Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics

Jessica Labbe worked in Radio for 15 years, but the constant stress she was under was ruining her health and well-being. She started practicing yoga to cope, and eventually retired from Radio to concentrate on her health. When she moved from Vermont back to New Hampshire, she enrolled in a yoga teacher training program with YOGA New Hampshire. She is also certified to teach ChildLight Yoga, Yin Yoga and yoga therapy. She has a yoga studio in Manchester New Hampshire called Jeca Yoga where she and 6 other yogis offer classes that help achieve gentle restoration through yoga movement.

Alia Thabit first started dancing when she was sixteen, when she attended a belly dance class just down her street in Brooklyn NY. These classes sparked a passion that would inspire her for the next for decades. Alia has danced on three continents, six countries, and fifteen states, and presented seminars with international stars.

In 2007 she discovered Sufi Master Dunya McPherson, who taught meditation through dance which brought a whole new level of spiritual connection to her dance. She teaches dancers to listen to their body, and promote healing through the power of breath, Oriental dance, and intuitive movement.

Alia Thabit first started dancing when she was sixteen, when she attended a belly dance class just down her street in Brooklyn NY. These classes sparked a passion that would inspire her for the next for decades. Alia has danced on three continents, six countries, and fifteen states, and presented seminars with international stars.

In 2007 she discovered Sufi Master Dunya McPherson, who taught meditation through dance which brought a whole new level of spiritual connection to her dance. She teaches dancers to listen to their body, and promote healing through the power of breath, Oriental dance, and intuitive movement.

Valerie Lopata began training for the Pilates Method of Body Conditioning in 1998. In 2001 she received her certification and opened her studio, Bodywise Pure Pilates. She has continued her pilates education and most recently was one of five certified Pilates instructors to be chosen to work under Alycea Ungaro of Real Pilates NYC in 2013. Valerie brings with her 17 years of experience working with clients young and old, from professional dancers and athletes to those new to fitness programs.

Valerie Lopata began training for the Pilates Method of Body Conditioning in 1998. In 2001 she received her certification and opened her studio, Bodywise Pure Pilates. She has continued her pilates education and most recently was one of five certified Pilates instructors to be chosen to work under Alycea Ungaro of Real Pilates NYC in 2013. Valerie brings with her 17 years of experience working with clients young and old, from professional dancers and athletes to those new to fitness programs.

Jenny Lelwica Buttaccio, OTR/L, is an Occupational Therapist and certified Pilates instructor whose life was transformed by Lyme Disease, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Interstitial Cystitis. She is creator of the DVD, New Dawn Pilates: pilates-inspired exercises adapted for people with pelvic pain. Jenny is a health and wellness advocate and blogger who writes about her personal healing journey with the support of her husband, Tom, and two senior beagles, Seven and Caylie. Her work can also be seen online at Mind Body Green, Lupus Chick, Suffering the Silence and as an exercise contributor in the book The Proactive Patient by Gaye and Andrew Sandlar.

From her blog Lymeroad.com

Jenny Lelwica Buttaccio, OTR/L, is an Occupational Therapist and certified Pilates instructor whose life was transformed by Lyme Disease, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Interstitial Cystitis. She is creator of the DVD, New Dawn Pilates: pilates-inspired exercises adapted for people with pelvic pain. Jenny is a health and wellness advocate and blogger who writes about her personal healing journey with the support of her husband, Tom, and two senior beagles, Seven and Caylie. Her work can also be seen online at Mind Body Green, Lupus Chick, Suffering the Silence and as an exercise contributor in the book The Proactive Patient by Gaye and Andrew Sandlar.

From her blog Lymeroad.com

Dan De Lion is an Earth Herbalist, Forager, Musician, and Teacher dedicated to working with Nature. He teaches through Return to Nature, providing classes, lectures, and seminars on wild food foraging, mushroom identification, herbal medicine making, as well as primitive and survival skills with a focus on wild foods and forest medicines.

Dan grew up in a life full of exposure to plants in the herb and vegetable garden which his mother grew. He began mushroom hunting at 20 years old, and soon realized that wild plants could also be foraged, and received his formal herbalist training in 2010 from Heart Stone herbal school in Van Etten, NY. That same year, he started his business Return to Nature as a vehicle for sharing his passion for herbal medicine and his outreach to build a community with a deeper expression of Nature as a continual and abundant provider of nourishment, medicine and spiritual connection.

In his herbal and spiritual explorations, he has also traveled across the world, to India, South America, and many places in the United States seeking and sitting with teachers and guides who have deeply expanded his knowledge about herbal healing, deeper perspectives on causes of illness, and working in respect with the natural world. Teaching with a deep passion to inspire children and adults alike to return to nature and remember that there is deep treasure around each and every corner of life, Dan teaches through hands on mentoring with focus on engaging the senses in and with nature to create and bridge a deep connection to the earth and our immediate surroundings

Dan De Lion is an Earth Herbalist, Forager, Musician, and Teacher dedicated to working with Nature. He teaches through Return to Nature, providing classes, lectures, and seminars on wild food foraging, mushroom identification, herbal medicine making, as well as primitive and survival skills with a focus on wild foods and forest medicines.

Dan grew up in a life full of exposure to plants in the herb and vegetable garden which his mother grew. He began mushroom hunting at 20 years old, and soon realized that wild plants could also be foraged, and received his formal herbalist training in 2010 from Heart Stone herbal school in Van Etten, NY. That same year, he started his business Return to Nature as a vehicle for sharing his passion for herbal medicine and his outreach to build a community with a deeper expression of Nature as a continual and abundant provider of nourishment, medicine and spiritual connection.

In his herbal and spiritual explorations, he has also traveled across the world, to India, South America, and many places in the United States seeking and sitting with teachers and guides who have deeply expanded his knowledge about herbal healing, deeper perspectives on causes of illness, and working in respect with the natural world. Teaching with a deep passion to inspire children and adults alike to return to nature and remember that there is deep treasure around each and every corner of life, Dan teaches through hands on mentoring with focus on engaging the senses in and with nature to create and bridge a deep connection to the earth and our immediate surroundings

Lena Prisco moved to Martha’s Vineyard with her partner Arlene in 2007. At first she continued to work as vice president for the pharmaceutical company Paraxel, but soon took a job closer to home as a Lab Technician at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. In 2011 Lena became the Hospital’s Lab Director, where she took steps to bring Lyme Disease testing in-house. In 2011, the lab did 301,580 tests Since then she has expanded the lab to better serve physicians and the people who live on Martha’s Vineyard.

Last year she co-founded the Vineyard Center for Clinical Research, which aims to improve Lyme Disease diagnosis. She also works on expanding the Lyme disease research infrastructure through data collection, trials, urging people to report their cases of Lyme to the CDC.