Wholistic Abode

A perfect Saturday morning ☀️

✔️ sound
✔️ meditation
✔️ acupuncture
✔️ friends

Thank you to all who attended and thank you Lululemon for sponsoring our beautiful event 🙏

Special thanks:

(meditation + sound)
(acupuncture)

Like and comment if you’d like us to host more events and we’ll add you to our invite list 😉

xo,
Dr Julie

When we incorporate FUNCTIONAL MOVEMENT 🤸🏾‍♀️ into our daily exercise routine, our POSTURE changes. Pain and stiffness begin to subside. And our overall mood changes toward positivity, optimism and confidence 💫

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Who needs this?! Tag your friends. Share this post. Book your sessions. You know the drill 😉🙃

🩸 Hypoglycemia (also known as low blood sugar) can often times be avoided but when we encounter it, it can be quite scary 🧠

Hypoglycemia can result in
🔻brain dysfunction (headaches, dizziness, blurry vision, confusion, etc.) since the brain uses glucose as it’s preferred source of fuel
🔻poor mental function (abnormal behavior)
🔻premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
🔻metabolic syndrome

Hypoglycemia can be treated (and sometimes avoided) with
🟢adequate carbohydrates & fiber intake (whole grain sources such as quinoa, brown rice, millet) (vegetables, fruits and legumes)
🟢intake of Chromium (since it is crucial for blood sugar control) (I.e. 🥦, whole grains, beef & poultry)
🟢reduce alcohol & toxin exposure (check your daily product labels!)
🟢exercise daily (at least 30-60 minutes per day)

SELF CARE Saturday 🧘‍♀️

What are you doing to balance your parasympathetic (rest // digest) and sympathetic (fight // flight) nervous systems?

• mindfulness-based stress reduction
• meditation
• yoga
• connecting with nature (surfing, hiking, paddle-boarding, trail running)
• breath work
• sound bath
• organization
• journaling
• body work like chiropractic ;)

MILLET IS MIRACULOUS

🌾ancient whole grain
🌾gluten free
🌾rich in B-vitamins, C, E & K & minerals (magnesium, iron, selenium)
🌾high protein & fiber content
🌾known to improve cholesterol levels
🌾balances blood sugar levels
🌾cooks quickly

Have you ever tried millet in your salad or soups? What is your favorite way to eat it!?

Happy FRIDAY!!!

Weekend MOVEMENT ideas:

🤸🏾‍♀️ pilates
🤸🏾‍♀️ hike
🤸🏾‍♀️ beach walk
🤸🏾‍♀️ dip in the ocean
🤸🏾‍♀️ surfing
🤸🏾‍♀️ group fitness class
🤸🏾‍♀️ team sports
🤸🏾‍♀️ roller skating

THREE spots left this week for chiro//FM with 🌟

Friday: 1230 & 130
Saturday: 830am

DM to swoop the last spots for the week!!

COFFEE is shown to be healthful ☕️
🌿filled with antioxidants, vitamin B5 & magnesium
🌿known to reduce risk of T2DM, Parkinson’s, and gallstones

Issues with drinking ☕️ daily
🌿adding sugar or artificial sweeteners (yes, artificial ones can cause other health issues)
🌿drinking the unfiltered version (it’s best to drink it filtered to prevent chemicals from entering your body)
🌿more than 6 cups can increase risk of dementia and lower brain capacity (aim for 4 or less cups/day)

How to sweeten your coffee healthfully:
🌿cinnamon
🌿unsweetened milks (such as oat or almond)

To ensure you’re drinking quality ☕️, make sure you’re purchasing from a seller that has their beans tested from toxins and molds!

Amazing alternatives:
🌿green tea
🌿matcha
🌿chicory coffee
🌿mushroom coffee

FURRY FRIENDS are WELCOME 🐶



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WILD or farmed salmon?? 🐠 🍣

Read this:

The environment in which fish grow has a tremendous effect on their fatty acid composition.

Salmon raised in farms eat a diet of synthetic pigment to give them a rich pink hue, otherwise they Would be unappetizingly pale and grey in color. Due to their feed, they have far less EPA and DHA (omega 3 fatty acids). Additionally, they contain far more toxic chemicals. Of particular note:

• organochlorides
• brominated flame retardants
• methylmercury
• polychlorinated bisphenols (PCBs)
• other persistent organic pollutants (POPs)

There has been a strong link between PCBs I’m farmed fish and causes of insulin resistance on mice 🐭

WILD CAUGHT salmon, on the other hand derives it’s pink color from a diet rich in phytoplankton rush in EPA/DHA and has been shown to have fewer toxins despite our toxic oceans 🌊

Wild caught salmon is by fare more bang for your buck and the two can be considered different foods all together based on nutrient content.

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Happy Birthday 🍸🍊

We appreciate all the work you do at The Abode! Content creation, photography, event coordinator… the list goes on! We cannot wait to celebrate you this weekend!

💗 you!!

NEW client special: Pilates 4 pack for $200 ☀️ 🌈

Private Pilates with is great for:

• those looking to substantially improve STRENGTH & MOBILITY
• elderly demographic
• pregnant 🤰 women
• athletes
• individuals looking to improve their recreational sport ⚽️ 🥎 🏀 🎾
• clients new to Pilates
• individuals in pain
• individuals who are looking for creativity and to ADVANCE their practice
• just about anyone

Did you know, Michelle is an avid surfer 🏄‍♀️?! She utilizes Pilates to gain strength an mobility for her surfing game!! Book with her to improve your recreation 💥

MIDWEEK check in // how are you holding up?!

Take time to sit in silence. Reflect on how you’re feeling in your body. Write it down. Connect to your emotions. Just 10 min of meditation, prayer or MINDFULNESS per day has been shown to have profound effects on:

🌱 balancing hormones
🌱 improved focus and lengthen attention span
🌱 improved productivity
🌱 improved sense well-being
🌱 improved ability to connect with others
🌱 decrease anxiety
🌱 improved mood
🌱 awareness and improved emotional well-being
🌱 ability to react to stress
🌱 ability to utilize stress as an impetus for change and growth
🌱 self awareness
🌱 reduction in age related memory loss
🌱 ability to generate kindness
🌱 ability to overcome additions (substance abuse, food addictions, exercise addictions, people addictions, etc)
🌱 improved sleep
🌱 pain reduction
🌱 decrease blood pressure

What’s to come: ANNOUNCEMENT this week on details of our 8 week, in house, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction course let by professor ⚡️ Follow along so you don’t miss the deets!

Professor Dana Rose Garfin holds her phD in psychology and has written and published over 40 peer reviewed articles. She writes and presents for multiple nationally recognized media outlets including New York Times, BBC, NPR, US News, Psychology Today and more. She is a professor of public health at the University of California - Irvine. And we are lucky and honored to have her work with our community.

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TASTEFULLY TUESDAY 🍳

Study finds: high protein, low GI diet may reduce appetite 🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️

Start your day with a protein shake and see how you feel!!

⬇️ cravings
⬇️ net caloric consumption
⬆️ energy
Improved body composition 🆒

Need we say more??

Follow and for fun ways to change up your protein shake recipes!!

Rolling out a women’s specific program soon!!!

Where’s your favorite weekend FARMER’S MARKET?!

… and see you there 🌻

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