Fresh Start Effect: How Events Trigger Our Aspirations
What is the fresh start effect? How does it influence the habit of forming New Year's resolutions? Does it help achieve goals?
Backbends: Cues, Anatomy, and Visualizations
Useful verbal cues when learning about backbends. This applies to teachers leading a yoga class or for your own personal practice.
Healthy Eating Reduces Symptoms of Depression
Researchers find a causal relationship between a healthful diet and depression. What exactly does healthful eating mean?
More Toys, More Plastics this Season: Can We Find Balance Between Clean Living and Toy Gifting?
Experts say that too many toys hinders development and 90% are made of plastic. Can we balance gifting kids with clean and healthy living?
Whole Wheat Flatbread Recipe: Leavened Chapati or Lavash Bread
Lavash or leavened flat bread or chapati. This recipe allows you to make the bread ahead of time and store.
Are the Kids Alright? The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory Answers the Question on Youth Mental Health In a New Report
How is the state of youth mental health pre-pandemic and after? What can we all do to nurture youth mental health?
Depression and Anti-Depressants: A Talk About the Choice to Take Them or Not
A conversation about dealing with depression and anti-depressants with a family member. A talk I wish I had sooner.
Yellow Split Pea Soup or Tur/Toor Dal Fy: Instant Pot
Eat more lentils. If there's one thing different types of diets can agree on, that's it. Try this Indian dish. It's easy to make and healthy.
Padmasana or Lotus Pose: Meaning and Logic of This Meditation Pose
Padmasana is associated with meditation. Why is this pose helpful for meditation and why is it called lotus pose?
Yoga Class Theme: Slow and Calm for Power Yoga
Incorporating slow movements in a power yoga class can be challenging. Here are ways to build heat, get a workout, while calming the mind.
On Starting a Handstand Journey: 12 Lessons Learned
It's been 3 years of learning how to balance on my hands. Here are the lessons learned from the practice and ways to stay committed.
Women on Health Magazine Covers and Their Net Worth
We analyzed the net worth of people on the cover of popular health and wellness magazines between 2019 to 2021.
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: Book Reflection
Mark Manson offers the P90X for living a leaner and meaningful life. There are no shortcuts, do the work, face the truth, and feel good.
Health Magazine Cover Starts a Debate: Who Should or Should Not Be on the Cover?
Why a health magazine garnered criticism over its magazine health cover. On wellness journeys and keeping an open mind.
5 Unexpected Ways Yoga Improves Our Relationship with Body Weight
In my 20 years of practice, I learned that yoga helps with weight loss because you stop thinking about it.
Homemade Almond Butter: Oh So Easy
Making nut butters at home is easy. You will need a food processor. You can easily customize by adding salt, sweetener, and cinnamon.
How Accepting Death Helps Us Live a More Meaningful Life: Nine Perfect Strangers, Buddhism, and Tuesdays with Morrie
How a hit fictional show, ancient philosophy, and a contemporary non-fiction teaches us about dying and living.
Fast Food Contains Plastics: A Study Measures Which Food Contains the Highest Levels and Why Contamination Occurs
A study measures plasticizers in fast-food. Their findings show which food contains the most phthalates and replacement plasticizers.
Exercise Prevents Cancer: What We Need to Know
Certain cancers can be prevented with regular exercise. The study breaks down the findings.