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Intuitive Healer, inspirational Life-Coach, Doula, & Transformational Body-Worker. Lori Bregman has over twenty years of experience assisting clients transform their lives and getting them onto their own healthy and unique paths.

Lori Bregman - Rooted For Life

TUNING INTO YOUR NEEDS

Posted by lori bregman at 3/8/2010 7:05 PM PST

TUNING INTO YOUR NEEDS –

Whether you are a full time parent or the head of a company the stress of either can zap your energy. It’s hard to give, be patient and present when your batteries are totally depleted. When you are on an airplane the first thing they tell you is, “ incase of an emergency to make sure to put your mask on first before assisting your children”. This is a great metaphor for parenting yourself because how can you possibly be there and give to another when you are completely drained have nothing left to give?

Just as important as it is to be there for your children its critical to tune into , listen and follow what you need and to take the time to recharge. Sometimes we get so busy taking care of everyone else we lose the connection to what we need . A simple exercise I do with my clients to help reconnect them is:

TUNING INTO YOUR NEEDS – BREATH WORK –

- Get in a comfortable seated position or if you are more comfortable lying down then that’s fine too

- With your left hand on your heart and right hand on your belly, Slowly begin breathing through your nose taking in deep slow breaths for the count of 3 then exhale out of your nose slowly for the count of 3, breathing into your deep into your heart and belly repeat this 3 times.

- Now on the in breath begin breathing in words and feelings like peace, love, calm and on the exhale breath out stress, tension, fear. Breathing in what you need then breathing out and letting go of what you don’t, let the words flow in and out what ever words and feeling come take then in and let go of what no longer serves you. Keep doing until the words and feelings of the out breath stop coming to you.

- Breathing into your heart and belly, simply ask what do I need right now? If nothing comes ask again. If you get an answer that doesn’t make sense sit with it and ask for clarity. Be open and just go with it ..

- An example : The other day I did this with a client of mine who was 5 weeks pregnant and I asked her what she needed the first thing she said was time , I then asked what does that mean ? She said time alone, to prepare, to digest that I am pregnant, quiet time, time with my husband and to settle in my new home. She had been traveling and non stop working non stop and she needed some space in her life to just be , process , and prepare .( together we created a program for more space and time for her in her life ) when we were finished she looked at me and said “ Oh my God I had no idea I felt this way “

TODAY TRY THIS, ASK YOURSELF WHAT DO I NEED RIGHT NOW?

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Spinach soup GREAT for flu season ! check out the healing properties in this yummy soup !!!! You will be living on it !!!!

Posted by lori bregman at 2/18/2010 7:19 PM PST

I wanted to share a yummy recipe with you all that I make all the time !! GREAT for flu season , to replenish or to boost your immune system !!! I have been playing around in my kitchen with some recipes that heal and feed the body ( lots more recipes to come ).. read the healing properties of this soup that I have broken down for everyone !! You will be living on it like I do !! ENJOY !!!

SPINACH SOUP

2 &1/2 bags of organic spinach

1 organic onion chopped

2 organic white potatoes chopped

4 cups of organic vegetable broth ( or 2 cups of chicken broth and 2 cups of

vegetable broth )

1 tablespoon of Himalayan sea salt

5 large cloves of organic garlic

2 tablespoons of earth balance butter spread or organic butter

3 table spoons of Organic brown rice flour

1&1/2 cup of almond or rice milk

1/2 cup of silk soy creamer

( If u drink dairy then use organic milk and cream )

1/2 teaspoon or more of white pepper

bring broth , onion , salt and potatoes to a boil, simmering until potatoes are

soft

Remove from heat add spinach and garlic

In a saucepan mix butter and flour together and add to broth

Add white pepper

Blend and serve

HEALING PROPERTIES OF FOOD FOUND IN THIS SOUP –

HIMALAYAN SEA SALT – http://products.mercola.com/himalayan-salt/ check out this lists all the healing benefits of this amazing salt .

SPINACH – anti cancer , treats nerve damage , helps prevent birth defects from the high content of foliate , protects against cell mutation , calcium and magnesium which helps build strong bones and teeth and lowers blood pressure , alkaline food, good for the lymphatic , urinary and digestive system , has a laxative effect and is great for easing constipation . cleanses the body of toxins, blood builder ,, helps with night blindness and is a diuretic .

ONION – Lowers blood pressure and cholesterol ,cure for the common cold ,

GARLIC - promotes circulation ,anti viral , anti fungal, gets rid of worms , bad bacteria and yeast , eliminates toxins from the body , Helps eliminate infections , protects from heart disease , lowers blood sugar ( good for people with diabetes ) , immune system enhancer , , anti cancer , removes heavy metals and free-radical , anti aging agent and antioxidant .

POTATO – High in vitamin C an potassium , it’s strongly alkaline , helps maintain fluid balance and regulate blood pressure and heart function and help fight infection

*Original recipe from the moosewood cookbook – by mollie Katzen

Healing with whole foods –Pitchford

Foods that heal – Jeneon

Dietary wellness – Balch

Mercola.com

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SOMETHING TO PONDER - What would you tell your child to do

Posted by lori bregman at 2/11/2010 5:57 PM PST

SOMETHING TO PONDER : What would you tell your child to do ?

Mothers tend to do for their children what they might not always do for themselves . your actions and experiences are setting the bar for your children to follow in . Over the years I have had women come to me telling me how they are in a toxic ,unhealthy and loveless relationship , they hate their job and feel miserable and depressed or were being bullied by a boss or friend . I always listen and then ask them these simple questions :

If this was your child and he/ she was in this relationship , job or having this experience with a friend , what kind of advise would you give them ?
If it’s not ok for them , why is it ok for you ?
What kind of example are you setting ? You are setting the pace by showing them that this is ok.
What advise would you give your child and how can you apply this to your self and situation ?

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Blog #2 in prepping your body for pregnancy series

Posted by lori bregman at 2/5/2010 6:53 PM PST

Blog #2 in prepping your body for pregnancy series

PAY ATTENTION TO ANY NEGATIVE BELIEFS OR PROJECTIONS THAT MIGHT PREVENT YOU FROM GETTING PREGNANT.

Each one of us carries with in us certain beliefs that shape and eventually becomes our reality. Some of these are our own and some society, family, media, teachers and well-meaning friends have projected them on us. Knowing that our beliefs help shape our reality believing that you will have a hard time conceiving or not being able to get pregnant you probably will have a hard time. In today’s world there is so much fear put on to woman about getting pregnant when older. Yes, STATICALLY they say the older you get the harder it is to get pregnant and maintain a healthy pregnancy, however the statistics are just that a bunch of numbers. I know plenty of woman in their 20’s that have a hard time conceiving and then clients and friends in their later 40’s that got pregnant the first time they tried. What I am saying is its individual. I went to my doctor the other day (Dr Verma) she says she spends most of the time deprogramming her clients from the projections of society. Most of the time she tells me nothing is wrong with her clients, hormones are perfect and balanced, ultra sound and any tests looks amazing and maybe they try for one month or two to get pregnant and nothing happens (maybe because they aren’t ware of their cycle of when their fertile time of the month is –I will touch more on this in blogs to follow ) … BOOM fear and stress sets in wrecking havoc on their bodies throwing their hormones completely out of whack. I also know I girl in her 30’s that was trying for a few months to get pregnant when her mother told her she was saving money for her because she “KNEW “ she was going to have to do in vitro. Talking about planting negative seeds and projecting!

SOMETHING TO PONDER – Becoming aware of beliefs and projection

ARE THERE ANY NEGATIVE BELIEFS YOU CARRY INSIDE OF YOU ABOUT GETTING PREGNANT?

ARE THESE YOURS? IS THS REALLY TRUE?

IF YES, WHY? WHERE DID THEY COME FROM?

IF NO THEN WHO’S ARE THEY?

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PREPPING FOR PREGNANCY BLOG #3 MAKING SPACE IN YOUR LIFE – GET RID OF THE OLD –TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE NEW.

Posted by lori bregman at 1/25/2010 8:09 AM PST

PREPPING FOR PREGNANCY BLOG #3 MAKING SPACE IN YOUR LIFE – GET RID OF THE OLD –TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE NEW.

Get rid of the of the old to make space for the new. It is impossible for anything new to come in if there is no space in your life for it. How many of us are uncomfortable with space? I definitely was!! I would rush from friend to friend, client to client, job to job, vacation to vacation running never stopping filling every possible bit of space in my life up. If I wasn’t working instead of resting or taking time for myself, Id be giving healing and coaching advise to friends over lunch or while hiking, or on my blackberry emailing clients, friends booking appointments, dates or doing unnecessary texting. Until one day I woke up and couldn’t move, I had totally blown my adrenals out. I am a big believer that your body will always give you signals its in trouble way before it is, well needless to say I didn’t pay attention to the whispers and now it was shouting at me to stop, slow down and make space in my life. I spent months totally depleted and depressed because there was so much new that I had been wanting and trying to bring into my life but I was so totally exhausted that I was frozen unable to get anywhere.

One day I had enough, knowing I couldn’t live like this anymore I stopped and began rearranging my life, I carved out hours of space a day that I didn’t allowed myself to do anything work / client related. At first this was really uncomfortable. I didn’t know what to do with all this time and space in my life. In the begging I’d just sit, feel and process all the painful things that I was running from. Slowly I started connecting back into myself, I became aware of how much energy I gave a way, I began to look at who and what zapped my energy and was filling up space and sucking the oxygen out of my life. I put space between those people and things, I started to set boundaries. I began to have energy again, creative juices started flowing and I began to write. For a long time I felt stagnant wanting all this new to come in and finally thru this space new doors and beginnings started to open for me. While meditating I would see a bubble hovering over me filled with all the new tying to land somewhere in my life, it would try to squeeze in and land somewhere but the space was too small, I now see the bubble has landed and popped and all the juicy newness is beginning to fill up the empty space. I once herd that when there is space the universe will always fill it. It might not happen right away but eventually that space will get filled. If we hang on to the old that no longer serves us the new has no room to come in.

I think of a baby before its conceived just like I saw that bubble of newness. How can that little soul come into your life if there is no room or space for it?

SOMETHING TO PONDER

WHERE ARE YOU FILLING UP UNNECCASARY SPACE IN YOUR LIFE?

WHO AND WHAT NO LONGER SERVES YOU AND IS TAKING UP SPACE IN YOUR LIFE?

WHO OR WHAT DRAINS YOU? WHO OR WHAT FEEDS YOU AND MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD AND ALIVE? ( I say pull back from the drainers and go towards where you feel alive )

WHAT ARE YOU RUNNING FROM OR NOT WANTING TO FEEL?

WHEN YOU MAKE THE SPACE IN YOUR LIFE WHAT COMES UP FOR YOU? ARE YOU SCARED, BORED, LONLEY, SAD? (Journal and write about the feelings this will help you process and clear them to allow more space in your lie (

WHERE CAN YOU MAKE SPACE IN YOUR LIFE FOR YOUR FUTURE CHILD TO COME IN? EX: In your home, heart, physical energy or relationship???

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