If only we would take the time to stop and listen to our body, really listen with non-judgment and love, it would tell us most everything we need to know on to keep it in good health. When our body reaches the point of disease or we feel a lot of anxiety or depression, it is usually because we ignored …
Deconstruct: Pause and Question What’s Going On and Into Your Body
Maybe spring cleaning this year should include our lifestyle. Our minds, like our homes, can get cluttered with old ideas, old emotions and old habits. We weed our gardens regularly–why not ourselves? Routine cleaning will sweep out energy that no longer serves you and let some positive growth in. +pause and question +rest your system with a seasonal cleanse +peel …
Love Your Brain
CNN.com’s look at dementia, “How to Cut Your Risk of Memory Loss” gets to the heart of the importance of preventative care. In order to prevent your brain from losing mass and memory from failing, it’s important to keep blood flowing in the brain. This can be achieved through exercise, a healthy diet, social activity and mental work. In …
The Facelift vs. Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture
Wrinkles happen. It’s inevitable. Our histories of emotion and our days spent basking in summer sunshine eventually begin to show on our faces. I’ve often admired the lines around an elder friend’s mouth and the creases at the corners of her eyes because I know the shadows there are evidence of a life well lived. They paint a face like …
Some Surprising Benefits of Yoga
Ok, so you know that yoga will help you improve your flexibility and your body strength and will help you get in touch with your inner self. ‘You should do yoga to improve your flexibility.’ ‘It will help you breathe better.’ There’s nothing wrong with this. Yoga does do these things and there is certainly nothing wrong with wanting to …
How Yoga Can Enhance Sports and Recreation
Yoga is best used in conjunction with other things you like to do, such as soccer, hockey, running or swimming. Yoga is ideally suited to enhance and supplement other activities in a number of ways, and that is why, if you are an avid sportsman or just starting out, yoga is worth adding to your day. What do all sports …
The Community Spirit of Yoga
Did you know that the yoga was originally believed not to better the individual so much as the community? The early days of yoga have been lost to time. The first recorded poses on seals and paintings date to around 3000 years ago. However, many yoga scholars believe that yoga has the same roots as shamanism. Shamanism is an ancient …
Restorative Benefits of Yoga
In the west, we tend to think of yoga as something for spiritual, mental and physical balance; things like getting rid of stress and strengthening muscle groups. But there is also a growing trend towards yoga becoming a part of physiotherapy after an injury or surgery in order to promote blood and oxygen flow, relieve pain, and slowly, steadily strengthen …
Pregnancy and Yoga
Pregnancy is a time of joy, but also a time of stress and worry. Expecting women are bombarded left and right with tips and advice, and downright told what to do and what to avoid. One thing you can be sure of is the necessity of staying healthy. Eating well and exercising regularly is important in order to keep your …
How Yoga Effects Posture
Posture refers to how we stand, sit, walk and take many other actions. Posture is also tied to things like confidence and how we are perceived by others. An upright posture conveys strength and confidence. A slouching posture tends to portray a lack of confidence and sometimes things like exhaustion and sorrow. Poor posture is also linked to back problems …
Pathway Fit Genetic Test: How Science Can Inforn Your Nutrition Plan
You remember this from high school, right? Genes contain DNA, which instruct protein formation. Proteins come together to build every single unique part of you. Well, you’re not a completely unique snowflake. We all have the basically the same parts. Genetically speaking, we’re about 90% the same. Only about 10% of our DNA contains the blueprint that effects our different …
Detoxify
Toxins are everywhere. They’re in our air, water, soil, food, and therefore, in our bodies. Heavy metals from car exhaust, fertilizers, and phthalates leaching out from plastics are just a few of the things that have been shown to cause all sorts of disorders. The good news is our bodies are built to deal with toxins. Our livers, kidneys, lungs, …