by Carol | Jun 11, 2015 | Health & Wellness
Many of the practices of Ayurveda, yoga and meditation emphasize doing your practices in the morning, even encouraging practitioners to rise well before dawn to perform their meditation and yoga movements. What is so important about getting up early, that it makes...
by Carol | Jun 11, 2015 | Health & Wellness
One of the best tools you can have in your back pocket for dealing with everyday stress and tension, or with episodes of pain and discomfort, is Abdominal Breathing. It even helps tremendously to counteract everyday, garden-variety impatience and...
by Carol | Jun 11, 2015 | Nutrition, Recipes
Plain Ginger tea is very helpful at this time of year for at least two reasons: It boosts digestion, and digestion is where a lot of the microbes are killed off. (Ninety percent of the lymphatic system is in your gut!) If your diet is overloaded with a lot of heavy...
by Carol | Jun 11, 2015 | Health & Wellness
Abhyanga (ah-bee-yanga) is a brief full-body self-massage that is a valuable part of maintaining good health. It works in an obvious way to move lymph and circulation, and is soothing for the skin ( our largest organ in the human body!) It also works in more...
by Carol | Jun 11, 2015 | Health & Wellness
There are so many ways that you can keep your body healthy, happy and in great shape. When you are exercising, you Stretch, Strengthen, Breathe, and Balance. All good ingredients to slow aging. Regular exercise provides a myriad of health benefits in older...