Holistically Heal-Thy Self with Jess Pfeffer, Founder of Jess Pfeffer Holistic Event Planning

In today's episode, I connected with Shauna Rollf a food enthusiast + manager of a local farm in Loxahatchee, Fl. We talked about how nourishing it is to work in nature daily. Shauna shared with us the health benefits of mushrooms and some vegan dish ideas to use them. 

Shauna and her team are at weekly local farmer's markets in the season and are the only organic certified farm in the area. They pride themselves on the owner's story of healing himself with a raw vegan diet and changing his overall lifestyle when he and his wife opened their farm. 

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Ig @gratitudegardenfarm

In today's episode, I connected with Sucha Kumar, Founder of Live Blissed + Movement Fusion Instructor.

We talked about "finding her truth" with yoga being a foundation. She discusses the benefits of fasting(including mental clarity + skin improvements) and why it's so important to "live yoga, not just do yoga".

Sucha grew up practicing Indian classical dance, hiking, swimming but hated P.E. all through grade school. She thought fitness meant “running” and despised running! She eventually took her first group fitness class at 24-hour fitness when she was 16 (was too scared to be the only gal lifting weights in the gym) which really unleashed her curiosity for all types of training. She is a 500hr RYT but has been practicing yoga for 15+ years and has spent the past 12 years marrying herself to different sports/movement arts at months/years at a time to explore, experiment, and find purpose in the said style of training. This includes dance, swimming, basketball, weightlifting, HIIT, kickboxing, calisthenics with added variations of each movement modality.

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@primal.yogi 

@liveblissed

In today's episode, I connected with Ryann Morris, an Ayurvedic Chef and Nutritional Health Coach. We talked about her go-to spices and herbs(coriander, fennel, cumin, + turmeric), the importance of food combinations, + her mission to help you “eat your way to better health”. 

Ryann is a lover of nature, a mother, wife and best friend, cyclist, hula hooper, swimmer, and food enthusiast. She loves to create, be in the kitchen, dance, laugh, sing and feel the beat. Every day it is important for her to pause and to feel her surroundings, be silent and be rooted.

"Ayurveda is based on the belief that health and wellness depend on a delicate balance between the mind, body, and spirit. Its main goal is to promote good health, not fight disease. But treatments may be geared toward specific health problems."

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IG: @food_brilliance

In today's episode, I connected with Melissa Perlman, Founder + Ceo of BlueIvy Communications. Melissa doesn't only move fast in her career but also when she isn't working, she's a marathon runner. 

She has run half marathons and full marathons all over the world. Melissa shares how she prepares both physically and mentally before any race. She connects the importance of movement in her life to her overall well-being and recognizes the need to take breaks also. 

Melissa resides in Delray Beach, Florida. She has represented Team USA in the Maccabi Games in Israel three times (1997, 2013, 2017) and twice in Europe (2015, 2019). Melissa is currently Chair of all Endurance Sports for Team USA heading to the World Maccabi in 2022. She is also a Board Member of Maccabi USA, a founding member of the Maccabi USA Future Leaders Forum, and sits on the Friends of Brown Track & Field Executive Board. Melissa is a competitive marathon runner with goals of qualifying for the 2024 USA Olympic Trials.

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Ig @melrunsfast

In today's episode, I connected with Sara Green of Sara Green Consulting. We talked about how she became a health + wellness consultant after feeling empowered by giving natural childbirth. Sara shares the importance of "meeting people where they are at" and how functional movement can be used for all ages and abilities.  She offers one on one coaching and group fitness classes for private and corporate wellness needs. 

Sara Green is a wellness enthusiast with a passion for inspiring and educating others on a myriad of health and wellness topics including fitness, nutrition, mindfulness, self-care and functional movement. Sara’s work includes private client individual and group wellness programming, group fitness instruction, community engagement and education and corporate wellness. 

Ig: @Bewellandlivegood

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In today's episode, I connected with Montana Globerman, Founder + CEO of Montana Method. We talked about the importance of movement and her path to starting her own "method" of working out. Montana uses music to fuel these classes and has created a local following that started from her classes in her garage. She now shares it at her own studio and weekly at the hotel The Ray in downtown Delray Beach. Montana is a "lover of all things fitness, health, and wellness." trained in pilates and barre. 

Montana’s dedication to leading her life in a healthy, balanced way is nothing new. However, the passion and energy that teaching ignited within her has propelled her career and led her to define what we know today as THE MONTANA METHOD. Her 10 years of teaching pilates and other barre methods have given her a solid foundation in technique and movement. When that was overlaid with her love of music and the energy it brings, a new style was born. This new approach to fitness hones in on the collaboration of music and movement, creating a space where you are energized to move your body, pushing it to new limits in a way that leaves you feeling accomplished with a positive outlook on the day.

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Ig @ the_montana_method

In today's episode, I connected with Leslie Glickman Owner of Yoga Journey. We talked about the various styles of yoga she teaches, what brought her to being a yoga teacher and studio owner, and her perspective on what "yoga" is. Leslie is a great role model in the yoga community not only for what she teachers in her studio but the variety of programs, global retreats, and free offerings she has in South Florida. Leslie reminds us all to "Pause, Breathe, Notice, Feel" a great tool to carry with us and a way to stay mindful in this current world we are living in. 

Leslie has been literally living and breathing yoga for almost three decades. An entrepreneur and owner of Yoga Journey Studio, which is the hub of all things yoga for her thriving community in South Florida. Leslie travels the world leading retreats and has been a teacher of teachers for over twenty years, a national presenter, guest speaker, and community leader, she has been featured on CBS and ABC News as well as many magazines and newspapers.

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Ig @leslieglickman

@yogajourneystudio

In today's episode, I connected with Adrian Molina, Founder of Warrior Flow Foundation. 

Adrian Molina has been teaching yoga since 2004, with an extensive worldwide following through his platform and school of yoga, Warrior Flow. Adrian is also a writer, meditation teacher, sound therapist, End-of-Life Doula, Mental Health First Aid facilitator, ambassador for Accessible Yoga and Yoga for All, and soon to be a TCTSY facilitator. 

Adrian is recognized as a community organizer and founder of The Warrior Flow Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit that brings the benefits of movement, therapeutic and accessible yoga, mindfulness, and stress reduction tools to schools, shelters, hospitals, police, first responders, and hospice care. He is also the co-founder of Warrior Flow TV, an online video platform that makes fitness and yoga accessible to anyone, anywhere, anytime.

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@warriorflowofficial

@warriorflowfoundation

In today's episode, I connected with Jacqueline Burbage also known as Jax.  We talked about her struggle with depression and the use of alcoholism, and how yoga found her which became her most effective tool. 

In 2008 she was certified as a 200HR RYT Yoga Teacher. She started teaching immediately. Over the next decade, she dove deeply in the studies of yoga and other modalities.  Some of those include Yin and Restorative Yoga, Trauma-Informed Yoga and she is currently studying in a Yoga Therapy program.

She learned with yoga and mindfulness that to live completely in a healthy way she also needed to apply that "food is medicine". And was given an opportunity to open up the first organic cold-pressed juice bar in a small beach town of Delray Beach, FL.

Even though she had the tools, she was still miserable. She experienced feelings of depression again, confusion, and a divorce. 

Her The InBody Journey was born this past year as she continues to learn ways that mindfulness can help her "serve the community" as she always has intended to do. 

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Ig @theinbodyjourney

Hi! My name is Jess Pfeffer and I am the Founder of Real Connections SoFla, a holistic talent agency, wellth advisor, and conscious event planner.

As a wellth advisor, it is my passion and mission to share holistic experts with the community. With so many health and wellness options out there I wanted to narrow it down for you to make living a healthier lifestyle a bit more accessible. 

For anyone who wants to improve their mental, physical or spiritual health but isn't sure where to start I hope these episodes will leave you with easy-to-follow tips, tools, and techniques. 

Over the years of reading and experiencing holistic practitioners from reiki, yoga, to qi gong and acupuncture, there is one thing that always stood out. It's about finding the practice that works for you and sticking to it!