Holiday Tip from Healing Lifestyles & Spas

The holiday season often requires lots of family-oriented activities. This year, instead of sitting around a table gorging on food you don't need and rehashing the same old stories you've been telling for decades, break the monotony and try something new! Marsha Hudnall, MS, RD, CD Director at Green Mountain at Fox Run--a healthy living resort in Vermont suggests:

-Pumpkin Bowling -- Grab a few pumpkins (smaller ones may work best), set up gourd 'pins' and have a fun and funny lawn pumpkin bowling game with family and friends.

-Make Your Own Obstacle Course -- Join family and friends for an improvised obstacle course at the park. Walk a park path, stopping at a bench for push-ups, followed by sit-ups on the grass, another short walk to a tree branch to do pull-ups and then lunges back to the path.

-Fun with Fido – Make your daily dog walk a family activity! Get the whole gang together to walk Fido to the park or field and have fun chasing, throwing Frisbee, a ball, whatever entertains you, others and of course Fido.

-Play Date -- Add active times to the usual evening get-togethers with family and friends. Carve an hour out of the evening pre or post dinner to toss a football, play soccer, baseball or basketball, run a turkey trot, fly a kite, walk the beach, hike through peaceful woods.

-Pine Cone Toss -- Make a board with holes to toss cones through, or place Hula hoops on the ground and count how many stay inside the hoop instead of bouncing out.

Whatever you do, be active and have fun creating new memories this year!

UPS schedule this Week

Please remember that UPS does not pickup or deliver on Thur and Friday (11/27 & 11/28) due to the Thanksgiving Holiday. Contact our offices if you have any questions. cs@body-systems.net

Remembrance Day/Veteran's Day

Remembrance Day – also known as Poppy Day, Armistice Day (the event it commemorates) or Veterans Day – is a day to commemorate the sacrifices of members of the armed forces and of civilians in times of war, specifically since the First World War. It is observed on 11 November to recall the end of World War I on that date in 1918. (Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 with the German signing of the Armistice.) The day was specifically dedicated by King George V, on 7 November 1919, to the observance of members of the armed forces who were killed during war; this was possibly done upon the suggestion of Edward George Honey to Wellesley Tudor Pole, who established two ceremonial periods of remembrance based on events in 1917.

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Back To Work

Today saw the first delivery/pickup from UPS since Nov.5th Yea!! The snowstorm that hit our area last Wed and Thurs closed most of Western South Dakota with closure of all roads including the Interstate running across the state. We had family stranded in the middle of the state at a convenience store/gas station and 13,000 people in the area were without electricity. We're happy that everyone is safe, and UPS is back in business!

Storm has stopped UPS

CUSTOMERS: Please note that we just received word that UPS will not be operating again today. Our storm has closed all roads and travel. We are back in the office and filling orders, but please be patient as nothing will be shipping out today.

Our little snow storm today

Some of you know that our little area is experiencing a blizzard today...well here's a picture of my garage this morning. Apparently the electricity was going on and off all night and stuck the garage door open all night. I'm working from home today and hopefully the roads will be open by tomorrow. UPS is not running in the area either..

Key To Longevity

The New 40, 50, 60...
By: Shari Mycek for Spa Magazine


People come from all over the globe to hear Dr. Andrew Weil, director of integrative health and healing at Miraval resort, speak on longevity. In case you can't make it to his three-day Healthy Aging seminar just yet, we've outlined his five key strategies for living well longer below.

Adjust Your Attitude "Growing old should increase, not decrease, the value of human life," Weil says. "Just as with bourbon, time has the potential to smooth out roughness, add agreeable qualities, and improve character. If we change our attitude about aging, the way we age will change."

Maintain Connections Weil encourages people to stay socially and intellectually connected. "Make a list of people in your life in whose company you feel more alive, happy, and optimistic, and make an effort to spend more time with them," he suggests. Weil explains that any activity that makes you feel more alive, more connected to others and to nature, less isolated, and more comfortable with change is beneficial, helping you enhance your physical and mental health and accept the fact of aging.

Keep Healthy and Active Regularly moving the body with activities that raise the heart rate is central to healthy aging, according to Weil, who personally stays fit by swimming, biking, or walking daily. Of course, he also advocates the obvious: Watch your weight, have annual checkups, and don't smoke.

Honor Your Spirit Weil is big on mindful breathing. "Simply minding the breath is a way of expanding consciousness beyond the ego," he says. Yoga is also on his list. "I couldn't be more pleased to see yoga becoming so mainstream in our part of the world; I think it will increase the numbers of happy and healthy people here," he says. Equally important is reaching out and giving time and energy to help others. "Our spiritual selves resonate with others, and that connection is healing," Weil explains.

Eat Well Last, but certainly not least, for Weil is eating well. In his personal life, he follows a modified Mediterranean anti-inflammatory diet and adds a few of his other favorite longevity-boosting foods and condiments. For example, he regularly consumes turmeric — which is being studied for its possible role in preventing Alzheimer's. "I add a teaspoon to soups, stews, and bean dishes," Weil says. He also indulges in dark chocolate (at least 70 percent cacao) for its antioxidants and polyphenols.

New Dead Sea Mud Mask

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Circulation is improved as is the process of natural skin generation. The result is healthy skin that is silky and soft.

Pumpkin Tart Recipe

Pumpkin Tart with Toasted Nut Crust
Posted from Healing Lifestyles & Spas
Serves 8
INGREDIENTS

The Crust

1/4 cup each almonds, walnuts, and hazelnuts (toasted and cooled)
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1 tbs. flax seeds
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
6 tbs. chilled unsalted butter, diced
1 large egg yolk

PREPARATION

Grease a 9-inch tart pan with removable bottom and set aside. Grind nuts, flour, flax seeds, sugar, and salt in food processor. Add butter and pulse until a coarse meal forms. Add egg yolk and pulse until moist clumps form. Press dough into bottom and sides of the pan evenly about 1/2-inch thick and pierce bottom with a fork. Freeze for 30 minutes until firm. Preheat oven to 400°F. Bake 12–14 minutes until golden and let cool for 20 minutes while making filling.

The Filling

3/4 cup light brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 tbs. molasses
1/8 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1 15-ounce can pumpkin puree
2/3 cup plain fat free yogurt
1 tbs. vanilla extract

PREPARATION

Preheat oven to 375°F. Whisk together brown sugar, eggs, molasses, salt, and spices. Whisk in pumpkin, yogurt, and vanilla until combined. Pour filling into to slightly cooled shell and spread evenly. Bake until filling is set, 35–40 minutes. (If crust edge browns too quickly, cover with foil.) Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Wrap tightly and refrigerate.)