December, 2008
2009: Resolve to Look Ahead with Positivity
31 Dec 2008 ~ 2 Comments ~ Categories: blog • mind • wellness
Here’s an inspired twist on making New Year’s resolutions: Over the next few days (or even on New Year’s Eve – why not?) take time out to meditate on where you’d like to see yourself by the end of 2009. Envision changes you’re eager to make in all of the different areas of your life [...]
Wallet-Friendly IO Spa Yoga Lounge Memberships
30 Dec 2008 ~ 1 Comment ~ Categories: blog • body • face • yoga
We’ve offered IO Spa and Yoga Memberships since we opened in May 2002 but now more than at any time since we’ve been in business, personal wellness is even more critical and needed. Stressful times require special measures to keep us healthy, happy and sane. As an antidote for these times, we introduce our new [...]
Holiday Gifts That “Do a Body Good”
22 Dec 2008 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • products • yoga
This year my family agreed only to give one another gifts that fit the following criteria: You can eat it. You can read it. It’s homemade. It does a body good. These gift-giving guidelines were a good and worthy challenge. Needless to say, I’m still working on a photo collage for my brother (oops, don’t [...]
This Holiday Season…Take Time for Number One
17 Dec 2008 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • face • mind • wellness
This time of year it’s so darned easy to get pulled into the holiday momentum in a not so healthy way. Are you feeling obligated to attend every last get-together while simultaneously crunching in work deadlines, shopping for gifts amidst the retail mayhem, hosting family, hanging decorations and trying to do it with a tighter [...]
Say YES to Yoga for Stress Relief and Problem Solving
10 Dec 2008 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • body • yoga
They say we all hold our stress somewhere in our body – our hips, our neck…our brain. Maybe all these places. What happens when I get on my mat and practice yoga, is that the stress energy starts to dissipate. I reconnect to my physical self. I remember again that the breath moving in and [...]
Massage: An Essential, Not a Luxury
04 Dec 2008 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • body • wellness
In trying economic times it’s comforting to remember that there is one possession that no one can take away from you: your own body. The better care you take of your “vessel”, as the ancient eastern traditions called it, the richer you will ultimately be in spirit and soul. This time of year, it’s so [...]
