Thursday, September 20, 2012

Recipes and Clear up!


Before the other news…let’s clear this point up….

 

Nature’s Garden is opening a SECOND Location in Draper Utah! 

Our location in Nenno, WI is staying open, so don’t worry, our family is not moving. 

 

Karen, Jen and Chad will be traveling to Utah to offer classes, but we will keep classes and our wellness center here running in WI STRONG!

 

We sent a letter to those on our Karen’s Energy mailing list with items we are looking for.  It is at the end of this email in case you have anything!  This is a VERY exciting time for our family and for natural health in Utah.  We have so many to interview and will create an entirely new concept in wellness centers there. 

 

Thus, our last newsletter with the title “we bought a building, but we are not moving?!” – It’s true!  We are staying here and providing you with our services, just spending time traveling to our new location in Utah to help those there as well!

 

It’s not the end of summer yet!  Try some more YUMMY smoothies!

 

MAD MANGO SMOOTHIE

 

1 cup chopped frozen mango chunks

1 peeled, frozen banana

3 celery stalks, quartered

1 cup ice cubes (opt)

1/4 cup sweetener like honey, agave nectar, date paste Water to desired consistency

 

Blend and enjoy!

 

SUPERFOOD SMOOTHIE

 

1 cup hemp seed or nut milk

1/8 cup cacao

1 Tablespoon maca root powder

1 tsp living greens

1/4 cup sweetener or a banana

1/8 cup coconut butter

1 Tablespoon coconut oil

1 Tablespoon bee pollen

1 cup berries

1 scoop ice (opt)

 

Blend and go nuts!

 

WARM CHOCOLATE ELIXIR

 

3 cups hot tea, coffee or teeccino

1 Tablespoon coconut oil

2 Tablespoons coconut butter

1 teaspoon - 1 Tablespoon maca root (start with 1 tsp if you are new to

maca)

2 Tablespoons cacao powder

1/4 teaspoon vanilla powder

1/4 teaspoon medicinal mushroom powder, like chaga

1/8 – 1/4 cup sweetener (honey or agave)

 

Brew hot coffee, tea or teeccino. Puree all ingredients in a high-speed blender until smooth and frothy.

 

LIVING VANILLA ICE CREAM

 

2 cups raw cashews, soaked 4 hours or more

2 cups young Thai coconut meat (about 2 coconuts)

1-1/4 cups coconut water

3/4 cups honey, agave nectar or 4-7 droppersful of liquid stevia

1/4 cup coconut butter

1/4 teaspoon vanilla powder or 2 tablespoons liquid vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon sea salt

 

In a high speed blender, blend all of the ingredients until completely smooth. Chill thoroughly in the refrigerator & then process in an ice cream maker according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

 

This ice cream is a great base for all kinds of flavor variations. You can add pureed strawberries, fresh mint leaves, raw cacao powder or nibs, chai tea, coffee or whatever your imagination can create!

 

This dessert can be used as is without freezing it as a delicious dairy free substitute for whipped cream on top of fruit pies, chocolate ganache tarts or just fresh fruit salad.

 

Makes about 5 cups.

 

The above recipes were slightly modified from our friends who owned a small raw restaurant up north – they have closed and we will be so sad when we take our family trip this Feb!  Thanks High Voltage!

 

Here are a few more of our favorites!

May have shared these already – sorry if we did!  YUM!

 

Banana Chai “Milkshake”

½ Cup raw almonds, soaked

1 ½ Cups filtered water

2 Frozen bananas

1 pitted date, soaked for about an hour

¼ tsp natural vanilla extract

¼ tsp ground nutmeg

¼ tsp ground cinnamon

1 pinch ground cloves

1 pinch sea salt

 

Place all of the ingredients in a blender and puree until smooth. Sprinkle with cinnamon and serve immediately. ENJOY!!

 

 

Orange Honey Cream Sauce

1 Cup raw cashews

¼ Cup fresh squeezed orange juice

2 tablespoons raw honey

2 tablespoons purified water

 

Place all of the ingredients in a blender and process on high until smooth.

Chill for 2 hours before serving. Store in a sealed container in the refrigerator. Orange honey cream sauce is delicious on fruit salads and will keep for 3 days.

 

Strawberry, Banana and Fig Pudding Recipe

1 pint strawberries

2 bananas

12 ounces purified water

6 almonds, soaked in water 1 hr

2 dried figs, soaked in water 1 hr and chopped into small bits

 

Put strawberries in the blender, add bananas, purified water and blend.

Slowly add the softened figs. Add almonds and continue to blend. For a dense pudding just add the 12 oz of water. For a thinner pudding add more water. Enjoy!

 

 

Enjoy the above recipes!  Here is the list of things we are collecting for our new center – read if you wish!

 

Every new venture has a list and we just thought we would put this out there in case any of you had anything you would be willing to donate / sell so we can get started and keep our money in product and equipment instead of furnishings!

 

Only reply if you can help, and please don’t think we are crazy for asking, but heck, we have supplied dozens of homes with furniture, clothing (we host free rummage sales….) and toys up the kazoo by placing things for free at the end of our driveway!

 

Just looking for anyone else who may do the same….can we please be at the end of your driveway???? Perhaps you will hear of an auction or are just rummaging, if you see something of good quality, let us know!

 

 Living Quarters:

 Bunk Beds

 Full size bed

 Dressers

 End tables

 Towels

 Bedding

 Clocks

 Garbage cans

 Area rugs

 Shelving

 

 Licensed Kitchen Needs:

 Glass Plates, bowls

 Glasses

 Large serving spoons

 Cutlery – doesn’t need to match

 Aprons

 Linen towels

 Stainless steel bowls

 Serving bowls – clear glass

 Glass measuring cups

 Large strainer

 Stainless steel pots, frying pans, kettle Clock Bulletin boards Dry  erase boards Food grade containers for food storage High quality food  processor, blenders, juicers

 

 

 Items for the Store:

 Shelving

 A Safe

 

 Misc Items:

 Pictures for the walls

 Garbage cans

 Brooms and dust pans

 Vacuum

 Rakes

 Shovels (we are in Wisconsin and we need to keep all of ours here!)

 Work gloves

Hose

Washer Dryer

 

 

 Enjoy a beautiful day and beautiful health!

 

 Karen

 Livin’ life fully engaged and slightly on ……FIRE!

 

 

Friday, September 14, 2012

Retreat Openings and YES! We Bought a Building, but we are not Moving?


Septembers Retreat is just around the corner and it is jam packed with great information and healthy living foods!  Join us September 27-29th 2012 and let the peace and health begin!

 

Prices:

 

Full Retreat – Thursday 10 am – Saturday 7pm including overnight accommodations at the beautiful Cedar Valley Retreat Center, $349.00.

 

Thursday – Saturday - all classes and food, no overnight accommodations

$250.00

 

Friday & Saturday - all classes and food, no overnight accommodations

$199.00

 

Check out this amazing schedule!

 

Thursday

10am-3pm         Spa time, relaxation & exploration. Experience 100-acres

of nature trails, spring-fed pond with beach, outdoor labyrinth, spiritual chapel, Serenity Room and spiritual library. NOTE: spa services should be booked directly through Cedar Valley Center and  paid for at time of service : https://app.getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=BV3dH&mc=B2&s=IWyNr&y=9&

3pm                   Meet and Greet

4pm                    Yoga with Chad Turner

5pm                    Welcome Dinner

6pm                    Learning circle: intentions, expectations and best practices for the weekend We will discuss what you, individually, would like to get from this weekend

and how we can tailor the content so that you have an effective learning environment

7pm                     The Atomic Body! Cancer Chronic Disease: Live Without Fear Presentation by Karen Urbanek

 

Friday                                               

8am                    Sunrise Yoga: gentle awakening of the body with Chad

9am                    Live demo breakfast: green smoothies, almond milk & grawnola

10am                  Whole Foods, isolates, minerals, proteins, sprouting, fermentation and the amazing immune system! Karen Urbanek

12pm                   Lunch & free time

2pm                     Natural Skin care - Dry Skin Brushing and herbs for health! Discover the lymphatic system workings with Jennifer Bartell

3pm                     Snack

3:30pm                Meditation, Breathing Techniques and How to Find

Peace in the Hectic World with Chad Turner

4:30pm               Yoga with Chad

5:00pm                   Successful Business Practices and Tips for the Self

Employed Business Woman with Karen Urbanek

6:30pm               Dinner

7:30                     Goal Setting: The Minds Way! With Professor Palmer

8:30                     Campfire and Circle Time with Chad Turner

 

Saturday                               

8:30 am              Breakfast Demo/food Prep Class

10am                  Natural Skin Care - Make and Take Products for your

Skin Health! With Jennifer Bartell

Noon                  Lunch 

3 pm                  Retreat Aftercare: Detox signs and symptoms, and

practical ways for you to integrate this weekend into your life! Jennifer Bartell and Karen Urbanek

6pm                    Dinner Celebration!

 

Additional classes, hikes and activities are included, but not listed here.

They will be optional, and flexible.  Our retreats are just that – a retreat!

 

95% of all food served will be LIVING Raw foods.  You will learn how to dehydrate, blend, make sauces, dips, dressings, and sprouts, use a spiralizer and more!

 

For more information and testimonies on our retreats, please visit https://app.getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=BV3dm&mc=B2&s=IWyNr&y=F&

 

We have reserved most of the entire facility, and have 3-4 rooms still left.  The rooms sleep four, so even if you do not want to join the retreat, but wish to rent a room, please let us know!  Please call for Amy for rates at 629-9202.

 

Bought a Building but NOT Moving??

 

Great news! We did purchase a building in a fantastic area stuffed with people who are anxiously making changes in their families.  The classes we offer there are well attended, and we are most excited to become part of their community.  However, it is not in Wisconsin!  Our second location is now in Draper Utah!  We are sending our daughter Jenna to run the store, and we will be taking turns flying out to offer presentations.

 

Don’t Worry!  We are not moving!  We will be teaching classes here, the center wil remain open, the store will remain open  and we are not leaving these

beautiful gardens.   Our family is extremely excited, but not as excited as

all those people out west!  My goodness! 

 

We have much to do in preparation, but are all equally excited for the changes we are making here! We are looking forward to sharing many great things with you in the near future, so stay tuned!

 

Many still ask about a building in Washington County, and yes, we had looked around the area, and had found one building we really liked, but it just was not the right step for us to make.  That does not mean we will not keep looking local!  It just means we are taking the next step that we need to, so we can reach as many people as possible with the great news that YOU CAN LIVE WITH ENERGY AND NEVER BE SICK AGAIN!

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Amazing November Health Care Conference!


NOVEMBER AONH CONFERENCE IN GEORGIA!

 

Join the staff of Nature’s Garden this November 8-10 2012 for an OUTSTANDING conference sponsored by The Association of Natural Health in Georgia!  Check out these incredible topics and speakers!

 

To view the full three day schedule, or for more information, please visit https://app.getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=BVsTU&mc=BK&s=IWyNr&y=0&

 

Dr. Bauth – Understanding Emotions to Help Our Clients Live a More Healthy Life

 

Dr. Essen  - Leaky Gut and Gluten Allergies

 

Dr Holiday – Medical Parasitology

 

Dr. Hawver – The Politics of Natural Health Care

 

John Easterling – Amazon Herbs – The Next Evolution of Healing: A New Inventory of Chemistry, Nutrition And Energetic – The Changing Dynamics of Healing And Our Vision of Future Health

 

Dr Cambell – The Under Diagnosis of Vitamin Deficiency – Implications for Primary and Specialty Care

 

Valeri Marshall FNCP – From A to Zinc: Physiologic Roles Of Vitamins And Minerals

 

Dr’s James And Dorothy Morre  - Oncoblot Early Cancer Detection &Targeted Intervention

 

Dr Buttar – Cancer Protocol Advancements and You

 

Dr Humphries – Smoke, Mirrors and the Disappearance of Polio

 

And Chad Turner with Vibrant Health from Vibrant Foods!

 

ACT FAST to receive the special discount price of $150.00 if you register by September 18th.  The regular conference fee is $299.00!

 

Why do you get such a discount?  The President of the Association of Natural Health, Sam Abukittah and I, are experimenting with this promotion so see if reduced rates offered to outlining areas helps attract attendees.

 

This is a great price and we are doing this for YOU!  Take advantage TODAY! (Sounds like a sales pitch, but if you knew the great doctors that are presenting, no sales pitch is needed!)

 

If interested in attending and if you wish to join our staff for morning smoothies, give us a call!  We have our hotel booked and a few more rooms are available.  We are very excited to be part of such an educational event.  Last year was amazing!

 

Please contact Geri Key of the Association of Natural Health at 202-505-AONH (2664) geri@aonh.org with questions and to register.  To receive the steep discount, please enter code NGWC.  Hope to see you there!

 

 

Karen Urbanek

WI State Chapter President

Association of Natural Health

Monday, September 10, 2012

EXCITING Changes, Classes and DEALS!


EXCITING CHANGES at Nature’s Garden!

 

Nature’s Garden will be discontinuing some of the smaller grocery items that are available at most grocery stores and changing our focus to become your “Bulk, Specialty, Local and Superfood Store!” We are quite anxious to make this change and excited to tell you more about it!

 

We will keep carrying the major products you purchase at Natures Garden – the hard to find and local products all fall into our new focus – so don’t worry!  PLUS we are adding NEW excitement – and as there is so much to share, we will share item by item during the next few emails.

 

FIRST THINGS FIRST- We need to sell off the select inventory so we can move product around and get ready for the new items.  Here is the special this week!

 

The Real Deal:  The discontinued grocery store items all have red lines on them.  For every $50.00 of red line items you can receive one of the following! You pick!

 

A $50.00 gift certificate towards a full CEDSA Scan (limit one per client)

5 FREE tans in our vitamin D bed

or a $5.00 gift certificate

 

Again: You receive one of these certificates for every $50.00 you spend on product you already purchase on a regular basis!  WOWSA!  No limit so come SOON – I just walked through the store to do inventory and we sold a lot Saturday – and will sell out fast this week!  Frozen and refrigerator items must go too! (Not everything!  Just discontinued grocery items….our local meats, etc. are staying!)

 

More news on the changes to come soon!  Watch for Wednesday’s email!  - Buying club info coming!

 

NOVEMBER CONFERENCE IN GEORGIA

 

Join us this November 8-10 for an OUTSTANDING conference in Georgia!  Look at these incredible topics and speakers!

 

Dr. Bauth – Understanding Emotions to Help Our Clients Live a More Health Life Dr. Essen  - Leaky Gut and Gluten Allergies Dr Holiday – Medical Parasitology Dr. Hawver – The Politics of Natural Health Care John Easterling – Amazon Herbs – The Next Evolution of Healing: A New Inventory of Chemistry, Nutrition And Energetic – The Changing Dynamics of Healing And Our Vision of Future Health Dr Cambell – The Under Diagnosis of Vitamin Deficiency – Implications for Primary and Specialty Care Valeri Marshall FNCP – From A to Zinc: Physiologic Roles Of Vitamins And Minerals Dr’s James And Dorothy Morre  - Oncoblot Early Cancer Detection & Targeted Intervention Dr Buttar – Cancer Protocol Advancements and You Dr Humphries – Smoke, Mirrors and the Disappearance of Polio and our own Chad Turner with Vibrant Health from Vibrant Foods!

 

ACT FAST as you can only receive the special price of $150.00 if you register by September 18th.  Then, the regular fee of $299.00 goes back into effect. 

 

Why do you get such a discount?  The President of the Association of Natural Health and I are experimenting with this promotion, so see if reduced rates offered to outlining areas helps attract attendees (as you need to pay for travel as well).  This is a great price, as all of us (doctors and technicians) needed to pay the $299.00!  We are doing this for YOU! 

 

This is an amazing conference, and I have been offered the great privilege to act as Master of Ceremonies again this year.  I will not be as nervous as I was last year!  Thank goodness!  If you are planning on attending, and would like to stay in the same hotel as Jennifer, Chad, AnaMaria, Jenna and I, let us know soon!  Rooms are running out quick!

 

Please contact Nature’s Garden ASAP if you are interested.  This special ends September 18th 2012! Email karen@naturesgardenwellnesscenter.com or reply to this email if you are looking to register for this LOW LOW price!

 

JUICING vs. BLENDER Class This Tuesday September 11th 7 pm! Join us for a TASTY cleansing and healing class! Visit https://app.getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=BVT5c&mc=Be&s=IWyNr&y=o& for details!

 

BIO MAT FREE SHIPPING!

 

The great thing about speaking all over is that each time I rent a building and host classes or attend an expo – we get free shipping on all BioMat orders for two weeks!  We have this week left to take advantage of this great deal!  If you have been waiting until fall to purchase the BioMat, this is your window of opportunity to receive free shipping! Contact us today! 262-629-4301. If you are new to our mailing list and are unfamiliar with the BioMat, please visit our website at https://app.getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=BVT5p&mc=Be&s=IWyNr&y=L&

 

Reported Bio Mat Benefits:  Relieves Pain And Joint Stiffness, Reduces Stress And Fatigue, Increases Blood Circulation ,  Boosts The Immune System, Decreases Hyperactivity ,  Burns Calories And Controls Weight, Strengthens The Cardiovascular System,  Removes Waste And Toxins, Rejuvenates Skin And Cellular Function,  Boosts Energy And Vitality, Induces Deep Delta State Of Relaxation , And Regulates Psychological Well Being!!

 

Call soon!  We need to receive orders by Friday September 14th for free shipping! (We love them on our office chairs!  When exposed to so many positive ions (not positive for you BTW) the BiMat is great at keeping you balanced!

 

Enjoy the week everyone! I can’t wait to share everything with you!!!!

 

……ah Patience, a virtue I am still trying to perfect……..a hard one for me!

 

Karen!

 
P.S. The next Living with Energy class in Wisconsin is this THURSDAY! This class can change your life and give you hope to live with energy and never be sick again!  COME! For more information about this top hit class, visit https://app.getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=BVT5c&mc=Be&s=IWyNr&y=o&

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Invite your Family and Friends! Our Family is teaching Thursday night at


7:00 PM!



Come taste YUMMY healthy foods your family will enjoy and learn

how to stock up the cupboard for Healthy School and Office Lunches! What is

the secret of making kids like healthy foods? The TASTE! Enjoy tricks,

treats and the inside scoop as to how our family has enjoyed eating well

for years – at home and at school! What class is not complete without a

field trip!



See how our home kitchen functions and how we get ready

for days away from home. With sport activities, musical rehearsals, church

activities and music lessons all being part of our everyday lives, we have

learned how to grab and go healthy foods to avoid the fast food sector. We

will make our smoothies for you right in our kitchen. The kids will make

theirs too! They will also pack up lunches and tell their own stories of

lunch time. Come! Be inspired to take back control of your health from

home and learn how healthy foods have helped thousands of children drop

their ADD and ADHD labels and improve the symptoms associated with autism.

Cost: $15.00 adult, $3.00 per child or family rate of $25.00.



Honestly? Really? Organic foods are not much better than genetically

modified foods?



I believe this world did great on organic foods since the

dawn of time. Every creature on earth ate organic (and most still do…),

and we humans did too! Please do not believe the mainstream media when

they release bias articles, commercials and reports about “studies”

proving anything in relation to food. The California vote is coming soon

on labeling GMO foods, and this is what the campaigning is all about. Yes

we need and deserve to know what is in our foods. GMO’S can be dangerous

to your health – and upwards of 85% of grocery store foods contain

GMO’S.



France, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria and

Greece have all blocked GMOs and have had to continue to fight to keep

their food and fields clean. Food manufacturers label foods going to other

countries, and we deserve to see the same truths. If you don’t know much

about GMO’s, please invest time learning what is really going into your

body, feeding your cells, and why the big food companies are spending

millions in California alone to avoid food labeling. Because really now,

if you knew what GMO’s do, would you eat them? Knowing what we do, our

family sure avoids them. Health comes naturally from the earth! Our cells

depend on us, treat them well and give them safe organic foods! Visit

www.responsibletechnology.org or www.saynotogmos.org if you want to learn

more. Honestly, there are dozens and dozens of sites you can visit to learn

more! Just do it!



What do you do when others don’t support you?



I recently received a sweet letter from someone who attended our Utah classes. One sentence struck me, it read “How did you learn/stay positive and grateful in the

face of people hurting you or things not going the way you expect?”

We all experience this when we make changes in our life that work, and we

want to share it with others. I felt impressed to share my reply with all

of you!



“FAITH is my motto. I know what we teach works because we see it all the

time, we hear it, we get letters and testimonies from those that were given

up to die. We have helped those who could not get pregnant; we have helped

those who have had "irreversible" disease. So...knowing it is truth, I

simply never ever let the darkness that others may have shroud my light.



Quotes that inspire me and I see all the time in my daily life (because I

have them everywhere...)



Eleanor Roosevelt "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of

their dreams"



Chris Reeve “So many of our dreams at first seem Impossible, then they

seem Improbable, and then when we Summon the Will, they soon become

Inevitable.”



I simply dream that others will feel as I feel and understand what we

understand.



I believe it will happen! Just today my daughter Jenna showed me the front

headline news of our paper. “Milk sales dry up" and they were wondering

why milk sales are so low, even in our dairy state. Jenna said " LOOK what

you are doing mom!" We laughed knowing my presentations to the few

thousands around here may not have made that much of an impression, but

heck, PEOPLE ARE WAKING UP!



Just takes longer for some......



Keep the faith - I truly believe we were created in the image of God, that

our bodies are as his, and that He would have provided what we needed here

on earth to live with energy and not be sick. Health and wellness come from

Mother Nature, and the food and herbs from this great earth is what we have

witnessed WORKS! So, to this end I press forward!



Tirelessly ever forward.......”



The Message is: Don’t give up! Let your light still shine no matter what

others may say. It is not our job to convince others, but to be an

example. When they are ready, they will then know who to turn to. Yes, it

is hard sometimes, but that is when you rely on your like minded friends to

keep you rolling!



Joy comes from within, and if you have that joy, no matter what others may

say/do, you will have happiness and peace. I am truly happy. And, if I

may ramble, just last week I went in for a treatment in Utah with an

outstanding woman and during the Japanese therapy she held my wrists to

“feel” my pulse and she was intent for a few seconds and she said “

you are happy, you are so very happy.” "Yes" I replied, I am very very happy.



I know what we teach works, and I know others are hungry for health. There

are too many witnesses, too many letters, too many miracles for me to ever

deny this. May you all be inspired to live what you believe, and never

doubt.



Living Free – Karen!