Have you ever noticed how confident people give off a warm, magnetic energy that makes everyone around them feel really comfortable in their presence? Did you know that practicing yoga* on a regular basis can empower you, cultivate your confidence, and dramatically improve your self-esteem when you need it most? Why Yoga? Immediate Effects Releases
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Three Methods to Enhance Energy and Health We repeat this task over 20,000 times a day and breathing is one of the most important physical functions our bodies know to do. Yet most of us don’t get it right. We fail to reap the full benefits of this action. As Dr. Andrew Weil, MD, a well-known pioneer in the field of integrative medicine, says: “If I had to
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A few easy stretches for relaxed traveling Traveling for work or pleasure can be challenging for anyone. Long flights, confined spaces, lots of walking and constant scheduling demands can create tired bodies, tight muscles and aching joints. Fortunately, there is a remedy that can go with you on your next journey: yoga. As I write this, I am flying from
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Cultivating the Most Difficult Asana Whether you are an advanced student or a new beginner, the practice of yoga offers itself to you each moment as a deeply transformative experience. The heart of yoga is to bring you back to your true essence ~ back to who you are and have always been. This is the nature of transformation ~ a journey rather than a
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"Smile, breathe and go slowly." ~Thich Nhat Hanh Recovery from an eating disorder or an addiction to an unhealthy lifestyle can be difficult and challenging. Finding your place, returning to yourself and living in acceptance, compassion and gratitude can sound overwhelming. Yet not only is such a path possible ~ it can be discovered on a yoga mat. Healing
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Yoga is good for us! According to a new study funded by the National Institute for Health, Yoga was found to help people with chronic lower back pain and associated depression. They experienced improved mood and ability to function, as well as pain reduction, more than with conventional treatment alone. As published in the journal Spine1, researchers
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Six Traveling Tips to Ease Discomfort The scene is set: ticket is purchased, bags are packed, last minute tasks seen to and there is vacation spirit in the air. Arriving at the airport, often with leftover time to experience, the discomfort begins. Excitement takes back burner position as fatigue and body pain begin to move in. And the flight hasn't even
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"Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery that it is. In the boredom and pain of it no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell you r way to the holy and hidden heart of it because in the last analysis all moments are key moments and life itself is grace." ~ Frederick Buechner, Listening to Your Life There is much being
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