Are you ready to work in a collaborative environment to elevate your business? Ellavae offers: • A professional space to meet with clients • Co-working office desks and lounge • An official business address for your mailing needs Ellevae provides: • Workshop and event space • Access to business mentors • Monthly business seminars and networking • Access to podcast studio for content creation that will bring visibility to your business Conveniently located in downtown Burlingame.
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Marisa Gonzalez
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Marisa Gonzalez is an Arbonne Independent Consultant coaching, educating and sharing with others ways to live abundant and health-filled lives. “I believe we are placed in one another’s lives for a reason. It is our job to follow the path where it leads and contribute as we are called.�
A physical therapist working in the San Francisco Bay Area. She sees patients at Agile Physical Therapy in San Carlos and has a private practice. She received her degree from Massachusetts General Hospital Institute and specializes in orthopedics with a focus on the metaphysical aspect of healing.
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Dr. Nirali Patel
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Dr. Nirali Patel is an acupuncturist and skincare specialist with a practice in Foster City, California, with over 12 years of experience. She is the founder of Twigs And Tansy, a skin care company that infuses eastern plants, western herbs and healing gemstones in its products. All ingredients are from the earth, in their pure form and contain no harmful additives. www.twigsandtansy.com
Carmen Milagro
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An entrepreneur, art lover, international entertainer and philanthropist, Carmen Milagro is the founder of Borbón, a premium skin care brand with products made from the world’s finest exotic raw ingredients and inspired by homeopathic traditions.
Zack Sit
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Zack Sit is the co-founder of the Sit Group real estate team, a family business providing passion and peace of mind to the Bay Area through real estate. Zack makes sure his client’s interest is a top priority and that they feel comfortable throughout the whole process. He knows the importance of having a helpful heart and knows no bounds when it comes to service. His vibrant and positive personality will make you feel at home.
Nico Abaya
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Nico Abaya is one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s top fitness coaches. He’s a certified fitness nutritionist and personal trainer. He actively competes as a Men’s Physique competitor while coaching hundreds of people toward their own fitness goals. His unique, flexible approach to dieting helps his clients achieve amazing transformations without giving up the foods they love. www.g8fitness.com
Donya Fahmy
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Donya Fahmy is the Alchemist in Chief for Sustainable Health Solutions Inc., and Founder and Formulator for Dropwise Essentials, a brand specializing in aromatherapy and organic plant-based personal care products. She is a passionate advocate for plant-based healing and living. Donya is also a speaker, a #1 Amazon international best-selling author, and a natural health and lifestyle transformation expert. www.donyafahmy.com
Lauren Brollier
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Lauren Brollier is an inspirational speaker and transformational life coach. Lauren brings easy, practical applications to spiritual principles. Her own experience with grief, betrayal and loss is what fuels her to help others dust themselves off and reach their highest potential. Through her speaking and coaching, she has inspired thousands of people to live a life they love. www.soulsavvy.com 4
Eva Barrows
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Eva Barrows is a San Francisco Bay Area writer and editor. In 2007 she created Imitation Fruit Literary Journal (www.imitationfruit.com) to showcase fun and upbeat short stories, poetry, and artwork. She blogs about the craft of writing and local historical places www.evabarrows.com
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One of the most valuable lessons I am learning in my life is that I don't need to do it alone. “It” can be defined as almost anything I do, including developing a new program for one of my clients, running my business, needing help repairing something and even walking my dog. What's freeing about this discovery is that it saves me time and energy. I get to a better end result because of the shared ideas, and, most importantly, I get to have great fun working with others! One of my mentors, Laura Whitworth, co-founder of The Bigger Game, always says that people are hungry to make a difference in the world; they just don't know how. We can show them how. I am finding this to be true. No matter where my clients are in their personal or professional lives, they come to me to reconnect with their vision. We lose sight of our vision when daily activities, routines, responsibilities and obligations take over. We can no longer see what drives us. We begin to feel we have no choice and are being driven instead of driving. The one important thing about having a vision is to take action to make your vision a reality. The first major step in doing this is to talk about your vision, enroll and engage others in it. By doing this, you become more committed to your vision. There is power in speaking about your vision because you’ll gain clarity and get closer to making it a reality. How scary is that? And how exhilarating? 12
As leaders, it is our responsibility to show others the “how.” In speaking about your vision, you will find others who will think you're crazy and others who will think you're not. So what? Those who think you may be crazy will help you become more convicted in your vision and those who think you're not will become great allies. I am participating in a leadership book club and our current book is "The Art of Possibility" by Benjamin Zander and Rosamund Stone Zander. Our current practice from the book is called "Being a Contribution." The practice involves inventing oneself as a "contribution," and others as well. Replace the fearful question, "Am I loved for who I am, or for what I have accomplished?" with the joyful question, "How will I be a contribution today?" Take two simple steps to answer this question: • Declare yourself to be a contribution.
• Throw yourself into life as someone who makes a difference, accepting that you may not understand how or why. Watch what happens. Enroll and engage by example. Remember, you may be the “how” to someone who has a vision and just doesn't know how to make it real. Don't be the one to cheat others out of the opportunity to make their visions a reality. Step into leading and enroll others in your vision. Don't wait. Model leadership. The world needs us to do this.
Thinking of starting your own business? It’s a huge undertaking to hang your shingle out there and offer your services and time, but it can be done. In today’s economy, more and more people want to be their own boss for various reasons. Maybe you have something to offer the world and want to impact people’s lives, or maybe you have an entrepreneurial mindset and want to get your innovative product into the hands of many. The key to starting your own successful business is to combine both your passion with how you will be of service to others. What can you offer people that others cannot? Business coach Rita Hovakimian of San Francisco based Inspiring Success, helps business owners achieve abundance and prosperity so they can reach their goals and the next level of success. “In order to have a successful business, you have to have a healthy and harmonious relationship with money and not have dysfunctional and distorted beliefs around money,” she says. Some of Rita’s advice for achieving success is to understand what your limiting beliefs are around success and making money. “Then, you're going to be able to make the transformation that you have in this arena and bring it to the success of your business and every other area of your life!”
Getting clear on your reasons for going into business for yourself will take some soul-searching and will get you on your way to focusing on a specific area of your talents and ideas. Here are some goal-setting exercises that will help you stay focused when starting your business: • Be sure every goal you create ties back to your mission and vision. This will help with long-term strategy, not just in the moment. • Make your goals descriptive. Each goal should be SMART: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Time-bound. • Write down a list of actions you will take to achieve your specific goals. While people in your life may advise you against starting your own business or have something negative to say about what you’re doing, you’ll need to be mature and let them fall away from your circle. Remember to listen to your intuition and take those calculated risks because you are fearless and can achieve anything your heart desires.
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As a new business owner, you may not realize how important politics can be to the development, growth, visibility and opportunities provided to local businesses. Having connections in political circles and good relationships with local elected officials could be a great benefit to your business. To keep your business compliant, you need to be “in the know” with certain regulations, ordinances and fees. You won’t be able to get much done if you have zero contacts, connections and partnerships with your local officials. Everything is political and as a business owner, you should know that. If not, it’s about time you figure it out. Here are a few tips to help you start connecting with your local government officials for business support.
1. Join your local business chamber of commerce to connect with other businesses and opportunities. 2. Find out who your local elected officials are that represent the area your place of business occupies. 3. Invite local elected officials to your grand opening and have them host an event at your establishment like a ribbon-cutting or to launch a new product. 4. Schedule a meeting with local elected officials and their staff to get to know them. 5. Attend city council meetings and study the status of business politics in your city. What’s important to know? What guidelines affect your business? And, what ordinances and issues do businesses face in your city and county? Entrepreneurship is tough. Business ownership can take over your life, but getting to know the political climate in your area is a business priority. I advise you to start small or delegate local political outreach to a team member or hire a consultant to represent your business. Use these ideas to help your business become a vital community member.
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Tiffany's Favorite Smoothie Combine the following ingredients in a blender: • 1/2 banana • 1 hand full of fresh or frozen blueberries • 1/4 cup frozen mangoes • 1 hand full of raw baby spinach • 1 scoop plant-based protein powder • 1 teaspoon aloe • 1 tablespoon chia seeds • 1/2 cup ice • Add water or almond milk to your preferred thickness • Blend well
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Choosing Your Approach to
Yoga Practice By Esther Ekhart
Within the world of yoga, it is easy to get carried away, wanting to master the same poses your neighbor achieves so well—or just wanting to keep up with the rest of the class.
The Dream and The Reality
I personally have to keep reminding myself this is not what yoga is about. As a teacher I too feel the pressure, for example to be able to do everything with elegance and ease. Well, that is a dream. It’s not happening. Some poses are hard for me; some poses, I cannot even do. There are poses I don’t do very elegantly or the way some other yogi can do them. It’s the same thing over and over again, wanting something different than what reality presents you. In other words, suffering.
Your Practice Reflects Your Life
The way you live life is the way you most likely practice your yoga. Think about it for a moment: Are you a very determined or disciplined person? Do you get frustrated and angry very easily? Do you need to do everything perfectly? Are you usually quite hard on yourself and always push yourself, or do you never push yourself at all? Do you say you want to practice yoga but never find time, or do you make the time? It’s good to be aware of this and change your approach if you feel it should change!
You don’t want the way you live your life to influence the way you practice yoga—try for the reverse. You want the way you practice your yoga to inform the way you live your life! That’s how you take yoga with you off the mat and into your daily life. That means slowing down if you know you are a go-gogo person. Practice gentleness if you normally push. Turn up the volume a bit if you never cross any boundaries, etc. When you take a yoga class, consider this: How do you want to approach the class? You decide—and it takes a lot of awareness to be able to make a different choice than your normal pattern. But being aware and making the decision is so worthwhile because you’re creating the opportunity in your daily life to make a different choice, too! Don’t worry if you are not able to do all the poses in a yoga class. Yoga is also about knowing when to back off, and maybe even more about your attitude toward a pose then about the actual form of the pose. So lower your expectations, and enjoy learning about yourself and allowing yourself to change. Learn how to make different choices in your yoga practice, and after that in your life. 37
Sports tape is meant to help your body tissues return to homeostasis and is used to prevent injury.
A few important sports taping principles to know:
There are many different types of sports tape and taping techniques. Tapes with elastic properties are popular today, and many different brands with similar but slightly varying properties are available. Taping is meant to be used for therapeutic reasons and is not meant to boost performance. Taping can enhance the function of your body’s tissues and can affect many different tissues, including skin, fascia, circulatory/ lymphatic, muscles, ligaments, and joints.
• Don’t pull the tape as hard as you can. This can cause skin aggravation.
Sports tape can treat acute injuries to promote faster healing and reorganization of tissue back to homeostasis. Sports tape can also be used for more chronic problems. However, you should see a professional like a physical therapist if you have a chronic problem. You may need to fix the dysfunction versus relying on tape. There’s a specific method to the sports taping madness. Various techniques target specific tissue levels. As a certified taping specialist, I recommend an evaluation from your physical therapist, chiropractor or personal trainer in order to identify the specific dysfunction and to develop a plan and best taping technique. A taping professional can show you the exact taping method that is best for your injury. Taping is variable and person-specific. After you learn the right technique, you will be able to tape yourself. 38
• Less is more.
• Don’t create tension on the tape anchors or tape ends. • I generally recommend a twenty-five percent stretch on the tape. Work with a professional, so you don’t end up looking like a mummy and prevent adverse conditions from wrong taping application.
Jog with Your Dog By Laurel Mines
Jogging with your dog can be great fun for you both, but you want to be safe. The following guidelines will help you gauge if your dog is ready to go on a run with you.
Skeletal Maturity
Your dog needs to be at least one year old before they start running with you. A dog’s skeletal system isn’t mature until a year or year and a half. You’ll risk injuries such as stress fractures and ligament damage to your dog if they run with you before skeletal maturity. When your dog is a puppy, encourage them to do self-paced short sprints to prepare them for your future runs together.
Breed Type
Some dog breeds aren’t meant for long-distance steadystate running. Do some research and consult with your vet to determine if your dog is able to run safely with you.
Running Training
Your dog will need to be trained through repetition and consistency to become a good running partner. My dog is two years old now and is just now getting better at running with me. Your dog should be good on a leash if you run where dogs need to be on a leash. You want to establish dominance and train your dog to run beside you or behind you. You don’t want your dog running ahead of you.
Potty Break Routine
Establish a routine for your dog to relieve itself. I have my dog pee before we start running. Then a half-mile into the run, I have him relieve his bowels. It gives him a chance to be active and get his bowels moving. Then he doesn’t need to go for the rest of the run. If you establish a routine, you won’t be stopping all the time.
Get Your Dog in Shape
When you start running with your dog, start slow, then ramp up. Start with a one mile run for a few sessions and then slowly increase the distance. You wouldn’t go out and run ten miles if you were out of shape. Your dog has to get into shape too.
Bring Water for Both of You
Remember to take water for both you and your dog if you are going for long runs. Or find a place on your run where water is available for your dog. Have water readily available for your pet when you get back to the house.
Prevent Overheating
Consider your dog’s coat of hair and weather conditions. A dog with a lot of hair may do better exercising in the cold weather where a short-haired dog may need to wear a cloth coat. In warmer weather, be cautious of exercising a dog with a lot of hair. Watch for signs of heat exhaustion, including excessive panting, lack of urine, lethargy, and weak legs.
Dog Stretches
If your dog is prone to hip arthritis (breeds like Labradors), a good exercise is “sit pretty” or “beg,” where your dog sits on its hind legs vertical with its front paws up. This exercise can help keep your dog's hips strong in order to be a good strong runner and prevent hip arthritis. If you do it right, jogging with your dog can be fun and good exercise for both of you. One morning, I was going to take my dog jogging in the afternoon instead of our typical morning time, but he went to my drawer and pulled out my workout pants. He was ready to go!
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Christina Nguyen is the creator of the BossBody Lifestyle Movement where she helps women feel strong, confident, sexy, desired, empowered and fit. Christina developed the BossBody Blueprint where she takes women through different stages to get them to believe in themselves, destroy bad habits and create new ones to become the boss of their bodies. www.BossBodyLife.com 41
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Home Health Compass At Home Health Compass, we understand that the aging process can be a challenging transition for many members in the community, we guide our clients through the aging process with grace, dignity and class. Dr. Peter Liu, PT, DPT and Dr. Jossue Morales, PT, DPT, are both Bay Area doctors who pride themselves in bringing home health options to people who are not easily able to get to doctor visits due to aging, injury, or other limiting factors.
IN HOME CONSULTATION:
We assess the need and safe usage of canes, walkers and crutches along with the need for home modifications such as grab-bars and chair lifts. We connect clients with caregiver agencies for continuing at-home assistance.
CARE HOME CONSULTATION: We provide care homes with functional assessments, recommendations and caregiver education for their residents. A multidisciplinary rehab team is provided to achieve quality care.
Dr. Peter Liu
Peter Liu is a first-generation Chinese-American born and raised in San Francisco. He graduated from the University of Hawaii with a degree in Biology and earned a doctorate degree from Samuel Merritt University. His passion for physical therapy and consulting stems from his interest in holistic medicine and observations of the inadequacies of the traditional healthcare system. He strives to remedy this by streamlining healthcare services to the community.
Home Health Staffing:
PHYSICAL THERAPY: Develop a plan of action between clinician and patient to help restore healthy movement with an emphasis on maximizing the patient’s functional potential and promoting optimal health. OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY: Assessment and
intervention through the therapeutic use of everyday activities with the goal of preserving or regaining the movement necessary to maintain participation in meaningful activities for patients.
SPEECH THERAPY: Assessment and treatment of speech, language, social and cognitivecommunication as well as swallowing disorders in children and adults.
(805) 335-8441 www.homehealthcompass.com
Dr. Jossue Morales
Jossue Morales is a first-generation Guatemalan-American and a Bay Area native. His passion for physical therapy began in his teens as he provided caregiving for his aging grandmother in her final years of life at his dad’s home. He pursued a degree in psychology and graduated with honors from UCLA. He then earned his doctorate degree in physical therapy from Samuel Merritt University.
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Caron Shahrestani
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Caron Shahrestani is the founder and director of Caron Modern Media, a video marketing, photography and social media training company based in Silicon Valley. Caron worked as a newspaper reporter and volunteered with the Peace Corps in West Africa before starting her own business. A former group fitness instructor and video model for The Bar Method, Caron prioritizes her health by taking a variety of exercises classes and eating a balanced diet. www.Caronmodernmedia.com
Sarah Wilson
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A native New Englander recently relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband. Sarah’s childhood in Vermont fuels her passion for local organic food and outdoor lifestyle. After graduating from Wesleyan University, she obtained her Health Coach certification from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition.
Esther Ekhart
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Tiffany Toney
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Esther Ekhart, face and founder of EkhartYoga, brings years of personal yoga and meditation practice, therapy training and study of yoga philosophy into her teaching. She loves teaching dynamic styles like Hatha or Vinyasa Flow, focusing on strength, stability and fitness, along with slower practices such as Yin Yoga and Meditation that allow you to drop in and get to know yourself better. www.ekhartyoga.com
Tiffany Toney
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Tiffany Toney is a former pro softball player with a background in fitness and journalism. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, she has traveled to Europe and all over the U.S. for her work in sports and entertainment. She’s worked for America's Most Wanted, NBC, and recently launched her own YouTube series called "The Cheat Day" about sports and food. Her mission is to empower women by creating content that no longer forces them to choose between their strength and their beauty. www.BeastModeBarbie.com
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Pat Obuchowski
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Pat Obuchowski is CEO, Chief Empowerment Officer, of inVisionaria, an Executive and Leadership coaching company. She is the founder of Gutsy Women Win (www. GutsyWomenWin.com), an organization that supports women leaders; a best selling and award winning author; and a public speaker. Connect with her at Pat@GutsyWomenWin.com
Jennifer Slaboda is passionate about helping people live healthier through better food, personal care products, and exercise. She is a NASM Certified Personal Trainer with Fitphoria, an Independent Consultant with Arbonne, fitness instructor at Pilates ProWorks of Burlingame, and a mom of two teenagers. www.Fitphoria.com
Chandra Brooks is the founder of The Powerhouse Academy ™, a program that turns women leaders with a message and a movement into influential women in their industry. The program elevates their message in media, major stages, and online. www.chandra-brooks.com
Shelley Karpaty is a recruiter, career coach, and writer with over 15 years’ experience in the Bay Area. She enjoys connecting people to the right opportunities and inspiring people to believe in themselves with the right amount of direct communication and thoughtfulness. Shelley writes on various topics from book reviews, mental health awareness, and career advice to impact people's lives.
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