Author: Anne
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Vipassana The Sequel
Vipassana: The Sequel By Anne Adametz Read my first time article published in Yoga Chicago here. The months leading up to Vipassana were filled with a longing for peace, dreading the sit and in awe of the opportunity. After my first successful, yet grueling Vipassana 10-day, 100 hours of meditation, complete silence, no talking, no… Read more
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Feeling Sick? Regardless of if it is Cold or Flu, Respond like a Holistic BOSS in 6 Moves
Feeling Low? Tickle in Throat, Achey? Follow this list by acupuncturist, yoga specialist and all around holistic boss, Anne Adametz, and get all preventative on it. At the onset of SMALL symptoms: tickle, achey, fatigue, congestion, sneezing… respond like a BOSS holistic practitioner: Rest. Sleep. A LOT. The time to phone in or cancel a night out… Read more
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Co-Creating with Local Lovelies..
Stori Anne & Co & Anne: “We spend so much time dressing the body, yoga and acupuncture are like dressing the mind.” I love the bright and shining stars of the Stoughton boutique, Stori Anne & Co, Jenna Pechmann (right), and Nikki Rostowtski (center). For the past few years we have enjoyed each other’s care, referred… Read more
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Meditation: The Un-Thinking.
What is Meditation? When I first heard of meditation I already had lost, I thought it was what somebody did when they floated in ecstasy, problemless. It sounded awesome, but then I closed my eyes and failed. Instead, I was in corporate America, going through inner turmoil, depression, a problem with my boss, confusion about… Read more
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When They Ask About Santa Claus…
5 Steps to Answer When Your Child Asks Is there Really a Santa Claus? At age 7, living on the farm, my father and I were cleaning hog pens, when I worked up the nerve to ask him, “Is there really a Santa Clause?” He leaned in and with a serious question to answer a question, he said,… Read more
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The Reckoning
The Reckoning In America, we don’t handle the end of life very well. But people across the country are working to change that, by talking openly about end of life fears and hopes. For the next 5 weeks, To the Best of Our Knowledge will host a national conversation on death and dying. It begins… Read more
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I don’t think I’ll wait until…
I’m totally wiped out to take care of myself anymore. I’ve learned over the years, to call in sick when I first feel unwell, instead of when I’m a shivering heap. This past week, my son didn’t feel too well, he didn’t have a fever, but he had a cough, and I kept him home, away from… Read more
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Give up Guilt
“What is the purpose of Guilt? I’m asking a VERY guilty client sitting in front of me. She has a case of MOM guilt, maybe the worst type, and this time I feel for her because her situation is overwhelming. Her daughter is in jail, she had to call the police because her drug-addicted daughter tried to… Read more
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Believe it. Read more
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Tired of Suffering.
There is an old yogi tale…that of a yogi who was walking on The Path. He hears a cry, “Help ME!” and leaves the path, to find a man, completely Entangled in a a rosebush. Thorns around arms, completely entangled and wailing, “Help me I cannot take this anymore!” The yogi offers, “I may help… Read more