Posts Tagged ‘yoga’
Simple Breathing Practice to Stay Warm
Breathing is pretty amazing. I like to do it all day every day… and what I love most about breathing is that it happens automatically! Imagine if we had to remember to inhale and exhale all day long? Our bodies are true miracle machines. An interesting aspect of our breath, however, is that we do…
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 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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7 Ways to Speed Up Weight Loss
It truly astonishes me that losing weight is still a mystery and a struggle for many. Apparently the ‘eating less’ model is either impossible, incorrect, or incomplete, because if it were that easy, it would be that easy! The truth is, weight loss is complex and multi-layered. Of course food intake plays a major role…
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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 MoreTop Ten Reasons to Invest in a Health Coach
Investing in a Health Coach is a smart choice for many reasons, whether you are looking to lose weight, gain energy, or simply learn more about nutrition and wellness. Some of the benefits of hiring someone to support, educate, and motivate you on your journey to wellness may seem obvious, but the deeper value of…
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…
Read MoreYoga and Conscious Sexuality {FREE VIDEO}
Read this if you’re scared.
When I was struggling with an eating disorder, my logical mind knew damn well that if I ate more food I would feel better, both in my body and my mind. However, my need to control my surroundings seemed overwhelming and I was not able to let go of the gripping force of nervousness and…
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