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RYT-200 Yoga Teacher Training in January

After settling into the fall routine, we quickly shift to preparing for the holidays. It’s important to take time for yourself during this often-stressful time. Be Here Now Yoga will be offering a Registered Yoga Alliance Teacher Training program starting in January. Like many teacher trainings, the course will include asana, pranayama, meditation, anatomy, history of yoga and teaching methodology. Unique to their training is the emphasis on teaching the “over-50 crowd,” who are either new to yoga or returning after a long hiatus. The training will include units devoted to chair yoga, restorative yoga, and how to teach both true beginners and the ever-growing population of older yoga students.

Karen Walsh, owner of Be Here Now Yoga, is a RYT-500 and E-RYT 200. In 2016, Karen completed her Prime of Life Yoga (POLY) training. POLY has had the strongest influence in Karen’s teachings as she recognizes the challenges faced as we hit our Prime of Life. She has lived with Multiple Sclerosis for 22 years and has numerous spine issues. Instead of focusing on what her body can’t do, she celebrates what she can do and brings her love of yoga to the students she teaches.

Karen has cultivated a learning environment that focuses on finding the voice and eyes of the teacher before taking the seat of the teacher on the mat. Yoga and meditation promote health, wellness and healing. Take the time to deepen your practice in the new year.

Location: Be Here Now Yoga, 63 Main Street, Suite 202, Flemington. To learn more, call Karen at 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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