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WholeHealth for Winter Digestion

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Saturday December 1, 2018, 10:30am-12:30pm An Integrative Workshop with Yoga Therapist Renee Zambo, Dietitian Olivia Wagner, and Occupational Therapist Valarie McConville Fee: $75.00 (includes take home materials and snacks) Do you suffer from a sluggish digestive system, constipation, and/or bloating? Does it feel like those symptoms get worse as we head toward the holidays and winter season?  Are you looking for ways to optimize your Read More

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Finding Your Calm

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Tuesday June 5, 6 – 7:30pm     Fee: $65, including take-home materials Renee Zambo, RYT & Christine Savas, LPC Are you looking for ways to wind down amidst a hectic schedule?  Do you want to learn how to deal with ongoing stress?  Do you need tools to help you relax, but aren’t sure how or where to start? Join WholeHealth Chicago’s Clinical Psychotherapist Christine Savas and Read More

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Energize and Detox!

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Energize and Detox! with Yoga Therapy March 24th 1:00pm – 2:30pm Registration: $49 (includes take home materials) Do you suffer from a sluggish digestive system, constipation, and/or bloating? Are you looking for ways to increase energy in the morning and throughout the day? Join WholeHealth Chicago’s Yoga Therapist Renee Zambo for an afternoon of energizing techniques and digestive detox. The workshop will begin with an Read More

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Healing Touch Addresses Chronic Pain Without Medication

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Imagine picking up a one-pound rock and holding it in your hand with your arm extended. Easy, right? Keep holding it…keep holding it…and it won’t take long before your arm begins to hurt. The longer you hold the rock, the more it hurts. Of course, you could put the rock down but let’s say you take it and tuck it into your backpack. Now pick Read More

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Finding Unity – Movement & Meditation

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Sunday, February 5th 12:00pm to 2:00pm $40 Registration Fee Our world is in a constant state of flux and uncertainty. This can cause occasional turmoil in our lives when the fluctuation feels overwhelming. At these moments it is important to pause and reconnect to our true nature, which is to feel safe, content, and whole. In a small group setting, participants will learn how to Read More

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The WholeHealth Chicago Wellness Exam

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The WholeHealth Chicago Wellness Exam Patients new to WholeHealth Chicago, along with patients I’ve not seen for a while because they’ve felt good and sensibly wanted to avoid the health care system, often ask for a wellness check-up when they schedule an appointment. You’ve probably had variations of these exams throughout your life: kicking and screaming in your pediatrician’s office as you tearfully told mom Read More

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The Benefits of Mindfulness

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More than ever before, researchers and scientists are studying the health benefits of mindfulness practices for a wide variety of conditions. And they’re discovering overwhelmingly similar results: mindfulness decreases mood disturbances, enhances coping skills, and promotes wellbeing. Enter “benefits of mindfulness meditation” into your search engine and you’ll find dozens of articles and studies published in The New York Times, Forbes Magazine, and Psychology Today, Read More

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Your Body Keeps Score

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This may be an emotionally difficult Health Tip for some of you. Imagine you’re a small child and for as long as you can remember, no one’s face has ever lit up with a smile when you walked into a room. In fact, to avoid being struck by a family member, you’ve learned a variety of avoidance strategies, maybe even unconsciously tensing your muscles to Read More

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FULLY ALIVE IN THE HERE AND NOW: A SPRING STRESS CLEANSE-May 2015

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Sundays May 31 – June 21 2:00pm to 4:00pm There’s nothing like life in the present moment! When our minds are at peace and our bodies are free from tension we see others and ourselves in the light of love and understanding and we feel in tune with ourselves and the world. This is our natural state, yet, over time, the stresses and pressures of Read More

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Mindful Practices For Surviving SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) or How To Cope With The Winter Blues-January 2015

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Mindful Practices for Surviving SAD is an eight week program that explores the self and how it relates to the winter season. The natural world rests during winter while it rejuvenates for spring, the days darker and shorter to conserve the energy needed for the rest of the year. But while these are necessary attributes of the winter season, they cause side effects in many Read More

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Upcoming Workshops

**Spring Equinox: Shamanic Healing Clinic
Wednesday, March 20, 2019, 5:45 – 7:30 PM
With Healing Touch practitioner, Katie Oberlin, HTCP/1
Course Fee: $55.00(includes a light snack and take-home materials)

As winter gives way to spring, it’s time to clear stagnant energy and expand into the new possibilities that this time of year represents.

This workshop will include:
-How to incorporate shamanism into contemporary life
-Teachings about the 6 directions of the medicine wheel
-Individual and group healings

Space is limited and registration is required.
Please register online.
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**Healing Touch for Self and Others: The Chakra Connection
Thursday, April 4, 2019, 5:45-7:30 PM
With Healing Touch practitioner, Katie Oberlin, HTCP/1
$55 course fee

Find out how Healing Touch can expand your awareness of an energetic holistic approach for healing and wellbeing.

In this hands-on workshop, you will learn how to do the Chakra Connection, a simple method that will help you experience:
-relief from pain, anxiety illness, and stress
-more balance and direction in your life
-ways to bring relief to others

Space is limited and registration is required.
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