Take Time for Taking Child’s Pose

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Why does a time as sparkling and exciting as the holidays have to be so stressful?  Our bodies are still dealing with a season’s windy change and now we have planning, baking, traveling and partying to do.  It’s a joyous time, sure.  But it’s a time of headaches too.  I’ve already found myself in child’s pose several times in each …

The French Know How to Motivate

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The French do a whole lot of things right.  Bread, cheese, shoes, and films to name a few.  They also know how motivate people.  Or so it seems from this ad for Contrex, a bottled mineral water.  I mean, look at those women go.  I don’t usually get quite that excited about my workout.  But then, I’ve never had the …

Attitudes of Gratitude

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Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday.  A time of harvest feasting and family meetings, a day for dressing down, board games, fireplace chats, or long walks counting colors in the leaves.  This year, thanks to the encouragement of yoga teachers at Root and their reminders to breathe in with gratitude and out without expectation. (thank you, Nikki!)  And, strangely enough, to times of …

How Acupuncture Boosts Your Immune System to Prevent Colds

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It’s November. I have never liked November, ever. It’s cold, it’s grey, it’s not Christmas yet and oh yeah: It’s flu season. Also known as the season for drugging yourself silly and making yourself go to work even when you’d rather curl up in bed and do nothing for 48 hours. Every November, we hear about people get whacked left, …

What is Acupuncture and How Can It Help Me?

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For a long time, it was hard to sort out the good acupuncture from the bad acupuncture and the media was largely to blame. Fortunately, a public push in more knowledge about healing methods which go beyond the western frame of reference has resulted in acupuncture becoming not only accepted, but widespread.  However, you may only think of acupuncture as …

Running Barefoot Back to Our Roots

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This fall, The New York Times published an article that may cause us to not only rethink running, but everything we’ve been told by shoe manufacturers for the last forty years.  In his article, The Once and Future Way to Run Christopher McDougall discusses the reemergence of running on the ball of the foot, the way humans had run for …

The Gift of Gratitude

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I’m sure most of you would agree that expressing gratitude is a good thing to do.  And you might even suppose that gratitude is beneficial for your health.  But now, the scientific evidence is in.  The Huffington Post recently reported that several scientific studies have shown that the expression of gratitude increases not only general happiness, but pro-social behaviors such …

Introducing Unlimited and Group Acupuncture

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Acupuncture has been an important practice for healing and maintaining good health for thousands of years.  Scientific studies to determine exactly how acupuncture works are ongoing and becoming more common.  Recently, The Royal College of General Practitioners reported that two studies in the British Journal of General Practice have shown that patients, “perceived a wide range of positive effects and …

Using Acupuncture for Stress Relief

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Pain relief and acupuncture are known to go hand in hand, but stress relief closely follows in the list of benefits with acupuncture. Acupuncture is often used as a means of stress relief because it is painless, relaxing and alleviates many other symptoms of stress including things like headaches, backaches and neck pain. But how does acupuncture-an alternative and physical …

Medicine For The Heart

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The Center for Disease Control reports that every year 785,000 Americans have their first heart attack.  Heart disease is the leading cause of death in our country.  In yoga, we learn that both the physical and the spiritual heart respond to the practice of opening.  But what else can we do to keep our hearts safe and healthy? At The …

Practice vs. Performance On and Off the Yoga Mat

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I came across a beautiful blog today on Everyday Yogini.  Nona writes about “staying on your mat.”  Like Nona, I’ve sometimes let my mind wander to what other students are doing, how they are doing in comparison to myself.  I think we’ve all probably stepped uninvited onto the yoga mats of others.  Perhaps it’s our competitive nature, or a learned …

We’re Lululemon’s Studio of the Month!

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Hooray!  We’re Lululemon‘s Studio of the month!  Do you know what that means?  I’ll tell you: It means every Thursday and Sunday this month a teacher from Root Whole Body will be teaching a FREE in-store class at Lululemon in the Pearl.  1231 NW Couch.  Come join us! Here’s the schedule: Thursday 11/3 7:30-8:30pm:  Jill Allen Sunday 11/6 10-11am:  Nikki …