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Reinforce Your Commitment to Fabulous at Yoga Central

If better sleep, improved physical and psychological flexibility and peace of mind appeal to you, there is no time like the present to start on your path to total health. Benefits of yoga include improved focus, strength and fewer aches and pains. Yoga Central offers a variety of classes in a friendly supportive environment that can help you feel and be your best. Make the commitment to yourself to make 2015 your best year yet!

Attend the free “Choose Happiness” class with Beth Youmans, PhD/Life Coach on Saturday, January 24 from 11:30am-12:30pm, which serves as an introduction to the science of happiness and how to make it work for you. Positive Psychology teaches us that there are simple, effective and evidence-based ways to enhance your life. This workshop will teach you three effective methods to increase your life satisfaction. You will also have an opportunity to ask questions about the “Choosing Happiness” coaching program that can start you on your way to a richer more sparkling life. Please preregister.

Special: January 2-10 all brand new students get a 10% discount off the purchase of a 6-class card.

Location: Yoga Central, 953 Rt. 202 North, Branchburg. For more information, call 908-707-0759 or visit YogaCentralNJ.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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