Join a Live WellNest Weekend Session. You can register here for in person attendance or live stream participation. Or, register to be sent the recording* and return to listen on your own time (recordings will be edited).

Pay what you can. $20-$40 suggested contribution for am or pm sessions. $90 both, & $120-$180/overnight* which includes evening & morning meals & beverages, yoga & WellNest classes. *If paying via Airbnb link, food & class donation not included, and potluck not necessary if traveling.

Our WellNest Session themes vary weekly: ALL ARE POT-LUCK if you choose, but not necessary. DISHES MUST CONTAIN one or more of Rebecca’s choice of healthy seasonal whole foods:

JANUARY’S INGREDIENTS ARE Pomegranate, Persimmon, &/or Citrus (& please all dishes must be gluten free, with no processed vegetable or seed oils, such as canola, corn, soy, sunflower or safflower oils.) Thank you!

These WellNest Sessions are about learning to make & share healthier food for our wellbeing & that of our families & our communities.

My mission is to share the wisdom of nature, and to remind each other that WE CAN DO many things to create healthy longevity, at least while our freedom & wallets allow. WE MUST DARE TO BE AWARE & WISER, AND REMEMBER WE ARE INNATELY INTELLIGENT, NATURAL CREATIONS DESIGNED MIRACULOUSLY TO BE SUSTAINED BY THE EARTH WE WERE BORN ON.

1/6/23 Friday PM: FULL MOON HOUSE WARMING - howling possible

7 PM Rebecca’s Welcome - This is my first winter here in Green Hill, and I’m lonely. We need each other. Let’s sit around the fire & share some of the womanly ways we can (or do) warm our hOMes for ourselves, our families or strangers passing by. What do you do when feeling emotionally or physically isolated, alone, or with a sullen spirit? How do you warm your heart when feeling cold, without relying on the one dimension of blue screens? This is a no comparison, no judgement free zone. Open for surprises and just hanging out.

9-11 PM Full Wolf-moon dance party with streamed air play of my Martha’s Vineyard friend, DJ RCF’s ambient dance music: this fire side move & grove is preceded by my favorite winter fruit pomegranates, persimmons and citrus in non-alcoholic, low sugar desserts & beverages (optional tequila if want a shot to add of the least detrimental alcohol); followed by your second option, to sleep over (guest rooms available through AirBnB or talk to Rebecca.)

1/7/23 Saturday

9-10 AM Yin Yoga this mellow, multi-level, slow flow will also hold us still in pain free postures, where we can practice pausing in silence or can ponder some beautiful, simple poetry. Held in one of the house’s warm, sunlit spaces.

Breakfast: a great winter food, nourishing, gluten-free buckwheat crepes, with pomegranate & cacao gems; nut/seed butters or poached or scrambled local eggs in ghee, winter greens & herbs.

Coffee Talk - 10:30-12 Rebecca’s caffeinated class time (or we have decaf/herbal options). My talk will cover the pros (and there are many!) of coffee and other plants that naturally contain caffeine, from cacao to Matcha to Yerba mate. I’ll also cover why caffeine affects people differently & how you can optimize it’s benefits or lower it’s detriments, by knowing your body weight to caffeine ratio, and with intake timing & what you enjoy it with.

DID YOU KNOW CAFFEINE MAKES YOU LOVE EVERYTHING YOU ENJOY IT WITH? FROM YOUR MUG TO YOUR ROUTINE, COMPANY, CAFE, FIXINS or FOOD.

Winter Foods to take advantage of NOW: Pomegranates, Persimmons & Citrus … everything you didn’t think you’d ever care to know about how great these seasonal genius foods are! Plus they are delicious. Learn new & fun ways to enjoy and share.

Coffee Talk - covers pros & cons of caffeine and the idiosyncratic responses we individuals may have towards the stimulating yet I’ll address individual’s questions and concerns if there’s education to be had that I can humbly offer, as much of what we ask has the answers within. We may discuss an overlap of concerns week to week, and pending current, seasonal or timely issues, repetition is never a bad thing to help us understand, master or create a fresh understanding or insight. We all learn from each other’s sharing and

SHOPPING SUPPORT / Q & A SESSIONS @ BELMONT MARKET: Tuesdays - Thursdays with Rebecca No Appointment Necessary. Look for me in the NATURAL SELECTIONS WELLNESS DEPT.

I WILL NOT SHOP FOR YOU. I WILL NOT DIAGNOSE OR RECOMMEND SUPPLEMENTS. MY AIM IS TO EDUCATE.

I WILL INFORM YOU ON HOW CERTAIN PRODUCTS, FOODS & PHYTONUTRIENTS CAN POSITIVELY OR NEGATIVELY AFFECT THE WAY WE HUMANS FEEL & FUNCTION. I’ll help you discover which foods can improve your health &/or those you shop for. Together we’ll do our best to fulfill your family’s needs (and wants) as economically and simply as possible.

• DISCOVER DELICIOUS WAYS TO CHANGE YOUR METABOLISM FROM BEING A CARB STORER TO A FAT BURNER (Side effect: You’ll loose weight while you sleep!)

• BECOME METABOLICALLY FLEXIBLE ALL WHILE LESSENING THE CONDITIONS WHICH TRIGGER INFLAMMATION & CREATE HEALTH RISKS. (Side effects: improved micro-biome, digestion, nervous system & hormone health!)

• BECOME FAMILIAR WITH HEALTHIER FOODS & MAKE INFORMED CHOICES TO BETTER CREATE THE WEIGHT & ENERGY YOU DESIRE (Side effect: a paradigm shift may occur in which you respect and trust your own intuition, and your body’s ability to self-heal and self regulate as nature intended.)

• RESULTS WITHIN DAYS Eating real food, and avoiding stressors like hard to digest forms of food and artificial ingredients is the beginning to feeling great! (Side effect: within 3-4 days experience less gas, bloating, acid reflux, fatigue, brain fog & aches and pains!)

• TAKE AWAY SIMPLE MEAL PLANS, RECIPES & TIPS to avoid cravings, and stress while shopping, prepping, cooking, serving and digesting your meals. (SIde effect: better relationships, better sleep, better performance at work, and play!)

• LEARN THE BEST TIMES TO EAT & WHICH FOODS HELP IMPROVE YOUR BLOOD SUGAR, IMMUNE SYSTEM & YOUR GUT MICRO-BIOME & WHICH NUTRIENTS SUPPORT MUSCLE MAINTENANCE & NEW BRAIN CELL GROWTH (Side effect: more strength & energy, focus and better repair while you sleep.)

FOOD CAN BE ENJOYABLE, NUTRIENT DENSE & ENERGY EFFICIENT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.

SPRING CLEANSING with REBECCA

Receive 1:1 coaching in support of your specific health needs, as you set up and follow through with a ten to twenty-one day cleanse designed by me, a Certified Nutritionist, Certified Health Coach and Registered Yoga and Meditation teacher, Rebecca J. Briggs.

Spring detoxing is natural and your body does it whether your organs are prepared or not. I’ll help you check in with your micro-biome status, and phase 1 & phase 2 liver health, and your gall bladder and kidney function, before your body get’s to challenged with the natural instinct to release stored metabolic or environmental toxins.

This interconnected systems check-up, is important to tune up organs in preparation of the season’s natural processes. In winter our metabolism slows down and we naturally burn up our stored food reserves in fat, while also releasing the dsyfunctioning, tired cells are body naturally lets die (autophagy). in our more rested state (presumably fasting while we sleep more during these longer, darker winter days). This break down of fat speeds up in spring, as the body naturally goes into “cleansing mode” releasing the dead cells and flushing out the stores of metabolic waste or environmental toxins stored in our fat as a mode of protecting our vital organs from their anti-nutrient stuctures, or excessiveness, since the liver can only deal with so many by products like fructose (excessive refined carbs/industrial processed foods) and zeno-estrogens (bisphenyl A, sodium lauryl sulfate, herbicides, pesticides) or heavy metals (aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, lead, mercury, nickel) .

Our GI tract also, naturally wants to get “unstuck”, releasing the the gluey, sticky protein molecules from a winter diet of gluten-heavy processed grass grains, like wheat pastas, breads, crackers and cookies, and corn chips, tortillas and sweet dairy with it’s sticky casein A1 protein molecules as found in industrial dairy especially in sweetened, low fat yogurts, ice cream, milks and cheeses. Cleansing this gluten and casein “gunk” off your mucosal epithelial walls, (be they sinus linings or intestines) will free up constipated, sluggish bowels and help clear skin and sinus cavity issues as the body struggles to find alternative roots to release irritants from the body. The world we live in challenges are detoxification organs whether we strive to live a “clean” life or not.

Moreover, NOT all cleanses are beneficial for every body/blood type- I can help you navigate the choices. Together we’ll check in with your body’s three major systems: your endocrine/hormonal system; your nervous system/sympathetic & para sympathetic responses & your immune system, which is pretty dependent on the perceived and actual stressors your body takes in or has to process.

Your body’s ability to naturally cleanse, on a daily, seasonal and acute toxicity basis is key to how these three systems interact, so you can keep healthy muscle mass, and stay nourished, functioning with minimal hormonal (“hangry”) blood sugar swings, excessive body aches, fatigue or detox headaches. Dry body brushing, hydrotherapy (cold water), saunas and epsom salt and essential oil baths are a part of this regime.

My Detox hOMe & Body Cleanse includes a suggested daily regime of Intermittent Fasting (IF) with food and beverage lists, simple recipes, botanicals and nutritional supplements as needed. Plus movement and meditations to help you cleanse your spirit (if wounded/overwhelmed), thoughts (of self doubt/fear) and actions (if self harming/lethargic).

Energy and bodywork sessions to relax your body, mind and spirit, safely releasing fascial, muscular, organ and lymphatic tension and congestion can be added to your Detox hOMe & Body Cleanse if you are in my area (Rhode Island or Martha’s Vineyard- post coronavirus social distancing).

I also offer Mini Yoga and Meditation Sessions (live or online) with safe, structural realignment postures, and relaxing breathing exercises specific to your physical and emotional stress-relieving needs. A free, recorded flow of mine with instruction is available on RebeccaBriggsYoga@facebook.com and RebeccaBriggsYoga@youtube.com ; and a public class on Wednesday mornings 9:15-10:15 AM will resume at River Bend Athletic Club post coronavirus social distancing mandate.

Movement is key to being a healthy human, but exercise can sometimes be incorrectly or overly done, creating more harm then good. I’ll help you come up with the right movement for your body type and condition and lifestyle, which will include daily outdoor time & gentle movement meditations to reset your mind, body and spirit in alignment with the natural world around you.

We’ll cover any attitudinal, movement, or general life obstacles that flare up and I’ll offer accountability along with suggested practical ways to get you through the challenges of cleansing or of life in general (coronavirus scare or not).

Bonus Follow up session, post Detox, with a SEASONAL FOOD LIST & MENU PLANNING will help you sustain a healthier, happier and more connected to Mother Nature, you.

Choose a private or small group session (or online webinar option), and the best 10 to 21 day period to commit to. My cleanses fill up and I have limited time for client sessions, so schedule now!

My individual sessions & program prices vary with your situations, and I accept partial trades, so don’t let money hinder your self care & need for support. Sign up at one of my Wed. 9:15-10:15 yoga classes at River Bend AC, or at Belmont Market’s Beauty & Wellness Dept. to receive special savings & options.

Get the ins & outs of Intermittent Fasting, Food & Chemical Sensitivities, Metabolic Flexibility & the importance of Organic, Wild and Seasonal Whole Foods that are in sync with your optimal, Ancestral Blueprint.

LEARN HOW TO SAFELY LEAD YOURSELF INTO, THROUGH & OUT OF A CLEANSE WHILE NOURISHING YOUR EVERY CELL W/ GREEN JUICING, SMOOTHIES, BROTHS & PLANT BASED MEALS. GAIN ENERGY, OPTIMIZE YOUR ORGANS & REDISCOVER WHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR LIFE!