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Music in Chappaqua Offers YoYa: Yoga for the Voice

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Bengi teaching a new voice technique.

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Music In Chappaqua is proud to present YoYa, Yoga for the voice, a new exciting program combining the ancient art of Yoga with a unique voice technique. YoYa was developed by Bengi Tasci, a lyric coloratura soprano and vocal instructor at Music in Chappaqua, to strengthen and exercise the vocal cords of students at any age.

Tasci has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera as a soloist and is the winner of prestigious competitions. Tasci believes that specific postures for the vocal chords, like those in yoga, provide the muscle training needed to keep vocal chords healthy and youthful.

For more information on YoYa, contact Janet Angier, director, Music in Chappaqua. 
mail@musicinchappaqua.com or call 238-3123.

Kendall’s OM Kitchen in Chappaqua by Way of Nirvana

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By Carine Feist

Photo by Mike Feist

Upon entering Kendall’s Om Kitchen and the lovely shady flower and plant filled garden from what is the often frenetic King Street, you’ll feel a sense of calm and relaxation. Kendall radiates kindness and peace from the moment you step into her interactive kitchen from the hectic-paced world laden with cell phones, carpools, and meetings! She is filled with knowledge about food and Eastern Philosophy.  Kendall and her family began their business this past spring, following her family’s four year, life-changing foray to India. Her experiences while learning Eastern Philosophy and Chakras, which are said to be energy centers of the body in the Indian culture, inspired Kendall and her family to look toward other forms of nutrition. Kendall says “Food has been my metaphor and teacher for my whole life.”

Kendall’s customers can determine which color chakras are best for them by using her Chakra Navigator App. (For example: Green foods help with emotions, Yellow foods help us to focus, and orange colors are for creativity.)  Kendall’s experience and interest has evolved into a growing business enriching the lives of her customers with nourishment often lacking  in their current eating patterns and helping them to reduce stress.  Her program encourages customers to enjoy a whole spectrum of experiences and classes or the opportunity to just stop by to experiment and create their own favorite snacks and beverages, with a mixture of globally-sourced organic “super foods” harvested at the peak of nutrition.  These ingredients allow her students to make scrumptious snacks and beverages–like those so cleverly called Mantra Munchies, Dharma Doodles, and Chappaqua En-Chant-Ments.

Kendall’s Om Kitchen offers modestly-priced individual, family and corporate memberships and when they come into her interactive health bar/cooking studio, Kendall encourages her customers to experiment with the various ingredients–including cacao, coconut, lemon peel, pomegranate powder, chia, flax–and to prepare really delicious satisfying treats.  One taste of the rich deep flavor of the cacao and agava-sweetened treats, like the “Mighty Mounds” and “Priya Pax”, will satisfy that sweet tooth in an amazing way while utilizing low-glycemic-index ingredients that are delicious!

A “Pink Sapphire” beverage which is based on super-food ingredients Pomegranite and Aronia Berry lightly sweetened with coconut palm sugar was an absolutely gorgeous and refreshing beverage! (A Cosmo Look-Alike, but so much better!) Another delicious beverage was a hot and soothing Hibiscus tea–a perfect beverage for the chilly weather that’s quickly approaching the Hudson River Valley!  Kendall also offers many ways to enjoy her products at home–from powder mixtures to use in beverages in your own kitchen, to care packages for college students, to snacks for your family or gift-boxed to share with friends. Local students can stop by as Kendall’s offers a “drop-in cooking school” and the testimonials from students highlight that they just love to come in, relax and make an interesting, unique and delicious snack that their nutritionally-minded mom’s would surely approve!  Visit Kendall’s Om Kitchen and treat your self to a half-hour or one-hour vacation without packing your suitcase or worrying about visas!

To learn more about class schedules, membership, and for any other questions, contact Kendall. Feel free to stop by at 140 King Street or call  238-8880 or visit www.KendallsOmKitchen.com

Carine Feist, M.P.H., chef/instructor is associate to the Editor of Inside Chappaqua Magazine.

Embracing the Beauty of our Freedom at Squires Family Clothing & Footwear

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Thankful for Family & Friends and Freedom And Embracing the Beauty of our Freedom at Squires Family Clothing & Footwear

At Jonathan’s bar mitzvah last May: Jonathan, Stefanie, Joanne and Michael.

States owner Michael Kushner: “The older I get the more I appreciate my family and friends….spending time with them and being there for each other in times of need is very important to me. I am also very thankful that I live in this country.

It is very easy to take for granted the ability we have as Americans to make choices, speak freely, and to pursue our interests whether for business or for pleasure.

With the Presidential election looming around the corner, I am also reminded to be very thankful that I’m an American.  Although my pick for President may or may not pan out, I still get to live in this country and I feel extremely lucky and thankful for it.

Many have given their lives so that we can live in freedom. So, with Thanksgiving upon us, I am reminded to be thankful for “everything”…..because without freedom, “everything” can be taken away.

William Raveis’s Global Reach

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“One of the most motivated buyers is an employee being relocated by his employer. Through our direct business with local and national corporations, as well as real estate relocation companies world-wide,” states Bonnie Golub of William Raveis.Raveis assists more than 3000 transferees and their families annually. Our global reach, Golub says, includes:

• FIABCI–USA (International Real Estate Federation)–65 member nations.
• Leading Real Estate Companies of the World (4600 companies world-wide)
• CIPS (International Property Specialist Network)
• Who’s Who In Luxury Real Estate (top 1500 luxury brokers in the world)
• The international reach of our website, raveis.com, is viewed by buyers and sellers globally.

Dr. James R. Lyons, Plastic Surgeon and Medical Director of Bellava Medaesthetics & Spa

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“Throughout my life, I’ve always believed that positive thinking is key to maintaining self-esteem. To achieve excellence you have to believe in yourself, and this is the message that both my wife and I tried to instill in our three children who have now all left the nest. We made a conscious effort to expose them to everything so that they could each find their true passion, and when they did, we supported their efforts to the fullest degree. In relation to parenting, positive thinking is also about letting go, relinquishing control and trusting that you’ve helped lay down a strong foundation. As the saying goes, “give your children both roots and wings,” so they can go out into the world with confidence knowing you always stand behind them.”