PROGRAMS / SERVICES
Ying Yu, MS, CN, CHHC
Free Initial Consultation
Personalized Holistic Nutrition Program - ongoing
Seasonal Nourishment Cleanse Program - Next Group Starts 9/24
Women's Emotional Eating Workshop - Next Group Starts 9/1
Monthly Cooking Classes - Fall 2010 Schedule Coming Soon
 
Insurance Plans Accepted & Methods of Payment
 
 
 
Free Initial Consultation
In our free initial consultation we will discuss your unique situation in depth and determine how I can help you reach your personal goals. We will determine whether we are a good match and if my approach will work for you. This first session will demonstrate how a holistic, individualized approach can make a major difference in your life.
Contact me today to schedule your free consultation.
 
 
 
Your Personalized Holistic Nutrition Program

The goals of your personalized Holistic Nutrition Program are to radically change your life, to resolve health concerns specific to you and your body, and to provide you with nourishment tools for a lifetime of balance. We will work together to find the right foods for your body and medical condition, and to strengthen the areas of your life that bring you joy, peace, and inspiration.  Diets don't work because they neglect to nourish the deeper parts of yourself.  Integrative Nourishment offers a unique approach that feeds the whole you.  It's founded on awareness, freedom of choice, and self-compassion, and thus provides meaningful, lasting results.

Your Program covers...
  • Creating goals and a wellness vision
  • Customized nutrition therapy for optimal physical health
  • Integrating foods that make you feel light, energized, and strong
  • Nourishment vs. eating vs. deprivation
  • What a non-diet approach can look like for you
  • Exploring and understanding the psychology of eating
  • Deconstructing cravings and barriers to change
  • Taking consistent action
  • Eating for emotional balance and mental clarity
  • Cultivating emotional resiliency and coping skills
  • Transforming negative self-talk and black-and-white thinking
  • Letting go of outdated food- and self-concepts that keep you stuck
  • Making simple, steady lifestyle changes
  • Being healthy on the road and on the go
  • Surviving celebrations and holidays
  • Satisfying all your senses
  • Living more fully in all aspects of your life
  • Ease in cooking whole foods
  • Menu planning
  • Feeding your spirit

Like most of us, you have probably tried a variety of diets.  However, the emphasis that most diets place on willpower, deprivation and denial is unrealistic, unnecessary and unnatural.  Unless you have a plan that is practical, works with your lifestyle, and accommodates for your individuality, the changes you work so hard to make will not last. My expertise is in helping you to figure out what works best for you.

Your Program includes:

  • Weekly or bimonthly sessions, including detailed recommendations
  • A one-hour grocery tour covering the energetics and medicinal properties of food, as well as practical tips for healthy meals and snacks
  • E-mail support between sessions
  • Access to my extensive lending library of health and wellness books, CDs, and DVDs
  • Subscription to our monthly newsletter of events and articles
  • A variety of handouts, recipes and other materials
  • Cooking classes customized to your palate and skills in the kitchen

Conventional dietary theories present you with food restrictions and limitations that are difficult to sustain over time. Such quick fixes do nothing to help you achieve life-long health and happiness, nor do they bring out the body's natural inclination toward balance. Based on your needs, I will gradually introduce new and healthful foods and activities into your lifestyle. As you start to feel better, these habits will have a natural tendency to remain with you, and will crowd out the less healthful ones.
In becoming healthier, other areas of your life such as relationships, career and creativity start to improve. You will naturally begin to crave the foods and activities that make you feel better, and you will feel more motivated to make time in your life for those things that are truly important to you.

Consultations are available in person or over the phone.  Certain insurance plans accepted.
 
Contact me today to schedule your free consultation.
 
 
 
Your Seasonal Nourishment Cleanse Program
 
Did you know that in a lifetime, you’ll consume about 60,000 pounds of food?  That’s about the weight of six elephants!  It is estimated that the average American consumes over 100 pounds of refined sugar and 55 pounds of fats and oils per year in the form of soda pop, gum, candy, potato chips, corn chips, popcorn, pretzels, donuts, pastries, cakes and cookies, and ice cream.  And then there's the 4 billion pounds of addictives, pesticides, and herbicides dumped onto our foods each year... 
 
With all that we ingest, it’s a good idea to periodically cleanse, to give the body the loving attention, rest, and vital nutrients it needs to restore itself.  This mini-retreat allows you to eliminate the accumulated waste matter and toxins that contribute to so much physical and mental illness in this country.
 
Common symptoms of toxicity that can significantly improve with cleansing:
  • Addictions (cigarettes, caffeine, sugar, junk food)
  • Allergies (food and seasonal)
  • Bad breath or body odor
  • Candida
  • Chronic pain
  • Constipation
  • Cravings (sugar, caffeine, junk food)
  • Depression, anxiety, hopelessness
  • Digestive problems (bloating, gas, acid reflux, irritable bowel syndrome)
  • Dull skin, acne, eczema, psoriasis, and other skin conditions
  • Fatigue, lethargy, sluggishness
  • Headaches and migraines
  • Hormone imbalance
  • Lowered immunity
  • Lack of concentration, attention deficit and hyperactivity
  • Overweight
  • Poor sleep
  • Premenstrual syndrome
  • Arthritis
  • Stress
 
Key elements of the Nourishment Cleanse you won't find elsewhere:
  • It's a food-based program, so you won't go hungry
  • It's practical to do within your daily schedule
  • It can be modified to support your health conditions
  • It teaches you how to eat and nourish yourself not just on the cleanse, but beyond
  • You learn what's nourishing and what's toxic for your body and soul
  • It provides the necessary structure and ongoing support to ensure success
  • You learn how to break old patterns that sabotage your health and happiness
 
The Nourishment Cleanse will help you to:
  • Detoxify the liver
  • Improve digestion
  • Boost energy
  • Increase mental clarity
  • Enhance the body’s natural ability to heal itself
  • Deal with physical and emotional cravings
  • Integrate new, higher-quality food into your diet
  • Discover healthy comfort foods
  • Find out what foods work for your body
  • Nourish all your senses
  • Create lasting balance
  • Gain body awareness and wisdom
  • Build self-confidence and self-trust
  • Integrate simple nourishment practices into your busy schedule
 
Your Personalized Cleanse Program includes:
  • A newly revised 150-page cleanse workbook including tasty cleanse-friendly recipes
  • Four 90-minute group sessions to provide detailed guidance and consistent support
  • An One-hour natural foods grocery tour with meal and snack ideas, and time-saving tips
  • A 90-minute cooking class focused on cleansing foods
  • Ongoing email support between sessions
  • Personalized supplement recommendations
 
Do you yearn for more inner balance and vitality?  This season, I invite you take an action step that will benefit your health for years to come.  Sign up for a cleanse, and experience how light, clear, and alive you can feel in a well nourished and cleansed body! 
 
I offer individual and group cleanses in person and via phone. 
 
Upcoming Cleanse Group Dates:
 
FALL 2010 10-DAY CLEANSE GROUP
 

Date & Time:  Fri. 9/24, Fri. 10/1, Wed. 10/6, Mon. 10/1
1, 6:30-8:30pm

Cost:  $325.  Early bird special $275 if registered by 9/10.  $250 for repeaters or if register with a friend. Includes a 150-page cleanse workbook, a grocery tour, and 3 catered meals. 

Location:  6329 20th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98115

Contact me for more information.
 
Groups are limited to 8 and do fill up, so register today to reserve your spot!
 
To find out if you could benefit from a cleanse, fill out a Detoxification Questionnaire, or contact me to schedule a free consultation.
 
 
The Nourishment Cleanse was created by Halé Sofia Schatz, international speaker and author of If the Buddha Came to Dinner.  To learn more about the Nourishment Cleanse, please visit her website at http://heartofnourishment.com/nourishment/cleanse/.
 
 
 
 
Insurance Plans Accepted & Payment Methods 
 
Insurance Plans for Nutritional Services
Regence Blue Shield
Premera Blue Cross.
Lifewise
Aetna 
Group Health (certain plans only, or have FirstChoice logo on insurance card)
Uniform (Diabetes only)
FirstChoice (Diabetes only)
UnitedHealthCare (Diabetes only)
Some out-of-state plans

Insurance Plans for Mental Health Services:  Coming in 2011.
 
Payment Methods:
Cash, Check, Credit Cards (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover), Paypal
 
Contact me for current promotions, student discounts and sliding scale.