There is nothing wrong with you. When you start believing that you are not inherently bad or defective, that is when resolutions for change actually can have lasting effect. All we ever need to do both in life and in health is to get out of our own …
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Gratitude Heals …Holiday Stress?
Studies show that remembering things in life to be thankful for, has a positive effect on our health. This year these health benefits will apparently have to be belated for me since I did not make it in time for Thanksgiving this year. Often by …
“Garden Yourself Back to Health”
The image of our body as a garden is one that originates in traditional medicine. This phrase is a quote from a physicist by the name of Larry Smarr who spoke at last week’s annual conference of the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine …
Are Your Fitness Goals Really Working For You?
Beach body. Spring makeover. Baby fitness machine. Squeeze into that wedding outfit. I hear it all. And good for you for resolving to get fit. We’re all motivated by different things. I think whatever gets you motivated is great….as long as you …
Menopause, Andropause and now “Somatopause”?
Well it’s no secret what menopause is. Luckily there’s an increasing body of information widely available out about it these days. Among other hormonal shifts, the primary change in menopause and peri-menopause occurs with estrogen levels. …
Yoga: The View From Inside
The other morning I forgot to put in my contact lenses before going to yoga. I go to this hot yoga place where they keep the temperature at 105 deg. I don’t even want to know how hot it gets when the class is full with all those bodies generating …