While yoga classes are great to attend in that they build a sense of community and offer you the opportunity to learn from and with others, it can be difficult to address your specific needs while practicing within a large group of students. Private yoga sessions offer the ability to work one-on-one with an experienced teacher, who can focus every …
Summertime Activity List
Checklist to Stay Health This Summer Summertime can be a time which inspires you to be your most active, your most healthy – or it can turn into the time when you hole up in air conditioning, skip your yoga classes, and live off of a diet of ice cream and mojitos (hey, that mint in there has to count …
Summer Suncare
Summer Skin Care Tips + Natural Sunscreen As much as you may love soaking up the summer sun, you are probably aware enough to know that the UV rays that you are also soaking up can be incredibly damaging to your skin. Sun is the number one reason for skin damage. But, before you slather on just any old …
Summer Fresh Recipe: Raw Zucchini ‘Pasta’ with Creamy Sunflower Seed Sauce
Sometimes in the summer you really crave pasta – but honestly, who wants to slave over a hot stove, cooking in the heat of the season? There comes a point in the summer when someone you know will probably have a ridiculous abundance of zucchini from their garden that they would love to give you. If not, check out your …
Navigating Auto Insurance Healthcare Coverage when in a Motor Vehicle Accident
According to the US Census, there are about 10.5 million motor vehicle accidents (MVA) every year in the United States since 2000. Besides scary, getting into an auto accident is extremely stressful. While most of us pay for auto insurance, we don’t really know the details of our coverage especially as it relates to healthcare. Auto insurance is designed …
Feeling Stagnant?
It happens to everyone. We all get stuck from time to time. No matter who you are or what you do, sometimes you just hit a wall and feel paralyzed on what to do next. It can happen in regards to your career, your personal life, and it can happen on the yoga mat or in meditation. Often, our own …
Personal Invitation to Kauai by Pat Johnson, Founder
Pat just returned from her homeland Hawaii, finalizing details of Root’s Kauai retreat this fall, September 30th-October 6th, confirming amazing healers and guides in massage, acupuncture, hiking and organic food. Yoga teacher Bibi McGill will be leading classes on the oceanfront lawns perhaps on top of a mountain in our hike to see what is referred to as the ‘Grand …
Summer Eating
Fresh Foods of Summer Summer foods are like a gift from nature, a celebration of tastes, colors, and textures straight from nature’s abundance. Summertime eating should, and can be, no-fuss, no-muss, as the majority of your foods in the hot summer months can be enjoyed raw for delicious flavor and powerful cleansing. Before we get to all of the great …
MOVE: Lift your mind and your body will follow.
It happens to everyone. We all get stuck from time to time. No matter who you are or what you do, sometimes you just hit a wall and feel paralyzed on what to do next. Often, our own fears, thoughts or need for perfection gets in our way and holds us back from taking the small steps toward progress. Breaking …
How Yoga Enhances Sports and Recreation
Sports and recreation folks are starting to discover how effective yoga is when used in conjunction with other things you like to do such as sports like soccer and baseball or recreation like running and swimming. From building core strength to stretching to keep you limber, yoga is worth adding to your routine. What do all sports and activities like …
Skin Protects You. Are You Protecting Your Skin?
No matter how old or young you are, your skin will eventually show signs of aging. Lucky for you, it’s never too late to start taking care of your skin. You can’t stop the aging process, but you can slow it down, prevent lines and wrinkles, and help your skin be the great body-protector and detoxifier it’s meant to be. …
Citizens of Root: Please vote for us!
If Root Whole Body has played any role in helping you take care of yourself, please take a minute to help us take care of ourselves. Chase and LivingSocial are awarding up to 12 individual grants of $250,000 to 12 small businesses, and we recently applied to hopefully be 1 of the 12 awardees. Each business needs at least 250 …