Hatha Yoga by Bloom Yoga Studio
Because we are constantly fielding questions from patients about yoga we knew we definitely wanted to include it in out bootcamp to give everyone the chance to try it out for themselves. Dr. M’s wife Monica, took prenatal classes from Bloom and had nothing but good things to say about the experience, so we contacted them about working with us. We are very excited for everyone to experience this awesome form of workout! Here’s some more info on Bloom.
Zach and Kerry Maiorca, both Chicago area natives, are the husband and wife tag team behind Bloom Yoga Studio. The idea for Bloom was born out of a desire to create a community where the pursuit of health and happiness is a normal part of daily life.
We believe yoga doesn’t have to be something intimidating, exotic or complicated. The essence of yoga boils down to the practice of being present in the moment. By practicing yoga poses and observing the breath, you can learn to pay attention to what’s going on right now rather than dwelling on the past or the future. Life’s richness lies here in the present and that’s something worth pursuing, even if it is sometimes challenging!
At Bloom, both beginners and more seasoned practitioners will feel welcome. Our varied offerings include daily yoga classes and special workshops, a variety of massage styles, workshops and classes for new and expectant parents, and a store with books, yoga props and accessories, music, clothing, and gifts.
We’re your no-nonsense spot for yoga, massage, childbirth resources, and more. See you soon in Bloom!
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making process about what stays (the things they love or need) and what goes. This includes time and information management as well as help with physical items.
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and the food we eat. Let’s talk first about how to promote a proper, balanced, stress response in your body. We have two general classifications of nervous system stimuli, nociception (negative body thoughts) and mechanoreception (positive body thoughts). Nociceptive input, or negative body thoughts, are stimuli such as pain, chemicals, inflammation, lack of motion, negative emotions or emotional trauma. These nervous system stimuli cause a stress reponse in the body, leading to sympathetic effects that we outlined last week: increased insulin resistance, increase blood lipid and cholesterol levels (LDL up, HDL down), etc. The chronic accumulation of these negative effects leads to the pro-inflammatory state and the eventually development of chronic disease (note that this accumulation occurs even in the abscense of pain or symptoms). 
movement, both globally and segmentally. Global body movement such as exercise stimulates mechanoreceptors in muscle tissue. The act of contracting and relaxing muscles stimulates the receptors repetitively. Ever wonder why seemingly every day there is a new article that talks about exercise preventing ______? This is why: exercise promotes proper nervous system function! 
As we mentioned before, the food we eat plays a major role in causing a pro-inflammatory state. We need to stay away from foods containing white sugar and white flour as these are turned into power inflammatory stimulants in our body. Almost all processed food contains corn products, which are high in Omega-6 fatty acids (in part 1 we talked about how these fatty acids effect the body). We need increase our intake of Omega-3 fatty acids: best done by eating more cold water fish and taking a fish oil supplement. When we eat meat, we need to eat free range beef or chicken. These animals eat grass, they have proper ratios of Omega 3: Omega 6. Farm raised animals are fed feed made from corn - they have very high Omega 6 levels. Finally we need to eat fruits and vegetables, preferably as raw as possible. These have excellant anti-inflammatory products in them. When you cook, try to make sure they retain as much color as possible, i.e. steaming, stir frying (with olive or canola oil).