Join Marilu.com and get Fiscally Fit and Fabulous in April!

Get your financial life in order starting Monday, April 11th.

Spend ten weekdays with Coach CindyR, our finance and budget expert. Cindy has helped hundreds of people make sense of their finances – if you need help, this class is a great place to start.

Get tips for fiscal well-being in this class. Save your money so you can invest in your health – perhaps attending Kripalu with Marilu in July, or gifting a friend a membership here at Marilu.com (so you can take classes together), or buying your own Vitamix, or taking a vegan cooking class, or attending Dr. Furhman’s Health Getaway with Marilu, or… well, we could list a lot of other ways to invest in your health. Take the class and you’ll get the skills to allow you to make the choice!

This class will have three levels – you can see them all, and participate where you fit best.

• The first level is for people who want basic financial information and advice.
• The second level is for people who are interested in budgeting and being a little more aggressive with their money management.
• The third level is for people who are interested in getting their finances under control, paying down debt, and making a detailed plan.

Coach CindyR can assist you at the level you choose.

Become fiscally fit and fabulous!

Members are automatically enrolled in class – check your inbox on April 11th for the class email.
Not a member? Sign up now and you’ll have access to the members area and classes right away!

Meditation has been practiced for thousands of years. Originally, it was meant to help deepen understanding of the sacred and mystical forces of life. It’s still used as a form of prayer in many religious traditions. It’s also commonly used for relaxation and stress reduction, and it can help improve your mental and physical health (everything really is connected to everything, as Marilu says!). It’s a way to center yourself and find balance within, so that you can live a more balanced life in the world.

Anyone can practice meditation. It’s simple and inexpensive, and it doesn’t require any special equipment. And you can practice meditation wherever you are — whether you’re out for a walk, riding the bus, waiting at the doctor’s office or even in the middle of a difficult business meeting. Meditation is anything that stabilizes the mind and cultivates its natural qualities. There’s really no right or wrong way to meditate, there’s only what works for you.

One of the simplest forms of meditation is to focus on your breathing. We’re always meditating on something – usually we’re meditating on our fears, doubts, and cravings. In this meditation, the breath becomes the focus instead.

Just think about your breath (usually by directing your focus at the tip of your nose) and “ride” it in and out. You’ll still think about other things – just set them aside mentally, and come back to thinking about your breath.

Sometimes people think meditating means not thinking about anything, but that’s impossible. Instead, we change our relationship to thought. When you notice that attention has strayed away from the breath, simply bring it back (no judgment!).

Today, try meditating for 5-10 minutes. Get somewhere comfortable, where you won’t be interrupted, and just breathe.

Here are a couple of body scrubs you can make yourself (yay!). Treat yourself and your wallet to a spa-quality body scrub.

Peppermint scrub * Mix one cup coarse sea salt with 3/4 cup peppermint tea, forming a paste. Use in the shower to exfoliate and create glowing skin. Works best if you get in the shower and rub the paste all over before turning on the water.

Oatmeal scrub * Mix 1/4 cup oatmeal, 1/4 cup cornmeal, 1-1/2 Tablespoons wheat germ, 2 Tablespoons honey, and 1/2 teaspoon orange or almond extract in a bowl. Add just enough water to make a paste. Scrub your face and body with this mixture to wash off dead skin cells and make your skin feel very soft.

Your favorite gel is now a scrub * Mix equal parts coarse sea salt and your favorite bath/shower gel. Get in the shower and get wet, then turn off the shower and rub the mixture all over, giving rough areas extra attention. Turn the water back on and scrub it all off.

Body silkening cucumber scrub * Cucumbers provide gentle toning and stimulation to the second layer of skin. In a blender, mash three peeled cucumbers. While showering, apply the pulp to a loofa and scrub entire body. Rinse well.

Don’t forget to moisturize when you’re done!

Photo by Pam Roth

This one is for consenting adults…

It’s Friday. Get your groove on! Yes, we count sex as exercise (as long as it’s active). Start with some partner dancing, and let it take you further. Make it romantic and fun.

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April Fools!

Yes, here at Marilu.com we can help you lose weight, but it’s going to be a reasonable pace, and it’s going to be because you’re eating food that nourishes your body. No health robbers that keep you wanting more, or gimmicks that cost extra money. No chemicals, no magic pills. And… well, you’ll meet your goals faster if you actually break a sweat every day.

We can also help you improve your health. Most of those numbers that measure your health are at least partially within your control. Why not give them a chance to be better?

When you compare “diet plans,” Marilu’s Total Health Makeover® makes sense. There may be steps that seem odd or different, but that’s probably because the reasons behind them are new to you. You can take the steps at your pace – try one at a time, or several in combination, or all 10 at once. You can commit to the steps at different levels.

And best of all, here at Marilu.com, you can join a group to go through the program, and get daily personal coaching from people like you who have been selected by Marilu to help you. Our coaches don’t just give you a canned message once a day – they’re available to answer your questions and help you make decisions that will work for you.

You can lose weight; you can improve your health. THM works. And that’s no April Fools’ joke.

Join now and get started on YOUR Total Health Makeover®!