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Embodied Heart, Sensual Soul: JourneyDance International Event

On Saturday, February 11, from 6 to 9pm, participants will be gathering in Princeton to experience an Embodied Heart, Sensual Soul JourneyDance International Event. JourneyDance teachers Joy Okoye and Arielle Wortzel will fuse their energy across the miles to create a international dance event!

The JourneyDance experience is designed to empower the community, create connection and to celebrate life. JourneyDance is a dynamic, transformational practice that combines guided and freestyle movement to help you get out of your mind, get into your bodies and release that which no longer serves. We embody our temples on an evocative soul ride through the flow of experiential movement and the power of sound. We liberate ourselves on this spiritual and emotional journey that inspires uninhibited free expression of the Self. In this hypnotic container, our minds become clear and free, our outlook becomes more positive, our bodies become more fluid, energized and powerful. JourneyDance calls us to heal, get physical and connect with our inner resources to step into our highest potential, reconnecting us with our innate states of joy, well being and pleasure.

JourneyDance acts as a catalyst for you to celebrate the magnificence of your body and life. We encourage self-trust, self-approval, and divine knowledge. A participant expressed, “Through JourneyDance, I was able to connect with my soul which gave me the strength to love myself and to forgive myself and others.” The cost for the workshop is $35 in advance, $40 at the door.

Location: Princeton Integral Yoga Community Center, 301 N Harrison Street, Building A, Suite 1E, Princeton. To register, call Joy Okoye at 609-977-2504 or email [email protected]. JourneyDance.org/feb11/.

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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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