It’s the last week of our Holiday Acupuncture Giveaway! Three lucky winners will win a free acupuncture treatment at Costa Acupuncture.
We have given away 9 acupuncture treatments in the first three weeks of December. There will be three more lucky winners at the end of the month. Be sure to enter below to win. To enter a comment scroll down to the bottom of this post.
You can find the winning results by visiting this page once the drawing has finished. Winners will also be notified by e-mail.
Patients at Costa Acupuncture will often ask us if we know of places where they can learn Tai Chi and or Chi Kung (also spelled Qi Gong). I highly recommend both to anyone who is looking for a practice to relieve stress and strengthen their overall health and well being.
There are many variations of both Tai Chi and Chi Kung. Tai Chi is a sequence of martial arts movements performed at a very gentle pace. Some of the more popular styles of Tai Chi include Yang, Chen, and Wu styles. Chi Kung consists of individual exercises or postures that are performed for various reasons such as martial arts, medical conditions, or just to maintain health and wellness.
Some locations on the Westside that teach regular classes are:
Marina Del Rey/Culver City
Yo San University
http://www.yosan.edu/
310.577.3000
Santa Monica
The Wellness Living Store
http://www.wellnesslivingstore.com/
310-260-0013
Sacred Energy Arts
http://www.sacredenergyarts.com/
310.403.3124
Venice
The Learning Garden in Venice
http://www.meetup.com/Medical-Qigong-Los-Angeles/
There are also some free basic chi kung exercises that I have posted at www.qigonglosangeles.com as a resource.
It is not important to practice one particular style of Chi Kung or Tai Chi. The benefits of Tai Chi and Chi Kung can be very subtle at first, but with time and consistent practice, positive results will be achieved. .
Let us know if you know of any other ongoing classes in the Los Angeles area or if you have had any positive experiences with either Tai Chi or Chi Kung.
This the 3rd week of Costa Acupuncture’s Holiday Giveaway! This week and next are your last chance to win a free acupuncture treatment.
The winners from last weeks giveaway are up on last weeks post. The winners have been notified by e-mail.You can check if you have won by clicking here.
As promised, we are going to do it all over again this week. Three more free acupuncture treatments will be given away at the end of the week. You can enter three times for a chance to win. Just follow the instructions below. To enter a comment scroll down to the bottom of this post.
Good Luck!
Nutrition and fitness expert JJ Virgin has released a book with the protocols she uses for her clients. Her plan is centered around removing seven foods from the diet for 21 days. These foods have a tendency to cause food sensitivities in many individuals. Complete abstinence from these seven foods can help people lose weight and reverse various inflammatory conditions.
The catch is that you have to completely eliminate all seven foods during the entire 21-day period. This will allow your body enough time to reverse the effects of the foods that cause the sensitivities leading to inflammatory conditions and the inability to lose weight. This type of elimination diet is a very effective and affordable way to heal your body if food sensitivities are the cause of your health problems.
The following conditions/symptoms may point to the possibility of a sensitivity to one or more foods:
These problems can all be caused by food sensitivities that can cause a reaction anywhere from several hours to several days after a food has been ingested. These food sensitivities can develop over time and are not necessarily a condition you were born with.
Food sensitivities should not be confused with a food allergies. Food allergies are an acute immune response that occurs at or very close to the time the food is ingested.
In the case of intolerance to a one or more food items, It is important to remove the offending foods completely from the diet. Once they are removed, the symptoms of the disease will improve and the process of healing the digestive system will begin. The good news is some food sensitivities can be reversed with time.
I have personally seen near miraculous changes in the health of patients after removing foods from their diet that are known to cause food intolerances. If you suffer from any of the chronic conditions listed above, an elimination diet like the one presented in the Virgin Diet is a great way to begin the process of finding the source of your disease.
I would love to hear if you have ever had any success with an elimination diet for any health conditions.
Emily Bartlett from Holistic Squid has put together a great post on the differences and best uses for different types of breast screening options. This is bar far the best explanation of these procedures I have come across. It is a very balanced report on when each option is best and the possible risks involved.
From Holisticsquid.com:
It seems like “thermography vs. mammogram” is all the buzz amongst women age 30 and up, and for good reason – cancer is now the #1 fatal disease, and one in eight women will develop invasive breast cancer.
The medical community strongly recommends mammograms as an “early detection” tool, but in alternative circles it is believed that mammograms can actually contribute to breast cancer and may only be questionably effective in helping to save lives. continue reading
The winners from last weeks giveaway are up on last weeks post. The winners have been notified by e-mail.You can check if you have won by clicking here.
As promised, we are going to do it all over again this week. Three more free acupuncture treatments will be given away at the end of the week. You can enter three times for a chance to win. Just follow the instructions below. To enter a comment scroll down to the bottom of this post.
Good Luck!
The Holiday season has officially arrived!
In the spirit of giving back to our community, we will be giving away a free acupuncture treatment to three individuals every week for the month of December.
Every week we will be publish a new post that will give you an opportunity to submit multiple entries.
Enter below for a chance to win a free acupuncture treatment at Costa Acupuncture.