent lower risk of death when compared to women who reported the lowest amount of exercise, even when the disease's stage and the patients' income level were factored in.

     As an article in WebMD Health pointed out: "Maintaining a healthy body weight is extremely important in the fight against breast cancer, not to mention numerous other diseases. "A recent large American Cancer Society study showed that overweight women are 60% more likely to die from breast cancer compared to normal weight women." Jay Brook, M.D., Chief of Hematology and Oncology at the Ochsner Clinic and Hospital in New Orleans stated, "when you have a lot of fat, the steroids normally found in the body turn into estrogen and the longer a women’s breasts are exposed to estrogen, the higher risk of developing cancer."

      As a physician, I frequently encounter patients undergoing various treatments for their breast cancer. These therapies represent some of the most potent and innovative advances in modern medicine. However, no treatment is free of side effects and some patients experience fatigue, pain, nausea, vomiting, burning sensations and shortness of breath. For these symptoms often there are effective medications but even these may not help everyone.

      Chinese medicine offers a complimentary approach towards addressing these symptoms. I have had wonderful results using acupuncture in my patients with breast cancer. I am delighted to see that studies are starting to come out confirming the usefulness of acupuncture as an adjunctive treatment in the fight against cancer.

       In a recent study of 104 women with breast cancer and nausea from chemotherapy (all of whom were taking anti-nausea medication), women treated with acupuncture experienced fewer attacks of nausea than women who received the medication alone.

     Another recent study found that acupuncture markedly improved breathlessness in women with late stages of breast cancer.

     Someone considering complimentary approach to their cancer treatment should seek out a physician who is, both, well-versed in integrative medicine, and can understand the medical complexities of their condition.

     First and foremost it is important to find a healer who communicates well with patients and works well with the other members of the treatment team.

     David Boguslavsky, MD is a physician at Premier Medical Acupuncture, a holistic medical practice geared towards integrating acupuncture into every patient encounter. Look for his series of articles in the upcoming newsletters on Chinese medicinal approach to such common illnesses as insomnia, irritable bowel syndrome, and headaches. If you are interested in reaching him for a consultation, please call (908) 938-7717 or email him at PremierMD@gmail.com.

     Please accept our apologies for the delay in putting out this newsletter and being unavailable this past weekend. There was a great deal of commotion at the studio as it was used for filming of a television series that should air on BravoTV this upcoming spring. I am unclear as to how much information we are allowed to divulge, but do expect a bit more on this in the coming newsletters.

     Here is a link to a website that discusses a show that we may or may not be involved with - our party will neither confirm nor deny our involvement...