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Classes for the Holistic Treatment of Anxiety
Susan Lataille, Rhys Thomas, Roland Comtois
Healthy Living Expo Promotes Conscious Living Make plans to attend the Healthy Living Expo from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., March 22, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, in Warwick. The expo’s mission is to promote awareness for healthy and conscious living by creating a nexus between the community and industry professionals, offering positive wellbeing for the mind, pure and clean solutions for the body, as well as sustainable alternatives for the environment. Featured speakers include Rhys Thomas and Susan Lataille, whose presentations on healing and grief will be included in the expo admission to the first 100 visitors. Thomas is a visionary author, speaker, trainer and coach in the personal growth and energy medicine field. Learn to hear your soul’s calling through the playing of Rhys’ chakra-toned crystal bowls that vibrationally match each chakra and amplify their voices. Lataille will shed a light on grief as she shares her views, thoughts and experience and offers a new way to look at the process. The audience will leave with a sense of hope, awareness and peace. Also featured is Roland Comtois, a compelling and inspirational speaker who has captivated audiences worldwide with his uncanny ability to connect with the spiritual realm. Comtois shares how the audience can access their own intuitive abilities and be open to communications with those who have crossed over. His presentation is limited to 125 guests and costs $25. Cost: Tickets are $7 in advance; $12 at the door. Location: 801 Greenwich Ave., Warwick. For more information, visit RIExpo.eventbrite.com. See ad on inside back cover.
The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years. ~Deepak Chopra
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Rhode Island Edition
RINaturalAwakenings.com
Discover the power of using the breath to calm an overactive nervous system with classes at heal (v.) studio, in East Providence. Classes at the heal (v.) studio were developed to provide a complete holistic healing experience for individuals suffering from anxiety by combining the most effective treatments in the field of psychology with time-honored alternative healing practices. Each 90-minute class will integrate meditation, breath work, mindfulness exercises and yoga practice with traditional psychotherapy techniques. The next eight-week session begins March 29. “It is a common misconception that anxiety is ‘all in your head’, but your body is just as involved,” explains Sarah R. Memoli, licensed mental health counselor, registered yoga teacher and certified clinical trauma professional. “An inextricable mind-body connection occurs as anxious thoughts activate biochemical/physical reactions (fight-or-flight response) which then further exacerbates psychological distress and worry. Holistic treatment addresses this entire cycle.” Participants will learn to recognize triggers that create anxiety spirals and release thought patterns that don’t serve them. Classes include a grounding warm-up of stretching and meditation followed by breathwork exercises/pranayama. A 20-minute discussion of therapeutic psychological techniques and classwork is followed by 30 minutes of yoga. Each class closes with a 10-minute meditation and savasana (rest and release). At-home work is given between classes. Participation allows for the opportunity to unblock and release chronic physical holding of stress and anxiety in the body, gain control over intrusive thoughts and panic attacks, and reprogram negative thoughts that maintain the anxious response. Memoli invites people to “shift from being stuck in your mind to feeling present in the moment and in your body. Realize that it is entirely possible to be a healthier, happier and calmer version of yourself.” Cost: $25 per class/$195 for eight-week series. Location: 1019 Waterman Ave., East Providence. For more information or to register for classes, visit HolisticTherapyRI.com. See ad on page 11.
