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There’s an interesting article in today’s Wall Street Journal called, Putting an end to Mindless Munching. According to the article, Mindful Eating, the art of slowing down and paying attention to what you are eating, is being studied at several academic medical centers and the National Institutes of Health as a way to combat eating [...]
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Does our clutter make us fat? Simplification and organization expert Peter Walsh thinks so. This is the topic of his book, Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat?: An Easy Plan for Losing Weight and Living More.
He makes a strong case for the link between excess stuff and excess body weight. [...]
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My sister and I recently attended The Conscious Gourmet Cooking Retreat in Sedona, a five day program advertised as a ‘Culinary Retreat for the body, mind, and soul.’ It’s designed to provide you with a foundation in health-supportive cooking and theory, based on The Natural Gourmet Institute’s Core Program which was historically offered only [...]
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I just finished a wonderful ‘non-diet’ book called The Slow Down Diet: Eating for Pleasure, Energy, and Weight Loss by Marc David that combines the best of The French Women Don’t Get Fat philosophy with the latest research on body biochemistry and the powerful mind-body connection. It’s complete nutrition for the body, mind and [...]
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Stress Make You Sick. Stress suppresses the immune system and has been linked to many chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes, heart disease, cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome. Stress Kills. How can we learn to live in these stress filled times without succumbing to its ill effects?
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People who keep a food journal are more successful losing weight than those who don’t. Studies prove it over and over again. That’s why many weight loss plans like Weight Watchers require it.
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More and more people are turning to yoga to improve their health and wellness. I love it when I discover that someone I admire is also a yoga enthusiast. Here are some of my favorites:
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I received my first thrill as a blogger yesterday when author Victoria Moran thanked me for my recent post about her inspiring books. It’s easy to recommend something that’s had such a positive effect on my life.
One thing that I can’t recommend highly enough because of the benefits it’s had on my life is yoga.
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Restorative Yoga is a perfect antidote for jet lag. I often turn to these poses to feel better following a flight and had the opportunity to share their power with my client Nancy last week, just back from a three week cruise around South America and jet lagged from a ten plus hour [...]
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Yoga is a proven exercise for relieving stress. This magic elixir can help restore hormone balance and calm your nervous system. A powerful pose for simultaneously soothing and energizing your system is legs up the wall pose. It is a mild inversion that uses gravity to help let the body de-stress, and [...]
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