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How your Sleeping Side Matters

July 11, 2013 by Julie Lusk

The bottom line is that resting for 10 minutes on your left side after eating can improve digestion and immunity, plus increase your energy and memory. It may also improve symptoms associated with menopause and the menstrual cycle. Better yet, sleep on your left side for even better results. Here’s the scoop on it…

Do you ever feel tired after eating? Would you like to know something quick and easy to do that involves lying down that will likely aid your digestion and help your energy bounce back too?

Have you ever noticed that “things” seem to happen more on one side of your body than the other? For example, how rashes, aches and pains, tend to usually show up consistently on either your right side or your left? Even your vision is different in each eye, isn’t it?

I had the good fortune to meet Dr. John Douillard, DC, and his family of 8 on one of my teaching trips to Sivananda Yoga Center in the Bahamas. He spoke on the Ayurvedic aspects of digestion. Ayurvedic is the traditional medicine of India. He says that “According to Ayurveda, the left side of the body is completely different than the right side, and, while I know it sounds strange, emphasizing the left side for rest and sleep offers some time tested wisdom for very real health and longevity benefits.” Resting on your left side for 10 minutes after eating a meal will help your digestion and help your energy bounce back too.

“According to Ayurveda,” he says, “the left side of the body is completely different than the right side, and, while I know it sounds strange, emphasizing the left side for rest and sleep offers some time tested wisdom for very real health and longevity benefits.” Resting on your left side for 10 minutes after eating a meal will help your digestion and help your energy bounce back too. Get the facts here on why Erik Dalton, PhD recommends lying in the fetal position for hydration of the spinal discs for better back health.

Here are the reasons Dr. Douillard gives for sleeping on your left side and resting for 10 minutes after eating.

Facilitate lymphatic drainage
Makes it easier for the heart to pump “downhill”
Better elimination
Support healthy spleen function
Encourages proper digestion
Helps circulation back to the heart
Helps bile flow more freely
Brain health (may improve age-related cognitive decline – read more below)
May improve menopause and menstrual cycle symptoms – click here

There’s some good anatomical logic to back these claims up. Watch this 5 minute video for his explanation.

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♥ Personal Yoga Lessons

Individualize your yoga postures and breathing, yoga nidra, or meditation practice. You can have private online lessons to work on areas of special interest for you and to fit your schedule. It’s up to you.

Hatha yoga includes postures and breathing techniques to help improve your strength, balance, and coordination. We can focus on areas like bone and muscle strength, joint flexibility, and heart health.

Yoga Nidra is yogic sleep and can help tame your emotions, calm your mind, and help with physical concerns. Clients often say they sleep better, their pain lessens, and inner peace is felt.

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♥ Meditation and Guided Imagery

Meditation lessons can cover a wide range of topics for anyone who wants to get started or deepen their meditation practice. It’s helpful to develop a meditation method that suits your temperament, whether it’s mindfulness, walking meditation, mantra repetition, or another.

Guided Imagery, also called creative visualization, is intentional daydreaming that magnifies the positive aspects of the mind-body connection. It can elicit therapeutic relaxation; awaken and activate the natural ability for self-healing to occur; help with changing behaviors and habits; and stimulate intuition and uncover your inner truth and life direction. Everyone can do it.

Lessons are given “live” on Zoom. You’ll get a downloadable video for keeps. Click to make contact.

♥ Music Lessons

Learn to play the Native American flute! Lessons will get you off on a good note. We will focus on whatever you like. We can cover the basics, embellishments, and how to improvise or learn songs. We will follow your interests from there by delving deeper into flute playing.

We can also get you started playing the Reverie harp, tuning forks, tongue drums, and singing bowls.

Music lessons are offered “live” on Zoom. You’ll get a downloadable video for keeps. Click to make contact.

♥ Sound Bath Concerts

Do you yearn for the benefits of meditation but have trouble meditating? A sound bath may be perfect for you. Carefully selected instruments and frequencies are selected to help harmonize your wellbeing. It is delightfully relaxing and can tap into your natural healing abilities.

You’ll experience a play of enchanting sounds from flutes, Himalayan singing bowls, harp, chimes, bells, drums, voice, and harmonium. During a sound bath you’ll experience a musical blend of harmonizing tones to tune you up. You’ll feel the pleasure of letting your heart sing & dance.

Sound baths are offered individually and for groups. They take place in-person and on Zoom (with a downloadable video to have for keeps). Click to make contact.

♥ Coaching / Mentoring

Everyone has something they hope to ‘do someday,’ but have a hard time taking the necessary steps. Coaching will help.

Most of us are stymied by stress and would love to learn effective methods to renew our energy. Coaching will help.

For most, it is hard to make time to develop a practical plan and to put it into action. Others can keep to their plan, but only for a while, and then they slip back into old habits. Having information and support from someone else often makes all the difference.

Coaching is perfect if you are ready to:

Reduce stress by gaining mind/body mastery
Replenish your energy
Set and achieve your goals
Turn stress into something positive
Reach your full potential

Together we will design a customized plan for you that may include guidance in meditation, personalized guided imagery, visualization and relaxation, wellness strategies, and private and personal yoga lessons.

You will also benefit from Julie’s extensive base of experience in life planning, health promotion and making dreams come true.

Private lessons, email, Zoom, and phone consultations are all options. I will get in touch with you within 48-hours to set up an initial phone consultation at no cost or obligation. Click to make contact.

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Julie Lusk, M.Ed, has over 30 years of experience in stress relief, wellness, yoga, meditation and guided imagery. She is a 6-time internationally published author, accomplished recording artist, educator & speaker.

She worked in health care management, higher education, counseling & community organizing. Thousands have benefited from her volunteer work. Read more…

Her company, Wholesome Resources, believes that stress management, wellness strategies, and mind-body techniques are indispensable to be competitive and successful in today’s world and essential for professional and personal growth. Training, presenting, consulting and resource materials are all available. Read more…

Yoga, Meditation, Guided Relaxation & Imagery Training:

Julie regularly offers workshops at yoga studios, meditation and retreat centers. It’s easy to arrange for her to come to your place for an evening, weekend, or longer. Topics include:

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Stress Management and Wellness Speaker

Invite Julie as a conference speaker, business speaker or lunch and learn presenter for your organization or meeting. Julie has written five books and produced numerous audio recordings on these subjects. Review the testimonials page and look at the client list (PDF). Topics include:

Desktop Yoga ®
DARE to Relax © Stress Management Workshop
Spices for Life ™ Wellness Workshop

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Resource Materials

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Julie T. Lusk, M.Ed.
Wholesome Resources
Milford, OH 45150

Greater Cincinnati Area

513-248-9642

Desktop Yoga Workshop

Chair Yoga for the Workplace keeps employees alert and productive during the business day.

Contact Julie Lusk by email for details and scheduling to book her for your Employee Training, Conference, Workshop, and Lunch and Learn sessions.

Simple chair exercises can help prevent chronic problems such as lower back and neck pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, and other repetitive stress injuries.

A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) showed that yoga-based chair exercise and stretches are more effective in reducing carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms than using wrist splints or no treatment (Nov. 11, 1998). Desktop Yoga ™ can also improve morale, productivity, attitudes and attendance.

As the creator and author of Desktop Yoga ™ (Penguin Group, 1998), Julie Lusk has designed ‘do it now ‘ exercises that can be done right at the workstation that are effective, portable and easy.

During a typical session, participants will:

Learn to do self-care chair yoga stretches that can be done at their own desk. Specific stretches are done for the neck, shoulders, wrists, face, back and legs. Sequences are also available to increase energy, improve creativity or to reduce frustration.
Take a “2- hour nap in 2-minutes”.
Receive a brief review on the importance of proper ergonomics.

The Business Courier featured the value of Desktop Yoga in the article “Training the Body to Coast can help with Relaxation.” (pdf)

One of the most effective ways of letting go of work stress before you get home is by taking care of it as it arises, said Julie Lusk, author of “Desktop Yoga ®.” Lusk, president of Wholesome Resources, a stress-management company in Milford, teaches people how to do stretches, breathing and relaxation techniques right at their desks to relieve tension and get on with the day. See this article.

Don Kemper
President, Healthwise, Inc
“Julie Lusk has a unique style of presentation that seems to peer inside each member of her audience. Her wellness workshops in yoga, relaxation, and stress management include an extra dimension that leaves an imprint of peace and mindfulness on each participant.

Medco Employee
Desktop Yoga showed me how to release stress quickly. Easy to remember tips. I feel great!

MedcoHealth

I get neck and back and shoulder pain when I work. It’s already gone after this short Desktop Yoga session. My muscles felt really loose and relaxed after the exercises. It’s great!
Will help with concentration and stress relief.
You can relax at your desk so you will be better able to handle the stress of the day and be nicer to the people you talk to on the phone. Thank you. This should help at work and home.
It will help to ease some of the stiffness and fatigue that I feel when I sit for too long.
I learned how to prevent injury in the future and have more energy.
I now have something positive to do when I need a break from my work instead of bothering my co-workers by talking to them.

Fidelity Investments

95% rated the content as excellent or above average

97% rated the speaker as excellent or above average

97% rated the program as excellent or above average.

I was amazed at how relaxed and comfortable I felt by the end. I enjoyed learning by doing.
Easy to remember tips. I’ll be able to focus more during the day.
I believe this will help me when I’m at work and I get stressed.
I liked learning the relaxed breathing techniques. I felt much more relaxed, at ease and calm after taking the “2 hour nap in 2 minutes.”
I learned how to stop and take a break if I’m stressed and overwhelmed to regroup
How to be more aware of how my body is reacting when stressed and what to do

Ethicon Endo Surgery (Johnson and Johnson)

100% rated the content as excellent or above average

100% rated the speaker as excellent or above average

100% rated the program as excellent or above average.

I learned to release stress quickly. The instructor had excellent content. Very beneficial.
It’s important to take time to relax and reduce stress.
The stress fighting techniques allow me to be more focused and a better team player
The info on the mind/body connection was excellent
Stop being a perfectionist – I am one and it is stressful
You have reinforced the idea that I can do anything I put my mind to!!
Everything was interesting. I learned relaxation tips to gain more energy.

Lenscrafters

98% rated the content as excellent or above average

100% rated the speaker as excellent or above average

98% rated the program as excellent or above average

I learned how to feel rejuvenated at work. It was excellent. I’m glad I attended.
Learned a lot in a short period of time.
I need to learn how to relax. My stress level is out of control. The techniques were easy. I felt so renewed and relaxed afterwards
Great ideas that can be implemented at one’s desk

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Julie T. Lusk, M.Ed.
Wholesome Resources
Milford, OH 45150

Greater Cincinnati Area

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Wholesome Resources

Mind-Body Mastery through
Yoga, Meditation, Guided Imagery,
Stress Relief & Wellness

Wholesome Resources is a company that believes stress management, wellness promotion, and mind-body techniques and strategies are indispensable to thrive in today’s world and essential for personal and professional growth. Established in 2000 by Julie Lusk.

Services include:

Workshops,
Resource Materials: Books, CD’s, Newsletters, Articles.
Professional Training: conferences, businesses, retreat centers, and more.

Clients include (partial list)

Businesses: Proctor & Gamble, Fidelity Investments, General Electric, City of Staunton, Ethicon/J&J, Xpedx, Convergys, Cincinnati Bell, Lewis-Gale Medical Center, Allstate Insurance and more
Yoga and Meditation Centers: Kripalu (7 years), Jesuit Spiritual Center (9 years), Discovery Yoga (4 years), Sivananda / Bahamas, Satchidananda – Yogaville and more
Colleges and Universities: University of Cincinnati, Roanoke College, Virginia Tech, University of Western Australia, Hollins College, and more.
National Conventions: National Wellness Conference (16 years), NICABM ( 10 years), Speaking of Women’s Health (4 years), National Flute Convention (2 years), International Symposium on Community Health (Washington, Hong Kong, Japan)
Non-Profit Groups: American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, Jamaican Cancer Society, Council of Community Services, American Red Cross

Stress management and wellness program development and resource materials:

City of Staunton, Roanoke College, Medco Health, Alive and Well Coalition, and many others.

Julie’s relaxation, imagery and affirmation CD’s are used by:

Good Samaritan Hospital, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, American Heart Association, Hospice of Cincinnati, American and Jamaican Cancer Societies, VA Tech and other organizations nationwide.

Media interviews, appearances, articles:

Yoga Journal; Cincinnati Business Courier, Cincinnati Woman (front cover), Roanoke Times & World News, ESPN-WBOB, WVXU and WVTF public radio; ABC-TV; NBC-TV; Fox-TV; Hong Kong Metro Post; New Woman Magazine; and more

Please contact Julie Lusk now:

513-248-9642