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November 11, 2011

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Former embattled Grizzly Wilson in a bright spot in Miami

By Brandon Niles Explorebigsky.com Sports Writer

There hasn’t been much to cheer about for the Miami Dolphins this season, a team that looks disenfranchised and will surely be looking for a new coach and a new start at the end of the season.

A bright spot on the team has been the surprising play of rookie Jimmy Wilson, a cornerback from Montana, chosen in the last round of this year’s NFL draft.

Big plays have come at a premium for the Dolphins this year, and Wilson is one of the players able to make things happen on the field. He had an interception against the Cleveland Browns in the third game of the season, and he has four passes batted down this year, including a big one against the Giants last week, his first NFL start.

While Wilson has made mistakes and has a lot of developing to do before he becomes a top level NFL player, he’s shown fire on the field and he’s proven that he has the athleticism required to become a productive playmaker in the league.

His first start against the Giants wasn’t a perfect outing, but he filled in admirably for the injured Vontae Davis, and the Dolphins can only hope he continues to learn and develop into a regular starter.

Wilson has had to overcome a lot of adversity on his way to the NFL.

He started 12 games in his first two years as a Montana Grizzly before starting every game in 2006 and playing well enough to earn second team All-Big Sky Conference honors. Prior to the start of his senior season, he was involved in a domestic altercation that left one man dead.

He was incarcerated for 25 months on murder charges during a long trial in Los Angeles. After the first trial resulted in a hung jury in which eleven out of twelve jurors voted for acquittal, a second jury acquitted him unanimously of all charges.

Wilson was then fought for and won an extra year of NCAA eligibility and returned to the Grizzlies to finish his college career.

After the 2010 season, many teams were hesitant to give him a chance, but the Dolphins took him in the seventh and final round of the draft.

After being drafted, Wilson impressed coaches with his determination and talent throughout the pre-season and he’s continued to impress in the regular season. If he continues to develop and show the kind of passion for the game that he has thus far, his future in the NFL will be promising. As he attempts to reach that potential, his story of redemption will continue to be a journey worth following and his legacy as a Grizzly will always provide a unique perspective of a young man’s path toward fulfilling his ultimate dream.

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It’s that time of year again! The seasons are starting to change and it’s almost time to assist our bodies in making those changes and setting ourselves up for a healthy winter season. In the summer heat builds up in the tissues of our body and begins to dry things out. As we move into cooler temperatures our body tends to produce excess mucous in order fight against that dryness. The excess mucous becomes a breeding ground for bacteria and viruses to take over. When we take the time to do a cleanse it allows ourselves the opportunity to flush the excess heat, mucous, and toxins that have built up in our bodies. The community cleanse utilizes the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda in order to help detoxify the body and reboot the digestive system, and going through the process with a community of others makes it all that much easier to get through it successfully. It is not a time of starvation or deprivation, we eat 3 (or 4) meals each day and take specific herbs to assist the process of releasing toxins. It is a systematic 2 week process that starts with preparing your body to go through the cleansing process (a 4 day pre-cleanse), doing the main cleanse (7 days), and then restoring your body to get back to eating your regular diet (a 3 day post cleanse). It is designed to be a 2 week cleanse, but it can be customized to the length of time that you are able to commit to. And on that same note, if this timing doesn’t work for you, please contact Callie to discuss other options. If a mini cleanse without all the herbs sounds more doable for you this is another option you can discuss with Callie.

Callie Stolz, C.A.S., P.K.S., Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist and Pancha Karma (cleansing) Specialist, will be leading this two week community cleanse. There will also be yoga detox classes offered in combination with the cleanse in order to assist in the process.

What it includes: digestive herbs (specific to your needs), 4 cleansing and rejuvenativing herbal formulas, 7 days worth of the Ayurvedic cleansing food, other recipes, a booklet of information on the step by step process, 3 meetings and daily email support through the process. We will meet the week prior to distribute all the items needed for the cleanse and have a meeting about the details (if the designated time doesn’t work for you other arrangements can be made).

Callie will be explaining more about the cleanse and how we work with some of the basic principles of Ayurveda during the Awareness Wednesday seminar on September 18th at 7:00. If you are interested in doing the cleanse and you haven’t done it before, it is important to come this seminar to learn more about it and these Ayurvedic principles, and to see if it would be a good fit for you. If you aren’t able to make it to the talk, but you have questions and would like to have a meeting to discuss the cleanse and get set up it will be an additional $75 fee.

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Repeat Cleansers $250; First Timers $275
Additional items also available (herbs, a tongue cleaner, dry body brush, etc.)

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