1. Simplify your food. Stick to simply prepared grains, fresh vegetables, and legumes as the basis for your meals, and cut back on processed and restaurant foods. A simple, natural diet lets your body work most effectively, and that supports your efforts in other areas!

2. Move. Whether it’s a 30-minute walk after dinner or a couple of extra trips up and down the stairs in your office building, try to incorporate some concentrated movement into each day.

3. Add a daily ritual. Committing to a daily centering or reflecting ritual has wonderful benefits. This can be meditation, journaling, or even just taking one minute each morning for a few deep breaths!

4. Do something nice for yourself. To counteract the back-to-the-grind blues that often arise after summer vacations, be sure you have a special treat to enjoy. Delve into a juicy novel, buy (and wear!) some fabulous new shoes, or schedule a spa day.

5. Get support. Your new healthy habits will really stick when your friends and family agree to hold you accountable. Let your support network know what they can do to assist you!

If you’d like extra support for your wellness goals this fall, contact Clark Wellness to schedule a wellness counseling session. Each session is customized to your needs and includes gentle, easy-to-implement recommendations for positive food and lifestyle changes. Learn more below!

Bringing Yoga to the Dinner Table (workshop)
September 16 at Tranquil Space Yoga Studio

The practice of yoga is applicable to all aspects of life — especially food and eating. In this special workshop with holistic nutritionist Isabel Clark of Clark Wellness, we will explore ways to express the lessons learned on the yoga mat in the kitchen and at the dinner table. Learn guidelines for selecting wholesome foods, try new techniques to help you tune in to what foods work best for you, and discover a unique approach to the eating experience to help you take your yoga off the mat and to your dining table. Because so many of us begin new health programs in the fall, part of this workshop will be dedicated to setting yourself up for a great fall season and getting support for your particular health goals.

When: Sunday, September 16, 4:30pm to 6:30pm
Where: Tranquil Space Yoga, 2021 P St NW, Washington, DC 20036 (Dupont Circle Metro station)
Cost: $35, $30 if pre-registered
Registration: Please pre-register through Tranquil Space. Call 202-223-9642 or register online.

Serves 4

1 cup millet, well rinsed
2 cups water
generous pinch sea salt
1/4 cup chopped pitted kalamata olives
juice of 1/2 lemon
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

Place the millet in a medium saucepan over medium heat and toast briefly. Add water and salt. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low, cover, and cook, covered, until the millet has absorbed all the liquid, about 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from heat, fluff with a fork, and add olives, lemon juice, and parsley. Serve.

Isabel Clark is a holistic nutritionist and wellness counselor focusing on food and lifestyle coaching. Her personalized wellness programs and fun and lively classes make natural, wholesome, healthful, home-prepared foods and supportive, healthful, positive lifestyle choices accessible to women looking to achieve balanced wellness.

In her holistic nutrition and wellness counseling practice, Clark Wellness, Isabel works primarily with individual clients to empower them to make appropriate food choices for their unique situations. She shares her knowledge of natural foods selection and preparation along with coaching on food experiments, goal setting, and positive lifestyle changes to help her clients create the happy, healthy lives they were born to live!

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