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Winning Recipe for the BEST BRU Recipe

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Last month Tavala had a contest asking people to submit their favorite recipe for using bru. No doubt it was a fun challenge for the Tavala staff to try new recipes each day… and congratulations to Jennifer Jaca, she WON and was awarded 3 bags of bru.

I probably should have submitted a couple of recipes I use including my favorite KETO FAT BOMB recipe, but I never got around to it.

You can see that at http://cs21.temp.domains/~workwjp2//recipe-for-the-best-keto-fat-bombs-ever/

Healthy bru Guilt-Free Cake (aka Texas Sheet Cake)

(also known as the Chocolate Lovers Dream Cake)

2 cups sugar, 1 tsp. baking soda, 1 tsp. vanilla, 1 cup butter, 4 Tbsp. bru , 1/2 cup buttermilk, 2 cups flour, 1 cup water, 2 eggs, 1/2 tsp. cinnamon.

Melt butter and bru (dark organic Cacao) together; add rest of ingredients and bake in a sheet pan or cookie pan for 25-30 minutes at 350 degrees.

Frosting:

3 Tbsp. bru, 6 Tbs. milk, 1 stuck butter, 2 C. powder sugar, 1 cup nuts (optional) Boil bru, Milk and Butter then add powdered sugar and nuts. Frost while hot.

Basically what I have discovered, if you LOVE chocolate you can use bru as an alternative chocolate flavor in any recipe. It increases the healthy benefits of dark organic chocolate (Cacao) and it will make it the highest anti-oxidant dessert on the planet.

So what the heck IS bru you may ask???

Lately, it seems that everyone from medical professionals to health gurus are touting the substantial health benefits of cacao, from natural mood elevation to lower blood pressure and improved digestion. Cacao has even been shown to slow the creation of fat cells.

With all these unbelievable health benefits, and many more, Tavala bru should seem like a no brainer. We recommend you drink at least one cup everyday, but more only gives you better results. Drink it in the morning, drink it throughout the day – you decide! It’s as easy as stirring one scoop into hot water – your daily helping of good health.

As for the taste and aroma, it’s like the best dark chocolate; enjoy it with your favorite sweetener or creamer, add it to your coffee, or drink it as is (hot or iced): natural, earthy, uplifting!

Directions for use: mix one scoop of Tavala bru with 8 oz of hot water. Stir and enjoy! More or less mix may be added for your personal taste.

Interested in purchasing bru? Go to www.DaveandJoy.com It is available only through a Tavala members website and will never be available on the shelves of a store. The cost is only $29.99.

Some people actually lose weight substituting fattening beverages with bru. They do say that dark cacoa helps slow the creation of fat cells. I doubt that the recipe above would be a way to lose weight but you’ll at least know your anti-oxidants are handled for the day.

Bon Appetite!

Dave and Joy/Global Leaders with Tavala

802-846-7530

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Bikram Yoga- more than 1/2 way there! Funny Description of Paige’s 1st day.

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I couldn’t sleep well last night and I began to wonder if it is my BIKRAM YOGA “practice” that is shifting things internally and messing up with my night time sleep schedule….and day time energy slumps. They say it gets easier and I can expect to BECOME MORE ENERGIZED – but WHO is they anyway? 🙂

Yesterday was Day 16 of doing Bikram daily. I began to question if what I was doing….a 30-Day Challenge was actually good for me and wanted to hear others experience of what it did for them! So I googled and found many great stories, videos etc. but THIS one put a smile on my face and I continued to read on and actually ‘champion’ her successes.

….and this is where I stumbled upon this part 1 of a gal, Paige Williams, who shared her Bikram story in Oprah Magazine. http://www.oprah.com/omagazine/paige-williams-60-day-bikram-yoga-makeover/all

This girl, Paige, was 80 pounds overweight, divorced, out of work, and deeply in debt. OK, so none of those are me, except I am a 60-year old woman who had never done a BIKRAM challenge and someone, much like Paige, who wants to make peace with my body while balancing my body-mind-spirit connection. Oh and add one more thing, I’d love to drop at least 10 pounds in these ‘infamous’ 30-days. (I’d like to say where the FAT could melt off, but I guess I will have to just wait and see.) One thing I know, a woman with a ‘men-o-pot’ around the belly can not bend into poses easily.

So here is how it was described in Paige’s article. Paige needs a physical and spiritual overhaul. Can 60 days in a Bikram hot-yoga studio really undo years of damage? and this is where it got funny-and accurate.

OK -SO I NEED A PHYSICAL & SPIRITUAL OVERHAUL too, I agree. CAN 30-DAYS OF BIKRAM HELP ME?

Paige writes: “The teacher wants me to make a Japanese ham sandwich. To my knowledge, I’ve never seen a Japanese ham sandwich, but as I understand it, I’m to stand bent with my face to my shins and chest to my thighs in perfect vertical union—I am the sandwich.

I would say I look more like a jelly roll. My flabby abdomen won’t let my forehead anywhere near my knees, and my legs tremble as I try contorting myself into a position my body neither recognizes nor endorses. The goal is to concentrate on stretching and breathing, but I’m fixating on my unpedicured toenails. And the neon paleness of my legs. And the fact that I probably should have shaved.

The students around me are tanned and toned and very nearly nude. Every body glistens. We’re in a Bikram yoga studio, after all, where the heat is set to 105 degrees and the humidity to 40 percent, to facilitate flexibility. The men wear nothing but shorts; the women rock hot pants and halters. Because I’d rather lick the sweat-soaked carpet than bare my wretched flesh, I have on the hot-yoga equivalent of a snowsuit: calf-length sweatpants, a jog bra, and a T-shirt. I’m huffing harder than a serial killer. And we’re only on posture number one.

Posture number one of class one of day one. Assuming I survive, I’ll make the ham sandwich and about two dozen other postures every single day for the next two months, for the notorious 60-day Bikram challenge. I’m subjecting myself to “Bikram’s torture chamber,” as founder Bikram Choudhury himself calls this insanely intense regimen, because the program promises renewal from the inside out—because suffering inside this hot room may be my surest path to survival out in the world.

I need to change so many things about my life, it’s hard to know where to start. I need physical and spiritual transformation, from the mental to the muscular to the molecular. I need to stop treating my body like a landfill. I need stability, which I haven’t seen in so long, I’ve forgotten how it feels. I need a reset button.

“Do this yoga for 60 days and it will change your body, your mind, and your life,” says Choudhury, a former Indian yoga champion who lives in Los Angeles and who is, depending on your viewpoint, either a beloved lifesaving guru or just a really flexible guy who got lucky, and rich, with an idea and a persona. Bikram students believe, and I hope they’re right, that Choudhury’s heat-centric, copyrighted sequence of ancient hatha yoga postures is a transformative agent like no other; testimonials the world over suggest this yoga eases the symptoms of a range of maladies—depression, diabetes, carpal tunnel syndrome, fibromyalgia, migraines, arthritis, back pain, and heart disease, for instance—while relaxing the mind and slimming the body.

“Can’t you just do all that by, like, running every day for 60 days?” a friend asks. Good question, but the answer doesn’t interest me. None of my past fitness activities—racquet sports, cycling, jogging, gym circuit training, kickboxing—seem catalytic enough for the depth of change I’m after.

I’m not a renovation; I’m a tear down. And I’m hoping Bikram is my bulldozer!”

So here I am….JOY, not Paige and I began questioning if what I was doing was sane, smart or worth it. I can say each and every day is different- for example Day 17 was TODAY and I felt GREAT. I could balance stronger, I was less tired (despite not sleeping well last night) and honestly if I had to, I’d actually be able to do a 2nd class later today, which they call a ‘double’! (Now that I think of it, I believe it was the TAVALA TRIM drink I had prior to class today that made a difference) I’ll have to try it tomorrow! www.DaveandJoy.com

Am I going to stick it out? You bet. How could I come this far and not complete the 30-days? I’d truly let myself down if I quit now. 30-days straight or admit I don’t have what it takes.

I began Bikram when I listened to my inner self/my voice tell me this is what my body needs. I wasn’t thrilled to ‘hear’ the message but I believed it to be true.

If you won’t listen, then why ask- right?

I began my personal 30-Day Challenge on August 21st and September 1st Queen City Bikram Yoga, where I go, started their 30-Day Challenge. If I do just mine, COOL, if I do the studios’ it will take me to 41 Days Straight. What do you think? Think I can do it? Think I ‘should’ do it?

I look forward to the day when walking into a Bikram yoga studio is as comfortable to me as walking into a gym or fitness center. The familiarity of a cold 20 lb. dumbbell could really excite me! but in the meantime, I’ll see what YOGA can do for this less-than-limber 60 year old body.

If you happen to live in Burlington VT and would like to join me, message me. My husband joins me 3x a week and the more the merrier!

Joy Edgerton/ 802-846-7530

joyedgerton@gmail.com/ www.DaveandJoy.com

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15 Quantum Relief Strips Testimonials

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The word is out….there is a new product that is changing how people are looking at the word RELIEF & BALANCE & ENERGY!

QRS means Quantum Relief Strips. Check out 15 testimonials on the Quantum Relief Strips!

Indeed, there is an all-natural product in the form of a topical ‘strip’ (or patch) that balances your body and brings energy to where it’s needed.

The QRS help balance the chi (energy), balance the Chakras and can bring comfort to areas in need. This product, called Quantum Relief Strips are available only through TAVALA.

We hear testimonials daily: So here we’ll share 15. Perhaps you know someone who can benefit who has discomfort in their neck, their knees, their back, their shoulder, their feet….HECK anywhere on the body.

Acupuncturist often place pieces of the ‘strip’ on the meridians to help bring CHI to those areas. We’ve also discovered by trial and era that the human body has an innate intelligence and even if you place the Quantum Relief Strips on your back, you may find that your wrist or shoulder discomfort disappears! How? Energy travels and goes to the places your body that need it most. Much like Reiki energy does.

For a full detail description on HOW the Quantum Relief Strips Work or How they are Made please email us at info@DaveandJoy.com and we’ll send you an information sheet that will explain everything in simple terms.

Ready for some Testimonials? Here you go!

  1. “My shoulder had been sore and had limited mobility for well over a year. I placed a full-size Quantum Relief Strip on my right shoulder blade and within 24 hours my mobility improved 100% and I could raise my right arm above my head. Unbelievable. I always thought I had an ENERGY BLOCK in that area, but how do you prove it? It really doesn’t matter-these strips WORK!”
  2. “Had stiffness in my back area and within a minute or two of applying the Quantum Relief Strips, felt a difference. Less tension and relief! I love these strips!”.
  3. “Have you ever had acid reflux or DISCOMFORT due to issues with digestion? A friend had a bad bout with acid reflux yesterday and placed a small piece of the Quantum Relief Strip on his esophagus area (middle part of upper area). 1″x2″ in size. Within minutes he had RELIEF in that area and the burning in his chest/throat area subsided. Brilliant product… the QR Strips bring quantum energy to parts of the body that need it most!”
  4. “Bummer, I burned my hand while cooking and the skin was red and began to form a blister. OUCH! Someone told me to place a Quantum Relief Strip in that area and not only did the discomfort go away within minutes, but the skin never did blister and 1 day later you can barely tell there was a burn. These strips should be in everyone’s household/medicine cabinet.”
  5. “My knees were bothering me this morning when I remembered that my Quantum strips had come just before I left for Pensacola last week. I hadn’t had the chance to try them out so this morning I cut one sample Quantum strip in half. Put half on my left knee and half on the right. I wrote for about an hour and then got up to get a refill on my water. No knee pain at all! Not even a twinge. I AM A BELIEVER!”
  6. “I’m 80 and have a knee with bone-on-bone. I put a strip on and felt relief in 15 mins.”
  7. “Tonight I am extremely grateful. My daughter called me earlier in the day and said she was so full of mucus and was uncomfortable. She has Bronchiectasis which is a terrible lung condition that produces excess mucus. I told her that I was going to check an acupressure chart and see where she might try the relief strips. I suggested that she try placing 2 relief strips 2 inches below her collarbone on her chest. She called tonight and said that she has had no mucus discomfort after putting on the strips and was able to nap in peace. What an amazing product we have!!”
  8. “Alright I have some feedback for the QRS again! I do pool physical therapy 2 times a week, the strip on my neck & under my arm both stuck strong through the 45min of pool time yesterday & still on today with relief. I was even able to endure using the resistance paddles & no fatigue or irritations from it today!”
  9. “Holy cow…I used a half of the Quantum Relief Strip last night. Lower back/sacrum was hurting and I couldn’t find any relief. Thought I would a chiropractor today, but put on the strip and within 10-15 minutes I had relief! I even slept so well last night. Coincidence or not- it was my best sleep ever.”
  10. “I’m on wheelchair arrest with a badly broken leg. With Quantum strips, I’m off the narcotics I needed so badly. I’m able to get through the pain with Quantum. In the past couple days, my nerves are starting to wake up… I put this patch on this morning and I’m not feeling the stabbing burn anymore! My surgery was 7/09, I cannot even count how many screws are in there. All I can say is the pain was horrific until I got my patches. Yes, I still had to take the narcotics, but I cut the dose in half and now I’m off them, because of the Quantum Relief Strips!”
  11. My dear friends introduced me to the Quantum Relief Strips recently as they knew I had a rotator cuff injury and was only able to lift my Arm about 6 inches from my hip. On Friday morning I put on the Quantum Relief Strips and was able to lift my arm at least 15 inches up. It reduced the amount of discomfort that I was having which is a mark improvement from what I’ve been able to do over the last couple of weeks…. for me the Quantum relief strips work really great.”
  12. “Just so you know….the Quantum Relief Strips work for every kind of discomfort or imbalance- including Sun Burn! Keep your strips handy this summer!!!!! Last summer I got a sunburn on my back (forgot that area when applying sunscreen) and 1/2 strip in the middle of my back took the pain away within minutes, I slept sound- and it never blistered or peeled.”
  13. I have had a bulging area on the back of my calf just under my knee for almost a year now. I have been unable to fully bend my knee when I do yoga without extreme pain when I’m sitting in child’s pose. I’ve been rubbing it, working it, doing everything I could to try to fix it but nothing helped. Sooooo, this morning I decided to put a quantum relief strip on it on it, and honestly, with all my heart I cannot believe what it has done. The tenderness is gone, and what felt like A small balloon under my skin has reduced to almost nothing. I got down on my knees in front of my mom’s bed and sat in child’s pose without pain for the first time in over a year.”
  14. “I suffer frequent migraines. On Monday the meds just were not giving me any relief… I cut small pieces of our Tavala Quantum Relief Strips and placed them behind my ears. I can honestly say my headache went away! I am a believer in Tavala products!”
  15. “I was having dinner with a friend Friday night and he was complaining of stiffness in his leg behind his knee. This has been going on for a week and getting worse. I got Cheri to put a strip on the back side of the knee and he got up from the table about 2 hours later and zero pain and full movement. He was thinking we tricked him! Pretty awesome result in a very short time. I should have taken a picture of his face with the reaction.”

Pretty amazing results- yes? And these are just 15 of hundreds of testimonials on the Quantum Relief Strips. Most are much longer as people really want to share their story to inspire others to try them.

Not sure where to place the Quantum Relief Strips?

Start by PUTTING THEM WHERE IT HURTS!

 

 

Interested in trying the Quantum Relief Strips? Order here: www.DaveandJoy.com and for additional information go to www.TryourSamples.com and click on QRS. This site has lots of great information as well as a video.

We suggest giving the Quantum Relief Strips a full 28-day trial.. that is actually what WE call our sample pack. We find 1/3 of the people who use them get relief and notice something substantial within minutes to hours, the other 1/3 within days to a week and the final 1/3 within weeks to a month.

A GREAT solution for natural balancing of the body and relieving discomfort anywhere from your head to your toe. A friend who is a doctor of oriental medicine has all her patients wear the Quantum Relief Strips below the belly button on the Dan Tien.

Power StripsInterested but have questions? Give us a call. 802-846-7530 or email info@DaveandJoy.com.

$$$Looking for a business opportunity? The natural health and natural medicine industry is booming and people are looking for a product like the Quantum Relief Strips. They are available in many countries. Join our team and help us help share the “QRS” with the world. HUGE opportunity for leaders!$$$

Dave and Joy/Global leaders at TAVALA

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How Many Calories Get Burned During Bikram Yoga?

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Today I was curious about how many calories I burn daily doing 90 minutes of Bikram Yoga… so did a little research. I read several articles and got various numbers so I won’t quote any in particular, but I did like this particular article I read and thought I’d pass it along. This article is written by Benna Crawford.

Hot yoga classes are hot exercise choices for increasing numbers of fitness buffs. The combination of challenging sequences and serious sweating makes them an attractive option for a weight-loss program.

Bikram yoga is synonymous with the style of yoga practiced in a heated, humidity-controlled studio designed to induce sweating while focusing on a standard asana routine. But weight loss equals calories expended, so it’s worth knowing just how Bikram stacks up against other calorie-burning exercise programs.

Counting Calories

Weight loss follows a simple algorithm: fewer calories consumed than calories expended. The Mayo Clinic points out that each pound is worth about 3,500 calories, so if you carry a calorie deficit of 500 calories a day, you can lose a pound a week.

Burning those calories is where it gets complicated. Aerobic activity that challenges the cardiovascular system is the number one calorie burner.

Low- to moderate-intensity aerobic activity, like most yoga routines, burns a high percentage of fat as fuel. Increase intensity with exercise like sprinting — or a demanding yoga routine — and you draw on greater amounts of carbs and protein for fuel. But high-intensity exercise burns more calories overall, so the tougher your workout, the more you lose. Building muscle mass through strength training also cuts calories because even resting muscle burns fuel for energy.

High-intensity yoga provides a vigorous cardio and resistance workout.

Bikram Protocols

Bikram’s hot yoga requires a series of 26 fixed poses, performed under the guidance of a trained instructor in a heated studio.

The poses are traditional Hatha yoga moves, but the performance is a kind of yoga boot camp. The room is heated to approximately 104 to 105 degrees F with a constant 40-percent humidity. During the 90-minute class, participants typically run through the routine twice. Bikram’s website claims that the heated studios quickly warm muscles and increase flexibility so you can work safely with a greater range of motion. You will sweat, so you will notice a water weight loss which does not translate directly to fat calories burned. But you work hard — a Bikram class is challenging enough to be an aerobic workout — and yoga poses use body weight for resistance, so you do some muscle building and high-intensity calorie burning.

Bikram Calorie Burn

Bikram yoga burns more calories than many other forms of exercise and yoga styles. According to Everyday Health’s Yoga Calorie Counter, a 160-pound person performing Bikram yoga for one hour uses 726 calories, compared to 508 calories for Ashtanga and Power yoga classes.

Most Bikram classes are 90 minutes, so the calories burned per session are 1,089 for Bikram versus 762 for other intense yogas. The Mayo Clinic calculates the caloric cost to a 160-pound individual for one hour of high-impact aerobics at 533 calories. For singles tennis, the cost is 584 calories, for swimming laps 423 calories and for stair treadmill 657 calories. As a bonus, yoga’s ability to reduce stress and increase fitness improves your chances of sticking to a diet.

Precautions

Bikram yoga is not for everyone. Hypertension, glaucoma, pregnancy, some forms of osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease are all reasons to check in with your doctor before signing up for a hot yoga class.

If you do add Bikram to your calorie-burning strategies, drink plenty of water to counter the effects of vigorous exercise in a hot room. As the exercise boosts your metabolism you sweat more to maintain a healthy core temperature. In a hot studio with other sweaty bodies, your evaporation system has to work harder to release the extra heat. If you experience weakness, fatigue, dizziness or headache in a hot yoga class, you could be in danger of heat exhaustion or heat stroke and you should seek immediate medical attention. end of article.

So there you go. What I gained from this article for ME is Bikram Yoga good for me at this stage in my life. Today was day 12 doing Bikram in a row.

They say give Bikram 30-days will change your body and 60-days will change your life! Two weeks ago I was nursing a tennis elbow. I couldn’t play tennis due to the pain and working out at the gym had its limitations as well.

I sat quietly and asked my body what it needed and heard a rather loud “Whisper” : “Bikram Yoga”. Really???? I don’t even like yoga. But I listened and here I am enjoying the many benefits of Bikram Yoga.

Although I have NO IDEA if I have lost a pound on the scale, I do know that already my clothes are fitting better AND my flexibility and balance have improved a lot!

If you are stuck in a fitness routine that may no longer be serving you like I was consider sitting quiet and asking your body what it needs to keep you healthy and fit. You may be surprised that it is a new exercise program that you never would have imagined on your own.

Two products that seem to be supporting my new fitness activity are electrolytes to replenish the minerals I lose in sweat, and Quantum Relief Strips for balance, chi, energy to my body.

I’d love to hear from you. Do YOU like Bikram Yoga? Have you ever done 30 days in a row? Did you get fit, more flexible and lose body fat doing Bikram Yoga?

Joy Edgerton

802-846-7530

joyedgerton@gmail.com

www.DaveandJoy.com