Where The Lotus Grows

Biopsies, ultrasounds, CT-scans, OH MY! Kim shares here experience; physically, mentally, and emotionally  through testing and initial findings. Also a shift in her medical home is already beginning to show BIG differences. 

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As Kim begins to seek medical attention, it's becoming clear that being her own medical advocate will become, at minimum,  a part time job. 
In today's episode we talk selfceare, preventive medicine and all the work we put into not needing medical care or to deal with insurance companies only to discover the nightmare that awaits once we do. 

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Welcome to Season 3!  This season will include and ongoing series in which we'll be following Kim as she navigates the health care system and documents her medical journey.  

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Welcome back! We're so grateful and happy to be here. The last 18 months have brought many changes for ourselves and the world as a whole.  This new season of WTLG is no exception. We're still be having honest, venerable, conversations but our format and series topics will follow a more personal journey.  We hope you'll join us. 

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Today, Kimberly and Tonya have a conversation with Louse Goldberg.

Louise Goldberg, MA, ERYT-500, C-IAYT, is the author of Classroom Yoga Breaks (WW Norton, 2017), Yoga Therapy for Children with Autism and Special Needs (WW Norton, 2013), Creative Relaxation Yoga for Children DVD (2004), and co-author of S.T.O.P. and Relax, Your Special Needs Yoga Toolbox(2006). Sivananda certified in 1981, she has been a yoga teacher, yoga therapist, and educator for over 40 years. Louise is founder of Creative Relaxation® Yoga, and the owner/director of the Yoga Center of Deerfield Beach, FL, where she teaches classes for all ages and abilities and serves on the faculty of the Yoga Alliance Teacher Trainings at the RYT200 and RYT500 levels. In addition, she is lead trainer for the 95-Hour Registered Children’s Yoga Teacher training at her studio. She leads international yoga retreats and teaches workshops in Creative Relaxation® Yoga for Classrooms and Yoga for Autism and Special Needs internationally. She has been a presenter at numerous conferences, including National Kids Yoga Conference, Kripalu Yoga in Schools Symposium, Learning and the Brain (NYC and San Francisco), National Autism Society, and Symposium of Yoga Therapy and Research (Boston and Newport Beach). She holds an MA in Reading Education and has been an English teacher at the middle school, high school, and college levels in public schools. Teaching yoga is her greatest joy!

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Continuing on our Yama and Niyama series, today’s topic is Satya - Truthfulness. We hope you enjoy discussing the importance of honesty and truthfulness, with our selves and with one another. 

We hope all of our Couragitarians out there are staying safe and healthy during this difficult time.  

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Waiting and hoping for a perfect opportunity won’t get you any closer to the life you want.

How do you build a life that works for you?

Today the ladies discuss the concept of design and how it can be applied to everyday parts of your life as a functional way to align goals, passions & responsibilities. 

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Continuing on our series exploring the yamas and niyamas, today we’ll be discussing Santosha or contentment. 

Practicing contentment consciously choosing to stay in the moment and let things be exactly what they are is a surprisingly difficult practice.  And yet, it has been one of Tonya’s favorites and perhaps, for Kim, the most valuable because it has helped them both to practice many other aspects of yoga philosophy “better” - more deliberately.  

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Since last March, Tonya has been using a journaling technique created by Dr. Nicole LaPara called Future Self Journal.  In todays episode, Tonya shares the practice with Kim and Kim shares fun facts regarding the known benefits of journaling in general.  Enjoy this fun episode and follow the @holisitc.psychologist on Instagram, Facebook or YouTube - we hope you’ll love learning from her as much as we do! 

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Do you have trouble controlling your blood sugar level?

Did you know that having diabetes for more than 5 years can increase your likelihood of developing the cardiovascular disease?

Did you know that regular exercise could make you more sensitive to insulin, which can reduce medication dosages?

Kim and Tonya share personal stories and educational insights on yoga therapy for diabetes. You wont want to miss it!   

The collective findings of controlled trials to date indicate that yoga may promote clinically significant improvements in several indices of central importance to type 2 diabetes management. These include glycemic control, lipid levels, and weight and body composition. More limited data suggest that yoga may also lower blood pressure and oxidative stress; reduce sympathetic activation and improve nervous system function; enhance mood, sleep, and quality of life; and decrease medication use in those with type 2 diabetes. These studies suggest that yoga could play an important role as a low-cost intervention to improve type 2 diabetes management. Given the methodological limitations of the existing research, however, additional rigorous investigates are clearly needed to confirm and further elucidate the potential therapeutic benefits of standardized yoga programs in populations with type 2 diabetes management. 

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