Congrats, you have successfully navigated the grocery store aisles efficiently and avoided these 4 Unhealthy Grocery Store Mistakes. You now have to put together dinner on the table quickly! Check out these 5 Fast and Healthy Dinner Ideas for some inspiration: 1. Lemon & Butter salmon, grilled asparagus, over a bed of greens. Preheat your oven […]
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Your grocery shopping trip is going well, your cart is filled with fresh veggies and fruits, you’ve navigated the aisles efficiently and you’ve followed our tips for Grocery Shopping In A Hurry. But more than likely you have fallen into one of these common unhealthy mistakes. Thanks to aggressive marketing and veiled information provided by
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4 Things You Must Do After Every Gym Workout You’ve put in the hard work already, you’ve sweated it out and got some strength training in, but you’re not quite done. Following these four things can help you recover more quickly from your workout so that you maximize your results and safely prepare your body
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Many yoga classes include some cat/cow motions, usually near the beginning of the sequence in order to warm up the spine. Have you ever wondered why we do them? Is it just so we can stretch out our backs? Is it good for breathing in and out? It all made a bit more sense to
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You’re relaxing at home on a rainy gray morning after a nice trail run, and you get that craving for a sweet, rich, comforting mug of hot chocolate. But what do you do if you don’t eat sugar? Make a cup of tea perhaps, maybe some roasted brown rice, peppermint, or chai flavored? That could
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October is almost here, bringing with it visions of fall colors, pumpkins, trick-or-treating, as well as the start of the months-long holiday party season! It’s difficult to maintain willpower in the face of all the sweet-treats and unhealthy comfort foods that we encounter on a weekly basis from October through the first week of January.
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Warrior 2 is an interesting pose that involves the action of external rotation of the rear hip, even though the foot is angled towards the body. It flows well with reverse warrior and side-angle pose, as the leg and hip position remain largely unchanged throughout those poses. The most important consideration when doing any of
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Once we’ve arrived in Downward Facing Dog, we can move right into the next pose, right? Possibly, depending on the instructor’s sequence. But when you consider how much time we spend either holding or flowing through downward dog, it’s a pretty important pose to focus on in preventing wrist and shoulder pain. There are plenty
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One of the best aspects of a vinyasa flow class is also, oftentimes the most problematic, in terms of joint health and risk of injury. It’s a magnificent experience to show up on your mat, tune-out, connect with your breath, enjoy the music, and surrender to the sweat. Yoga instructors typically don’t call out many
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I recently heard a comedian joking about his lack of experience with yoga. He said something along the lines of, “everyone else around me was warming up with handstands and intense stretches, and I was still trying to figure out which side of my yoga mat touched the floor last time!” That gave me a
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