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Hi Reader,

Later today, I’ll be going live with my virtual Nourish Your Bones Virtual Workshop at 9:00 AM Pacific.

Over the past week, I’ve been immersed in slides, handouts, research, and coordinating with the two wonderful guest speakers who will be joining me. This also comes on the heels of two weekends of teaching at the Northern California Women’s Herbal Symposium.

When I told my husband that one of the classes I taught was a four-hour intensive called Sacred Metabolism, his response was, “WHAT?! Four hours?!”

But honestly, I loved every minute of it, and so did the participants.

I told him it’s a bit like one of his favorite activities: a long bike ride on a perfect day. There’s time to settle in, explore the nuances, follow the questions, share stories, connect the science, and discover insights that can genuinely change the way we care for ourselves.

Lately, I’ve realized that many of my teachings, whether in the Vitality Club, my workshops, or my one-on-one work, keep coming back to one central idea:

Rhythm.

Take bone health, for example. It’s so much more than calcium, vitamin D, or even a medication. Bone is living tissue, constantly listening and responding to signals from hormones, inflammation, movement, sleep, stress, and nourishment.

Real change doesn’t happen overnight.

The question becomes: How do we create the conditions for the body to repair, rebuild, and communicate differently? How do we support growth instead of breakdown? How do we work with the body's rhythms rather than against them?

That process takes time. It involves how we eat, how we move, how we sleep, how we recover, and ultimately how we live.

To me, that’s the beauty of this work. Health isn’t simply about fixing a problem. It’s about creating a life where vitality can emerge naturally over time.

If you’d like to join us today, there’s still time to register. And if you can’t attend live or are reading this after today, you’ll receive the replay, organized into easy-to-navigate segments so you can learn at your own pace.

Your Vitality Ally

Mary Sheila
​Mary Sheila Gonnella, BCHN, NC
​Board-Certified Holistic Nutritionist & Ayurvedic Educator
​OccidentalNutrition.com​

The Nourish Your Bones Virtual Workshop is today, May 30th at 9 am Pacific. It’s a morning to learn, reset, and take meaningful steps toward strong, resilient bones. And even if you can't join live, you'll get the replay and all the handouts and resources shared during the class.

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