• • • Tai Chi is often described as meditation in motion. This ancient Chinese practice has many proven health benefits, from lowering stress levels and boosting memory to increasing flexibility and improving balance. Now, a new study reveals that the long term practice of Tai Chi can...
Read More♠ “Eating foods that will center or calm your energy center is a great way to shift your energy from anxious and scared, to balanced and strong.” Across the globe, there have been daily, near hourly, events and news updates about the COVID-19 pandemic. One constant: The...
Read More• • • Dry skin can be uncomfortable, causing itching, flaking, and redness. This face mask is easy to make and delivers moisturizing nutrients to comfort dry, parched skin. The addition of tea tree essential oil helps to gently clarify skin as well. ↵ Ingredients ½ cucumber 2...
Read MoreChronic pain can take a toll, and prescription painkillers can have severe side effects. Explore how an Ayurvedic practitioner helps her clients manage pain. According to the CDC, over 20% of Americans live with chronic pain. I will start with a straightforward question: How do you navigate pain? ↵ A number...
Read More♠ Polyvagal Theory expert Deb Dana explores anchoring into your nervous system and connecting to your body’s neural pathways for calmness, safety, and connection. Polyvagal Theory expert Deb Dana, LCSW, is the developer of the Rhythm of Regulation Clinical Training Series. Her bookAnchored: How to Befriend Your...
Read MoreHoping to revamp your skincare routine with holistic alternatives? Explore these five Ayurvedic herbal remedies. Growing up in an Indian home, my mother always had Ayurvedic remedies for an upset stomach, skin issues, heat eruption, rashes, cold and cough, fever, headaches, and much more. She even made exfoliants,...
Read MoreA few years back, I came across an old box that held notebooks from my college courses. As I leafed through the pages, I smiled at my prolific use of the margins as a space for doodling. A new study shows that in the act...
Read More♠ Intuition can become mute, stifled, or drowned out when we find ourselves out of balance. Here are some ways to help you get grounded so that you can reconnect with that inner voice. Your intuition may make itself heard as a voice in your head—messages in...
Read MoreIt’s no secret that the best way to improve your running is to run more. The rule of training specificity still applies—you practice what you’re looking to improve. There’s no way around that. But that doesn’t mean other workout plans don’t have a place in your training program....
Read More♠ “Once while we were traveling in Japan and heard a white man speak fluently, my grandmother told me it was shameful that I couldn’t speak Japanese. I am fifth or sixth generation Japanese American from Hawaii, depending on what side you look at. My blood...
Read More♠ What are your symptoms telling you? Knowing the meaning of your symptoms can help you recover more quickly. Getting sick sucks! No one likes it, but it happens to all of us in an incredible diversity of ways. While getting ill can be random and no...
Read More♠ Learn why mixing alcohol and menopause can be a recipe for unease. Mood changes, sleep disturbances, changes in metabolism… Menopause can feel like a whole-body (and mind!) shift. Go-to de-stressors don’t seem to work like they used to, particularly that nightly glass or two of wine. ↓ Dr. Stephanie...
Read More♠ Struggling to escape the heat? Cool it with tips from Ayurveda, yoga, Western herbalism, traditional Chinese medicine, and everyday common sense. 1. Incorporate mint into your diet. The menthol in mint triggers a reaction in our brains to make us think our temperature is lowering. If you’re...
Read MoreMeet (or Get Reacquainted With) Their Superpowers ◊ Adaptogens are stress-busting herbs and mushrooms that can help the body find balance in the face of daily stress. We talk a lot about identifying and managing the sources of stress in our lives. However, according to Amanda Chantal Bacon,...
Read More“How can you help yourself feel a sense of calm, reassurance, and peace? The answer is at your feet. Literally.” Have you been feeling a little uncertain lately? Perhaps you are nervous about where the world is heading and whether coronavirus will ever go away. You are...
Read More↓ Pucker up, because it turns out this simple beverage packs a health punch. Health-conscious celebs like Gwyneth Paltrow and Gisele Bündchen are always going on and on about they drink lemon water every day, first thing in the morning. Why all the fuss over lemons? Is...
Read MoreGuides help us, whether we are aware of it or not. Do you look with awe and maybe even a touch of envy at the ‘chosen’ ones who seem to be able to connect with their guides easily and clearly? It just seems a tad bit...
Read MoreBreath action into everyday words. “You might be surprised at how many nouns in the English language can be used as verbs.” ↓ Words have always fascinated me. One thing I discovered by playing with words is that they don’t always fit into neat categories or have...
Read More“I made the personal choice to keep teaching and practicing the form of yoga that helped transform my life.” In August 2019, when my memoir Balancing with Bunions, Untying the the Knots of Life was published, it was meant as a shared story to help others navigate the...
Read MoreWendy O’Leary offers three gentle practices to touch in with ourselves, finding a strong foundation within a sense of equanimity. BY WENDY O’LEARY How can the concept of taking our seat serve us in the midst of our current challenges? Many of us are...
Read MoreEverything you should know about ‘Weight Watchers for Millennials’ ♣ Photo: Daniel Grizelj/Getty Images♣ sk any dietitian or weight loss professional what they think about fill-in-the-blank diet and they’ll usually say fad dieting is a waste of time, and healthy eating works. eight loss and nutrition are about the long haul. The...
Read More↓ Parenting is one of the toughest jobs I’ll ever love. From one day to the next it is a roller coaster kind of adventure with highs and lows, twists and turns that will sometimes make you travel through a corkscrew. Anyone who ever says parenting is an...
Read More↓ For the longest time, I believed that if smart people worked hard and grew up in a reasonably nurturing environment, success would come eventually. ↓ I looked at other people and thought, “Wow, that person’s going to go on to do great things.” ↓ But as I grew older, I...
Read MoreTrue resilience isn’t about toughening up, it’s about mental suppleness, flexibility, and raw vulnerability, writes editor Anne Alexander. I used to think resilience was a kind of toughening up, a leathering or weathering of our inner and outer resources that hardened our weaknesses and made us...
Read MoreI never knew my dad’s outlet until just now. Driving into work this morning, I felt blank. Void. I didn’t have any words to say outwardly, but I needed to express myself inwardly. “I need to write,” I thought, making a mental note to post that...
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