Do you need a refresh?
But don't know how to start?
I've been there.
You are tired. You are wired. You wake up bracing for the day. You can't sleep. Even the fun things that you used to love doing seem like too much.
Somedays you just want to stay in bed, drink wine, watch Netflix and eat chips.
That has started to become most days.
You know you need to change for your health, for yourself, for the people you love, but it is just too much.
It's time to get past surviving.
We all want to live joyfully, to feel our best, to have energy, to feel alive.
But the majority of us are just getting through.
I made the Jumpstart when I couldn't find a path. I was a brand new cancer survivor and treatment had taken everything out of me.
But now, post pandemic, I need a path forward even more. And I meet with and teach students every day who feel the same.
The Jumpstart will help
It's helped hundreds of students over the years and it allowed me to create Shine.
The Jumpstart program is one month of focus on you--mind, body and heart. It includes:
- Daily Yoga
- A Three Day Gentle Dietary Detox
- The Daily Eats Anti-Inflamatory, Anti-Disease Diet
- Sleep Hygiene and Support
- Morning and Evening Rituals to bookend your day
- Tools to support you every step of the way
- A set schedule, weekly focus, and accountability check lists.
- A community all doing the same thing
By the end of this program, you will...
- Have reset your body and cravings to want foods that are good for you.
- Have established a daily yoga practice which will support strength, stability, mobility and the ability to create calm.
- Have more energy and be able to rest more easily.
- Have a different perspective on how you want to live.
- Overcome your own biggest obstacle through conscious awareness.
- Find a community of support.
What will you do?
Week 1: Physical Clean Out
Week 2: Habits and Environment
Week 3: Emotional Clean Out
Week 4: Mental Cleanout
Happy Body
Your body will feel better on good food, rest, and movement, which makes everything else doable.
Quiet Mind
The practices are designed to give you moments of peace and set you up for better interactions and better choices.
Life Long Change
Unlike "challenges" this program is designed to help you change your life long term.
Hi I'm Sara!
I'm the owner of Shine, which opened eight years ago because the Jumpstart worked for me.
I was in a bad place when I made the Jumpstart. I was 39 years old and had just finished a year of cancer treatment for metastatic breast cancer. I had a two year old, had moved back to Buffalo after being away for 20 years and was just bone tired, hurting, and unhappy.
This was not the life I wanted to live, so I made the Jumpstart and it changed my life.
I went from being a researcher and innovative program developer on a large scale for behavioral health, government agencies, and non profits, to impacting people personally and directly through my program and through yoga.
The Jumpstart made that possible for me and it can help you too.
I want to do this, but can't start now.
This is remarkably common. One of the reasons we need the Jumpstart is because we have too man obligations, but our busy lives keep us from doing the Jumpstart!
The program is both online and in person, which means you can start when you want. The online platform and all it's content will be available to everyone until the second Saturday in June.
I want to do this, but I'm afraid I'll fall off and feel like a failure.
Nope, never. Every step you take towards claiming the life you want is a success.
Maybe you just do the detox, maybe you just do the first two weeks.
That's okay. The program was designed to be a seasonal program in large part because I couldn't emotionally handle the idea of a "challenge" that I might not be able to complete.
It's structured to run every three months and to be a reset every time.
Also, I've been running this program for eleven years and over that time I've set out to improve it every time. It's designed to help you keep on track.
Will the Jumpstart always be free for members?
No. It takes a lot of time and effort to run the program.
I really, really want everyone to experience it because there is nothing like it out there, and it has had such an impact on me and the students who have done it.
So I'm offering it for free this time around, but I need to be able to support my teachers and the studio, so there will be a cost going forward.
The Schedule
You can start when you want. This is just when the program officially starts and Sara will be doing it.
Friday, April 26th: Week 1 and videos available. Begin Preparation.
Sunday, April 28th: Begin Program, Begin Detox.
Wednesday, May 1st: Detox Ends, Daily Eats Begins
Friday, May3rd: Week 2 and videos available. Begin Preparation.
Sunday, May 5th: Begin Week 2
Friday, May 10th: Week 3 and videos available. Begin Preparation.
Sunday, May 12th Happy Mother's Day!: Begin Week 3
Friday, May17th: Week 4 and videos available. Begin Preparation.
Sunday, May 19th: Begin Week 4
Saturday, May 24th: Program Ends
Saturday, June 15th: Last Day to Access Online Program.
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild, and precious life?-Mary Oliver
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