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Tuesday, November 27, 2012 • Sonora, CA 95370

Staying Grateful

By Shana Lemke

 

I love this time of year!  The leaves are beautiful shades of red, orange and yellow.  During my early morning run, the air is crisp and the smell of fire-place is in the air.  I bundle up in my favorite turquoise knit hat (which conveniently hides my early morning hair-do), and my soft, eggplant-colored, fleece jacket.  It is a time when we are purposely and thoughtfully grateful about our lives: our family, our health, our kids, food…. This is also a time, when we forget that being grateful should be a daily feeling.  We spend more time in our days worrying about deadlines and/or bills, feeling unhappy about our weight, our surroundings, our job…   Or, even worse; we keep ourselves so busy and disconnected that we don’t feel anything.  We stop paying attention to what is really important in life.   When this happens we find ourselves in a state of dis-satisfaction and dis-ease.  We find that our health is deteriorating and we feel helpless to this. In fact, many of us blame this on age.  So, let me challenge you to stay in gratitude.  Re-connect with yourself.  For the next 24 hours, find as many things as you can to be grateful for.  It can be something simple or something grand.  Right now, I am grateful for the early morning run that I just finished and that I have the time to sit down and just write.  I feel great, energized and peaceful at the same time. I am grateful that I have plenty of fresh vegetables to prepare with my free-range chicken eggs  (which I get right out of my own chicken coop).  I am grateful for the warm fire that is burning next to me in the wood-stove and that my husband is quietly eating breakfast so that I may write.  Life is good.  God is good.  Find your gratitude today.  Make a list and by the end of the day, see how much you really have.     

 

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Envision LIVING, not just getting through life. You can be happy and vital through all the years of your life and I am here to help you on your Wellness Journey. I can help you put, together, the pieces of the Wellness Puzzle. How do you make time for yourself when you have so many other things to do? I can teach you. How do you afford to prepare healthful, home-made meals every day? I can teach you. How can you destress, naturally and healthfully after a stressful day of work, kids, bills, deadlines....? I can teach you. How do you get rid of pain (which ages you) without medication and surgeries? I can teach you. How can you live a balanced, healthful, ageless, pain-free life? I can teach you. Shana is a "Hands-off Body Worker", Personal Trainer, Writer, Public Speaker and Co-owner of Life-Span Fitness & Production. She specializes in maintaining youth and works with the Baby-Boomer Generation teaching them how to take care of their body, mind and spirit. "It is so important that we are pro-active in the way that we age! Don't wait until you have pain, dis-ease or dis-ability, take the time now and reap the benefits from this day forward. Shana is the producer, program designer and instructor in her fitness DVD, "The Art of Staying Upright" and she currently hosts her own television program, "Get Healthy with Shana". She is the author of the "Strength for Life" exercise manual and the creator of the "Strength for Life" exercise program. Shana is currently working on a book "The Busy Gal's Guide to Self-Care" which is due to be released January 2013. Shana is certified with the American Council on Exercise, Longevity Fitness "MELT Method", Balanced Body University and Toastmasters. Shana is a hiker, backpacker and runner. She has hiked the Stanislaus National Forest as well as most of the National Parks in Utah and Colorado. She backpacks in the Emigrant & Hoover Wilderness and believes in a challenge. " How do we know what we are capable of if we don't challenge ourselves to find out?". Shana has spent the last 12 years working with the older adult generation helping them to maintain efficient, strong, & balanced bodies. She knows the principle that fitness along with proper self-care is the way to maintaining a healthy, vital, age-proof body. She has also learned first-hand and through her clients how our bodies can either age negatively or efficiently. This is more than just about nutrition and exercise. Shana teaches self-treatment techniques to help people to get rid of their own chronic pain, improve their ability and have longevity through a new approach to staying youthful. She will teach you simple techniques to invest in your physical future. I teach because it is my God-given calling. I envision people LIVING, not just getting through life. I love to help people to be vital, happy and vibrant.
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