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Gruninger: Do You Need A Wellness Budget?
By JACCI GRUNINGER,
MS, C-IAYT
Los Alamos
Did you know there is more than one way to be tired?
The Wellness Wheel I use as a yoga therapist and inner relationship focusing coach is divided into seven categories: physical, intellectual, emotional, spiritual, financial, environmental and social.
I regularly work with clients in the emotional, intellectual and physical realms. Although the other slices sometimes play into my work as well.
You might think there is only one way to be tired; you didn’t get enough sleep. Which is definitely a way to be tired. However, as you can see from the Wellness Read More
Leonard: Can We Live Healthier By Syncing Up To Mother Earth?
By LAURA LEONARD
Doctor of Chiropractic
Los Alamos
The field that is generated by and surrounds all living organisms is known as the biofield.
Invisible to the naked eye, the human biofield is composed of the frequencies, vibrations, and energies released by the cells of our body.
Research studies on the human biofield show an intimate connection between external sources of electromagnetic energy and the human biofield. This interaction also appears to have an impact on our physical, mental and emotional well-being.
To date, there has been no conclusive evidence on negative health impacts Read More
Gruninger: Yoga Philosophy – Ananda Maya Kosha – The Bliss Sheath
By JACCI GRUNINGER, MS, C-IAYT
Los Alamos
The Oxford Dictionary defines BLISS as, “perfect happiness; great joy.”
Ananda means bliss and Ananda Maya Kosha is the bliss sheath. It is the experience of bliss no matter what our circumstances.
Often, this sheath is described as the innermost of the Russian Doll metaphor. I actually like to think of it as the outermost part of yourself.
WE ARE BLISS – we just forget and get caught up in all the chaos and turmoil that surrounds us. Yoga, meditation, breathwork, hiking, running or whatever you do, reminds you YOU ARE BLISS.
Within this sheath resides Read More
LAMS Seeks Student Applicants For MASH Program
LAMC News:
Los Alamos Medical Center (LAMC) is accepting applications for its 2023 Multiple Avenues for Successful Healthcare (MASH) student program.
Eligible high school sophomores, juniors and seniors interested in learning more about careers in healthcare are encouraged to apply.
This one-week interactive job shadowing experience will occur on the LAMC campus June 5-9. Students selected for the program must be able to devote from approximately 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. that week.
During the week students will attend presentations by healthcare staff and participate in interactive activities Read More
Rotary Club Of Los Alamos Thanks Students & Parents For Generous Support Of Purple Pinkie Polio Awareness Campaign
Students show off their purple pinkies during the Purple Pinky, PolioPlus Campaign hosted recently for LA Online Academy students by the Rotary Club of Los Alamos in collaboration with LAPS. Photo by Alison Pannell
Rotarians seated from left, Skip King and Chuck Tallman and standing at right, Linda King participate with students in the Purple Pinkie, PolioPlus Campaign recently at Barranca Mesa Elementary School, hosted by the Rotary Club of Los Alamos in collaboration with LAPS. Photo by Linda Hull
By ALISON PANNELL
President
Rotary Club of Los Alamos
The Rotary Club of Los Alamos would like Read More
County COVID-19 Community Newsletter: March 31, 2023
This week’s COVID-19 Community Newsletter is jam-packed with information. What do you know about long COVID? As the country begins to shift gears away from the pandemic, medical professionals are voicing concerns over how far we still have to go to treat patients with long COVID. Get an update on what we know now and what’s on the horizon, as well as an update on Los Alamos County data, a new emerging variant and more: Click here Read More
New Mexico Courts Lift Mask, Physical Distancing March 31
NM SUPREME COURT News:
SANTA FE – Masks and physical distancing will no longer be required after March 31 for any person inside a New Mexico courtroom or jury assembly area, the state Supreme Court announced today.
Additionally, jurors will no longer need to answer health screening questions to enter a courthouse. Courts will continue to make masks available to any juror who chooses to wear one, but they are not required.
The Judiciary is lifting its remaining health related COVID-19 protocols in recognition of changes in the pandemic and the March 31 expiration of New Mexico’s declaration of Read More
Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service Hosts Grief Group Beginning April 5
NNSA Helps Global Health Industry Achieve Major Nuclear Nonproliferation Milestone

NNSA Administrator Jill Hruby
NNSA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) reached a major nonproliferation milestone this week as it helped Belgium’s National Institute of Radioelements (IRE) convert their medical isotope production facility to use irradiated low-enriched uranium (LEU), instead of proliferation-sensitive highly enriched uranium (HEU).
As a result, all major global molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) production facilities now use LEU.
Mo-99’s decay product, technetium-99m (Tc-99m), is used in over 40,000 Read More







