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Be Here Now Yoga: Yoga and More

Enjoy the variety of yoga classes and events at Be Here Now Yoga in Flemington this season. Start the year off with Jen Warakomski’s Relax, Renew and Restore Yoga class on January 4. The studio’s yoga and music series continues with Restorative Yoga to Live Cello, in which students enjoy the benefit of supported yoga poses designed to rejuvenate the body. The music-integrated classes also include a Yoga and Sound Meditation class with two time Grammy nominee, yoga professor and sound healer Dalien, aka 13 Hands. Dance with Esta Kaftan and enjoy Tibetan Singing Bowl sound meditations with Denise Mihalik, offered monthly. Additionally, Jeaninne Dietz is offering Yin, restorative and chakra workshops.

The studio offers 15 yoga classes each week, including a Kids Afterschool Yoga series and a Teen Yoga program. Other popular classes include Jin Shin Jyutsu, yoga nidra, Reiki training and reflexology. In the upcoming months, workshops about angels, doshas, and pranayama are scheduled. The book club returns in February, discussing Women, Food and God. Yoga for Cancer Care is held each Sunday afternoon and a mediation series and a tai chi series both start in January.

Be Here Now Yoga was created to bring owner Karen Walsh’s love of yoga to the community through affordable packages and a flexible schedule of events.

Location: Be Here Now Yoga, 63 Main St., Suite 202, Flemington. For more information, call 908-642-0989 or 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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