Dear Friend,

The Holiday season has arrived and what a wonderful time of year it is!

Imagine what it would be like if those around you were connected and striving to the same goals of Health and Well-Being? That is a powerful gift that can transform their lives and impact your relationships.

This month we invite you to share our Wellness Services and Products with those you care about.

10% OFF UNTIL 12/15/06!!

From Now Until December 15th take 10% off all Gift Certificate Purchases. Call (212) 889-7300 and give the gift of well-being!

Free Skin Analysis!

Our gift to you this holiday season: SCNY is offering a free skin consultation this Friday, December 8th. Call (212) 889-7300 to book your appointment today.

Our skin consultations include a one on one discussion with one of our premier estheticians on staff, Kara Pursely, regarding your skin concerns as well as a clinical analysis to determine your skins specific needs.

Sugar Plum Facial

A brown sugar facial scrub and a skin-soothing plum mask will leave your stressed out skin supple and soft with visions of young, sugar plum fairies dancing in your head!

The High Molasses content in our exclusive Brown Sugar Face Scrub helps to exfoliate dull, dry skin cells while sweet almond oil imparts needed moisture and balance to the skin. A skin-soothing plum mask is designed to nurture and calm over-stressed sensitive skin while providing hydration to dull complexions through the use of natural sugars and vitamins.

$125.00 / 60 minutes

As Featured in Time Out New York:

Gingerbread Comforter Massage

The warmth and soothing nature of ginger is combined with steaming compresses to help improve circulation and soothe the aches and pains associated with winter cold. The combination of essential oils of Ginger and Nutmeg provide nurturing relief from congested coughs, colds, and flu while imparting a healthy dose of preventative, soothing RX for the body and soul. A full-body aromatic massage warms from the inside out enhancing internal healing properties and relaxing tight, overworked and stress filled muscles and joints.

Ingredients: Essential oils of Ginger, Nutmeg, Orange and Ground Cinnamon

$130.00/70 minutes

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The Adventure of December is upon us! Planning and attending holiday festivities to connect with those that we love and appreciate brings joy to our hearts and life to our souls. Selecting and purchasing that “perfect” gift for that special someone sends blood coursing through our veins knowing that they’ll love what we’ve chosen for them.

And that’s just it — what IS the best gift one can give another? Is it another sweater? The latest timesaving tool? Another CD or book? What IS the best gift? What do most individuals want more than anything else?

SOLUTIONS! That’s the number one thing that we as human beings crave-SOLUTIONS! Solutions to our problems not matter how big or small. We desire solutions for financial strains that we feel. We seek solutions for fulfilling relationships and love. We move towards solutions that will make us thinner and fit. We want solutions and we want them NOW!

The drug industry is a multi-BILLION dollar industry in the United States and bares testimony that people all around us are craving solutions for their health problems-big and small. Many individuals accept ENORMOUS risk by swirling down pills, potions, or lotions that promise relief from pain or other aliments that they’re plagued with. Often times those solutions come wrapped with effects that are worse than the original problem they endure. Why? Why are those that you know and love willing to take such risk? Knowledge and opportunity - they are unaware that natural solutions exist for the problems that they face. Let’s face it, when we don’t feel good, EVERY fabric of our lives is affected; from relationships, jobs, parenting ability and so much more!

So this holiday season give the gift everyone has been searching for - A SOLUTION. Share with those on your holiday list a simple and safe solution to their complex problem. A solution loaded with ‘side benefits’ instead of ‘side effects’. Can the gift of another CD, Sweater, or Gadget, yield this?

As Director of Sea Change New York, I am playing Santa this year, helping you give the gift of wellness and impacting the lives of those that you know and love. Our Solution? A SCNY Holiday Referral Packet, beautifully Prepared for Easy Gift Giving.

The Holiday Referral Packet includes: a first visit gift card, valued at (your choice$$), which can be redeemed for any wellness or spa service including products carried in Gifts & Guidance. Please visit our website at www.seachangeny.com for our sustainable wellness services and packages. Also included will be several wellness articles for their enjoyment and growth, and a calendar of healthy events for the New Year.

Simply ask Karen or Stacy for customized Holiday Referral Packets/Gift Cards for everyone on your list. If You ACT NOW you’ll receive a 10% discount for every gift card purchased BY 12/15/06. And don’t forget, when you’re loved one becomes a member of Sea Change New York’s NSA community, you’ll be credited with a complimentary entrainment (value $65.00) It IS the gift that just keeps on giving . . .

Thanks for your desire to live YOUR best and assist others in their desire for growth. I appreciate YOU! HO! HO! HO! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Yours in Wellness,

Deborah Musso, D.C.
Director/Success Wellness Coach
Sea Change New York

That’s right - those resolutions we make with ourselves after the holidays and before New Year’s they’re POINTLESS. Typically they only serve to show us that once again we’ve missed the mark and fell short of what we wanted to happen and change in our lives. If you’re like most then your resolution list each year is simply a copy of what you’ve written throughout the previous decade. It’s filled with wishes like: get in shape and lose weight; spend more time with my family; get a better job; repair the run-down things around the house; and so on. Do any of these ring true for you?

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So, why do we do go through the pain-staking process of writing down our resolutions each year, do really great on them the first two weeks and then it’s all back to “normal?” Why do we torture ourselves and follow the “herd.”

It’s because we DO want to see resolutions move from the list to RESOLVED! It’s not a lack of desire but rather a lack of habit! Desire alone is NEVER enough! Consider the smoker who wants to stop smoking. Sure, they have the desire, but that desire alone does not bring about the change in mindset and action.

The cure for the common resolution list is a firm understanding and living that THINGS WILL NOT CHANGE UNLESS WE CHANGE! That’s right—YOU must change in order for other things to change. Your habits must shift to be reflective of the WHO that you want to become and THEN the results WILL change! You attract into your life whatever you give your attention, energy and focus, whether wanted or unwanted.

Take for example the most common resolution about getting in shape. The formula is simple (desire): spend more calories than you consume. SIMPLE! How does that look habitually? Your lifestyle (habits) must change. You must create the space in your day (perhaps less TV?) to give you that 30 minutes or an hour in order TO exercise and be fit. Your grocery list must change from processed, quickie foods to wholesome and nutrient - dense fruits, veggies, and lean meats. At first you’re likely to crave sugar and salt laden foods of your past, but if you just stick with it, your “cravings” will shift and you’ll feel more satisfied.

Yes, I know, it’s a LOT! The only task is thus deciding if you truly want it bad enough! NOTHING is impossible when habits are matched with consistency. You have to change in order for things to change. The fastest and most effective way to invoke change is to find another person who wants what you want and then partner together for the BEST you both desire! You can hold one another accountable, share ideas and strategies for moving forward at a quicker pace, have fun with one another and relish in each other’s victories. It’s a great plan! I’d love to assist you and support you for your best year EVER!! Please join me and other members of our community as we effectively unlock the mystery of New Year’s Resolution and truly resolve to have the VERY BEST YEAR EVER!

Join us on Monday, Dec 11th at 7:15 at Sea Change New York. Please either call (212-889- 7300) or register online at info@seachangeny.com. Upon registering you will be giving worksheets to formulate your success strategy for New Year’s RESOLVED! This workshop is free and each member of our community is invited to come. Refreshments will be served. Call or email today to begin the journey of your BEST YEAR EVER!! Invite your accountability friend to join you and start 2007 with the BIGGEST bang EVER!

by Dr. Amy McLaughlin

As one of the newest members of the Sea Change Wellness Team, I am here to share with you my personal experiences that have led me to a higher sense of healing.

The last seven years of my life have been spent in Europe, more specifically, Switzerland. In addition to learning a new culture and new languages in such a beautiful country, a good friend and colleague of mine introduced me to Network Spinal Analysis (NSA) and Somato Respiratory Integration (SRI).

Once introduced to NSA and SRI I was immediately intrigued and have spent the last seven years learning, studying and applying these revolutionary wellness methods. I have always known that the body was more than just the sum of its parts and when I started to truly connect with myself this became even more apparent.

NSA and SRI allow for a keen awareness of what is happening in your body, not only the physical body, but also the emotional, mental and spiritual bodies. This awareness develops and grows as tension is released from the body, spine and nervous system creating more safety and ease. Increasing awareness is integral to healing and wellness. If you don’t know where your tension is being held, it is impossible to release it and move to a healthier and more preferable state of being.

I was first and foremost a receiver of this care. As I traveled further on my wellness and healing path, I discovered different habits that I had developed. For example the way I would emotionally react to certain situations, usually with anger or defensiveness. When things would get tough for me or discouraging not only would I react in anger, I would also retreat and use my body as a shield by overeating, not moving my body, turning off the world by watching mindless TV. These habits didn’t serve me, and certainly didn’t serve me being my personal best.

NSA/SRI made me aware of those habits and behaviors and the physical anchors that were in my bodymind. When I could isolate the feelings in my body I was able to transform them into energy that was more useful to me. I noticed how people would react to my uncalled for reactions. I also began moving my body more, and I didn’t have the need to shut the world out or protect myself, which allowed me to start feeling what my body needed in regards to food and exercise. I became more aware of myself internally which led to better choices. Discovering myself and developing new strategies to uncover more and more of my authentic self have been essential and freeing in my personal growth. I was able to use those strategies to create better habits for myself.

I would like to share with you my number one most helpful healing habit. In times of good or bad, joy or sorrow, physical triumph or defeat, confusion or certainty I have learned to put my hands on my body, put movement and breath into the area and listen and connect. This is a series of exercises called Somato Respiratory Integration (SRI) and along with NSA it is the hallmark here at Sea Change. Why make this a daily ritual? The answer is simple. The more you know about yourself and your patterns the easier it is to create effortless change. I won’t lie to you, sometimes it takes courage to do this. Sometimes I would avoid it until my body wouldn’t allow me to anymore. Fortunately, now I have made it a daily ritual, a habit.

I encourage you all to take your next step on your wellness journey and create new habits for healing. Let the wellness team at Sea Change New York support you in creating these new habits for your continued success and growth. I am available to support you in your health and wellness. Begin creating healthy habits and schedule an appointment now.

More about Dr. McLaughlin

From Your Friends at SCNY!

A new study published in the British Medical Journal supports the scientific evidence provided by previous studies that justifies the use of folic acid as a cheap and simple way of reducing the risk of heart disease and strokes. Aiming at clarifying the issue, Dr David Wald, a heart expert, and his colleagues examined all the evidence from different studies to see whether raised homocysteine is a cause of cardiovascular disease. The authors of the study say that since folic acid reduces homocysteine concentrations, it follows that increasing folic acid consumption will reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke. The researchers are of the view that there is enough evidence to justify action on lowering homocysteine concentrations.

For More Information

Dec. 7, 2006 - Live Your Dream, Love Your Life - (Intro to NSA Seminar)
7:15 - 8:30pm - Free!

Dec. 9, 2006 - Community Bike Party - Battery Park or Central Park
9:00 AM - Free!

Dec. 11th, 2006 - Make Resolutions that Produce!
7:30 - 8:30pm - Free!

Dec. 13th - Abraham Study Group
7:30pm - Free!

Dec. 27th, 2006 - Live Your Dream, Love Your Life (Intro to NSA Seminar)
7:15 - 8:30pm - Free!

“I feel more in tune with my body, my mind, and spirit and how they work together. Feelings, thoughts, emotions have come up, that have made me think about my role in my own healing. Other medical experiences have left me feeling powerless. I feel I have a very strong role in my own growth and well-being here.”

— C. Nichols - 10/10/06

Yours In Wellness,

The Sea Change Wellness Team
Sea Change New York