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“There is no love sincerer, than the love of food.”
~ George Bernard Shaw
Eating well isn’t that complicated. It’s actually very simple. Of course, that doesn’t make it easy, given how busy we are and how plentiful and cheap unhealthy food choices can be. To keep healthy eating simple, I’ve devised my list [...]
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There is a great article by Peggy Hall in the Fall 2000 Issue of Clean Eating magazine that explores the power of ending the food battle and befriending it instead. It is a message being paralleled in the Psychology of Eating teletraining with Marc David that I am currently taking, and is supported by my [...]
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I‘ve been practicing various styles of yoga here in Phoenix for more than ten years.
Several years ago my sister convinced me to try hot yoga so I did but never went back. The instructor was demeaning and in my opinion reckless when he stood and bounced on my sister’s thighs during supta vajrasana.
As a person [...]
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Are you thinking about becoming a yoga teacher or expanding your understanding with advanced studies? If you live in Phoenix or Scottsdale you are in luck. There are several Yoga Alliance registered Yoga Teacher Training Programs to chose from.
But first, how do you choose the yoga teacher training program that’s right for you? [...]
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September is National Yoga Month.
To celebrate and promote yoga and healthy living, A 10 City Yoga Festival Tour is being held throughout the US and Canada with many of the top names in Yoga - Shiva Rea, Larry Payne, Timothy McCall - participating. All proceeds from Yoga Month and Yoga Health Festivals will benefit [...]
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“Far more indispensable than food for the physical body is spiritual nourishment for the soul. One can do without food for a considerable time, but a man of the spirit cannot exist for a single second without spiritual nourishment.”
~ Gandhi
Is there a recipe for healthy eating?
The quality of what you eat is important to your [...]
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I am immensely enjoying Food Network Healthy Appetite host Ellie Krieger’s cookbook, The Food You Crave: Luscious Recipes for a Healthy Life. I couldn’t justify buying another cookbook given the size of my collection but it called to me from the bookstore shelves and reeled me in with its more than 200 great sounding recipes.
Just [...]
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“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.”
~ Seneca
I came across an interesting article today on the power of basic yoga in preventing falls in women over 65 years old. “Results from a study conducted by The Temple [...]
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Private yoga instruction can be a great way to get fit, lose weight, and feel great. If you are having trouble getting started with a yoga practice or making time for class, maybe personalized private yoga sessions are the answer to helping you get started. Sometimes just a few sessions are needed to [...]
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Why Yoga? What makes it so special?
The truth is I don’t understand completely how yoga works, how it has done what it has for me. I know that it has been a constant companion through good and bad - sickness, health, happiness, sadness, divorce, death, marriage - and my life is better [...]
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