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Changing your thoughts is a critical step in the slow sustainable weight loss journey. We cannot lose weight when we focus on how fat and unhappy we are. It just won’t work. We will end up beating ourselves up and binging before any real change is accomplished.
It really is true that what [...]
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I love introducing new students to yoga. I feel that it’s my duty as a yoga teacher to make sure their first lesson is a positive experience, leaving them feeling better than before they began and excited to try it again with me or someone else. It is a special gift that I [...]
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I have survived Thanksgiving and Christmas and now just have New Years to go! I don’t know about you but I have definitely indulged in more sugar in all its insidious forms–cookies, eggnog, and champagne–than I needed and am feeling the effects. I also succumbed to a nasty cold several days ago, [...]
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Have you ever noticed that the better your life is going, the fewer food-related issues pop up? I have. When life is good, food becomes fuel that I need, not a crutch to support my destructive tendencies. When my work is going well, when I am involved in healthy relationships, when I [...]
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The awareness I have developed on my yoga mat has carried over into my relationship with food and eating. For this I am extremely grateful. Like so many others, I have struggled with eating, weight, dieting, exercising and body image. Caught in the vicious cycle of “good/bad” thinking, my attempts at deprivation [...]
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Have I mentioned that I love yoga? It’s the only form of exercise I have ever stuck with for any period of time. It’s been over ten years and I hope to keep practicing forever. I try to get to class at least once or twice a week. The rest of the [...]
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My Personal Experience On The Diet Roller Coaster
I love food. I come from a food loving family and as a result have struggled with my weight for as long as I can remember. My mom tells me I was a skinny little girl. But I have no recollection of this period of [...]
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I am not your typical yoga student. I can’t really say that I like “working out.” I have tried various forms of exercise through the years, not because I ever really loved it, but as a means of helping to control my weight. I usually felt better after exercise, be it jogging, [...]
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Two of my current interests are yoga & food and my commitment to trading in a life of ‘dieting’ for a life of healthy delicious eating and living. My passion for yoga spills over into a lot of my life. I credit it with helping heal my body and enrich all aspects of [...]
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Welcome to Simple Nourished Living
What are the ingredients for living a simple nourished life? I have been exploring variations on this theme for as long as I can remember and want to share what I have learned and continue to learn, as well as gain insight from you as you share your ideas and [...]
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