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SACRED TREE TO HOST MASTER LI JUN FENG IN ASPEN AS PART OF SIGNATURE WELLNESS RETREAT WORKSHOP SERIES

(Aspen, CO) - Sacred Tree, an integrative health and wellness center in Aspen and Breckenridge, announced today that it will continue its line of signature health and wellness retreats beginning with two workshops in fall:

“FALL EQUINOX” EARTH CYCLES: A PATHWAY TO HEALING” SEPTEMBER 19-21 “AWAKENING THE SOUL: HEALING QIGONG WITH MASTER LI” SEPTEMBER 26-28

Participants in Earth Cycles will celebrate the four seasons, marked by the equinoxes of fall and spring and the solstices of winter and summer. The experience will also include Qigong and Yoga, interactive presentations, indigenous ceremonies, outdoor nature activities, spa services, organic breakfast and lunch.

Participants in Awakening the Soul will explore the Sheng Zhen Qigong style with Master Li Jun Feng, founder of the International Sheng Zhen Qigong Society and world-renowned wushu (martial arts) coach. Master Li will be giving a FREE talk and interactive presentation on Friday evening to launch festivities and celebration for the weekend.

Brigette Schabdach, owner and founder of Sacred Tree, who recently trained with Master Li, says that it is an extreme honor to welcome such a well-known leader to the Valley. “Master Li is truly brilliant. The work he is teaching, the proven effects, message and physical and emotional health benefits of Sheng Zhen Qigong are creating a movement of effective healing, and the power we have as individuals to create change within us and affect those around us,” she adds. “We are collective beings who cannot only heal ourselves, our families, our communities, but also the earth, which Master Li believes will permeate to the world,” she adds.

Schabdach, along with Joel Proctor Dipl. L.Ac & CH, co-founder of Sacred Tree and founder of Mystic Warrior School for Integrative Arts, is a licensed acupuncturist, Chinese medicine and herbology practitioner. Joel also is a practitioner of Traditional Indigenous Healing and is a Pipe Carrier. Together, they will present and lead these health and wellness spa retreats, along with additional Sacred Tree practitioners and Master Li.

More than 15 wellness health spa retreats are currently offered within the next six months. Earth Cycles (Fall Equinox) is one of three featured signature retreats, with the second being Awakening of the Soul with Master Li and the third being Return to Spirit: Transformational Healing Session. Future destinations include Breckenridge, Aspen and Tulum, Mexico. Visit sacredtree.com for an ongoing schedule of wellness retreat workshops, such as Crane Style Qigong, Rolf Talk, Comprehensive Integrative Medicine Package, Micro-cosmic Orbit/Tao of Sex, Love, and Relationship and Women’s Health and Vitality and the Art of Birth.

Registration for these signature retreats is open, and availability is limited. The fee to attend the two and a half-day retreats is: $325. Discounted spa services and lodging rates are available for all participants. All ceremonies are offered freely under traditional perspectives of spiritual responsibilities and reciprocal agreements. For more information surrounding Sacred Tree retreats and for registration information, visit: sacredtree.com or call 970-389-9968.

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About Sacred Tree: Sacred Tree is an integrated health and wellness center founded in Breckenridge by Brigette Schabdach in 2003 along with co-founders Joel Proctor, Corrie Burr and Allison Walters. The center supports an integrative approach to health and wellness, addressing the physical, psychological, social and spiritual components of well-being. Skilled practitioners help people of all ages and fitness levels live healthy lifestyles, reduce health risks and grow personally, with the ultimate goal of Sacred Tree being a place of protection, peace, relaxation, nourishment, contemplation and centering. The center offers acupuncture, massage therapy, natural skincare, chiropractic and naturopathic medicine, Rolf Methodology, iridology, ear candling, thermographic scans, ionic cleanse, nutritional counseling, women’s exams, skin cancer screenings and body treatments, free wellness talks, yoga, tai chi, Qigong and kung fu programs.

About Master Li Jun Feng: Master Li Jun Feng is the principal teacher of Sheng Zhen Wuji Yuan Gong. Presently, he tours the US, Canada, South America, and Europe throughout the year. He is training and certifying others to become teachers to thereby help spread the practice throughout the world. He is also the head of International Sheng Zhen Society, the foundation that propagates the practice of Wuji Yuan Gong. Master Li is best known for having been the head coach for the world renowned Beijing Wushu Team of the People’s Republic of China. After practicing and teaching wushu (martial arts) and training champions for many years, he gave all that up to devote his time to teaching Wuji Yuan Gong to the world. It is his deepest desire to share the blessings he has received and all that he has attained in practicing this loving form of Qigong.

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The power of habits are equally true regardless of success at work or our daily diet.

When you are not one of them it is so easy to look at the “beautiful people” and consider them lucky. Apparently they have success in their lives because of everything but good habits.

Habits, good or bad take time to develop but once they have formed it takes huge effort and discipline to change them, the good news is people are doing it every day.

Gary Player - the famous golfer used to say the harder I practice the luckier I get.

Good health is as much a choice shaped into healthy habits as are the bad one’s of eating chips instead of a handful of nuts when you feel snacky.

Anybody who’s been on a diet can tell you about the sweat and tears it took, you might even relate to the agony, and what’s worse people then stupidly throw all caution to the wind when the diet ends - what a terrible waste of time and energy!

FACT - the bulk of our modern disease are self inflicted because of bad diet, lack of exercise, too much stress and no hope.

SOLUTION - very simple eat healthily, get regular exercise, meditate - practice stress relief, get enough sleep and have regular sex and finally use supplements to ensure you get enough of the correct nutrition.

I’m not going to lie to you, breaking bad habits build over a lifetime is going to take more than a couple of weeks to break but the reward is worth the effort, change your bad habits and you’ll never have to go on a diet again!

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Supplementing with vitamin D has many extremely important health benefits e.g. anti aging qualities, a combination of vitamin C and vitamin D is a very effective barrier against viral infections, vitamin D helps in the prevention of auto immune diseases, etc.

Recently, researchers found a link between inadequate vitamin D in large populations and sudden mass outbreaks of influenza and other viral diseases.5 They pointed out that adequate vitamin D “dramatically stimulates the expression of potent anti-microbial peptides, which exist in neutrophils, monocytes, natural killer cells and epithelial cells lining the respiratory tract, where they play a major role in protecting the lung from infection.”

It’s my opinion that avoiding sugar and refined carbohydrates, while taking in adequate vitamin D (from sunshine and supplements), ascorbic acid and whole foods will ultimately be found much more effective than vaccinations in preventing the flu.

If you’re a serious anti-aging enthusiast, 3,000 to 4,000IU of vitamin D daily should be just a starting point for finding out your individual optimum level. After using that amount for a few months, work with a physician skilled and knowledgeable in nutrition and natural medicine to have your serum calcium and 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels checked.

Tropical levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (60 to 100 nanograms per millilitre) are considered both safe and optimal for the best of health, anti-aging and longevity. Serum calcium is a double-check on vitamin D safety, since taking too much vitamin D will cause your serum calcium to elevate.

If this happens, you should stop supplementing with vitamin D temporarily and use a lower level when you start taking it again even if the 25-hydroxyvitamin D level is at the optimal tropical level.

Vitamin D helps prevent auto immune diseases such as lupus, multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis. It also promotes healthy bones in children and adults, helps prevent and (if necessary) treat osteoporosis, effectively treats psoriasis (with topical vitamin D) and down-regulates a metabolic pathway that is directly involved in many cases of hypertension.

Research has also demonstrated an 80% reduction in new cases of childhood diabetes.

The benefits are incalculable because supplementing with vitamin D and vitamin C can add many healthy years to your life and give your children a healthy head start in life.

Another fact I’ve come to realize about diet is that is not so much what we eat that is the problem as it is what we don’t eat that has serious health repercussions.

So don’t be naughty take your vitamin D.

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“EARTH CYCLES: A PATHWAY TO HEALING” JUNE 19-22 - NEW event to kick-off signature series of wellness retreat workshops

May 29, 2008 (Breckenridge, CO) - Sacred Tree, a holistic health and wellness center in Breckenridge, announced today that it will launch a line of signature health and wellness retreats beginning with a summer solstice celebration, Earth Cycles: A Pathway to Healing - June 19-22, 2008 in Breckenridge, Colorado.

Participants in Earth Cycles will discover the meaning and significance of the four winds and the four directions, which are interrelated to the birth, growth, dissolution, regeneration, and returning of life on the earth.

The experience will also include Qigong and Yoga, interactive presentations, indigenous ceremonies, outdoor nature activities, organic breakfast and lunch.

The foundation for the retreat celebrates the four seasons, marked by the solstices of winter and summer and the equinoxes of fall and spring.

Joel Proctor, Dipl. L.Ac & CH, founder of Mystic Warrior School for Martial and Cultivation Arts, Practitioner of Indigenous Healing and Traditional Pipe Carrier, and Brigette Schabdach, owner and founder of Sacred Tree, along with additional practitioners, will present and lead these wellness health spa retreats.

Both Proctor and Schabdach have been integral in the development and growth of Sacred Tree since its opening in June, 2003.

“A retreat or getaway allows people time away from their daily routines and spheres of influence,” says Proctor. “They are able to find deeper levels of relaxation for their bodies, more clarity for their minds, more time to nourish and rejuvenate their spirits,” he adds.

More than 15 wellness health spa retreats are currently offered within the next six months. Earth Cycles (Summer Solstice and also Fall Equinox) is one of two featured signature retreats, with the second being Return to Spirit: Transformational Healing Session.

Future destinations include Breckenridge, Aspen and Tulum, Mexico. Visit sacredtree.com for an ongoing schedule of wellness retreat workshops, such as Female Health and Vitality, Family Wellness and Qigong Retreats.

“We invite you to join us in our discovery of the body’s natural, inherent and powerful capacity for restoration, regeneration and vibrant, energetic health,” says Brigette Schabdach, owner and founder of Sacred Tree.

Registration for Earth Cycles is open, and availability is limited. The fee to attend this signature four-day retreat is: $550. Discounted spa services and lodging rates are available for all participants.

All ceremonies are offered freely under traditional perspectives of spiritual responsibilities and reciprocal agreements.

For more information surrounding Sacred Tree retreats and for registration information, visit: www.sacredtree.com or call 970-389-9968.

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About Sacred Tree: Sacred Tree is a holistic health and wellness center founded in Breckenridge by Brigette Schabdach in 2003. The center supports an integrative approach to health and wellness, addressing the physical, psychological, social and spiritual components of well-being.

Skilled practitioners help people of all ages and fitness levels live healthy lifestyles, reduce health risks and grow personally, with the ultimate goal of Sacred Tree being a place of protection, peace, relaxation, nourishment, contemplation and centering.

The center offers acupuncture, massage therapy, natural skincare, chiropractic and naturopathic medicine, Rolf Methodology, iridology, ear candling, thermographic scans, ionic cleanse, nutritional counseling, women’s exams, skin cancer screenings and body treatments, free wellness talks, yoga, tai chi, qigong and kung fu programs.

Sacred Tree features two Breckenridge locations with an on-staff naturopathic doctor, chiropractor, acupuncturist, massage therapists and Rolf Method practitioners.

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