In six months time I will be a Certified Shake Your Soul®/Danskinetics Instructor. I look forward to holding dance classes in area yoga studios, gyms and dance studios.
I am attending the Leven Institute to complete my certification now through April. My goal is to dance and have fun…and to have fun with the class […]

Since August is a big travel and vacation month, I found myself telling many clients about dried tart cherries for jet lag. This fruit is melatonin-rich and can help reset your biological clock. Here’s the scoop…scoop up a handful of dried tart cherries a 1/2 hour before sleeping tonight if you have headed east and […]

Thank goodness TaoMassage is natural and organic. We are antibacterial-free from the soap we wash our linens in to the soap in the bathroom…AND FOR GOOD REASON!!!
We’ve heard for years about triclosan and its damaging effects to our bodies…but the June 2007 Alternative Medicine magazine page 16…there is further reason EXPLAINED as why it is […]

Tack this onto your grocery list.
Try to buy organic when it comes to these “dirty dozen” where the highest pesticide amounts were found:

Peaches

Apples

Sweet Bell Peppers

Celery

Nectarines

Strawberries

Cherries

Pears

Grapes (imported)

Spinach

Lettuce

Potatoes

These were the cleanest found, i.e. lowest in pesticide residue:

Onions

Avocado

Sweet Corn (Frozen)

Pineapples

Mango

Asparagus

Sweet Peas

Kiwifruit

Bananas

Cabbage

Broccoli

Papaya

Stress seems to be the hot topic more and more as our society sucks us in and out of problems, situations and everything in between. Question is…what are you doing to manage your stress?
Even this week’s TIME magazine has a title on the cover for “6 Lessons for Handling Stress”
Starting on page 80 listed are […]

This of course was no surprise to me–but for the newbies out there–here are more reasons to go organic!
From Prevention magazine July 2006.
Your nose has evolved to recognize beneficial chemicals in garlic, onions, ginger, tomatoes, strawberries, and other fruits and veggies, says University of Florida researchers. But modern crops grow so fast, they don’ absorb […]

Some of you who have had the opportunity to receive 1.5 hours of Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy have received a water bottle following your session. If you recall, as follow up self-care I tell you at least 5-6 times before our session and another 3-4 times afterwards to DRINK WATER following a massage–it even says […]

So the picture always comes AFTER–we are all stuffed here!! What a nice time we had! Thanks to all who came out to meet and greet both Vivian Taormina of TaoMassage and Stacey Wade of Yoga Bliss and celebrate World Vegetarian Day!

Yet another reason to add pure cocoa to your healthy diet.
Here’s an excerpt from “Sweet Therapy offers an escape”
Misty Harris, CanWest News Service
Published: Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Although chocolate is often described as a psychoactive cocktail of mood-enhancing chemicals — typtophan, phenylethylamine and ananamide chief among them — it’s unlikely that eating two or three […]

Community “Vegg-Out” Dinner
TaoMassage and Yoga Bliss organize
a community dinner outing focused on health.
TaoMassage are Yoga Bliss are organizing a community dinner celebration for World Vegetarian Day, Sunday October 1st, 2006, 6pm at Kaya’s Kitchen, 817 Belmar Plaza, Belmar, NJ. It will be a buffet style dinner at $22 per person (tax & tip included), […]