food carnival

You've got to see this! Welcome to the FOOD CARNIVAL?

A Natural and Artificial Flavor Factory: Behind the Scenes of Givaudian (HuffingtonPost.com)

And if you think the flavor industry is too much, just imagine what goes on in the fragrance industry – 100x more!

Mother Nature as an industry? Making addictive flavors is a good thing?

In wellness ~
Dianna



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Posted by Melissa Alosso on November 28th, 2011 | Permalink

More iliopsoas... and Thanksgiving

The nitty gritty first:

Pure Pro offices, shipping department, and factory store will be closed Thursday, 11/24, through Sunday, 11/27, for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. You can find us here again on Monday, 11/28.

Meanwhile the website is always open for you!

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Now a great therapy tip!

You can put those massage stones to good use in relieving psoas problems. Pat Mayrfhofer of Nature's Stones shares her technique for releasing and calming the iliopsoas with hot and cold stones.
Learn the technique here!

A huge thank you to YOU in appreciation of making what we do possible! Every day we feel gratitude and deep respect for the gifts of healing and wellness that you share through your work.

Have a super Thanksgiving!
Dianna



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Posted by Melissa Alosso on November 21st, 2011 | Permalink

Laugh at this!!! It's good for you.

We shared this on our Facebook page because it makes us smile with glee:

"It's No Joke: Why Laughter Kills Pain" (from Time Healthland)

Wishing you abundant belly laughs straight from the heart!
Dianna



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Posted by Melissa Alosso on November 8th, 2011 | Permalink

Too much sitting? Try this iliopsoas release.

Last night I worked on a client whom I know very well. She is also a close friend and has been for many years. She has serious illiopsoas tightness so much so that it is causing her diaphragmatic spasm and radiating low back pain. I have tried standard, deep tissue trigger pointing of the psoas with her before and though she claimed it was the most excruciating thing she'd ever felt on a massage table she loved the release and long term relief she got afterward. Last night I tried this with her and she actually said it was too much. I felt bad that I'd pushed her. I also could feel that her psoas was tighter than ever. I did what I could to work the diagphragm, rib cage and low back into a more relaxed state. I sent her home with diagrams of stretches for the psoas but it is such a 3 dimensional, slippery sucker of a muscle to explain to someone without anatomical savvy and someone who is generally "out" of her body.

Then I found this video on YouTube! Aren't we lucky to have these amazing resources? Thought I'd share it with you so you can share it with your clients! I think this video does a good job simplifying the anatomy involved and how to release psoas tension.

In wellness ~
Dianna



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Posted by Melissa Alosso on November 1st, 2011 | Permalink