From the Publisher Stacy Oliver Neal Push the Reset Button As we begin a new year and watch the ball drop in Times Square, the excitement is all about celebrating that we get to push the reset button. We say goodbye to all that was challenging and say hello to a fresh start. Here are a few ways I like to kick off this reboot: • Vision Board – On New Year’s Day I get out the poster board, magazines and scissors, glue gun, markers, tape, and go to town! Creating my vision board gets my creative juices flowing. It inspires and supports me to change and grow while getting my momentum going for the year ahead. • Me First – I plan my self care regime in my phone calendar and my work life is then scheduled around me first. I put in my morning journal and meditation time, workouts, time in nature, yoga, and life coach sessions. When I feel supported, the sky is the limit. The better I feel the more I have to give to others. • Financial Goals – Sticking to my calendar’s self care schedule increases my prosperity. If I am taking care of myself, everything else falls into place because I have the energy, fearlessness and support to take action. Creating a spending and savings plan increases the potential for it to become reality. I dream it and then take the action to make it happen. • Recommit – Lastly, to complete my restart I recommit to my health, mission, prosperity, and relationships. The new year is always an opportunity to choose what is important and where I will focus my energy. That’s why each year I recommit to eliminate negative thinking and people. Life is too short to settle. The sudden deaths of several friends just before the holiday season reaffirmed for me the precious and fragile gift we call life. This journey can end in an instant, and every conversation we have with a loved one could be our last. Make it a good one. Love becomes the priority and the world news becomes trivial as you listen to a beloved’s eulogy. Where will you focus your energy this year? What we focus on grows. Remember that worry is using your focus and imagination to create a negative outcome. Gratitude can always shift our experience, pulling us out of self-pity and leading us back to the joy of creative living!
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Volume 8, Issue 6 Ralph Turney Chief Visionary/Principal Stacy Oliver Neal Publisher Elizabeth Diebold Editor in Chief elizabeth@yogaspamag.com Becca Van Ess Marketing Assistant assistyogaspa@gmail.com Laura Schechter Administrative Assistant laurayogaspa@gmail.com Editing/ Proofing T ina Far mer Graphic Design/Layout MaryAnn Russum Advertising Sales 314-781-8822, ext. 104 Monica Koch Health & Fitness Editor Contributing Writers Beth Koritz, M.Ed. Brett Henderson Dr. Beth Barnes, DC Dr. Brenda Kingen, DC Dr. Chris Heeb, DC Dr. Christine Salter MD, DC Donalee Gastreich C. Michael Unterreiner, ChFC Dr. Ed Katcher Erica Hunt Jennifer Evans Kellie Mathes Laura and Johnny Harper Laurie J. T illman Lauren Seiler Liz Roodman Lynn Schroeder Marilyn Eagen Monica Koch Rebecca Edwards, MSW, LCSW Sandy Klott Sheila Hunt, MA, LPC Stephanie Stemmler Dr. Steve Zielinski, Phar m.D T ina Far mer Wendy Breese On the Cover: Karuna (feature article on page 34) Cover Model, Kathleen Radke Whittaker, Ballet Instructor/ Yoga enthusiast. Shot on location in New Town, St. Charles Photographed by: Jon Koch www.kochphotography.com 314.497.8308 Yoga & Spa Magazine, LLC does not endorse any information contained in the articles or advertisements and suggests consulting a healthcare professional before beginning any therapy or medical treatment.
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