Cheryl Thomas, RYT
www.cherylthomas.com yoga@cherylthomas.com 415-308-3377 |
 Poop in a Blender
Big Pharma is not going to like this. Not at all. Neither are the squeemish. Not one bit. If you've never heard about ingesting or inserting fecal material from your neighbor, friend or fecal bank, this is going to come as a shock. The procedure, referred to as a fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) or stool transplant, is taking good bacteria from a healthy person and transferring it into, let's call them, a "recipient". Why, pray tell, would anyone want to do this?
Our intestinal tract is home to a diverse and complex community of 1,000 bacterial species. They outnumber our human genome by 100 to 1. This merry band of bacteria, fungus and virus is referred to as our microbiome. It arrived with us at birth. A healthy microbiome is needed for general health and wellbeing and is involved with our metabolism, physiology, nutrition and immune function. But, it can get screwed up, even decimated by disease, antibiotics, and lifestyle. It's been suggested that a damaged microbiome can lead to obetity, malnutrition, diabetes, chronic inflammatory bowel disease, chronic fatigue, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. Our gut microbiome can be repaired or repopulated with good bacteria. Think probiotics--they're in everyone's shopping cart. However, the average probiotic food or supplement may contain between 1-30 strains of probiotics while a healthy stool contains 1000+ strains of microbes (bacteria, yeast, bacteriophages, etc.) at hundreds of trillions of units. Score one for the poop! I know what you're thinking: "Okay, I get it, but how do I......." Fecal transplants are performed in clinics by a qualified doctor trained in the procedure. Donor stool is liquefied with saline (here's where the blender comes in) and pumped into the intestinal tract via an enema or colonoscope (tube run through the nose or small intestine). But, yes, this procedure can be being done at home. You can watch how right here. Typically you find a healthy donor--maybe the personal in front of your at Whole Foods (just kidding). Good luck asking someone for their poop. It's suggested that you always have the donor's stool and blood tested. Then, follow a procedure you can find online which involves the blender, the stool, and an enema bag.
But wait! There are more ways to get that poop in. You can take a poop pill, in capsule form that contains freeze-dried material that is obtained from a healthy donor. You can bank your own feces. Hospital patients in a pilot study had their feces frozen prior to their procedures. In case of an infection, they had their own feces to repopulate their microbiome. Good idea, I say. What's not to like. Fecal transplants have a high success rate, are affordable, and readily available (no doubt). No prescription is needed. They have no side effects except for the "gross out" factor. It's not mainstream medicine, yet, but it's worth knowing about. I'm guessing that some folks will be too freaked out to even consider it.
References:
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/a-guide-to-do-it-yourself-fecal-transplants-thanks-youtube
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Join Carol King at Lion Heart Yoga in Kenwood for Stand Your Ground!, A Workshop Dedicated to Feet.Saturday, Oct. 24th * 1 to 3 pm
Yoga International's Fall Digital Conference. See below for free online classes, discount code for the conference. All online!!
New Owner Special at YogaOne--Get 10 classes for $100!! Crazy good deal for over 60 classes and 2 locations: Petaluma and Santa Rosa. Thanks, Deacon!
Live Music and Vinyasa Flow with the fabulous Jenn Russo at Yoga on Center in Healdsburg, Saturday, Nov 7th, 9:00- 10:30. FUN Fridays.....at Ann Austin's Friday 9:15 class at Yoga Studio Ganesha. Truly, it's Cirque de Soliel meets Olga Korbut meets Patthabi Jois. There's no better way to learn the FUN poses than from Ann!
Tony Briggs will be heading up a yoga teacher training at Westside Yoga Studio in Sebastopol starting in January. Also pranayama workshops at Westside. Lots more Tony offerings at www.tonybriggsyoga.com.
Another important opportunity to teachers and serious students. Study anatomy with Judith Lasater at Mt. Madonna. Not just any anatomy, but Experiential Anatomy, billed as the The Most Fun Anatomy Course Ever. I'll be there. More info here.
Know about Yoga in Graton? It's hopping! Find 5 classes a week ranging from Gentle to Slow Flow to All Levels, featuring me, Corina Stoicescu and Denise Hammond. Time and places at YogaInGraton.com. Restorative Yoga..........Thanks to your interest in this important practice, I'm adding a permanent Wednesday class. See below for details!!! My weekly schedule is below (scroll down or click here!). Or, you can always go to my website and click on the always up-to-date calendar to find where I might be.
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 The Adult Nap
Thanks to your interest in this important practice, I'm offering a a Restorative Yoga on Wednesdays from 5:15 to 6:45. at Yoga Studio Ganesha on the Square in Sebastopol. Pricing - Buy a 4 class pass for $54 ($13.50/class) or 8 classes for $100 or Drop-In of $16. Yoga in Graton students can use your punch card ($10 per class)!!!
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What's on Your Kitchen Counter? 
A new study caused a flourish of articles about the link between what's on your kitchen counter and your weight. Over 200 American kitchens were photographed to determine if the food sitting out on counters could predict the weight of the woman living in each home. Answer: Yes it could.
"The new Cornell study found that women who had breakfast cereal sitting on their counters weighed 20-lbs more than their neighbors who didn't, and those with soft drinks sitting out weighed 24 to 26-lbs more. The good news? Those who had a fruit bowl weighed about 13-lbs less."
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 Bringing Kindness Into Your Life One of my go-to online sites for "research-based" information for living a thoughtful life is Greater Good out of UC Berkeley.
Here's a great article on how to bring kindness into your life. Studies have linked greater life satisfaction, stronger relationships and better mental health on increased kindness. Juliana Breines offers 3 tips on how to boost kindness in your life. Thanks, Jane, for bringing this important article to my attention. |
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Schedule of Upcoming Classes
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Class Schedule - Week of October 25, 2015
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Tuesday
5:00 - 6:00
Private, Healdsburg
Wednesday
5:15 - 6:45
Yoga Studio Ganesha, Sebastopol
Restorative Yoga
Thursday
8:45 - 9:45
Graton Community Club
All Levels
5:00 - 6:00 Private, Healdsburg
Saturday
All Levels Flow
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Wednesday
5:15 - 6:45
Yoga Studio Ganesha, Sebastopol
Restorative Yoga
Thursday 8:45 - 9:45
All Levels
5:00 - 6:00
Private, Healdsburg
Saturday
9:00 - 10:30
All Levels Flow
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Graton Yogis Info:
Did you know your class pass (get these from your instructor) are accepted by all yoga teachers at Yoga in Graton?
We Gratonite Yogis have a place to call our own. It's www.
yogaingraton.com. There is information about current and new yoga classes offered in Graton.
Don't live in Graton? No problem. We want you to come anyway.
Quotes I Like
You cannot be lost if you don't care where you are.
Judith Lasater
When people ask me what equipment I use, I tell them my eyes.
Ansel Adams
"Not to have what we want is stressful; to have what we do not want is stressful."
Buddha
"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion."
Dalai Lama
"Everything will be alright in the end. And if it is not alright, it's not yet the end!" The Magnolia Hotel movie
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