New business combines yoga and artwork
Posted: October 12, 2012 at 11:20 pm
Sheryl Light and Thomas Slattery pose in their new business, Open Studio.
WILMINGTON | Open Studio, a yoga and healing art studio, has opened on Military Cutoff Road, offering yoga , creative classes in drama and writing and even one-on-one life coaching.
The realized dream of artists Sheryl Light and Thomas Slattery, Open Studio is most definitely out of the box.
Sheryl Light was born and raised in Boston and graduated from art school with a degree in Fine Art. Mother of three boys, Light nurtured her passion for painting and became a certified yoga instructor and life coach.
California native Thomas Slattery spent more than a decade as a professional dancer, working in Paris and New York, before discovering yoga and settling on the East Coast.
As well as being a dancer and a yogi, Slattery is also a talented sculptor working with bronze, steel and
stone.
Merging their artistic visions and shared love of yoga, Slattery and Light co-create unique paintings, inspired by their focus on mind/body connection.
The innovative pair established their own art company 12 years ago called Cross Your Toes. It hosts their artwork and offers tailor-made paintings.
They meet with clients and collect stories from their lives, then work those details into the abstract painting. There may be an anniversary date hidden in the background or a favorite color dominating the image, the pair said.
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Legendary coach speaks
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Wyat Taylor/The Daily EvergreenCoach Herman Boone delivers a speech to the students Wednesday in the CUB's senior ballroom.
Inspirational football coach Herman Boone shared life lessons he learned while coaching the famous 1971 Titans to a crowded CUB Senior Ballroom on Wednesday night.
Boone, whose life was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the movie Remember the Titans, spoke to the students not only about the game of football and the movie, but also everything he learned from the team.
These young boys called the Titans broke the mold in Virginia, Boone said. They took risks and showed the world that they were not afraid to take the plunge for what they believed in. By doing so they created trust among themselves, and that trust became respect, and that respect became the emotional glue that binds that football team together then, and today.
Boone made the audience laugh with his stories of the Titians, including some of the differences between real life and the movie. He told the crowd that he did not make the team run through the swamps of Gettysburg at 3 a.m. but in fact had them ride the bus there at 9 p.m.
Boone spoke on other subjects, such as his marriage, and touched some students in ways they did not expect.
People, I think, expected a lot about football, and about leadership and education, and just the typical things that you were taught in the movie, said Avery Hutcherson, a senior digital technology major who attended the lecture. But I think the thing that stood out to me the most was when he spoke about his wife. Marriage isnt a normal thing anymore. It's not a sacred pack between a man and a woman. The way that he spoke about his wife, saying that he was married to her for 49 years, and how he couldnt wait to wake up every morning just to make her laugh, was probably one of the sweetest things every woman and man needs to hear.
Another aspect of Boones lecture that left a mark with students was his approach on how to gain respect from others. Boone emphasized creating dialogue between different cultures and creating trust.
I think that is something that will stick with me throughout my time here at WSU and throughout my life, about opening up and creating that dialogue with someone that you dont know, or with someone that you dont like, and learning to gain that respect, said Christina Turner, a senior communication major.
Boone advised students to never back down in the face of adversity.
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Can One Weekend Change Your Life?
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CAMBRIA, Calif., Oct. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ --60% of the professional workforce wants dramatic change in how they earn an income; 30% of the workforce is retiring over the next decade and want to continue working part-time doing "something"; and there are a growing number of stay-at-home parents that are challenged with "reinventing themselves" to begin their own careers.
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Catherine Borders, a 20 year HR professional and an expert on talent acquisition and career development has a solution for the growing number of professionals looking for transformational change in their work lives. "These individuals want far more than just a new job they want significant change in their work lives, to improve the overall quality of their lives," says Borders. To assist them with this, Ms. Borders explains that while traditional outplacement is not able to focus on the very personal obstacles preventing these individuals from creating the alternative work lives they so deeply desire, Career Transformations is specifically geared to address these important matters.
Career Transformations is an intensive three day workshop designed to provide participants with the tools they need to create a blueprint to map their professional transition. Class time, one on one coaching, and plenty of practical guidance are designed specifically for those thinking of new businesses, careers or entirely new directions in their work lives.
Participants will receive information regarding entrepreneurship, self-marketing, personal needs assessments, networking for ongoing support and success, life plans/coaching, and creating a roadmap for success. Participants provide pre-work to the panel of experts prior to the seminar so that their experience can be customized to meet their own unique circumstances. Class size is limited to ensure substantial one-on-one interactive coaching with the panel of experts experts in career coaching, marketing, business, human resources, staffing, starting a business, and much more. Each participant receives a career road map and action plan as to the next steps in making their new life a concrete reality.
A conference is being held November 9 11, 2012, in scenic Morro Bay. For registration information call 805-203-5345.
Career Transformations is dedicated to providing expert advice to those individuals seeking professional and personal success through transformation.
Media Contact: Catherine Borders Career Transformations, 805-203-5345, cborders@careertransformations.org
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Tony O’Rourke – Health and Fitness Coach – Video
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Living Fuel Founder & CEO Is Featured Speaker At The World Golf Fitness Summit In Orlando Saturday – KC Craichy: The …
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Orlando, FL (PRWEB) October 12, 2012
Craichy serves on the Nutrition Advisory Board for Titleist Performance Institute and advises elite trainers and top professional and collegiate golfers how the right nutritional choices can improve their health and their game.
The World Golf Fitness Summit is a three-day educational conference for passionate professionals of golf, fitness, and medicine. Craichy, who is an expert in performance nutrition, will speak to hundreds of professional golfers and trainers from across the country and around the world about The Science of Recovery Made Simple.
Craichy, who has been a guest on hundreds of radio and television programs and is co-host of LivingFuelTV, is looking forward to the opportunity to share natural health and performance insights with attendees at the World Golf Fitness Summit.
"It is always a pleasure to speak to the TPI group of elite trainers and players, Craichy said. They really get that nutrition can make them and their clients better at the game they play and the game of life!"
The biennial World Golf Fitness Summit is in its fourth showing. The last Summit in Orlando in 2010 brought together more than 500 golf health and fitness professionals from 18 countries. This years Summit is expected to draw more than 600 participants and bring together a dedicated community to examine what it calls the Practical Application for Performance.
KC Craichy is a health advocate, researcher, and recognized expert on natural health and performance nutrition. His extensive study of leading-edge health research and collaborative work with top medical and nutritional practitioners and researchers to solve his wife Monicas health problemsanxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughtsled him to the answers for Monicas healing and to the founding of Living Fuel, Inc. As a result of overcoming this health crisis, KC and Monica have helped numerous people become overcomers in their own health situations. Together they are now cohosts of the popular Internet TV program LivingFuelTV.
KC is committed to changing lives through multimedia, super health lifestyle education combined with super healthy, high impact superfoods. He also serves on the Nutrition Advisory Board for Titleist Performance Institute as well as on the Clinical Nutrition Review Board (the certifying body of the International and American Association of Clinical Nutrition). A frequent natural health and performance nutrition guest on various TV and radio programs as well as a frequent contributor to national magazines and blogs, KC lives in Orlando, Florida, with his wife, Monica, and their five children.
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If Texas Bans Planned Parenthood, The Fallout May Be Huge
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They say things are bigger in Texas, and apparently its true. The state may suffer a whopping $6 million loss if Planned Parenthood clinics are no longer part of the Womens Health Program, and tens of thousands of women could be without care.
Thats the word from a George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services report that analyzed the fallout from a Republican-led plan to kick Planned Parenthood out of the states Womens Health Program. The program, a family planning and health system that started in 2005, is run under a waiver from Medicaid and serves about 100,000-plus low-income women.
In a broader perspective, its a little sad to me that not very long ago, there had been a political compromise about family planning a birth control services, with conservatives and liberals agreeing that it was a good thing to help women take control of their reproductive choices and also decrease the need for abortions, Leighton Lu, director of the schools Center for Health Policy Research told TakePart.
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Within the year that social contract has appeared to unravel, and there have been stronger attacks on family planning and birth control. I thought this was something everyone could agree on.
The Womens Health Program offers birth control and basic screenings for illnesses such as diabetes and cancer. It has always excluded institutions that offer abortions, and the Planned Parenthood clinics that were part of the program didnt provide them, so they were allowed in.
But according to the Austin American-Statesman, in February of this year state officials made a new rule saying that healthcare providers that were even associated with organizations that provided or promoted abortions were to be excluded.
Medicare and Medicaid decided this wasnt in line with existing laws that allowed women to choose their own healthcare providers, so they yanked the funding, which constituted 90 percent of the budget for the Womens Health Program with them.
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The state said it would continue backing the program with state money. However, two lawsuits ensued: Texas is suing the federal government, and a number of Planned Parenthood affiliates are suing the state of Texas.
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Health and fitness agenda: Global Handwashing Day
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Coming up, Global Handwashing Day -- a large-scale public health initiative designed to get kids to properly scrub their hands -- happens on October 15. Meanwhile, Palm Springs, California, readies for the annual Inner IDEA, where topics of yoga and natural health are on the table.
Global Handwashing Day 2011 October 15 Worldwide
This annual event is designed to promote handwashing with soap, the most effective and inexpensive way to prevent diarrheal and acute respiratory infections, which take the lives of millions of children in developing countries every year. This year, more than 200 million people are involved in celebrations in more than 100 countries around the world. http://www.globalhandwashingday.org Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=562UaxmY1Cw
Inner IDEA October 25-28 Palm Springs, California
Inner IDEA marks its seventh annual event centered on mind, body and spirit wellness. The international professional event is designed for health and fitness professionals with sessions based on integrative health and wellness, including 100+ interactive sessions. Yoga teacher Max Strom is this year's keynote speaker. http://www.ideafit.com/inneridea
Ojai Yoga Crib Ojai Valley, California, USA October 25-28
This major event in Southern California draws thousands of yogis and elite teachers such as Erich Schiffman, Patricia Sullivan and Jason Crandell. Expect morning meditations, daytime workshops and evening kirtan sessions. http://www.lulubandhas.com/yoga/crib
World Diabetes Day (WDD) November 14 Worldwide
WDD, created by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the World Health Organization in 1991, takes place annually to bring greater awareness to diabetes and its control. http://www.worlddiabetesday.org
International Men's Day November 19 Worldwide
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Gainesville Health & Fitness founder Cirulli honored in Las Vegas
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Published: Friday, October 12, 2012 at 2:20 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 12, 2012 at 2:20 p.m.
Joe Cirulli, founder and CEO of Gainesville Health & Fitness Center, received a lifetime achievement award Thursday from Club Industry magazine during the Club Industry Conference and Exposition in Las Vegas.
In announcing the award, Club Industry noted that Cirulli opened his first club with three employees in a 1,500-square-foot space above a bank and today has three locations with 400 employees and 28,000 members.
Joe Cirulli is one of the biggest success stories in our industry, Pamela Kufahl, editor-in-chief, said in a news release. And despite becoming successful in this industry, he continues to hold true to his mission of helping to make his community of Gainesville one of the healthiest cities in America. He has not felt the need to franchise his concept and expand beyond his community, but he welcomes club operators from other communities into his club to share his expertise with them. That desire to serve his community and to serve the fitness industry makes him the perfect choice for our award this year.
The Wellness Councils of America gave Gainesville a Gold Well City USA Award in 2003 after GHFC teamed with Shands and the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce to recruit businesses to participate in health and wellness efforts.
Cirulli is the 10th recipient of the award, joining such past winners as television fitness guru Jack LaLanne, Golds Gym and World Gym founder Joe Gold and Jazzercise founder Judi Sheppard Missett.
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The Forum: Kobe’s Retirement Plan – Video
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Six Ways to Bear-Proof Your Retirement
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Following the news that bull markets make people more likely to retire -- and that doing so can put their future finances in danger -- it's important for savers to review how market returns can affect their retirement planning.
On one hand, it's understandable why more retire during strong market conditions: People have a retirement savings target in mind, and bull markets can help more people reach those targets. The problem is, given the normal cycles of market returns, retiring at a peak could leave you vulnerable to the next bear market.
Ideally, you shouldn't let recent returns influence your retirement planning too much. Keep these six things in mind when a run of good returns has you thinking you should retire a little early.
1. Don't skimp on contributions if you get ahead of target
When market returns are strong, people tend to feel they can skip contributing to their retirement plans, because those returns seem to be adding to the portfolio fast enough. Market returns need to be viewed as cyclical, so good returns one year may have to make up for disappointing returns the next. Meanwhile, savings rates should be based on your long-term needs, not the current value of your portfolio.
2. Remember that an early retirement requires more funding
If you hit your retirement savings target a little early, you might need a higher target to account for the fact that if you retire early, you'll have to live off those savings for a longer time.
3. Be sure to account for low interest rates
One of the biggest changes in retirement assumptions in recent years is the fact that interest rates, from bank rates to bond yields, are nowhere near their historical norms. That means it takes a bigger portfolio to produce an adequate amount of retirement income.
4. Don't retire as soon as your portfolio reaches your target