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Hope you can get outside (snow or no) and play a little today!

Dianna

photo credit: flickr, Jasmine&Roses

Pure Pro will be closed from Wednesday, December 24th through Sunday, January 4th. During most of our vacation you can place your order online and it will be held in line to be processed when we return. But PurePro.com will undergo upgrades on Tuesday, December 30th, so our website will be offline for that day.

We will reopen on Monday, January 5th, to begin catching up on processing and shipping orders and returning your calls and emails.

All orders received by 12 noon on Tuesday, December 23rd, will ship before we close. Then we will be closed from 12/24 through 01/04 and you can place orders online at www.purepro.com (except on 12/30/14) or leave a voice mail message for when we return.

We’re wishing you a holiday season and new year full of wonders, health and joy, and all the excitement and beauty you create in life! Thank you for your presence and being here with us!

We all know what it is like to work on a client who is actively struggling as they try so hard to relax. Why not use this hardwired “olfactory instinct” to help your clients relax?

Starting today, make a commitment integrate the power of aromatherapy into just one treatment this week. Make it simple by adding a few drops of our Healing Essential Oil Synergy to your regular oil or lotion.

Order Pure Pro Healing Synergy through 8/6/14 & save 15%.

Start the treatment applying the mixture to the chest, neck & shoulders. Share with your client these powerful benefits of the 100% pure ingredients in Healing Synergy:

• Lavender – the Queen of rest & rejuvenation
• Rosemary – purifies, clears negative energies
• Ylang Ylang – relieves adrenal exhaustion, anti-depressant
• Sweet Orange – uplifting, anti-inflammatory
• Peppermint – clarity of vision, detoxifying

How to prepare & use:
1 ounce (30 ml) unscented oil or lotion
3 drops Healing Synergy
Mix well.
Apply as you would any massage oil or lotion in the treatment.

For a larger bottle:
8 ounces (240 ml) unscented oil or lotion
24 drops Healing Synergy
Mix well.

Give it a try & let me know how it works for you & your clients.

* From 1,001 Ways To Live In The Moment, By Barbara Ann Kipler, www.chroniclebooks.com

Hi Dianna– I was recommending Pure Pro arnica to one of my clients- she uses another mass produced brand- and she thought she had read that Arnica can be overused.
I told her that I knew just the person to tell me the truth on that! Could you share your thoughts on that? Thanks,
Faith

Dear Faith,
Well…yes, anyone can “over use” anything – especially if you are an American – LOL!

Bulk is our birthright!

Here’s the scoop – Arnica should be used topically no more than 4x a day. The Arnica I make is concentrated so just use enough to coat your fingertips and work it in until it disappears and that will be plenty. You are better off putting it on repeatedly in moderate amounts versus slathering it on hugely one time per day. It works WITH your body’s own healing mechanisms to relieve bruising, edema, and neuromuscular pain.

If you were to put it on topically in large quantities say 15+ times a day, you would probably be asking for skin irritation in the long run, as it has a slightly acidic pH.

Arnica can also be taken internally (homeopathic tablets) and although those dosages are minute, I could see someone potentially overdoing that by taking bottles and bottles of those sugar pills in short order. Internal consumption is much more of a risk than topical with this ingredient as it is “technically” categorized as a blood thinner. Again you’d need to take an awful large dose to see anything like that really happen.

So common sense rules the day. Arnica is not a dangerous or difficult thing to work with which is why it has literally been used for centuries!

Hope this helps!

Dianna

From: To Bless The Space Between Us, by John O’Donohue

May the light of your soul bless your work
with love and warmth of heart.

May you see in what you do the beauty of your soul.

May the sacredness of your work bring light and
renewal
to those who work with you
and to those who see and receive your work.

May your work never exhaust you.

May it release wellsprings of refreshment,
inspiration, and excitement.

May you never become lost in bland absences.

May the day never burden.

May dawn find hope in your heart,
approaching your new day with dreams,
possibilities, and promises.

May evening find you gracious and fulfilled.

May you go into the night blessed,
sheltered, and protected.

May your soul calm, console, and renew you.

Some days here are just so much fun. Check out the email I got from a police sergeant!

“Believe it or not, I am a Police Sergeant. A friend who is a massage therapist, made me a believer in your products. I decided to use calming blends* in my office and booking areas. I also used them in the cell block areas, to see if we could calm some of our ‘difficult’ clientele. Sounds crazy, but it works more often than not. I can’t argue with success. Makes my job a lot easier and the clients have no idea – they just think we have the best smelling police station around! ”

*purepro.com/319  purepro.com/739

Yours in Health,

Dianna

Jeanne Coleman, Thai Massage Instructor

Search out the best Thai Massage practitioner near you and book a massage for YOU! Treat yourself – because after this rough, dark time of year

– You DESERVE IT!

Never had a Thai Massage before? It is absolutely awesome.  Pure soul deep stretching relaxation! My friend and colleague Jeanne has been teaching Thai massage here in Massachusetts for 15+ years. Check out her site and if you can get “here from there”, book yourself a treatment with her soon!
http://www.thaitransformations.com/
and for her amazing classes:
http://www.thaitransformations.com/workshop_offering.php

Yours in health,

Dianna

• The one where you see/hear/feel the client change in peaceful relaxation.

• The one that reinforces, that yes, this IS a healing art.

The one you give!

“The purpose of art is to lead us away from the mechanical and toward the miraculous…” Jeannette Winterson

Warm wishes for the most spectacular 2014 you can dream of creating!

Family & friends, gatherings, winter play & fun, sharing wonderful experiences, and some time to slow down and be mindful and thankful… As 2013 draws to a close, we are excited for our annual winter vacation closing and a little rest.

Pure Pro will be closed from Tuesday, December 23rd, through Wednesday, January 1st.

We will reopen on Thursday, January 2nd, to begin catching up on processing and shipping orders and returning your calls and emails.

All orders received by 12 noon on Monday, December 23rd, will ship before we close. Then from 12/23 through 01/01 we will be closed and you can place orders online at www.purepro.com or leave a voice mail message for when we return.

We’re wishing you a holiday season and new year full of wonders, health and joy, and all the excitement and beauty you create in life! Thank you for your presence and being here with us!

Rubi and Tinka, our execu-dogs have it down pat. These gals know that a well placed nap can make ALL the difference in your festive attitude.

Yin Yang dog nap

They remind us here at Pure Pro, to take it easy and enjoy every precious moment.

Wishing you a Yin Yang kinda Thanksgiving!