Reducing Holiday Stress, Simple Gifts - Spiral Eye News Dec. 2010

Spiral Eye Newsletter December 2010
A service of Blind Faith Bodywork, Sue Redding, LMT

In This Issue -

Tips for Reducing Holiday Stress
Simple Gifts
Smile

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What Love Means to a Child

A group of professional people asked a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, "What does love mean?"

One child said,
"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen."

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Tips for Reducing Holiday Stress

Why do many people feel so much stress this time of year?
We may dwell on what went wrong on past holidays, or our romanticized memories are impossible to re-create.

Stay healthier and happier this season -
Enjoy the present and lighten your expectations, especially of yourself.

Easing up on yourself over the holidays can reduce your risk of:
- Anxiety, depression, and insomnia
- More pain from arthritis, back pain, and muscle spasms
- Heart disease
- Skin conditions
- Digestive disorders

More on WebMD:Holiday Stress Tips
http://www.webmd.com/balance/stress-management/features/tips-for-reducing-holiday-stress

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"There are times when forgetting can be just as important as remembering and even more difficult." Carol P. Christ

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Simple Gifts

Help the people you care about Stay healthier and happier.
Treat them to a gift of relaxing massage therapy…

Save $10 on all gifts of an hour or more -
Only $50 for an hour, $75 for an hour and a half.

(Offer expires 4pm Tuesday, Dec. 21.

Pay securely via PayPal –
Use your Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or PayPal account.

Cash and personal checks also gratefully accepted.
You can arrange to pick up gifts at my office, or I can email you a printable PDF.
Contact me for details by phone at 503-235-4839 or by email at Sue@SueRedding.com.

Coming Soon - Downloadable Gift Certificates

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Smile

Listen to a version of Jingle Bells that always makes me smile...
YouTube - Frank Sinatra -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p07T4dlw2cc

Have a happy and healthy holiday season!

Namaste,
Sue Redding

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Content of this newsletter is for information only and is not intended as medical advice. Please consult your health-care practitioner.

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Just Breathe: Body Has A Built-In Stress Reliever

Breathing can have a profound impact on our physiology and our health.

There are plenty of ways to relieve stress — exercise, a long soak in a hot bath, or even a massage. But believe it or not, something you're doing right now, probably without even thinking about it, is a proven stress reliever: breathing.

As it turns out, deep breathing is not only relaxing, it's been scientifically proven to affect the heart, the brain, digestion, the immune system — and maybe even the expression of genes.

In India, breath work called pranayama is a regular part of yoga practice. Yoga practitioners have used pranayama, which literally means control of the life force, as a tool for affecting both the mind and body for thousands of years.

Listen to the Story from NPR (about 4 min.):
Just breathe...
or copy and paste into your web browser, then click on "Listen to the Story":
http://www.npr.org/2010/12/06/131734718/just-breathe-body-has-a-built-in-stress-reliever