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		<title>Happy Healthy Feet!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, March 13 12:00 &#8211; 1:00 lunch hour special with Sarah Breedlove Cost: $30 Put a spring in your step with this 1-hour workshop. Let Sarah introduce you to the Franklin Method® exercises that support happy and healthy feet for&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://plazawellspring.com/pwsite/uncategorized/happy-healthy-feet/">finish&#160;reading&#160;Happy Healthy Feet!</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tuesday, March 13<br />
12:00 &#8211; 1:00 lunch hour special with Sarah Breedlove<br />
Cost: $30</p>
<p>Put a spring in your step with this 1-hour workshop. Let Sarah introduce you to the Franklin Method® exercises that support happy and healthy feet for life. Our feet carry us throughout our life and greatly benefit from regular healthy exercises just like the rest of the body. Learn imagery exercises for creating strong, flexible and agile feet. Experience simple and effective exercises to prevent, eliminate, and correct discomfort of your feet. Welcome the end of winter with a spring in your step!</p>
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		<title>Pilates Mat Workshop</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturdays, 8:00 &#8211; 8:50 a.m. February 25 &#8211; April 7 (spring break &#8211; no class March 17) Join Lee Anne Jester to jump start your weekend! Begin with easy morning stretches then progress to a flowing sequence of core strengthening&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://plazawellspring.com/pwsite/events/pilates-mat-workshop/">finish&#160;reading&#160;Pilates Mat Workshop</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Saturdays, 8:00 &#8211; 8:50 a.m.<br />
February 25 &#8211; April 7<br />
(spring break &#8211; no class March 17)</p>
<p>Join Lee Anne Jester to jump start your weekend! Begin with easy morning stretches then progress to a flowing sequence of core strengthening exercises. Awaken your inner and outer body and move into your weekend with a lengthened and strengthened you!<br />
6 week workshop<br />
$75</p>
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		<title>Gentle Yoga with Becky</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[4 week series Thursdays 5:30 &#8211; 6:45 p.m. March 1 &#8211; March 24 Enjoy a slow-paced, gentle approach to yoga. Learn how to modify traditional yoga poses to create more ease and steadiness in your body through postural alignment and&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://plazawellspring.com/pwsite/events/gentle-yoga-with-becky/">finish&#160;reading&#160;Gentle Yoga with Becky</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>4 week series<br />
Thursdays 5:30 &#8211; 6:45 p.m.<br />
March 1 &#8211; March 24</p>
<p>Enjoy a slow-paced, gentle approach to yoga. Learn how to modify traditional yoga poses to create more ease and steadiness in your body through postural alignment and the use of yoga props and chairs.<br />
Yoga Instructor Becky Holsen began her yoga journey as a way to relieve chronic pain caused by scoliosis. Her practice has not only led to a more peaceful body and mind, but has also provided her the opportunity to understand the broad healing potential of yoga.</p>
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		<title>Yoga for Beginners</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 3 &#8211; April 7 Saturdays 11:00 &#8211; 12:30 This 6-week series makes it easy for anyone to get started in yoga and start feeling healthier right away! Perfect for brand-new beginners, recent beginners, or those returning to yoga after&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://plazawellspring.com/pwsite/events/yoga-for-beginners/">finish&#160;reading&#160;Yoga for Beginners</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>March 3 &#8211; April 7<br />
Saturdays 11:00 &#8211; 12:30</p>
<p>This 6-week series makes it easy for anyone to get started in yoga and start feeling healthier right away! Perfect for brand-new beginners, recent beginners, or those returning to yoga after some time away. You will learn basic yoga postures that develop strength, flexibility, vitality, posture and balance &#8212; all with a compassionate, skilled approach. Each class will include relaxation techniques for reducing tension and calming the mind. Includes handouts to make home practice easy. Yoga mats and other props are provided. </p>
<p>$90 for the 6-week series &#8212; space is limited &#8212; registration required.</p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Register by calling 816-200-0654.</span></p>
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		<title>Crystal Singing Bowl Concert</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, March 8 7:30 &#8211; 9:30 p.m. Some people give concerts. Jeff Klein provides a transformational event with the SACRED SOUND of Crystal Singing Bowls. Come experience the energy of vibrational awakening. Bright, radiant tones of pure crystal sound fill&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://plazawellspring.com/pwsite/uncategorized/crystal-bowl-concert/">finish&#160;reading&#160;Crystal Singing Bowl Concert</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thursday, March 8<br />
7:30 &#8211; 9:30 p.m.</p>
<p>Some people give concerts. Jeff Klein provides a transformational event with the SACRED SOUND of Crystal Singing Bowls.</p>
<p>Come experience the energy of vibrational awakening. Bright, radiant tones of pure crystal sound fill the air and awaken divine vibration within the physical and subtle bodies.  This is a chance to accelerate energetic  healing and spiritual awakending, immersing yourself in a blissful remembrance of unity with all creation.</p>
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		<title>Choose Joy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joy is a choice. Let&#8217;s practice it, not just talk about it! Last month I had a chance to lead a laughter session for a couple of hundred women at the Speaking of Women&#8217;s Health conference. One of my favorite comments after a&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://plazawellspring.com/pwsite/uncategorized/357/">finish&#160;reading&#160;Choose Joy</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Joy is a choice. Let&#8217;s practice it, not just talk about it! Last month I had a chance to lead a laughter session for a couple of hundred women at the Speaking of Women&#8217;s Health conference. One of my favorite comments after a group was from a woman who said she had attended several lectures in the past year about the benefits of laughter and humor, but had never before experienced the benefits themselves!  She noticed that the sense of lightness, joy and overall well-being that was produced by practicing laughter had been absent from her experience learning about the benefits in a lecture format. </p>
<p>As a movement teacher this does not surprise me. While I do teach the benefits of using imagery, practicing movement mentally, and staying mentally focused while exercising, I understand that we create inner transformation by doing transformative work, not by talking about all the benefits that come from doing transformative work!</p>
<h6 style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; line-height: 180%; font-weight: normal; font-variant: normal; color: #544670;">My message to you (and my reminder to myself) is PRACTICE. Feed your mental body whatever it needs to settle it down a little and then DO THE WORK.</h6>
<p>In our practice is where we find the joy, create the muscle strength, hone a new skill, and we build the discipline of showing up and getting the job done. We discover the benefits of living life joyfully not by understanding all about it, but by practicing it. Today, find something to be grateful about (and then BE GRATEFUL). Notice the ridiculousness of your mistakes (and love yourself). Notice the ridiculousness of your loved ones&#8217; idiosyncrasies (and have a little chuckle). Smile. Love yourself and others  just the way we are. These are all simple &#8211; even easy &#8211; steps toward experiencing a life that is happier and healthier.</p>
<p>May you notice your blessings and enjoy them.</p>
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		<title>How do you inspire yourself to work out when you&#039;re just not in the mood?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great question. It is not a one-size -fits-all answer, though. Each one of us has a way of feeling and being in the world that is unique. It always helps me to remember that the biggest challenge is getting started.&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://plazawellspring.com/pwsite/practitioner-answers/how-do-you-inspire-yourself-to-work-out-when-youre-just-not-in-the-mood/">finish&#160;reading&#160;How do you inspire yourself to work out when you&#039;re just not in the mood?</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://plazawellspring.com/pwsite/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Rapanui-Dancer.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-289" title="Rapanui Dancer" src="http://plazawellspring.creatrixdesign.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Rapanui-Dancer-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>Great question. It is not a one-size -fits-all answer, though. Each one of us has a way of feeling and being in the world that is unique. It always helps me to remember that the biggest challenge is getting started. Just do it. I hate the overused line, but it holds a big truth. Don&#8217;t wait to become inspired, just get up (or get down on your mat) and start the practice.</p>
<p>Sometimes it helps to turn on music; sometimes it helps to remember what my goals are; sometimes it helps to remember that I will want to keep going once I start going. I have friends who only work out with a buddy (accountability is great!) I have friends who make themselves a version of the &#8220;star chart&#8221; so they have a visual reminder about how faithfully they have practiced.</p>
<p>The more you can maintain your commitment to your practice in spite of your motivational ups and downs, the stronger those connections become in your brain. Feel the inclination to slack off, but  do the work anyway. You&#8217;ll feel great about yourself.</p>
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		<title>When I get a massage, I sometimes cry. Why is that?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The body is a beautiful and sometimes mysterious storehouse of memories and feelings. One possible answer to your question is that tension masks sensation and as we allow tension to melt from our physical body during a relaxing massage, those&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://plazawellspring.com/pwsite/practitioner-answers/when-i-get-a-massage-i-sometimes-cry-why-is-that/">finish&#160;reading&#160;When I get a massage, I sometimes cry. Why is that?</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The body is a beautiful and sometimes mysterious storehouse of memories and feelings. One possible answer to your question is that tension masks sensation and as we allow tension to melt from our physical body during a relaxing massage, those buried sensations float to the surface and are released. Some people cry from the relief of finally being able to let go. Sometimes crying is triggered in much the same way that a beautiful piece of music may trigger tears in a person. It is good that you are feeling safe and comfortable enough with your massage therapist to allow your feelings to flow freely. A good cry often leaves us feeling refreshed and unburdened.</p>
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