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      Diet, Magazine

      Great Grains

      Given the popularity of gluten-free and low-carb diets, you’d think grains were out to get you. Yet you probably won’t get a better combination of fiber, vitamins, minerals, and complex carbohydrates than what’s found in whole grains. According to a recent Harvard study, people who eat at least three servings ...
      Magazine, Meditation

      Meditation, your best investment

      It is said that all stress arises from within, and all disease originates from a state of inner disharmony. Meditation, a scientific technique that enables you to take control of your own mind, releases stress and produces deep rest— thereby activating the body’s own healing forces and significantly improving our ...
      Magazine, Meditation

      Learn to listen to your emotions

      Meditate on your feelings to get calm, grounded, and healthy. Our emotions can hold us hostage when their stormy winds of intensity and disharmony blow through the body. For example, when you’re angry, your belly can tighten, your heart might pound, and agitating thoughts can plague you for minutes, hours, or ...
      Magazine, Yogapedia

      Meaningful Mudras

      Mudras are used in yoga and meditation to help you seal your energy and set an intention—two aspects of your practice that can be especially helpful during the hectic holiday season. Here, Coral Brown, a licensed mentalhealth counselor and senior Prana Vinyasa Flow teacher, shares four great mudras for this time ...
      Magazine, Yogapedia

      My neck is constantly tight. How can yoga help?

      Find balance to ease neck pain Virabhadrasana II (Warrior Pose II) Stand with your feet 3–4 feet apart, the back foot turned out 45–90 degrees; find heel-to-arch alignment between your front and back foot. Raise your arms overhead as you bend the front leg to a 90-degree angle. Your hips will find ...
      Magazine, Yogapedia

      Take it Slow

      If ever there was a time to slow down your pace of life a notch or two, as well as your yoga flow so you could experience more calm, it's now. A lot has happened this year with Covid-19 . So now is the perfect time to reflect and find ...
      Hood Talk, Magazine

      Is it safe to practice yoga during periods?

      There are no hard-and-fast rules—better to discover for yourself what best serves you. If you do choose to do yoga, skip inversions. During your cycle, your body’s energy is naturally moving downward, and inversions reverse that movement. There is a quietness in our bodies during the menstrual cycle; forward bends, ...
      Hood Talk, Magazine

      Book Nook: Ravenous

      For mindful eaters, here’s a book worth picking up. In Ravenous: A Food Lover’s Journey from Obsession to Freedom, long-time yoga practitioner Dayna Macy travels across the United States, meeting farmers, food artisans, a Zen Chef, renowned yoga teachers, a forager, a chocolatier and others, to understand where her meals ...
      Inspiring Stories, Magazine

      And Now, Yoga

      Patanjali defined yoga as Chitta Vritti Nirodha, which literally means that if you still the modifications and activity of the mind, you are in yoga. Everything has become one in your consciousness. By Sadhguru, Isha Foundation We may be pursuing many things in our lives and going through processes that we call ...