If you’re feeling stressed by the current global crisis, you’re not alone. After all, our sense of normalcy has been upended almost overnight. Health worries, economic fears, “social distancing,” and uncertainty about the future have created in many of us a sense of deep unease. Add to that a 24/7 news cycle focused almost exclusively… Continue reading 5 Mindful Ways to Tame Your Anxiety in Stressful Times
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Stressed? Don’t Beat Yourself Up. Try These Tips Instead:
Are you feeling stressed? Here is a baker’s dozen of ways to dial down your anxieties and worries so you can start enjoying life again! Up your meditation practice: Try 10 minutes twice a day. Or 20 minutes twice a day if you can make time. Look for guided meditations onInsight Timeror the free Balanced Mind with Julie… Continue reading Stressed? Don’t Beat Yourself Up. Try These Tips Instead:
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
Five Ways A Healthy Gut Makes A Healthy Brain
The idiom “trust your gut” means relying on intuition, rather than thoughtful, deep analysis, to make a decision. But research shows there is actually a tangible connection between gut health and brain health, and that linkage can affect emotions and cognitive processing. Research conducted at the California Institute of Technology by Elaine Hsiao showed how… Continue reading Five Ways A Healthy Gut Makes A Healthy Brain
8 Tips to Destress Throughout the Week
Stress is an all too familiar topic of modern American life. No matter who you are, what you do or where you live, the fact is you’re going to experience stress. Although we know about the negative mental and physical health side effects of stress, many of us still push ourselves to the max. Our… Continue reading 8 Tips to Destress Throughout the Week
Energy Healing with the Help of Nature
People of different wisdom traditions have recognized that natural spaces can affect their own energy in particular ways. Are you sensitive enough to recognize the subtle changes in energy as you walk from one area to another, such as across a meadow or along a beach? Are you able to identify spots that have healing… Continue reading Energy Healing with the Help of Nature
How Nature Can Heal Us
Spending time in nature does more than make us happy: It has been proven to help protect against a startling range of diseases, including depression, diabetes, obesity, ADHD, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Now, a scientists may have discovered the reason why. After reviewing hundreds of studies examining nature’s effects on health, University of Illinois environment… Continue reading How Nature Can Heal Us
When The Bank Account Is Full But The Soul Is Lacking
It’s second nature for many people to toil endlessly to achieve what the world at large considers a successful life.Yet success often is often fleeting and sometimes requires us to make decisions that aren’t in our best interests, says Frank P. Daversa, author of the book “Spirituality in the 21st Century.” “How many times has… Continue reading When The Bank Account Is Full But The Soul Is Lacking
Nature, Art & Religion Boost Immune System
Taking in such spine-tingling wonders as the Grand Canyon, Sistine Chapel ceiling or Schubert’s “Ave Maria” may give a boost to the body’s defense system, according to research done at the University of California, Berkeley and published in January 2015 in the journal Emotion. A release from the university explains that the researchers have linked… Continue reading Nature, Art & Religion Boost Immune System
Nature Group Walks Improve Mental Health
Group nature walks are linked with significantly lower depression, less perceived stress, and enhanced mental health and well-being, according to a study conducted by the University of Michigan with partners from De Montfort University, James Hutton Institute, and Edge Hill University in the United Kingdom. The findings appear in September 2014 ina special issue of… Continue reading Nature Group Walks Improve Mental Health