Category: Mind & Body Wellness

From meditiation to exercise, mind and body wellness is something that you should take into consideration in order to live a healthier lifestyle.

How to Become Resilient, Not Bitter, When Life Is Challenging

Over the past five years or so, words like “grit” and “resilience” have become trendy buzzwords that aim to provide a map for how to be successful, grow, and change for the better. The thinking goes: if you push out negative thoughts and keep your chin up, chipping away at whatever is difficult for you,… Continue reading How to Become Resilient, Not Bitter, When Life Is Challenging

Hypnosis for Health

Have you seen someone get hypnotized? They may have been put in a trance and told to do silly things. But hypnosis can be used for more than just show. It’s also being studied to treat certain health conditions. Medical hypnosis aims to improve health and wellness. It can help relax and focus your mind—and… Continue reading Hypnosis for Health

10 Ways to End Bad Habits During Times of Stress

Although some degree of stress in our lives is normal and it challenges us to do more to reach our goals, we may develop negative behaviors as a way to cope, such as consuming too much caffeine, overeating, smoking, drinking alcohol to excess, or becoming shopaholics. More than willpower is required to change negative habits. … Continue reading 10 Ways to End Bad Habits During Times of Stress

Make 2019 The Year of Your Healthy Brain

Before 2018 is firmly in the rearview mirror, most people will participate in the honored tradition of making their New Year’s resolutions. There are many resolutions that may be spoken but not kept. However, there is one that is well worth the effort: improving your brain health. Here’s how to do it this year: Make… Continue reading Make 2019 The Year of Your Healthy Brain

Habit Hacks for A Healthy 2019

I can’t believe 2019 is here already.  The beginning of a year is always such a great time to reassess our lives and what’s important to us. Usually it’s around this time that we realize we should be spending more of our precious hours with family and friends and taking care of our health. This… Continue reading Habit Hacks for A Healthy 2019

Trade in Your Meds for Mountains with Forest Bathing

Over 4.5 billion prescriptions are written in the US every year, a staggering number that’s been climbing for over a decade. While many of these medications save lives, they also come with a host of less desirable consequences: sky-high price tags, risk of addiction, and uncomfortable side effects. In hopes of protecting their patients from… Continue reading Trade in Your Meds for Mountains with Forest Bathing

A Tweet Better than Twitter: Birdsong Therapy

With a new political firestorm breaking on Twitter each day, it can be hard to remember that a “tweet” isn’t just a 280-character quip that instantly reaches millions of followers. Yes, long before a tweet was a cringe-worthy echo from our nation’s capital, it was simply a sound that a bird made, a note in… Continue reading A Tweet Better than Twitter: Birdsong Therapy

Treating Illness at its Root: The Healing Power of Earthing

The simple fix behind a cure for fatigue, insomnia, and more.  If you dig back far, far into your brain—a la elementary school and the awkward joys of middle school—you might remember the first time you learned that everything is made of something called matter. And within this matter are tiny, swirling, electrically-charged particles called… Continue reading Treating Illness at its Root: The Healing Power of Earthing

More Mindfulness = Less Pain?

People who are naturally more mindful report less pain and show lower activation of a specific region of the brain in response to an unpleasant heat stimulus, according to a new study supported by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH). The study, conducted by researchers from Wake Forest University and collaborating institutions,… Continue reading More Mindfulness = Less Pain?

The Health Magic of Thermal & Mineral Baths

Nestled in the snowy Jemez mountains of Northern New Mexico, miles and miles from the nearest paved road, an unlikely crowd gathers…in bathing suits. The hikers, nature lovers, and health enthusiasts have come from far and wide to experience a few of the many natural hot springs scattered across the American West. By soaking in… Continue reading The Health Magic of Thermal & Mineral Baths

Is Nature Deficit Disorder iGen’s Next Epidemic?

Nature Deficit Disorder – the subtle condition you may not have heard about, with serious side effects affecting everyone from toddlers to top level executives – may be more prevalent than ADHD. An estimated six million American children have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)—and about 60% of those cases will carry on into adulthood. But… Continue reading Is Nature Deficit Disorder iGen’s Next Epidemic?

Community Gardens are Growing Revolutions

Almost everything starts as a seed. You started as a seed, your pets, the tree outside your window, the ideas that led to your iPhone, your tablet, and laptop started as seeds. As society races towards a high-tech future, shooting for the moon (and Mars), we’re learning that, despite our progress, there is much we… Continue reading Community Gardens are Growing Revolutions

Five Tips for Body Trust, Connection and Acceptance

Body Trust involves developing a deep connection with your body so that you can make choices around food, exercise, sleep, and other practices that resonate with who you are. Body acceptance encourages care for your body and being. How do you get there if you are feeling disconnected and not so cared for in your… Continue reading Five Tips for Body Trust, Connection and Acceptance

The Four Biggest Meditation Myths

In the midst of our busy lives, daily meditation can be a powerful tool, by helping relax body and mind, while ultimately making your day more focused and productive. But there are many misapprehensions surrounding meditation: Often people don’t know how to approach it, feel too intimidated to try it or believe they couldn’t possibly… Continue reading The Four Biggest Meditation Myths

What Happy Looks Like in 2018

January is the saddest month of the year, and that’s not just an old wives’ tale. Despite the promise of a new year, records show that symptoms of depression and related mental illnesses like seasonal affective disorder spike during the month much in thanks to short days, cold temps, and holiday hangovers. But January isn’t… Continue reading What Happy Looks Like in 2018

Elderly Yoga Practitioners May Be Protected against Cognitive Decline

Yoga may have another benefit besides fitness and stress reduction: New research says that it could be a way to protect against cognitive decline in old age. That conclusion comes from Brazilian scientists who have imaged the brains of elderly, long-term female yoga practitioners. Their conclusion: The practitioners have greater cortical thickness in brain areas… Continue reading Elderly Yoga Practitioners May Be Protected against Cognitive Decline

Yoga Science Teaches Us How to Transform Energy

You learned in grade school science class that energy can appear in either the potential or kinetic form. The electricity in the wiring of your home is available for any use you choose. When you turn a light switch to the “on” position, energy appears in the form of light. This is the kinetic state… Continue reading Yoga Science Teaches Us How to Transform Energy