Mountain Views News          Saturday, October 10, 2015

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HEALTHY LIFESTYLES

 Mountain Views News Saturday, October 10, 2015 


THE JOY OF YOGA

PERSPECTIVE


The Top 20 Reasons 
to do Yoga 

1. It’s a quiet place to 
go. Let’s be honest, 
hardly anywhere 
provides the 
tranquility of a yoga 
studio. 

2. Your body will love you. We could list 50 more 
reasons why your body will love you. Yoga is just like 
that. 

3. It can relieve pain and help heal injury. 
Specifically, yoga can provide care for your back. 
How does one care for the back? Learn how in yoga. 

4. You’ll sleep better. Many yoga poses are great for 
insomnia. A huge trouble spot for so many people. 

5. Your digestion and elimination will improve. We 
twist in yoga for a reason! Even very gentle twisting 
and folding helps. 

6. It brings a smile to your face. This can be 
contagious, and it can transmit the love you feel. 

7. Yoga can improve your posture. We begin to stand 
up straight and feel taller. 

8. Yoga can have positive effects on one’s self 
acceptance & body image. 

9. Overall positive effects on your confidence and 
even self-esteem. We begin to “hold” ourselves 
better. 

10. Yoga can be done at any age. 1-99. It is a practice 
that can carry you through each stage of your life. 

11. Yoga is a workout and it’s a perfect compliment 
to any workout. 

12. There is a spiritual effect produced in yoga. 
Totally expandable or not. This spiritual, ancient 
practice is universal and not assigned to religion. 

13. People come to yoga to GET flexible, no 
flexibility needed when we start. 

14. Gained Flexibility. Yoga lubricates the joints and 
stretches the muscles & ligaments allowing us to 
move more freely. 

15. Yoga strengthens the back and spine, hopefully 
helping to prevent injury. 

16. Yoga brings awareness to us. With this 
awareness, we become more aware of others and 
aware of the WORLD. 

17. It cultivates patience and tolerance. We first learn 
this with our own bodies, then it begins to grow. 

18. Meditation time. We’re able to dabble or 
completely dive into this rich practice. One of the 
first fruits is emotional balance. 

19. Yoga can ease anxiety and help depression. Yoga 
does relieve stress and does help those prone to 
anxiety calm down and slow down. 

20. Yoga can change the way we breathe forever. No 
more shallow, emotional breath. Hello, pranayama! 
Hello, life giving breath. 

Which one is your favorite? 

Namaste and see you in class, Keely Totten


ARE MUSHROOMS A HEALTH FOOD?

Most people think 
of mushrooms as 
a vegetable but 
mushrooms are 
actually a fungus, a 
special type of living 
organism that has no 
roots, leaves, flowers 
or seeds. As any 
foodie can attest, the 
beauty of mushrooms 
is their exotic taste 
and that they are 
hearty. But are they 
healthy for us or just 
empty calories? Turns 
out that mushrooms 
are low in calories and high in nutrition. 

 Just like us, mushrooms are susceptible to 
the same pathogens, meaning bacteria and 
viruses. Mushrooms have evolved with a strong 
defense against bacterial invasion. If fact we 
get the antibiotics, penicillin, streptomycin, 
and tetracycline all come from fungal extracts. 
It’s no wonder that studies have shown that 
the cultures who eat mushroom regularly have 
stronger immune systems. 

 Like humans, mushrooms produce vitamin 
D when in sunlight. So mushrooms can be 
an excellent food source of vitamin D. All 
mushrooms contain excellent amounts of 
the nutrients potassium, copper, niacin and 
selenium.

 The only drawback to mushrooms is that 
absorb and concentrate anything that is good 
or bad from soil, air and water. We know 
that mushrooms are especially talented at 
concentrating heavy metals and pollutants so 
healthy growing conditions are a critical factor. 
To be safe, I recommend organic mushrooms. 
I do not recommend picking mushrooms in 
the wild unless you are absolutely sure you 
know what you’re 
picking since 
there are probably 
more poisonous 
mushrooms out 
there than edible 
ones. 

 After seeing what 
little powerhouses 
of nutrition 
mushrooms are, I 
highly recommend 
adding some to your 
diet. They’re an 
excellent addition 
to any salad, great 
flavor enhancers, 
and hearty enough 
to replace meat in 
many dishes. 

Dr. Tina is a traditional 
naturopath and nutritionist 
at Vibrant Living 
Wellness Center

 
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BUSINESS NEWS & TRENDS

FAMILY MATTERS By Marc Garlett


DONT JUMP FROM 
THE PROBATE FRYING 
PAN INTO THE ESTATE 
PLANNING FIRE

Many people are familiar with probate and all of 
the headaches which it entails. Whether they’ve lost 
a loved one or a friend, no one who goes through 
the probate process looks at it with a friendly gaze.

 I often have clients come into my office having 
made an attempt to avoid probate on their own. 
Commonly, they have tried to avoid it by adding 
children’s names to real property, investment 
accounts, or bank accounts. BAD IDEA! While 
they may have succeeded in helping their children 
will avoid probate, they have usually created a 
much bigger problem.

 When you purchase an asset (such as stock in a 
corporation or piece of real estate) you are assigned 
a “basis” in the property. Your basis is the value 
you paid for the property. For example, if you 
bought an investment property for $100,000, your 
basis in the property is exactly that: $100,000. If 
you sell the property for more than you paid for it, 
you have to pay capital gains tax on the difference. 

 If you give away your property (or add someone’s 
name to the deed), their basis in the property 
becomes the same as yours. In the scenario above 
for example, if a child’s name was added to a real 
property deed, the child’s basis in the property 
would be $100,000. When the parent dies and the 
child goes to sell the house, the child has to pay 
capital gains tax on the difference between their 
basis and what sales price of the property.

 So how do you avoid forcing your children to pay 
capital gains taxes? By NOT adding them to the 
deed or account!

 If your child inherits the property through a 
revocable living trust, your child will get a “step 
up” in their basis to fair market value at the date 
of your death. Thus, if the property above was 
worth $300,000 at the date of death, the child’s 
basis becomes $300,000 when they inherit it. This 
means that if your child goes to sell the property, 
they will pay no capital gains taxes.

 Finally, gifting to your children has other 
dangerous pitfalls. If you add children’s names 
to property or accounts, you are subjecting 
those assets to potential risk if your child were 
to accidentally injure someone or run up a credit 
card. 

 By far, the safest way to pass your family’s wealth 
on to your children is through a fully funded 
revocable living trust. Setting up and funding a 
revocable living trust avoids probate, protects your 
children from unnecessary taxes, and gives you the 
ability to protect their inheritance from divorce, 
lawsuits, and creditors.

 Perhaps you already know all of this. Perhaps 
you don’t. But if you’d like more information on 
protecting and passing wealth to your children, call 
our office to schedule an appointment or to RSVP 
for our next free public seminars (at The Lodge in 
Sierra Madre: Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, 6:00 – 8:00 
pm & Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, 10:00 am – noon).

 Dedicated to your family’s wealth, health, and 
happiness,

A local attorney and father, Marc Garlett is on 
a mission to help parents protect what they love 
most. His office is located at 49 S. Baldwin Ave., 
Ste. G, Sierra Madre, CA 91024. Schedule an 
appointment to sit down and talk about ensuring a 
legacy of love and financial security for your family 
by calling 626.355.4000 or visit www.GarlettLaw.
com for more information.


IT’S TIME TO PRIORITIZE AND USE WHAT WORKS

“I just don’t have time to post on all of the social 
media channels.” Sound familiar?

 There are lots of choices for on-line marketing 
tools and social media. There is always something 
new that causes a buzz. All the possibilities and 
the hype can make a business owner burn out and 
overwhelmed with their marketing. 

 It’s time to focus on what works.

 I know a business owner that uses 3 tools and 
gets great results. He uses LinkedIn and Facebook 
to bring awareness to his business and find leads. 
His monthly Constant Contact email campaigns 
are simple and mobile friendly with a single clear 
call to action; they bring in the results that really 
matter – sales. 

 Instead of focusing on “I should be posting more 
on ________.” Spend your efforts on the 3 tools 
that contribute to your bottom line, the tools your 
business can’t do without. If email marketing is 
important, spend your time growing a quality list 
instead of worrying about how many tweets an 
hour you should be composing. 

 Focus on the priorities for a while and ignore the 
hype. Figure out works best for your business and 
spend your time there.

 About MJ: MJ and her brother David own 
HUTdogs, a creative services business that 
specializes in Internet Marketing strategies and 
Social Media. They offer social media management 
services and help their clients build a strong on-line 
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