Posts Tagged ‘health’
5 Ways to Eliminate Procrastination and Stick to Your Plan
It’s one thing to formulate clear goals and a vision for what we desire in life. It’s another thing to actually reach our personal goals. In the yoga and new age community, there is emphasis on the term ‘manifest’. If a person sets an ‘intention’, it’s possible that that intention will become manifest, or real.…
Read MoreThe Negative Side Effects of Positive Thinking
Did you know positive thinking can negatively affect your health? Beware of the positive thinking trap. It is a trap. Research has shown that happiness can boost our immune systems, yet happiness has little to do with positive thinking. If your thoughts aren’t positive by themselves, don’t try and make them so. When we attempt…
Read More5 Reasons You Haven’t Met The Love of Your Life… Yet
Love songs, romantic movies, dark chocolate, and Valentine’s Day… step aside. The images of love and relationship are clearly depicted by our culture as something like a fairytale. There’s good news and there’s bad news. Good news: Yes, love and partnership can be a real life fairytale. Bad news: Life is not a movie. Our…
Read MoreWe are all iPhones
If you are a yoga practitioner, you may have heard the word ‘prana’ mentioned every now and then. Prana is regarded as ‘life force energy’. It is said that prana runs along the breath. It is not necessarily breath itself, but it rides the waves of breath. Kind of like a surfer. Kind of. At…
Read More8 Signs You May Have an Eating Disorder
I remember when I used to research this stuff! Of course the reason I was researching was because intuitively I already knew I had an eating disorder, but still, I needed to know for sure. Unfortunately, I could not find anything convincing enough. Nothing spoke to me. Most of the documented eating disorder information I…
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Personal Punctuation
If you were a punctuation mark, which one would you be? Has anyone asked you that question before? I hope not, because that’s a pretty strange question. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve been pretty anal when it comes to good grammar… especially around colons. Get it? It seems to me that many people…
Read MoreCreamy Coconut Thai Noodle Stew (VEGAN & GLUTEN FREE!)
Transform your favorite ethnic food craving into a delicious, HEALTHY, nourishing meal that will make you look and feel amazing! Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil 1/2 onion, sliced 1/2 cup baby broccoli and/or Brussels sprouts, steamed 1 cup shiitake mushrooms, sliced 4 cloves garlic, chopped 1 1/2 cups organic vegetable broth 1 12-oz can organic…
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SURPRISING WAY TO ALLEVIATE DEPRESSION (HINT: YOU DO IT EVERY DAY)
Did you know that something you do every single day can help eliminate anxiety, stress, and even depression? No, it’s not brushing your teeth, but you’re close! It has to do with your teeth… Take a moment to consider the overwhelming variety of gum and candy on the shelves of stores. The fact that there…
Read MoreThe Dangers of Being FEARLESS
I recently bought a shirt with the word ‘FEARLESS’ in big bold letters across the chest. The shirt is cute and sexy, and apparently the same goes for the idea of fearlessness. But that’s just it. Is being free of fear something other than an idea? Can it actually be a reality? And if it…
Read More6 Reasons You Shouldn’t Wear Yoga Pants To Yoga
Who doesn’t love yoga pants? Women love wearing them, and men love watching women wearing them. There are so many incredible brands and styles of yoga pants, from solid colors to unique fun prints to high-waisted britches to zippers to mesh to lace to hidden pockets… you name it. It seems spandex are the new…
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