As Nature Shifts
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Teacher Laura Adams loves to write, both prose and poetry. Read her wonderment about the transformations of autumn.
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The Importance of the Core, On and Off the Mat
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You’ve probably heard the terms core conditioning and training, but do you know which muscles make up the core? A strong core can help you move more efficiently and avoid injury. Use these yoga poses to strengthen your core in as little as 5-10 minutes a day!
Read MoreHealthy Snacking on the Go: Lori's Tips for Your Travel Adventures
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Whether you're driving kids to school or sports or heading to yoga class, one challenge we often face is eating healthy on the go. I’m sharing some tips on packing nutritious snacks that keep us (and our kids!) feeling great and energized throughout our journeys. Plus, I’ve got a super tasty recipe for Chocolate Cashew Bliss Balls…
Read MorePsoas Syndrome Causes Hip Pain and Tightness – Here's How
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Chronic overuse during exercise, or spending much of the day seated, can result in tight psoas, also known as hip-flexor muscles. If you’ve noticed that you have a tender loin, you’re in luck! There are movement modifications, stretches and exercises that you can use to get your groove back!
Read MoreMarcia's Musings: Is This How It Ends?
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Joy is often effervescent - like champagne or soap bubbles. Contentment is grounded, solid, steady. It is beyond loneliness and fear, beyond even old age…
Read MoreBeing Highly Sensitive: Challenge, Blessing, or Both?
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Have you ever felt good before you went to an event or gathering, but you left feeling bad or sad or just off for no apparent reason? Do you often know how people around you feel, even if they’re good at hiding it? If this sounds familiar, then you’re probably a person with high sensitivity, sometimes also called an empath.
Read MorePsyched for the Psychic Fair
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We’re all just walking each other home. I know several people with amazing gifts to share – those who make it their life’s work to walk others home. Come meet them at the psychic fair.
Read MoreEating Healthy on a Budget: Lori's Top Secrets
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Eating whole foods on a budget might seem like a tall order. Trust me, it’s doable, and it can even be fun!
Read MoreMarcia's Musings: A Love Affair
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The minute I walked through the glass double doors, I felt a current of connection flow through my body.
Read MoreMarcia's Musings: Revelations – Part One
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What happens if the ones you love don’t connect with self and with another as deeply as you do or as you hoped they would? How do you love the one(s) you’re with then?
Read MoreSoothing Summer Sips: Alcohol-Free Drinks to Wind Down on Warm Nights
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As the summer heat picks up, winding down in the evenings with a cool, refreshing drink really sets the mood, doesn't it?
Read MoreGrounding Ourselves: Breathing and the Vagus Nerve
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I love staying busy, yet it sometimes leaves me in a state of stress. Finding moments of calm and grounding can feel like a luxury. I've learned to access a powerful tool for self-regulation and grounding that we all possess: our breath...
Read MoreSummer's Alive
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Teacher Laura Adams loves to write, both prose and poetry. Here, she shares a poem for summer…
Read MoreMarcia's Musings: My Life in Segments
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I carefully peeled the orange, and as I placed the segments on a plate, a revelation hit me: “Ahh, this is how my life is - a whole lived in segments…”
Read MorePlantar Fasciitis: A Hidden Danger of the Onset of Summer Activity
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Ah, Minnesota in the springtime! The sunshine calls to us, and we don running shoes or hiking boots, bring out the bicycles and the frisbees, and generally start to spend more time out-of-doors…
Read MoreChair Yoga: Grounding Yourself in Eagle Pose (Garudasana)
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Practicing Garudasana (Eagle pose) in a chair gives your mind and body many of benefits without the intensity of the standing pose…
Read MoreThe Meanings of May
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The month of May brings to mind, for me, many wonderful things – May Day and Mother’s Day, planting seeds in freshly tilled dirt, the scent of lilacs blooming, the return of the hummingbirds to my feeders, and the absolute joy of our herd of Scottish Highland cattle when we send them out to graze on pastures of bright green grass for the first time after a winter of dry hay. All of these things speak to me of beginnings - full of hope, possibilities, and potential.
Read MoreMarcia's Musings: Bone-Deep Disappointment
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Lately, I’ve been fighting off feelings of disappointment. It’s the one emotion most difficult for me to process. How about you?
Read More“Wheeling” and Dealing with Our Precious Energy
/Chakras help illuminate profound truths about whether we are more than just a physical body…
Read More5 Self-Care Practices to Relieve Stress at Work
/Even if you love your job, work equals stress. The many causes of stress in the workplace are familiar…
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