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self love 2009 part 2
loving me, loving you..
"I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner.
I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything
seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls.
I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles."
--Audrey Hepburn
As promised we are continuing to bring you the best and most luxurious ways to make you a better, happier, glamorous and more pampered you in 2009.
love your body
We continue our self adoration project by embarking on a 30 day challenge of IntenSati classes at Equinox with Patricia Moreno. And for back up purposes, when the brutal NYC winter weather makes it too painful to venture out, we love our Piloxing DVD.
Of course, even when working out, we try to treat ourselves right. The ultimate motivator in working out, aside from an upcoming pilgrimage to Tulum, is the most spectacular gym bag of all time, the Nike Monika Gym Bag. We are so smitten we are dedicating a post just to her shortly.
And not all body beautification needs to come along with toil and sacrifice. To quote our friends at VitalJuiceDaily.com "While nothing replaces the benefits of diet and exercise, being bronzed can give you a boost. Make your faux glow a healthy one" we at CN faux it by using DermaGlow Self Tanner for Body and DermaGlow Self Tanner for Face
love your health
OK, we always tout health and nutrition, but we have to admit when we go hedonistic too. And we did it big time, falling off the health wagon and heeding the siren call of the Shake Shack, and we also got our liquor-mojo back on during fashion week, hitting cocktails hard at after parties all across the city. So, in penance, we are up for another round of BluePrint Cleansing and a visit or two or three to SanaVita (why oh why don't they have a 30 day program???). We also recommend Liquiteria to replace our cocktail needs with a juicing fix.
love your friends
Alright, self love feels pretty good, but why not share the fabulous you with others too. So in our quest for more self love coupled cutting down on our bills from La Esquina, home entertaining fits the bill. CN has found the most novel and genius excuse to have a rip-roaring get together, www.houseparty.com. Forget charades and Pictionary, and check out this awesome website. It's FREE, ridiculously easy, and depending on what "party" you sign up for you receive a huge box of goodies and products to share with your guests. All you do is provide the snacks and drinks of course.
And when we say drinks we mean an ultra premium orange liqueur we have discovered. Combier Liqueur d'Orange. No, the fact that it is Orange has nothing to do with our devotion. It is simply our liqueur de jour and the one we have been featuring at our house soirees.
SERVICES AND SITES WE HEART
vitaljuice.com
marksdailyapple.com
blueprintcleanse.com
SanaVita.org
patriciamoreno.com (Join her Satilife Facebook Group)
nikewomen.com
houseparty.com
tulle.com (an inexpensive alternative to anthropologie.com)
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SELF LOVE
"There are those that open you up to something new and exotic, those that are old and familiar, those that bring up lots of questions, those that bring you somewhere unexpected, those that bring you far from where you started, and those that bring you back. But the most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself. And if you find someone to love the you you love, well, that's just fabulous."
- Carrie Bradshaw
We hereby declare that 2009 is the year of love! But not that selfless free loving of the 1960s; we are taking about a year of self loving!! No not that kind of self loving (what would the nuns think!), but a year for you to enhance, indulge, adore and splurge on that special someone…YOU!!! Lets be honest, with the great depression of 2009 looming, no one else is going to spend on you baby, so you might as well do right by yourself.
As always, we will bring you the best and most luxurious ways to make you a better, happier, more pampered and glamorous you. And lets start NOW!!
In January, we at CN headquarters embraced the 5-day Blueprint Cleanse, colonics at SanaVita and Korean body scrubs. And next up, is a 30 day Pilates/yoga challenge at Joschi Body Bodega, shopping for the ultimate chic Nike Sister Gear.
Here's to you loving you!!
Services and Sites we HEART
Patnovak.com (a truly personal recommendation. Think of her as the Louboutin of therapy, expensive but worth every last dollar)
SkinnyAndThe City.com
camerongoodhealth.com
BlueprintCleanse.com
SanaVita.org
joschinyc.com
attractionboutique.com
First30days.com
Sfactor.com
collective-e.com
Yogitea.com
TheFrisky.com
laughingsagewellness.com
eberjey.com
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SWOOSH: I Like Nike
In my never ending quest for the freshest and hottest, I, Brenda am your emissary of adventure. Recently, I pushed myself to my athletic limit during a
3-day sojourn to Nike headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon. Yes ladies, I have
a very tough job.
I have always considered myself athletic -- by that I mean purchasing sneakers and cute workout outfits every 6 weeks so that I can look tip top for my Wii virtual fitness partners! But now after visiting the Mecca of all things competitive, my inner Latina Warrior goddess has been reborn.
Although athletes in Oregon and urban Latina fashionistas are the not the most obvious of bedfellows, the synergies became crystal clear to me as I toured their facilities, met with management, and even got to rub elbows with Olympic greats, shout out to Andrea Duran, Sonja Richardson. We share a tireless pursuit of excellence and an unending desire to always step it up a notch. Cynicism aside (hard to do but breath deeply for a minute)…Nike inspired me! Nike is a corporation that lives and breathes that same vision that we here at Casa Naranja all share. WHAT A TRIP! Stay tuned for the fresh preview of the PHATTEST sneaker/collection I was able to preview
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Move It!
Except for one person's vow to "eat more desserts" in '07 (yeah, you know who you are!), all the resolutions emailed to me after last week's e-tip contained some variation of "exercise more". And what a great resolution that is....if it sticks.
Ways not to be the January-only exerciser who's lazy again by March: Only sign onto a gym near your home or workplace. If it's a schlep, you'll of course find excuses not to go.
Shake it up with a new-to-you class now and then. At Crunch, I have a slew of creative classes to choose from: "Buff Yoga", "Cycle Karaoke", "Cardio Striptease", etc. Check out your own gym's schedule...and be adventurous! For an extra idea, Hoebel Fitness leads a wicked vinyasaBrasil class (a yoga/capoeira blend) in NYC and LA.
Work it outside the gym: dance, yoga, pilates, martial arts, indoor tennis, etc.
Work it outside, period, especially on those freakily warm winter days we've been having here on the East Coast. Or on normal winter days, just bundle up. Skiing, snowboarding, jogging, hiking, biking...and even good ol' walking, which is highly underrated.
Work it at home. Jump rope, borrow workout videos/DVDs from the library, or download audio workouts off iTunes or iAmplify (also perfect for travel).
Enlist the help of a personal trainer, even if only temporarily, to help customize a workout and keep you on your toes.
Consider a 2007 Fitness or Yoga Passbook ($75 each) for access to oodles of gyms and yoga studios in either New York, L.A. or Chicago.
Mix softer activities with more vigorous ones to keep your body in balance. If none of the above ideas click, maybe you're more in line with Cheryl Tiegs, who was quoted as saying, "It's very important to have the right clothing to exercise in. If you throw on an old T-shirt or sweats, it's not inspiring for your workout."
jm@jennifermedley.com
646.536.3799
www.jennifermedley.com
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Visualize
and Affirm Your Desired Outcomes
A Step-by-Step Guide
You
have within you an awesome power
that most of us have never been
taught to use. Elite athletes use
it. The super rich use it. And peak
performers in all fields are now
starting to use it. That power is
called visualization. The daily
practice of visualizing your dreams
as already complete can rapidly
accelerate your achievement of those
dreams. Visualization of your goals
and desires accomplishes four very
important things.
1.
It activates your creative subconscious
which will start generating creative
ideas to achieve your goal.
2. It programs
your brain to more readily perceive
and recognize the resources you
will need to achieve your dreams.
3. It activates
the law of attraction, thereby drawing
into your life the people, resources,
and circumstances you will need
to achieve your goals.
4. It builds your
internal motivation to take the
necessary actions to achieve your
dreams.
Visualization is
really quite simple. You sit in
a comfortable position, close your
eyes and imagine
— in as vivid detail
as you can
— what you would be
looking at if the dream you have
were already realized. Imagine being
inside of yourself, looking out
through your eyes at the ideal result.
Mental Rehearsal
Athletes call this visualization
process “mental rehearsal,”
and they have been using it since
the 1960s when we learned about
it from the Russians. All you have
to do is set aside a few minutes
a day. The best times are when you
first wake up, after meditation
or prayer, and right before you
go to bed. These are the times you
are most relaxed. Go through the
following three steps:
1.
Imagine sitting in a movie theater,
the lights dim, and then the movie
starts. It is a movie of you doing
perfectly whatever it is that you
want to do better. See as much detail
as you can create, including your
clothing, the expression on your
face, small body movements, the
environment and any other people
that might be around. Add in any
sounds you would be hearing
— traffic, music, other
people talking, cheering. And finally,
recreate in your body any feelings
you think you would be experiencing
as you engage in this activity.
2.
Get out of your chair, walk up to
the screen, open a door in the screen
and enter into the movie. Now experience
the whole thing again from inside
of yourself, looking out through
your eyes. This is called an “embodied
image” rather than a “distant
image.” It will deepen the
impact of the experience. Again,
see everything in vivid detail,
hear the sounds you would hear,
and feel the feelings you would
feel.
3.
Finally, walk back out of the screen
that is still showing the picture
of you performing perfectly, return
to your seat in the theater, reach
out and grab the screen and shrink
it down to the size of a cracker.
Then, bring this miniature screen
up to your mouth, chew it up and
swallow it. Imagine that each tiny
piece
— just like a hologram
— contains the full
picture of you performing well.
Imagine all these little screens
traveling down into your stomach
and out through the bloodstream
into every cell of your body. Then
imagine that every cell of your
body is lit up with a movie of you
performing perfectly. It’s
like one of those appliance store
windows where 50 televisions are
all tuned to the same channel.
When you have finished
this process
— it should take less
than five minutes
— you can open your
eyes and go about your business.
If you make this part of your daily
routine, you will be amazed at how
much improvement you will see in
your life.
Create Goal Pictures
Another powerful technique
is to create a photograph or picture
of yourself with your goal, as if
it were already completed. If one
of your goals is to own a new car,
take your camera down to your local
auto dealer and have a picture taken
of yourself sitting behind the wheel
of your dream car. If your goal
is to visit Paris, find a picture
or poster of the Eiffel Tower and
cut out a picture of yourself and
place it into the picture. With
today’s technology, you could
probably make an even more convincing
image using your computer.
Create a Visual Picture and an Affirmation
for Each Goal
We recommend that you find
or create a picture of every aspect
of your dream life. Create a picture
or a visual representation for every
goal you have
— financial, career,
recreation, new skills and abilities,
things you want to purchase, and
so on. When we were writing the
very first Chicken Soup for
the Soul® book, we took
a copy of the New York Times best
seller list, scanned it into our
computer, and using the same font
as the newspaper, typed Chicken
Soup for the Soul into the number
one position in the “Paperback
Advice, How-To and Miscellaneous”
category. We printed several copies
and hung them up around the office.
Less than two years later, our book
was the number one book in that
category and stayed there for over
a year!
Index Cards
We practice a similar discipline
every day. We each have a list of
about 30-40 goals we are currently
working on. We write each goal on
a 3x5 index card and keep those
cards near our bed and take them
with us when we travel. Each morning
and each night we go through the
stack of cards, one at a time, read
the card, close our eyes, see the
completion of that goal in its perfect
desired state for about 15 seconds,
open our eyes and repeat the process
with the next card.
Use Affirmations to Support Your
Visualization
An affirmation is a statement
that evokes not only a picture,
but the experience of already having
what you want. Here's an example
of an affirmation:
I
am happily vacationing 2 months
out of the year in a tropical paradise,
and working just four days a week
owning my own business.
Repeating
an affirmation several times a day
keeps you focused on your goal,
strengthens your motivation, and
programs your subconscious by sending
an order to your crew to do whatever
it takes to make that goal happen.
Expect Results
Through writing down your
goals, using the power of visualization
and repeating your affirmations,
you can achieve amazing results.
Visualization and affirmations allow
you to change your beliefs, assumptions,
and opinions about the most important
person in your life
— YOU! They allow you
to harness the 18 billion brain
cells in your brain and get them
all working in a singular and purposeful
direction.
Your subconscious
will become engaged in a process
that transforms you forever. The
process is invisible and doesn’t
take a long time. It just happens
over time, as long as you put in
the time to visualize and affirm,
surround yourself with positive
people, read uplifting books and
listen to audio programs that flood
your mind with positive, life-affirming
messages.
Repeat your affirmations
every morning and night for a month
and they will become an automatic
part of your thinking
— they will become
woven into the very fabric of your
being.
©
2006 Jack Canfield
Jack
Canfield, America’s Success
Coach, is the founder and co-creator
of the billion-dollar book brand
Chicken
Soup for the Soul
and the nation's leading authority
on Peak Performance. If you're ready
to jump-start your life, make more
money, and have more fun and joy
in all that you do, get your FREE
success tips from Jack Canfield.
> www.JackCanfield.com
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Everything
Really Does Matter
Marie Forleo
How many times do you catch yourself
multitasking or rushing through
one task in an effort to move on
to something apparently ‘more
important’?
If you’re human, and willing
to tell the truth, the answer is
pretty often.
Here’s the problem. When we
multitask and rush to complete things,
the quality of our work takes a
nosedive.
Mistakes are made. Miscommunication
occurs. Stress mounts. As a result
of our rushing, we create less than
excellent work and wind up with
less than excellent results. As
a byproduct of moving too fast,
we often feel strained, drained
and overwhelmed.
Want the solution? Experiment with
the idea that everything matters.
Operate as though everything you
do, everything you touch and every
interaction you have makes a difference.
(Because in reality, it does!)
Why is that, you ask? Because how
you do one thing is how you do everything.
If you are rushing through the laundry,
rushing through your email or rushing
through a conversation – you
are essential training yourself
to rush through your life. The result
is constant sense of dissatisfaction
and fleeting experience of time
- not to mention less than stellar
work.
When you operate as though everything
matters, you are training yourself
to bring excellence and quality
to everything you do. Satisfaction,
high productivity and a sense of
expanded time are natural byproducts.
When you slow down enough to bring
excellence to each moment, you get
excellent results in all you do.
One caveat: in order to fully benefit
from the idea that everything matters,
you need to let go of your preferences
about what’s important and
what’s not. Making your bed
with precision is no lower on the
totem pole than closing a sizable
sale. Sending off your kick-butt
book proposal is no more important
than neatly putting away the groceries.
Keeping your word to get to the
gym is as vital as keeping your
word to get to work.
I know this goes against the grain
of today's A.B.C prioritize your
life with lists and rules mentality
- but if you take a look, that stuff
never worked for you anyway.
The everything matters approach
is simpler, more fun and most importantly,
it works.
Marie Forleo is a life coach, Nike
Athlete, health and fitness expert
and author of Make Every Man
Want You: How To Be So Damn Irresistible
You’ll Barely Keep From Dating
Yourself!
> Learn
more at www.marieforleo.com
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Workout
Variations
Contributed by MUG
Masala
Bhangra
A high-energy, high-spirited workout
created by Sarina Jain that incorporates
Indian dance and music. You can
find classes at some Crunch locations,
Body Sculpt, and NY Sports, detailed
here.
Punk
Rope
Tim Haft’s raucous blend of
punk-rock music, rope jumping, calisthenics,
relay races, and conditioning drills.
He gives the class on Mondays, 7-7:50pm,
at the 14th Street Y and at 7:35pm
on Wednesdays at the Greenpoint
Y.
Gyrotonics
A special piece of equipment is
used in Gyro so that you make fluid,
circular motions for stretching
and strengthening. Think of it as
yoga in motion. Locations include
Circular
Power, Volar,
Mind Your Body, Stretch,
Sal Anthony’s,
and Pilates
on 5th.
Yamuna
Body Rolling
Named for its creator Yamuna Zake,
the workout uses different size
balls for rolling different parts
of the body. It’s designed
to strengthen, tone, and align.
The studio is at 132 Perry [Wash/Greenwich
St.] 212.633.2143.
Cardio
XSCAPE
Jiu Jitsu is combined with a cardio
workout at NY Jiu Jitsu, 577 Bway
[Houston/Prince] 212.343.8310. One
class is co-ed, the other is women-only.
SharQui
SharQui is also known as the bellydance
workout. It was created by Oreet
and you can take a class with her
or other instructors at Mon-Qi Fitness,
Steps, a couple of NY Health &
Racquet Clubs, and other locations.
Class schedule.
NYC
Ballet Workout
Who better to reduce the mass of
the masses and increase flexibility
than ballet dancers? The workout
was created by Peter Martins and
is available as a book and on DVD.
Nia
A holistic fitness program developed
by Caroline Kohles that combines
martial arts, yoga, and dancing
– cross-training through movement.
Find classes here.
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Quick
question: ARE YOU HAPPY, DAMMIT?
If not ...here's a quick solution;
read Karen Salmansohn's best selling
book HOW TO BE HAPPY DAMMIT. It's
a self help book for people who
would not normally be caught dead
reading a self help book. The book
is not only coffee-table-gorgeous,
with kinetically appealing colorful
photographs and illustrations; it
delivers its insights and information
with a fun, edgy voice. The content:
happiness tips from psychology,
sociology, biology, eastern philosophy,
western philosophy, quantum physics
and The Zen of Bazooka Joe.
The author and turnaround coach,
Karen Salmansohn, has been called
by journalists: "Deepak Chopra
meets Carrie Bradshaw." And
people as diverse as Madonna, Jon
Stewart, Marissa Tomei, Jennifer
Weiner, Deepak Chopra, Eminem, Jay
Leno, Joan Rivers, Ricki Lake, and
Graydon Carter (for starters) have
loved her books.
And if you love this particular
book...there are 25 others, all
covering various ways to boost your
career, love life, or sex life to
a higher, higher, highest level!
Finally, check out Karen's website:
www.notsalmon.com
-- and subscribe to her FREE BE
HAPPY DAMMIT NEWSLETTER, with more
quickie happiness tips every week!
> Karen
Salmansohn
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Essential
Oils
Have you ever met someone who is
so grounded, so centered that just
talking to them makes you feel like
you spent a year in India with a
yogi. Well if you haven't, don't
worry, I have. Her name is Angela,
she is "una Española"
who is absolutely divine has a delicious
accent and is Holistic healer to
boot.
She will regularly share with you
ways to apply Aromatherapy, meditation,
positive thinking, and lots of intuition,
or "believing in yourself"
to your everyday life. Spirituality
makes you happy….and happy
people aren't afraid to go beyond
the boundaries of their own lives…
> Emotional
Applications of Essential Oils
(PDF)
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