Blessings for the New Year

I sit here, literally on the brink of the new year, and I am overwhelmed by a consciousness of greatness in this coming year.

I did an experiment last week. I had these wonderful insights into Teshuva and Tefilla that I wanted to share with the women with whom I am in contact. I have a strong desire to provide an easy way for us to come together for Torah learning, for raising our internal awareness of the Greatness and Excellence that resides in each and every one of us... although it tends to be smothered by our daily grind.

I have been expanding my knowlege and growth through various teleconference seminars, both free and paid, and suddenly I realized how easy it would be for the women I intend to serve to learn in this way - it's on the phone, it's in the evening, AND it's recorded for listening at one's liesure!

As an experiment, I put together this tefilla workshop as a paid program - with the following goals:
1. Guage people's interest/commitment levels
2. Make some money (;-)
and
3. Raise some ~$100 to donate to Chai Lifeline through sponsoring my friend Estee's team in the Marathon.

Well, this is what I learned:
I got some interest, but not much commitment.

The problem is, that I still want to raise money for the cause I committed to, and I want to share the workshop that I prepared with eveyrone who is interested in hearing it! With Hashem's help, I was given a new inspiration!

Ok, ready?
I am going to restart the program - combining the first two classes together on Thursday night.
Everyone is welcome to join! If you are even remotely interested in the topic, go ahead and sign up!
(Obviously, you want to ignore anything about the cost of the class!)
However, you can still help me raise money for Chai Lifeline by indicating in the submission form that would like to be involved in this important Mitzvah.

I look forward to sharing inspirational moments with each of you in the year to come!

Many blessings to each of you, and may you merit to fulfill the promise that Hashem gave to Avraham to be a source of blessings to those around you!

Shana Tova uMetuka!
Love,
Ayelet

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! Women's Tefilla Workshop for the High Holy Days starts tonight!

How many Challot are baking in your oven? Is your Stuffed (or Unstuffed!) Cabbage steaming on the stove? Have you bought the kids new clothes, maybe you've had time to buy something new for yourself!
But what is the state of your Neshama???
Do you wish you had some time to mentally and spiritually prepare for the tefillot this year?

You CAN! With trememdous gratitude to Hashem, and thanks to technology and the internet, I can offer you, my busy sisters (aunts, mothers, daughters...), a way to realistically learn, process and rise up to the Yamim Noraim 5769!

My gift to you as we begin this New Year is a 4 part workshop beginning TONIGHT! But you don't have time to leave your house! You still have cooking, cleaning and shopping to do! You still have last minute things to take care of before you leave work/school for the better part of a month!

Go to www.wholebodybeauty.com/source.html right now to register!

NO WORRIES! This workshop is all over the phone! And if you can't join us for the live calls - you will get an mp3 recording emailed to you the next day! You can listen to it streaming on your computer, or you can download it and put on your iPod, mp3 player, or burn it to a disc and listen while your running errands, washing dishes, doing laundry, bathing the kids...

PLUS, you will also get a transcription of every call emailed to you, so if you don't get to listen before Yom Tov, you can print out the transcript and read it over the Chag!

And here's the best part!
What are the three things that can retract a Gezaira Rah? Teshuva, Tefilla and Tzedaka, right? So the classes themselves will help give you new insight into Teshuva and Tefilla - and I'm going to help you with the Tzedaka part too!
The cost of the workshop is only $36, and 10% of that will be going to sponsor the Team Lifeline Marathon, for Chai Lifeline. More information can be found at http://www.teamlifeline.org/mypage.php?myid=55261!

So: You're learning, your gaining insight into your purpose and your tefillot and teshuva will inevitably be raised to a higher level - AND your giving Tzedaka to an extremely worthy cause that unfortunately touches each of our lives in one way or another.

So are you ready to register??
Just click on the link below for all the information! But hurry! The first class is tonight and you need to be registered in order to receive the audio recordings in the morning!

http://www.wholebodybeauty.com/source.html

With blessings of a sweet and wonderful New Year in which all your dreams and desires come to fruition!
Love,
~Ayelet

Four Days in the Holy Land: part 1

Although I have been back from my trip for almost a week now, I am finally finding the time to post on my blog, so here are my reflections from my trip... thanks for sojourning with me!

Written 9am (Israel time) Tuesday 9/16

I arrived in Israel on Sunday afternoon 9/14 for a four day trip. My purpose: recon

• Mission: Pre-Aliyah Pilot Trip


• Reconnect with the Land --- check


• Cry like a baby at the Kotel ---- check


• Meet and connect with other people in my field --- check


• Find a neighborhood to move to in which we will feel welcome, but not feel like we’ve just transplanted our American lifestyle to a different country ---- working…!

Yesterday I walked all over Yerushalayim. I started out in Arnona (southeast of the center of town), my SIL’s lovely apartment, walked all the way to the center of town, bought minutes for my pay-as-you-go Israeli cell phone, bought a fresh carrot-orange juice, and kept walking. I got on a bus at the Shuk (market) to get to Givaat Shaul. Those of you who were in Michlelet Mevaseret Yerushalayim (my post-high school yeshiva in Israel) in it’s first 3 years will appreciate this! The Nefesh B’Nefesh office is in Beit Ofer!! So I got off the bus at the Angel’s bakery and walked the rest of the way – and as I contemplated my reflection in the store windows, I had to wonder who that married woman was, because I was certainly 18 again! It was such a pleasure!

Then I kept walking! I walked down to Ramat Beit Hakerem, near Shaarei Tzedeck hospital, to meet with a dear friend of mine named Michal Schonbrun. Michal is that main proponent of teach the Fertility Awareness Method (aka: FAM – a way of becoming completely aware of how a woman’s body works and what those cycles really mean!). She is also beginning a workshop for religious women on intimacy, and I can’t wait to hear more about how that goes! I’m so impressed with Michal! It was so wonderful to reconnect with her. (Her website is _____) And look out for her name in one of my upcoming newsletters!

After that, I decided I was done with walking for the day! I took a cab back to Arnona, and a bus back into Mercaz Hair (Center of Town) to meet up with another friend of mine, Hadassah, and her friend. We ate greasy, delicious burgers at Burger’s Bar and talked about communities in the Shomron, in the Gush, what to ask when I go out to see neighborhoods, and we talked about our visions for the future: mine to start a Family Health Center, Coralee’s to fly in a hot air balloon, and Hadassah claims it’s to go to DisneyWorld, but I know there are more exciting things in your future, Hadassah!

Plan for today:

Going out to Kochav Yaakov this morning. It’s a settlement north of Jerusalem. Then coming back through Jerusalem to the gush to visit my friend Shoshi in Neve Daniel and my SIL in Efrat and see some of the neighborhoods in the Gush.
I’ll keep you posted!!

Love, Ayelet

Liquidating Mary Kay

I need your help!

After 3 wonderful years of servicing my Mary Kay customers with all their skin care and cosmetic needs, I am closing my Mary Kay doors.

I am moving to Israel in the winter and I will not be able to bring my Mary Kay business with me. The good news for you is that I am liquidating my inventory and would like to have it all sold off by the end of this week.

Please come by today until 9pm, or call (908) 943-2910 to make an order. Everything is discounted, many things for 25% and even 50% off!

Call or come by for details!

You can also go shopping on my website at www.marykay.com/aschwell anytime this week to get the sale prices. (The website will only calculate retail, but don't worry, I'm the one who processes the payments and I will confirm the final price with you before I put anything through!)

Many thanks for your loyalty and enthusiasm throughout my Mary Kay career!

Love, Joy and Beauty,
~Ayelet

Family Time!

Last week, my wonderful Yoram was away at a conference in Vermont. Meanwhile, back home, we all hung out with his family without him. :-(
Armed with sunscreen, water and tons of toys, we all went to an adorable park near my in-law's house which has been dubbed the "Section Park".

The kids had a blast! The adults... well, we tried to move as little as possible, since even breathing was causing us to sweat!

Here are some more fun pictures for your enjoyment!

What "recession"??

To Sell or Not to Sell...

I have been telling everyone I know about how excited I am to be moving to Israel this January! To my surprise the most common question I have gotten is, "What are you going to do with your house?"

Well, I'm going to sell it, of course! I assume the question is arising because of this illusion of an economic recession that everyone is talking about... puhleeeease. There are always people out there looking for whatever it is that you are selling. Money is still circulating and the only way to eradicate a recession is to act as if it doesn't exist. Keep the money flowing, don't horde it, it isn't doing anyone any good that way (least of all oneself!) and before you know it, you'll realize that, despite the illusory numbers that float around Wall St., not much will really change in your own life.

Think about it, if you stop driving, to save money on gas and you only buy the bare necessities at the grocery store (or worse, you go to the dollar store for your groceries!) all you're doing is ensuring that there is less revenue at the grocery store, leading to more layoffs and more hype about this "recession" nonsense. Your income is only limited by your imagination... trust me! In the past 3 weeks I have received income in exchange for my expertise and products, and the opportunities have sprung from the Most Abundant Source. There is no other explanation, because I have created a vessel for receiving income within myself and I did it without any prospects.

So, am I going to put my house on the market? Heck, yeah! Because there is someone who is looking for my house, and who is so excited about being able to live in this house, on this block in this community! Far be it from me to deprive the family that is meant to thrive in this house of it's availability!

(By the way, if you are reading this and wondering if you might be that family, I'd love to hear from you!)

Go get that new pair of shoes you've been wanting! Go get a nice haircut at a salon, not at the discount barber! Go out and spend what you've got, cuz it doesn't do anyone any good sitting under your mattress! Feed the economy, that's the only way it will grow!

See you on the other side! (It's really nice here!)

Love, joy and beauty,
~Ayelet

What is an Image and Wellness Coach?

I have been getting this question a lot, so I thought I'd address it here.

A life coach is someone with a talent for assisting others in assessing their life and their circumstances and guide them to create ways of having a fulfilling and satisfying life. I am focusing on coaching women on improving their self image and increasing their level of wellness. This is not the same as image consulting, which sometimes is a part of the process.
An image consultant would help you portray an image of your choosing, as an image coach, I will help you assess yourself and come to an understanding of who you really are - portraying that image will then come naturally, because it's you!

On the wellness side of things, we look at the areas of your life that are causing conflicts in your health and overall joy in your life. In medical terms, there are two approaches to treating conditions in the body.
One is the "Illness" approach, which is the prevalent model of care in allopathic medicine. In this model the practitioner will diagnose a condition and treat only that condition based on the practitioner's training and expertise.

The second model of care is the "Wellness Model" In this model the goal is total wellness for body and mind. An individual is always treated as a whole (holistic is the term used for this way of perceiving an individual). Conditions are looked at as being a result of dis-ease in the individual and the practitioner attempts to evaluate all route causes in an effort to bring the individual back to complete health.

I operate in the wellness model. I do this as a coach, as a massage therapist and as a doula and childbirth educator.

Who would benefit from wellness coaching with me?
Women who have been feeling dissatisfied with their overall health and the health of their families. You may be tired of bringing your kids to the doctor on a monthly basis to deal with colds, stomach issues, bacterial infections such as strep... even frequent bumps and bruises! (Imbalance is felt throughout the body, and often what we perceive as clumsiness, may be an indication of imbalance in other areas of health and nutrition!)
You may have some of your own chronic health complaints and are wondering if there is a way to eliminate the pharmacophony (my own word! A combination of pharmaceuticals and cacophony!) of pills and creams and prescriptions you are now dependent upon!

Right now I am working on a very exciting project that will introduce you to the kind of work I do. It is a teleseminar workshop that will be launching in November. It will be titled "How to Reduce Stress and Add Joy to your Daily Life" And I will be hosting a preview call for this workshop on Sunday night, Aug 17th at 9pm.

The preview call is titled "5 Steps to Reducing Stress and Living a More Joyful Life" and this will be a free call that will give you steps you can take right away to begin to eliminate stress and add joy to you life!

To register for the preview call, just send an email to ayelet@wholebodybeauty.com and put "Joyful Life Teleclass" in the subject line. You'll receive call in information once you've registered. I'll also be sending out reminder emails so you won't forget to call in!
(and if you register, but you can't make it on the call - don't worry! There will be an audio recording of the call that you will receive as long as you were registered for the call!)

I'll be adding more information on this as we get closer...

I'm so excited to be able to offer this service to each and every woman, I believe that I can help even one woman change her life, she will change the world!

Are you ready to change the world?? I can't wait to hear from you!

Blessings of love, joy and beauty,
~Ayelet