Forest Bathing Recap: Dreaming into the Speaking Land
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Forest Bathing Recap: Dreaming into the Speaking Land

On Saturday, October 19, 2024, a group of Balanced Soul Forest Bathers gathered for our last Forest Bathing event for 2024, “Dreaming into the Speaking Land.” We met at The Nina Mason Pulliam Ecolab on the Marion College Campus to experience the forest as an oracle. Activities and discussions were presented to encourage attendees to experience the forest speaking to us through signs, symbols, and synchronicity.

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Forest Bathing Recap: Journaling Among the Trees
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Forest Bathing Recap: Journaling Among the Trees

On Saturday, September 14, 2024, eight Balanced Soul Forest Bathers met at the Marion College Nina Mason Pulliam Ecolab to explore "Journaling Among the Trees." The group shared about a favorite tree from their lives and their connection to it. Other highlights of the day included nature journaling, capturing responses from nature through creative writing, collecting nature for a Mandala, and a closing ceremony with Dandelion Tea.

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Forest Bathing Recap: Healing with Nature
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Forest Bathing Recap: Healing with Nature

On Saturday, July 13, 2024, fourteen participants joined in a Balanced Soul Forest Bathing experience, "Healing with Nature." The group spent the morning exploring their reciprocal and symbiotic relationship with the trees and experiencing ways to engage with the forest for healing and personal well-being at the Marion University Nina Mason Pulliam Eco Lab.

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Beat the Winter Blues
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Beat the Winter Blues

It is winter! It is dark and cold, and after the Holidays have passed, there might not be as much to look forward to in the next couple of months- except the coming of Spring. As an Integrative Wellbeing Coach, I am not surprised that January can be one of my busiest months. As soon as the Holidays are over, I tend to get more clients looking for some help to ease the winter blahs.

Most people who experience seasonal depression report feeling tired, unmotivated, and just plain sad.

Here are 6 tips to help battle the winter blues.

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Tis the Season to Overindulge!  
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Tis the Season to Overindulge!  

Cookies, cocktails, gravy, mashed potatoes, chocolate, chips and dip, appetizers, ham, stuffing, pies, cakes ………Ugh, I ate too much. I need some TUMS... how can I feel better?

Here are 10 tips from the Functional Nutrition Alliance to improve your digestion and help you feel better during the holidays.

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Prepare to live at your "Prime"
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Prepare to live at your "Prime"

Excess weight results from the body being in a toxic, inflammatory state. You will fight an uphill biochemical battle if your body is not prepared or ‘primed’ for weight loss. 

In The Prime, author Dr. Chaudhary has reverse engineered our way of eating, so we can stop dieting backward and start losing weight instead. Her program is not about what you can’t have or do; it’s about adding simple teas and herbs and succeeding without giving up any foods you love.

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