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VibeWell Yoga Festival Will Rock Your Asana

Sep 30, 2019 01:20PM ● By Kristy Mayer

In 2017, the NJ Yoga Collective was founded by Bridget Riepl, who spent years wishing that an all-inclusive destination existed where teachers, students and studios could connect, get inspired, support each other, discover new styles and unite. She wanted to bring people together from all walks of life for the same central purpose: yoga. The VibeWell Yoga Festival will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., on October 27, in Asbury Park. The festival offers a unique vibration that has consistently inspired creative collaboration, artistic evolution, empowered expression and a non-judgmental lifestyle grounded in universal loving-kindness. 

The VibeWell Yoga Festival is an epic experience and opportunity to spend a full day in an environment that fosters love, compassion and connection with likeminded people who bring their own unique perspective to the practice.

Their classes range from musically inspired jam sessions to deeply emotional releases, with workshops mixed in between, where participants will break down poses, up-level their anatomy game and feel empowered to move with greater attention, awareness and freedom. Turn your 2019 VibeWell Festival experience into a two-day immersion by adding on extra time with healing expert Jillian Pransky and renowned photographer Robert Sturman. Customize the day with a soul nourishing schedule that will engage the muscles, mind and the capacity to make magic. 

For more information, visit VibeWellYogaFestival.com.

In-Print Yoga News Briefs New Jersey October 2019 Yoga Festival Asbury Park
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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