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Dade City yoga studio honored for work with domestic violence victims

Posted: October 17, 2012 at 7:21 am


By Megan Hussey, Times Correspondent Megan HusseyTampa Bay Times In Print: Wednesday, October 17, 2012

DADE CITY

In her nine years of teaching the art of yoga, Nancy Hamory has heard plenty of positive affirmations from students who tell her they are now breathing, walking and living better.

Some of her highest praise, however, comes from the survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

"Some of them tell me that they haven't left the house in five or more years," said Hamory, 50, owner of Sun & Moon Yoga. "They haven't always felt safe at home. They feel safe here."

Through a special partnership with Sunrise of Pasco domestic and sexual violence center, Hamory has been offering free yoga classes to the agency's clients and staff members for the past few years. She'll be among the nine honorees recognized at a luncheon today for their efforts to help the victims of domestic violence.

"Our slogan is Know Your Peace," said Terri O'Brien, director of community education and Delta project coordinator at Sunrise. "We are honoring people who do their part to bring peace to the community."

Those free yoga classes help the victims through the healing process, said O'Brien.

"Sometimes, the victims of domestic violence and sexual assault feel like they're going crazy," said O'Brien. "We assure them that their mind is like a filing cabinet that has been turned over the information is still there, it just needs to be organized. Yoga helps them organize by enabling them to breathe and think more clearly, to release their stress. Yoga can help to pull them back together."

She said some clients even said the yoga reduced their need for pain medications and therapies. O'Brien has experienced those benefits first-hand.

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October 17th, 2012 at 7:21 am

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Top Five Soundtracks to Perform Yoga to on Halloween

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Yoga is great to perform all year round, but why not make it an exciting Halloween event by listening to spooky music and lighting festive candles? If you have children, make it a family event. Another great idea is to have a candlelight yoga party to celebrate this holiday. Try one or more of the following five soundtracks while you practice yoga this and every Halloween.

#1 "Tim Burton Corpse Bride Soundtrack"

Be sure to perform the corpse pose while listening to the "Tim Burton Corpse Bride Soundtrack." "Moon Dance" is one of many great songs on this soundtrack and would be an excellent time to move into half moon pose. Continue through the song by starting on one side, returning to a standing position and repeating on the other side. Continue this half moon yoga sequence throughout the song.

#2 "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: The 20th Anniversary Edition"

"E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Soundtrack" is perfect for performing yoga on Halloween since it has the song "The Magic Of Halloween." In addition, it has the song "Frogs" which makes it perfect for performing the frog pose or the half frog pose. The full frog brings both legs up, but there are other variations of this posture as well. Some look more like a traditional frog such as the laying down version or the frog pose for kids. Choose your jumping amphibian of choice or perform all of them while listening to this enchanting song.

#3 "Alice In Wonderland Soundtrack"

The "Alice In Wonderland Soundtrack" features music from the Disney and Tim Burton version of this movie. "The Cheshire Cat" song is a great one to perform the cat pose to. Get ready to fight off evil spirits by performing the Warrior I, II and III poses while listening to "Going To Battle."

#4 "Mirror Mirror Soundtrack"

The "Mirror Mirror" soundtrack has a great combination of magical music ("The Dwarves" and "Magic Potion") and haunting harmonies ("Mannequin Attack" and "Beast") to perform yoga to on Halloween.

#5 "Bram Stoker's Dracula: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack"

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October 17th, 2012 at 7:21 am

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Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream Program Provides Funding and Coaching for Small Businesses in Los Angeles

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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --The Boston Beer Company today announced that its Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream program is offering loans to small businesses in the Los Angeles area and will also offer its first speed coaching event for the region's small business community. With a focus on helping small food, beverage, craft brewing and hospitality business owners, Brewing the American Dream provides loans, coaching, mentoring, and educational resources to business owners who find it difficult to access the funds and guidance needed to start, sustain or grow their businesses.

While in the past only a handful of regions had access to the program, the 2012 national expansion of Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream, which was developed in partnership with non-profit micro-lender Accion, recently made available for the first time at least $1 million in new loans to recipients across the country. Additionally, in select cities such as Los Angeles it will also provide access to the initiative's high-impact one-on-one coaching activities, the first of which will be held on October 16 at the Grace E. Simons Lodge.

Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream has already provided close to $1.5 million of micro-financing to more than 150 businesses nationwide, and created or saved nearly 1,000 jobs. Food, beverage, craft brewing and hospitality small business owners can apply for loans ranging from $500 to $25,000 to be used for a variety of business purposes including expansion, equipment, and marketing, with all loan payments recycled back into the fund.

LA Supports Small Business Growth

"Small businesses are the backbone of our local economy," said Mayor Villaraigosa."Our office is proud to support Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream, in partnership with Accion and the VEDC, in their efforts to provide key assistance and networking to ensure the continued growth and success of small businesses."

According to Jim Koch, brewer and founder of Samuel Adams, the goal of the program is to work with the true small businesses in Los Angeles that are often viewed as too risky by traditional banks but who are at the forefront of job creation and growth within their local communities and where relatively modest loans and one-one-one coaching can have a meaningful impact.

"A large part of what differentiates our effort is our focus on offering in-depth expertise and advice in combination with small loans. We understand the challenges because we've been there; I've been there. From being turned down by banks 28 years ago when I was just starting out and desperately needed funding, to figuring out how to distribute my product, I know firsthand what these small business owners are going through, and sincerely believe that Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream can help them overcome many of their obstacles so they can be successful and grow."

Los Angeles' First BTAD Loan Recipients & Speed Coaching Event

As part of the Los Angeles expansion, Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream also announced the region's first loan recipients through VEDC, all of whom are small businesses that were unable to secure financing through traditional lenders. Initial LA recipients include:

The owners of each business will also have the opportunity to participate in the upcoming speed coaching seminar sponsored by Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream. The event is comprised of various Samuel Adams employees (i.e., from sales, graphic design, packaging-commerce , etc.) as well as local area experts who spend 20 minutes in a series of one-on-one sessions addressing specific problems and issues facing the participating small business owners. For example, an entrepreneur who has a question about pricing might meet with a finance expert who'll provide specific ideas and tools to help competitively position the product with potential customers.

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October 17th, 2012 at 7:18 am

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Carroll's new NFL coaching legacy in Seattle

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The most remarkable thing about Pete Carroll is not that he got a third chance to become an NFL head coach without winning a Super Bowl. The most remarkable thing is hes the third-oldest head coach in the league.

Take one look at Carroll and you dont think 61. Take a second look and you think theres a misprint in his bio.

If one watches the way he bounds around the field like a gazelle on uppers, unflaggingly joyous, he seems like a wild-eyed college coach rather than the stoic, joyless statues normally patrolling NFL sidelines. Although easily lampooned, it is refreshing to watch.

Carrolls approach has always been different. Hes as competitive as anyone in the game but realizes its still a game, not a war. He believes a team belongs to its players. They need direction and correction, but in the end, they have to be responsible for themselves and to each other.

That approach didnt seem to work with either the Jets or the Patriots. He was fired after one season in New York because the Jets did what no Jet can survive: starting fast (6-5) and ending badly (0-5).

He was fired after three mostly successful seasons in New England (27-21, two playoff appearances) because he made the mistake of following a legend, Bill Parcells. As Carroll would learn, it is better to be the man who follows the man who followed The Man than to be next in line behind a folk hero.

Parcells was all about East Coast edges. Carroll had rock music blaring from his office. The contrast was simply too much once the winning stopped.

Certainly the team declined on Carrolls watch. Things trended in the wrong direction not only year by year but season by season, as those teams started off fast (4-0, 4-1, 4-0) but finished slow (6-6, 5-6 and 4-8). Carroll had inherited a Super Bowl team, it was said, and coached it to mediocrity, but that is not totally accurate. Through no fault of his own, he lost Hall of Fame RB Curtis Martin to stubbornness on upper managements part after Carrolls first season. After that, the Patriots were not a Super Bowl team any more. They were a team in decline.

By the final game of his final season, he was starting only three of 27 players drafted by general manager Bobby Grier, a result not only of poor drafting but also selecting players who did not fit Carrolls approach.

One thing a coach must have is talent that fits him, both stylistically and strategically. If he likes tall corners, dont draft Chris Canty (a miniature cornerback the Patriots took No. 1 in 1997 who started only 12 games in four years before moving on to his lifes work).

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October 17th, 2012 at 7:18 am

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Dennis Erickson still coaching — at South Albany High School in Oregon

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The football game of impact this week is Oregon at Arizona State on Thursday night. That's for some people. The big game in Dennis Erickson's life will be South Albany at Woodburn.

That's in Oregon, where the former Seahawks coach hangs out a lot these days, helping his son Bryce coach high-school football at South Albany.

"It's been a lot of fun," Erickson said over the phone this week. "When you've been doing it 40-some years, it's kind of hard to turn it off."

So, 25 years after he coached Timm Rosenbach at Washington State; 20 years after he had Heisman Trophy winner Gino Torretta at Miami; 15 years after his quarterback was Warren Moon with the Seahawks ... and 11 months after he got fired at Arizona State, Erickson is back coaching offense again.

There's not a lot of media around, not a lot of boosters to appease.

"It's the purest part of coaching, to be honest with you," Erickson said. "I've enjoyed it."

While South Albany, a downtrodden program, is fighting through a 2-5 season, the talent Erickson and his staff helped assemble at Arizona State has helped the Sun Devils to a surprising 5-1 record.

After all these years, Erickson, 65, has a thick hide. He's realistic, even charitable, about his dismissal in Tempe. But still, it has to tug at him a little, seeing Todd Graham stress discipline and pull it all together, the year after Erickson seemed so close.

"He's taken that team and done a good job of doing what they do best," Erickson said. "He's done a heck of a job coaching."

Some of us were lulled by ASU's five-game fade at the end of last year and minimized what was on hand there. Erickson knew about defensive tackle Will Sutton, who leads the nation with 8 sacks. He knew about the quarterback, Taylor Kelly, and he knew defensive end Junior Onyeali suspended after a dustup with Erickson late last year could play.

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October 17th, 2012 at 7:18 am

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Positive Soccer Coaching: A Young Team's Life Lesson in Teamwork

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Life lessons are an important objective of the Positive Coaching Alliance. One important life lesson to teach young soccer players is the value of teamwork. The following story is about my U10 girls travel soccer team and their aha moment about teamwork.

Several years ago, my U10 girls team arrived at the field for their first practice of the year. They were a great group of kids. They worked hard and played with effort. But they didn't seem to rely on each other nearly enough. They didn't understand the importance of teamwork.

So I posed a simple challenge to them. I told them to keep a soccer ball off the ground for five straight minutes. And they had to do it like a team.

At first, the players thought it was an impossible task. They tried juggling the ball, but they were not skilled enough to juggle for that long. The ball randomly bounced around and eventually hit the ground. But they kept trying.

A few practices later, the players changed their strategy. This time, they selected the best three jugglers and let them try to keep the ball in the air while the others watched. This was a slight improvement, but the ball still found the ground. The players were frustrated. They said that only professionals could complete this challenge. Then I reminded them about teamwork.

Soccer is a team sport. Every player on the field is important. That's why teams are at such a disadvantage when a player is sent off. It takes an entire team (including substitutes) to win a game. This was the lesson I was teaching my players.

Midway through our fall season, the players had a breakthrough. At the start of practice, the players said, "Coach, we got it!" Without hesitation, the players formed a circle facing inwards and locked arms. They placed the ball in the center. One player flicked the ball up. Then all the players got very close together and raised their knees. The ball landed on their knees and remained off the ground for five minutes. The players stood their leaning on each other, huddled together. It was an amazing sight.

The players took a seemingly impossible task and made it easy with teamwork. These girls went on to become one of the most tight-knit teams in the league. They supported each other in great victories and tough losses. Although they will soon be off to college now, the girls have talked about organizing future reunion soccer events. And they're doing this without me, their coach. They're doing it as a team.

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Best Health Fitness Reviews — Your One-Stop Source Of Health and Fitness Information – Video

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October 17th, 2012 at 7:17 am

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Maryland Entrepreneur Launches Crowdfunding Campaign to Support his Revolutionary Fitness Product: the Ab Bed™

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An inventor from Landover, Maryland is leveraging crowdfunding to launch his new fitness machine, the Ab Bed. The Ab Bed allows a user to strengthen and rehabilitate their core muscles while reducing the risk of injury or reinjury to their back and neck. MedStartr.com, a new crowdfunding portal focused on the health and wellness space, provides the infrastructure and resources necessary to help this first-time entrepreneur to bring his product to market.

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The Ab Bed is a patented abdominal muscle toning machine designed to avoid placing any stress on the neck or back. Unlike other fitness devices, the Ab Bed allows patients rehabilitating from neck, back or spinal injury to rebuild strength without further injury. Mr. Durham, a physical trainer and bodybuilder, invented the device after suffering a back injury that prohibited normal exercise.

With the help of Right Start Consulting in Vienna, VA, Mr. Durham launched a crowdfunding campaign on MedStartr, a new healthcare crowdfunding website. When I envisioned how to best bring to market the Ab Bed, I struggled selecting the right channel. After working with the Right Start and MedStartr teams, I decided that the crowdfunding approach would yield the best results, stated Lorne Durham. Crowdfunding is an emerging method for inventors and entrepreneurs to launch their products ahead of a full production run. This method of market validation has become increasing important to the viral adoption of new and innovative products and services at a time when startup capital can be difficult to raise.

We are very pleased to work with the makers of the Ab Bed to get their first production run funded, stated CEO Alex Fair. Having set up and run a dozen Physical Therapy centers, I was very pleasantly surprised to see a new, well designed product that was priced reasonably and that has been shown to be effective for both fitness and rehabilitation purposes. We look forward to great things from this new company.

It took only five days to reach half of our fundraising objective! Mr. Durham stated emphatically when asked about the progress of his campaign. "I am obviously delighted with the progress so far."

The Ab Bed crowdfunding campaign runs through the month of October. For more information on the Ab Bed or to access the campaign website, please visit http://www.TheAbBed.com.

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DURHAM FITNESS INNOVATIONS, LLC is a leading fitness products company located in Landover, Maryland. The companys flagship product is the patented versatile abdominal bed, The Ab Bed. For more information about Durham Fitness Innovations or the Ab Bed, please call (301) 500-0531.

RIGHT START CONSULTING, INC. is a leading management and technology consulting firm focused on serving clients throughout their lifecycle, from new venture through mature operations and successful exit. Right Starts new business launch team provides early-stage companies the mentorship, resources and infrastructure required to successfully meet their individual milestones and reach sustained growth. For more information about Right Start Consulting, please visit us at http://www.RightStartConsulting.com or call 703-972-9147.

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October 17th, 2012 at 7:17 am

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10th annual Senior Health & Fitness Fair

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Special rates for membership at Loma Linda University Drayson Center; workshops, lectures, and screenings for health and fitness; and free goody bags are all on tap for participants in the upcoming Senior Health & Fitness Fair, hosted by Loma Linda University Drayson Center Senior Wellness Program.

The Senior Health & Fitness Fair, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, is set for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 24, at Loma Linda University Drayson Center, 25040 Stewart St., Loma Linda.

Participants in the free event may take advantage of: health and wellness lectures; aerobics and other fitness demonstrations; health service booths; health screenings, including blood pressure and cholesterol tests; massages by certified massage therapists; tours of the Loma Linda University Drayson Center; goody bags; and healthy refreshments.

In addition, during the hours of the fair only, attendees may take advantage of special, once-a-year Drayson Center membership rates.

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Health Startup's App Tracks What Ails You

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Thanks to Nike FuelBand, Fitbits, and BodyMedia devices, fitness enthusiasts can now obsessively track their exercise levels, calorie counts, and vital signs. That data is typically fed into an online dashboard that spits out health, diet, and fitness recommendations to help people reach specific goals, like weight loss.

Boston-based Healthrageous is trying to do the same thing, but for people with serious medical conditions that require daily monitoring, like diabetes or hypertension. For its disease-fighting efforts, the company has raised $6.5 million in a second round of funding from North Bridge Venture Partners, Long River Ventures and Egan-Managed Capital. That brings the companys total funding to $15 million.

Healthrageous is a self-management platform for managing behaviors that could lead to chronic disease, says CEO Rick Lee. Those behaviors include poor diet, lack of exercise, bad sleep habits, smoking, and drinking alcohol. The platform pulls in data from health records, mobile apps, and health devices, such as a blood sugar monitors or scales, to track important medical benchmarks. The information is fed into a dashboard viewable on smartphones and the web where both the patient and doctor can see crucial medical data. Doctors can then send medication reminders or suggest appointments, and patients get cues on what they can do to reach their health goals.

Healthrageous sells its service to health insurers and employers, who can use the platform to sign up their subscribers or employees. When someone joins Healthrageous, they answer a few questions about their lifestyle (how active they are, if they smoke or drink), and asked to set a goal, such as fit into certain dress size, or be able to play with their grandkids.

They then get a custom plan and a condition-specific medical device to reach that goal. Diabetic patients might receive a blood glucose monitor, those with hypertension get a blood pressure reader, and healthy adults are sent an accelerometer to count their steps. To keep people motivated to stick with their Heathrageous plan, the system coaches them with incentives and consistently reminds them about why they are trying to get healthy in the first place.

Currently, Healthrageous sends its own wireless biometric devices blood pressure meters, blood glucose monitors, scales, and accelerometers to patients, but the company is working toward a device-agnostic platform that can pull in data from any and all medical devices and health apps. The end goal is to combine every piece of data on your health and put it together in a meaningful way to let both you and your doctor know exactly whats going on and you make real changes for your health.

Getting healthy isnt just about your past medical history, says Lee. We can know more about you if tell us that you watch TV for five hours every night than if we just looked at your medical record.

Household service-booking startup Handybook has raised $2 million in seed funding from General Catalyst Partners, Highland Capital Partners and private investors. Deemed Uber for professionals, the site helps you find plumbers, electricians, house cleaners, painters, furniture assemblers, and other qualified professionals that you can book on-demand. Handybook pre-screens and background-checks each person and you can pay for your service online through the site.

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