Stellaria News:Living Well (the best revenge?)
Stellaria Natural Health
Breathe*Eat*Move*Laugh
stellarianaturalhealth.com
March 2008
Living Well
Stellaria News In This Issue Living Well New Class Schedule Quick Links Our Website
Newsletter Archive
Weleda Body Care
now available!
Weleda Body Care is now available through our distributor, Emerson Ecologics. You can order Weleda's wonderful products, along with thousands of others, through our website; just click here
for instructions. Orders are shipped directly to you, and all orders placed through our website receive a 10% discount!
Dear Stephanie,
Welcome to spring! I am writing this on the morning of the Vernal Equinox, the day when night and day are equal in length. It's said that it's possible to balance an egg on its end, on this day, echoing the balance of day and night. If you've got time, try it today (carefully!). Be very patient, and you should see what looks like a miracle.
As it turns out*, you can balance an egg on its end on any day of the year, so if you don't have time today, try it over the weekend. Or engage in egg-balancing each time you open a new carton of eggs, and you can experience little miracles regularly!
Healthy living is a lot like the egg trick. Many of us believe that if the right set of conditions manifests, we will be able to align our lives in a moment, shedding our "dis-ease" to exist forevermore in harmony with our bodies and the universe. In actuality, living well takes thoughtful choices and daily attention to the needs of one's body and mind. That's a lot more work than balancing the egg. The good news is that you don't need to wait for the planets to align to feel better. The ingredients for living well are with you, and around you, every day.
As the world around you begins to awaken from winter's slumber, take some time to do something good for yourself, to nurture your wellness. Breathe deeply, eat something nourishing and delicious, move in a joyful way, and laugh a little--or a lot--as you feel the world shift into a new season.
And above all, enjoy the changes around you and within you!
-Stephanie
*Click here to read an astronomer's perspective on egg balancing.
Living Well
Why we do the things we do...
As Stellaria continues to grow, I am often asked "why". Why do we offer such a range of classes? Yoga, t'ai chi, and meditation seem to fit with most people's ideas of "health", but why belly dance? Why knitting?
Like most questions that matter, the answer is deceptively simple: health is not just a physical concept. The longer I practice natural medicine, the more I cherish the philosophy of holism, defined by the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary as "...a theory that the universe and especially living nature is correctly seen in terms of interacting wholes (as of living organisms) that are more than the mere sum of elementary particles." Medicine is notorious for taking a compartmentalized view of the human being, and while it can be a useful perspective, it is also a severely limiting one.
Having a healthy body--one that has passed physical exams with flying colors, one without symptoms--doesn't guarantee feelings of wellbeing; nor is having a chronic illness an insurmountable impediment to feeling whole. Each of us is more than meets the eye, and an awful lot more than can be experienced through microscope, stethoscope, psychological assessment, or even the much-hyped full-body MRI...
Click here to read more.
New Class Schedule
April 2008
Start Spring off with a new class, or continue an old favorite. We have a few new offerings this spring, including two levels of Meditation and two levels of T'ai Chi (Level 1 begins in May; we are taking registrations now).
Also, in response to requests, we've shifted the time of Tuesday's Early Morning Yoga. Class will now run from 6:00-7:30 a.m., to better accommodate work schedules.
We hope you can join us!
Beginner's/Gentle Yoga
Saturdays, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
April 5-26
Instructor: Debbie McDermitt, CYT
Fee: $60 for the 4-week session
Nia
Mondays, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
April 7-May 19 (no class Apr. 21)
Instructor: Mihaela Campion, LCPC, Nia Blue Belt
Fee: $90 for the session, $15 per class
T'ai Chi (Level 2)
Mondays, 5:45-6:45 p.m.
March 24 - April 28
and
T'ai Chi (Level 1)
Mondays, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
May 5-June 16 (no class May 26)
Instructor: Arlene Faulk
Fee: $90 for either 6-week session
Belly Dance
Mondays & Wednesdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m.
Ongoing
Instructor: Stephanie Draus
Fee: $14 per class, $48 for 4 classes (paid at once)
Early Morning Yoga
Tuesdays, 6:00-7:30 a.m.
March 25; April 1-22
Instructor: Sally Levin, CYT
Fee: $60 for the 4-week session, $15 per class
Intro to Meditation
Tuesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
April 8-29
and
Meditation Level 2
Tuesdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m.
March 11 - April 1
Instructor: Stephanie Draus
Fee: $40 for either 4-week session
Yoga Fundamentals
Thursdays, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
April 10 - May 1
and
Saturdays, 9:30-11:00 a.m.
April 12 - May 3
Instructor: Debbie McDermitt, CYT
Fee: $70 for either 4-week session, $130 for both
COMING SOON!
Beginner's Knitting
and
Lace Knitting
with Vera Videnovich
Pre-registration and prepayment required for all classes and workshops (with the exception of Belly Dance classes)
**Class schedule subject to change.**
Click here for our up-to-the-minute Yahoo calendar!
Herbal Newsletter: Calendula
At long last, a new Stellaria Herbal newsletter has appeared. This issue features calendula, a marvelously sunny little flower and a powerful herb. You can read more here.
If you'd like to receive the herbal newsletter regularly, scroll to the bottom of any of our emails and click on the phrase "Update profile/email address". You will be taken to a screen where you can check the box to receive these newsletters. If you prefer, drop us a line, and we'll add you to the list.
We hope you'll come see us this Spring! We're looking forward to helping you discover the steps to wellness.
Sincerely,
Stephanie Draus, ND
Stellaria Natural Health
stellariachicago@yahoo.com
Breathe*Eat*Move*Laugh
stellarianaturalhealth.com
March 2008
Living Well
Stellaria News In This Issue Living Well New Class Schedule Quick Links Our Website
Newsletter Archive
Weleda Body Care
now available!
Weleda Body Care is now available through our distributor, Emerson Ecologics. You can order Weleda's wonderful products, along with thousands of others, through our website; just click here
for instructions. Orders are shipped directly to you, and all orders placed through our website receive a 10% discount!
Dear Stephanie,
Welcome to spring! I am writing this on the morning of the Vernal Equinox, the day when night and day are equal in length. It's said that it's possible to balance an egg on its end, on this day, echoing the balance of day and night. If you've got time, try it today (carefully!). Be very patient, and you should see what looks like a miracle.
As it turns out*, you can balance an egg on its end on any day of the year, so if you don't have time today, try it over the weekend. Or engage in egg-balancing each time you open a new carton of eggs, and you can experience little miracles regularly!
Healthy living is a lot like the egg trick. Many of us believe that if the right set of conditions manifests, we will be able to align our lives in a moment, shedding our "dis-ease" to exist forevermore in harmony with our bodies and the universe. In actuality, living well takes thoughtful choices and daily attention to the needs of one's body and mind. That's a lot more work than balancing the egg. The good news is that you don't need to wait for the planets to align to feel better. The ingredients for living well are with you, and around you, every day.
As the world around you begins to awaken from winter's slumber, take some time to do something good for yourself, to nurture your wellness. Breathe deeply, eat something nourishing and delicious, move in a joyful way, and laugh a little--or a lot--as you feel the world shift into a new season.
And above all, enjoy the changes around you and within you!
-Stephanie
*Click here to read an astronomer's perspective on egg balancing.
Living Well
Why we do the things we do...
As Stellaria continues to grow, I am often asked "why". Why do we offer such a range of classes? Yoga, t'ai chi, and meditation seem to fit with most people's ideas of "health", but why belly dance? Why knitting?
Like most questions that matter, the answer is deceptively simple: health is not just a physical concept. The longer I practice natural medicine, the more I cherish the philosophy of holism, defined by the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary as "...a theory that the universe and especially living nature is correctly seen in terms of interacting wholes (as of living organisms) that are more than the mere sum of elementary particles." Medicine is notorious for taking a compartmentalized view of the human being, and while it can be a useful perspective, it is also a severely limiting one.
Having a healthy body--one that has passed physical exams with flying colors, one without symptoms--doesn't guarantee feelings of wellbeing; nor is having a chronic illness an insurmountable impediment to feeling whole. Each of us is more than meets the eye, and an awful lot more than can be experienced through microscope, stethoscope, psychological assessment, or even the much-hyped full-body MRI...
Click here to read more.
New Class Schedule
April 2008
Start Spring off with a new class, or continue an old favorite. We have a few new offerings this spring, including two levels of Meditation and two levels of T'ai Chi (Level 1 begins in May; we are taking registrations now).
Also, in response to requests, we've shifted the time of Tuesday's Early Morning Yoga. Class will now run from 6:00-7:30 a.m., to better accommodate work schedules.
We hope you can join us!
Beginner's/Gentle Yoga
Saturdays, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
April 5-26
Instructor: Debbie McDermitt, CYT
Fee: $60 for the 4-week session
Nia
Mondays, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
April 7-May 19 (no class Apr. 21)
Instructor: Mihaela Campion, LCPC, Nia Blue Belt
Fee: $90 for the session, $15 per class
T'ai Chi (Level 2)
Mondays, 5:45-6:45 p.m.
March 24 - April 28
and
T'ai Chi (Level 1)
Mondays, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
May 5-June 16 (no class May 26)
Instructor: Arlene Faulk
Fee: $90 for either 6-week session
Belly Dance
Mondays & Wednesdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m.
Ongoing
Instructor: Stephanie Draus
Fee: $14 per class, $48 for 4 classes (paid at once)
Early Morning Yoga
Tuesdays, 6:00-7:30 a.m.
March 25; April 1-22
Instructor: Sally Levin, CYT
Fee: $60 for the 4-week session, $15 per class
Intro to Meditation
Tuesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
April 8-29
and
Meditation Level 2
Tuesdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m.
March 11 - April 1
Instructor: Stephanie Draus
Fee: $40 for either 4-week session
Yoga Fundamentals
Thursdays, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
April 10 - May 1
and
Saturdays, 9:30-11:00 a.m.
April 12 - May 3
Instructor: Debbie McDermitt, CYT
Fee: $70 for either 4-week session, $130 for both
COMING SOON!
Beginner's Knitting
and
Lace Knitting
with Vera Videnovich
Pre-registration and prepayment required for all classes and workshops (with the exception of Belly Dance classes)
**Class schedule subject to change.**
Click here for our up-to-the-minute Yahoo calendar!
Herbal Newsletter: Calendula
At long last, a new Stellaria Herbal newsletter has appeared. This issue features calendula, a marvelously sunny little flower and a powerful herb. You can read more here.
If you'd like to receive the herbal newsletter regularly, scroll to the bottom of any of our emails and click on the phrase "Update profile/email address". You will be taken to a screen where you can check the box to receive these newsletters. If you prefer, drop us a line, and we'll add you to the list.
We hope you'll come see us this Spring! We're looking forward to helping you discover the steps to wellness.
Sincerely,
Stephanie Draus, ND
Stellaria Natural Health
stellariachicago@yahoo.com