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Dr. Rob’s Love & Infertility 3 Part Workshop Series is finishing up at the Latham CNY Fertility Center on March 21st. Kristen Magnacca will be presenting from 1pm-3:30 on that Saturday afternoon. There is still room to register so if you would like to join the group please email Chris at cbriel@cnyfertility.com. This workshop is provided at no charge as a gift from Dr. Rob Kiltz and the CNY Fertility Center.

Below is a video of the 3rd workshop when it took place at our Syracuse CNY Healing Arts Center with Dr. Rob, Kristen Magnacca and her husband Mark Magnacca. This one’s for Julie and Tracy, sorry it took so long girls!!!

CNY Healing Arts Center Offerings in March

Classes offered:

We continue to have a full schedule of classes offered at all of our CNY Healing Arts Centers ranging from Basic Yoga, Yoga for fertility, Kripalu Yoga, Prenatal Yoga to Belly Dancing. Check out our calendar for the full line-up.

Syracuse Healing Arts Center:

Yoga for Fertility Workshop with Cynthia Powers-Broccoli
Saturday, March 14th, 2:00-4:00PM

This workshop is designed for women or couples who are trying to conceive, either naturally or through assisted reproductive technology. Yoga for Fertility uses specific yoga practices to help stimulate and tone the reproductive system. Yoga also enhances the flow of energy and circulation through the body. Yoga helps regulate the body’s hormone levels by improving endocrine (glandular) function. Another incredible benefit of yoga is that it helps reduce stress, anxiety, and depression. Participants will be led through a relaxing sequence of breathing, gentle stretching, and meditation that will help encourage successful conception. No prior yoga experience is necessary. In a recent Harvard-based study, women participating in a yoga and relaxation program nearly tripled their chances of achieving pregnancy.

*Space is limited so please register by calling CNY Healing Arts Center at 315.671.5755

Honoring Loss Workshop with Elaine Wolf, LMFT, MSW
Saturday, March 28th, 1:30-4:00PM

CNY Healing Arts is pleased to offer this complementary workshop to help honor our losses and process our grief. This workshop is meant for anyone who is dealing with loss. It may be the loss of a family member, a dear friend, an unborn child, a long held dream or wish, a pet, a relationship, a sense of meaning… any loss that touches you in a deep way. Our wish is to create a safe and sacred space to process the grief, in whatever form that takes, and begin (or continue) the journey of healing.

*Space is limited so please register by calling CNY Healing Arts Center at 315.671.5755

Albany CNY Healing Arts Center:

Dr. Rob’s Love & Infertility Workshop Part 3 of 3
Saturday, March 21st, 1:00-3:30PM
“Couples Workshop on Forgiveness – I just want my wife back” – Presented by Kristen Magnacca
The pressure of Fertility Treatment has the ability to bring out the worst in everyone! We’ll concentrate on how to remain grounded in yourself and your relationship.
This Workshop will help you to:
1. Create a Fertility Game Plan – The Fertility Game Plan is a written document that details what you are willing to commit to emotionally, physically, spiritually and financially to create your family.
2. You will learn about the four distinctive parts of The Fertility Game Plan, so that you can determine the best way to proceed for you and your partner.
3. Understand the “Honey Do List” strategy and how it can immediately improve
communication, change the atmosphere in your marriage and relieve emotional stress!
*Please RSVP to Chris Briel via email cbriel@cnyfertility.com

Yoga for Fertility Class with Linda Hill Thursdays, 6:00-7:00PM
Yoga for Fertility uses specific yoga practices to help stimulate and tone the reproductive system. Yoga also enhances the flow of energy and circulation through the body. Yoga helps regulate the body’s hormone levels by improving endocrine (glandular) function. Another incredible benefit of yoga is that it helps reduce stress, anxiety, and depression. In a recent Harvard-based study, women participating in a yoga and relaxation program
nearly tripled their chances of achieving pregnancy.
*Space is limited so please register by emailing Cheryl Anderson at canderson@cnyhealingarts.com

Rochester CNY Healing Arts Center:

Girl’s Night Out presented by: Heather Smith & Erin McCollough
Thursday, March 12th, 7:00 pm
Invite your family and friends for an evening of relaxing and renewing with the girls. Instead of a coffee date, schedule your next gathering with the girls, Heather and Erin. You will receive your choice of acupuncture, massage, aromatherapy or a combination of all three! Come share in Community, Health and the Power of Women getting together to heal. Light refreshments, wine and tea will be served. You will also receive a special gift. All are welcome!! Fee: $20 per person
*Registration is necessary please email Heather at hsmith@cnyhealingarts.com

Dr. Rob’s Living a Positive Life Workshop – Create Your Vision Board
Wednesday, March 25th, 5:00-7:00pm
Dr. Robert Kiltz strongly believes in the benefits of utilizing a combination of western medicine and eastern philosophies to provide an integrative approach to fertility care. A vision board can be a motivational and inspirational tool to be utilized during your infertility journey. Join us this month for a thought provoking discussion on life and how to live each and every day in a positive way as we gather together and spend some time creating our own vision boards. A Vision Board is simply a poster board with a collage of photos, words, phrases, etc. glued to it. This collage is used as a visual tool to help us to focus on the positive things in our lives and strive toward the goals we wish to achieve. If we can visualize it, we can obtain it!
*RSVP to Erin Mccollough via email at emccollough@cnyhealingarts.com

Yoga for Fertility with Erin McCollough, LMT, RYT
Wednesdays 6:30-7:30PM
This yoga class is designed to meet the needs of women who are trying to conceive. Participants will learn yoga asana (postures) and breathing techniques that calm the body, nourish the reproductive organs and release anxiety and stress. This class is a community place of healing and a sanctuary from the roller-coaster world of fertility treatments. All levels welcome. No yoga experience required!
*Registration is necessary so please email Erin at emccollough@cnyhealingarts.com

March Support Group Meetings at CNY Fertility Centers

This month all three of our Centers will hold Support Group Meetings. Below are the dates and times for our March Support Meetings at CNY Fertility Center. We hope you can attend and look forward to seeing you.

Albany Circle of Hope Support Meeting :
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 7:00PM-8:30PM
We will meet in the CNY Fertility Center Reception Area, 38A Old Sparrowbush Road Latham, NY 12110

Circle of Hope is a peer support group for current and former patients of CNY Fertility Center who are experiencing difficulties coping with the realities of infertility, treatments and pregnancy loss. This autonomous group was created by former patients and is a forum for patients to find support from others experiencing the same issues, to ask questions about treatments, discuss how best to cope with the emotional aspects of infertility, and to learn about different paths to parenthood.
*Please RSVP to Stacey Dicerbo via email at sdicerbo@cnyfertility.com

Rochester Circle of Hope Support Meeting :
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 7:00PM-8:30PM
We will meet in the CNY Fertility Center Reception Area, 2244 East Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14610

This will be our first Circle of Hope Support Meeting at our Rochester Center. Please come join us to find support from others experiencing the same issues, to ask questions about treatments, discuss how best to cope with the emotional aspects of infertility, and to learn about different paths to parenthood.
*Please RSVP to rochregister@cnyhealingarts.com

Syracuse PCOS & Circle of Hope Combined Support Meeting:
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 6:00PM-7:30PM
We will meet in the CNY Fertility Center Reception Area, 195 Intrepid Lane, Syracuse, NY 13205

This month we will gather for a combined PCOS and Circle of Hope Support Group Meeting. We will take some time to relax, and share with one another during our meeting. Coping with infertility is a difficult experience, and it is important to understand that you are not alone.
* RSVP to Meg Marnell via email mmarnell@cnyfertility.com

Yoga for Fertility

Yoga is an ancient form of exercise and relaxation. Originating in India, yoga has become very popular in North America and uses different postures in order to help to improve overall muscle tone and strength. Increasingly, yoga is being used by couples who are experiencing difficulty getting pregnant, and wish to use natural fertility methods in order to improve their chances of conceiving. Of the many benefits fertility- based yoga provides, stress relief, strengthening and toning muscles, and balancing reproductive organs/hormones are most important for women hoping to improve fertility.

Harvard Medical School researcher Alice Domar, Ph.D., published the results of a study in Fertility and Sterility (Vol. 73, No. 4) that showed women who participated in a mind/body program, which included relaxation and yoga, were almost three times more likely to get pregnant than women who didn’t.

Below is a list of some of the benefits of Yoga for Fertility:

• Improved overall muscle tone and strength
• Improved the alignment of the body
• Improved breathing
• Improved blood circulation. This is especially important for improving fertility because increased blood     circulation ensures that sufficient oxygen and nutrients reach the reproductive organs; improved blood circulation also increases overall energy and stamina
• Reduced fatigue
• Improved mind-body balance
• Improved positive attitude
• Minimized symptoms of mental health problems such as anxiety disorders
• Reduced stress – Reduced stress is an extremely important benefit of fertility yoga

At CNY Healing Arts Center, our sister company, we now have Yoga for Fertility offerings at all three locations. Give us a call today to schedule your first Yoga for Fertility Class or Workshop.

Syracuse
315.671.5755
Yoga for Fertility Workshop, Saturday, March 14th, 2-4PM

Albany
518.724.5750
Yoga for Fertility Classes, Thursdays, 6-7PM

Rochester
585.244.1280
Yoga for Fertility Classes, Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30PM

Infertility and the Internet

While the internet is a vast resource for information on just about any topic, It’s important to be cautious when searching for medical advice or facts. Infertility sites are especially wrought with misinformation. Many patients that we speak with have read wild stories about infertility-related scenarios that simply aren’t true.

There are many valid, reliable websites that patients can use as a source of information. Chat rooms and message boards can be helpful for some issues, but can also be detrimental because the people posting the information are usually not infertility care professionals.

CNY Fertility Center offers a specific message board hosted by our sister site CNY Healing Arts. On our message board is a special posting area which is moderated by CNY Fertility Center staff called “Medical Questions for Medical Staff”. To learn more, or sign up for the message boards click here.

To help with internet queries, we have listed a few useful, informative and accurate websites.

• www.cnyfertility.com

CNY Fertility’s website where you can access a multitude of information
about IVF and our center, including information on our monthly support groups, message boards and fertile friends program.

• www.asrm.org

The official website for the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. There is a special section devoted to patients with FAQ’s and other relevant information.

• www.theafa.org

American Infertility Association is a patient advocacy group and also
offers a message board answered by an infertility specialist.

• www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/index.htm

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Reproductive Health
Information Source. This website hosts pregnancy statistics from all reporting IVF centers in the USA.