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Living Inline Newsletter May 25, 2004

Greetings!

Living Inline- Balancing Sessions for your body, Life Coaching for your mind!

In this Health e-Newsletter from Living Inline you will find:

• A heads up about what is new at Living Inline
• A Life Coaching Column about "Living In Our Head"
• Quotes of the week regarding "Feeling"
• Living Inline Balancing Session Basics regarding "It May Not Be What it Seems"
• A Living Inline Smart for The Heart Recipe that gives a healthy option for a treat to eat!
• And added ingredients of gratitude, joy, healing, and positivity

Here's what's new at Living Inline:

1. Sample night is back! Join Us on Wednesday June 2nd at 7:30 pm here at Living Inline. All newcomers are invited to experience what a balancing session feels like!
2. Holiday hours: Closed Memorial Day Monday May 31. Open wed June 2, Open Thursday June 3. Then we will be away the following few days so we will be closed on Monday June 7th, closed Wed. June 9th and closed Thurs. June 10th. We re-open for our normal schedule on Monday June 14th refreshed and ready to serve you!
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LIVING IN OUR HEAD

I am often cautiously curious by how distant or how in-authentically "cheery" some clients sound on the phone during our first " getting to know you" coaching session.

I, of course , understand that people who may not know me might be slightly hesitant to share personal information about their lives, relationships or businesses, however, I have noticed an interesting trend.

Many people live in their head and in their thoughts and often put up a guarded " front"

As a society, we often receive kudos for our intelligence, analyzation skills, capacity to calculate, multitask and accomplish, accomplish, accomplish, and very rarely are there rewards or acknowledgements handed out for an increased ability to " feel"

There has been an over-focussing and excess emphasis based upon what we "know", as opposed to what we sense and feel, and over and over again, I have found that feeling is an extremely essential component to leading a rich and meaningful life.

For example, at a special event or at a cocktail party, do you leave feeling filled up if you discussed surface matters, or do you feel a greater sense of joy and camaraderie when you found a deeper sense of connection?

Now surely we are not recommending that you just slap somebody on the back that you hardly know and go off and " spill the beans" but rather we are talking about taking the first steps towards embracing vulnerability, and the possibility of sharing who you really are.

If feeling is challenging, some questions that you might consider could be, " when was the last time you really felt?"

Can you remember a time when you consciously shut off your feelings? Is there a person or circumstance you are confronted with regularly that forces you to " suck up" your feelings?

Do you have a healthy outlet to feel, and can you find this healthy outlet regularly?

Is feeling something that seems familiar or rather is the expression of your emotions un-common, foreign, or even scary?

Approaching this subject is not always easy and we by no means ever intend to come off as glib. If taken gently, the strides made towards feeling and expressing your innermost hunches, inklings, desires and needs, can be one of the most rewarding paths to cross.

Imagine what it would feel like to be understood, acknowledged, empathized with, listened to, and encouraged. Now imagine yourself having those same gifts and abilities as well.

Now imagine, what that might feel like. Our sense is that it would feel quite good.

We invite you to learn more about Living Inline Life Coaching at: http://www.livinginline.com/coaching.html

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YOUR ACTION STEP:

This week make an honest effort to simply feel. Monitor how your emotions come to the surface, and then monitor how you respond to this. Do you honor your feelings and the feelings of others? Do you shut down what your needs are or do you voice them aloud? Take this action step to heart, feel life and take action.

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LIVING INLINE QUOTES OF THE WEEK:

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched ... but are felt in the heart.n
~ Helen Keller

Feelings are not supposed to be logical.
Dangerous is the man who has rationalized his emotions.
~ David Borenstein

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LIVING INLINE BALANCING SESSION BASICS

I had a very hilarious ( well not so much at the time) melt-down moment Sunday afternoon.

I was very happy to see that Elissa had generously folded my clothes and placed them on the couch for me to put away.

There I was all alone and it happened. I had a 100% emotional breakdown for at least 7 minutes.

Let me explain.

I put on my jeans and I was easily 2 or maybe even three sizes too heavy for my pants.

Now I knew that I had eaten a little more lately over the past week, but this just could not be true!

I panicked! I ran into the restroom looked into the mirror and almost cried! I ran around the house hopping and holding my breath trying to button my pants.

Then I realized that my favorite rip in the heel was massing from the right leg.

Then I realized that these jeans were just a little more blue than my trusty faded pair.

Then it hit me. I was wearing Elissa's jeans!

Evidently, I accidentally put on the wrong pair!

I laughed and with a great deal of relief chucked the tight pair of jeans off into oblivion and grabbed my trusty and comfy pair of perfectly worn in old reliable Levi's.

I sighed with relief and then thought of the lesson out of all of this.

Sometimes things just are not as they seem. I share this for at times practice members come in truly scared about their health, when perhaps they are merely hitting a bump in the road.

Often times, the body gives us warning signs, and if neglected, these signs surely can lead to deeper challenges.

Maybe the " jeans incident" was a wake-up call to make sure I stay in shape, but things certainly were not as desperate as they seemed to be.

The next time you are confronted with a health crisis, we do not recommend that you take the situation too lightly, but at the same time, make sure you get all the information you need, and make sure that before you react, be positive that all of the findings and recommendations are a custom fit for you. Pun intended.

You can learn more about the Living Inline Balancing Sessions through this link: http://www.livinginline.com/balancingsession.html

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THE LIVING INLINE SMART FOR THE HEART RECIPE

Frozen Banana Pops
4 bananas
2 TB hot water
1/3 cup carob powder
1 tsp honey
1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts
8 ice cream sticks

Peel bananas and cut them across the middle to make two bananas out of one. Stir hot water into carob until it becomes a thick and smooth syrup. Add honey. Insert an ice cream stick into each banana half and dip into syrup to coat completely. Roll in walnuts. Place coated bananas on foil and freeze. When hard, wrap completely and return to the freezer until you want to eat them. Do not thaw; eat while frozen. It will taste like an ice cream bar!

>From the fabulous chefs at wholefoods.com

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Please know that

We appreciate you!

Posted on June 1, 2004