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Be Here Now Yoga Opens in Flemington

Be Here Now Yoga, a new studio in downtown Flemington, is striving to make yoga accessible for everyone. The studio offers more than a dozen yoga classes each week, including Gentle Yoga, Yoga for Beginners, Vinyasa Flow and Restorative Yoga. Additionally, there are a variety of other health and wellness offerings each month, including Tai Chi, Sunset Sound Meditation with Tibetan Singing Bowls and a monthly Reiki Share. 

The studio also offers teacher training, including teaching yoga to people with chronic illnesses and workshops on wellness and nutrition. The studio accommodates private parties, small groups and team building activities. 

Owner Karen Walsh opened Be Here Now Yoga to bring her love of yoga to the community, while making the practice of yoga more accessible through a flexible schedule of events and packages affordable to all. Whether you are a beginner or have been practicing for years, Be Here Now Yoga can help you on your journey to find balance in your life. 

Location: 63 Main St., Flemington. For information, visit BeHereNowYoga108.com.

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Tick Talk

Spring officially sprung on March 21. We have turned our clocks ahead. We are looking forward to warm winds, sunny skies and the smell of fresh cut grass. The daffodils and tulips have recently bloomed and we are just starting with the yard work that comes with the warmer weather.  Sadly, another season has started ramping up.  Tick season.

•             The best form of protection is prevention. Educating oneself about tick activity and how our behaviors overlap with tick habitats is the first step.

•             According to the NJ DOH, in 2022 Hunterdon County led the state with a Lyme disease incidence rate of 426 cases per 100,000 people. The fact is ticks spend approximately 90% of their lives not on a host but aggressively searching for one, molting to their next stage or over-wintering. This is why a tick remediation program should be implemented on school grounds where NJ DOH deems high risk for tick exposure and subsequent attachment to human hosts.

•             Governor Murphy has signed a bill that mandates tick education in NJ public schools. See this for the details.  Tick education must now be incorporated into K-12 school curriculum. See link:

https://www.nj.gov/education/broadcasts/2023/sept/27/TicksandTick-BorneIllnessEducation.pdf

•             May is a great month to remind the public that tick activity is in full swing. In New Jersey, there are many tickborne diseases that affect residents, including Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Powassan, and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis.

•             For years, the focus has mainly been about protecting ourselves from Lyme disease. But other tick-borne diseases are on the rise in Central Jersey. An increase of incidence of Babesia and Anaplasma are sidelining people too. These two pathogens are scary because they effect our blood cells. Babesia affects the red blood cells and Anaplasma effects the white blood cells.

•             Ticks can be infected with more than one pathogen. When you contract Lyme it is possible to contract more than just that one disease. This is called a co-infection. It is super important to pay attention to your symptoms. See link.

https://twp.freehold.nj.us/480/Disease-Co-Infection

A good resource from the State:

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/tickborne.shtml

 

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