1.Why do we roll to the right after savasana at the end of class and some times roll to the left ? Is there some significance to this? Traditionally in yoga you roll to the right during the day to honor the sun and roll to the left in the evening to honor the moon. 2. What is the right amount of time to wait after eating, before practicing yoga asana?...
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But the truth is, anyone at any age, at any level of professional success or education accomplishments, could find themselves there. From double board-certified physicians to CEOs to lawyers, people have found themselves trapped. And the shame is suffocating. Note: This is written from the context of a heterosexual relationship, where the man is an abuser, and the woman is the victim, for the ease of word flow. Importantly, women can absolutely be abusers, men can absolutely be victims, and all sorts of relationships can run the risk of being toxic....
Yet, although current USDA recommendations advise eating between 1 and 3 cups of vegetables each day, only 9%, or about one in 101 American adults get enough, according to the CDC. Eating vegetables during your morning meal also makes it more likely that you’ll make healthier choices2 throughout the rest of your day, according to findings from survey data published in Nutrients. If your only idea of breakfast vegetables are the home fries or hash browns served with your scrambled eggs, check out these 15 recipes that make it easy—and delicious—to eat more veggies for breakfast....
The Yoga Sutras of Pantanjali refer to the constantly changing states we experience in our human nature as, the gunas. There are three gunas: Rajas, which represents activity, Tamas, which represents inertia, and Sattva, representing equilibrium. By cultivating Sattvic qualities and practices, we stay close to our personal point of balance and harmony and are able to reflect our light into the world with ease. In a translation of the Bhagavad Gita, Paramahansa Yogananda refers to these qualities as “soul qualities,” something any yogi should be aspiring toward....
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And some skin care tips simply aren’t true. Ahead, find a few popular skin care myths and why you should think twice before believing them: “Gels or gel creams have a higher water content and are usually oil-free and are quickly absorbed into the skin,” board-certified dermatologist Ramya Garlapati, M.D., previously told mbg. On the flip side, richer creams generally come oil-based and will leave the skin feeling a bit greasy–which is why they’re ideal for drier skin instead....
That said, I’ll give you the good news. Herbs are powerful, multi-taskers. They work for you on many levels: herbs can help fight fatigue, treat overgrowth in your GI tract, boost your metabolism, and add flavor to your foods so that they are more interesting (and you won’t desire to eat as much in order to be satisfied). Firstly, with age your metabolic rate drops. This is just the truth of the matter....
While there’s nothing wrong with good ol’ fashioned comfort food now and again, some parents may wonder if the dairy-rich meals are wreaking havoc on their child’s health. Thankfully there are some telltale signs your kid may have a dairy sensitivity, and you can easily make the switch to dairy-free ingredients, if necessary. Food allergies1 are immune-mediated responses that can lead to hives, anaphylaxis, and swelling. Food sensitivities or intolerances2, on the other hand, are triggered by a response in the digestive system, not the immune system....
While all beings have masculine and feminine energy within them (these actually have nothing to with gender), fully activating your feminine energy means claiming new levels of power, pleasure, and presence. Here are five ways to tap into this wild energy right now: Don’t say “yes” when you really mean “no.” Often we suppress what we truly desire because we deem it silly, crazy, or impossible. We can never know what’s possible unless we hold the door open for our thoughts to pass through....
Why? You’re subconsciously hoping to get what you didn’t get as a child out of this new relationship in your adulthood. This deep-seated proclivity toward unavailable partners is embedded in your root chakra, which is the first chakra located at the base of your spine that’s associated with instinct, survival, grounding, family, and security. This happens because we are more comfortable with the pain that we know than the pain we don’t know....
To my surprise, visualization worked stunningly well. It seemed that as soon as I started practicing visualization for weight loss, a subtle shift happened inside of me. I just wasn’t as hungry. I started to crave healthier foods, and I started to become more active. I had more energy and less appetite. In just over two years I lost 220 pounds without forcibly restricting the quantity or quality of the foods I ate, and without forcing myself to exercise....
As a child, joy can seem limitless. But as we grow older, it’s easy to become jaded. Many of us lose the sense of wonder and awe we once had for the world—particularly the ordinary moments. We become entrenched in work, distracted by technology, and over time, may even lose a sense of self. Not only has it been shown to improve performance in daily tasks2, despite stress, but it may even lower the risk of burnout....
Emotions are subjectively experienced, and while they have similarities for most people regarding the psychological, physiological, and behavioral reactions that result from a specific emotion, they are also incredibly unique in how they are fully experienced and expressed by each individual. Fedrick says that it is a common misconception that emotions are the same as feelings or mood states. “Emotions are specifically defined by the combination of these three elements: a unique internal experience, which often leads to a physiological response, and then ultimately a behavioral reaction,” she explains....
Without further ado, here are the six most common sleeping positions and what they mean for our bodies and, potentially, minds. As Hardick tells mbg, there’s undoubtedly something universally comforting about holding yourself in a fetal position, though it will curve the spine and result in some hip flexion, like we see when we sit in a chair. Even babies who sleep like this, he notes, feel the inclination to stretch upon waking from this position....
I don’t have crazy hair or a white coat, but, like other biohackers, I do perform self-experiments in the name of optimizing my health — just not in the way you’d expect. Here are the six ways I naturally improved my period and changed my life: For example, xenoestrogens are a common, man-made EDC that bind to your body’s estrogen receptor sites, throwing off the fragile balance of estrogen and progesterone (female sex hormones)....
The key difference with honey skin is texture: “Glass skin and dumpling skin are reflective and multidimensional looks, whereas honey skin appears semi-glossy, plump, and poreless, like a baby’s skin,” Compton adds. Think of the supple texture of honey rather than the radiance of glass or the three-dimensional feel of a dumpling. Consider it another skin care metaphor to add to the roster—one that emphasizes the dewiness of a dollop of honey, not necessarily the golden color of the nectar....
Not only are back exercises important to keep your upper body strong, stable, and balanced—but they can also help prevent injury and posture issues in your future. Below, you’ll find some of our favorite at-home back exercises, demonstrated by body-neutral Pilates instructor Helen Phelan. It’s time to make moves toward better mobility, posture, and overall core strength.
See, when you finely grind and boil oats, you can extract colloidal material; this gel-like substance has a rather high lipid content (30%, to be exact). “These are the same moisture-trapping molecules that are plentiful in prepubescent skin,” says board-certified dermatologist Loretta Ciraldo M.D., FAAD. Read: It feeds your skin nutrients that your skin naturally has when it’s young and supple. While you can buy colloidal oatmeal in the stores, you can also use regular oatmeal and still get the benefits listed above....
