Get your “OM” on at home

The COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying lockdown measures have put enormous pressure on our physical and mental wellbeing.  For me, yoga is a powerful tool to deal with the lockdown’s uncertainty and isolation. Evrim and I try to show up on our yoga mats every day, and we even devoted one of our rooms to our yoga and meditation practices. This room is all about yoga, crystals, candles, plants, divine incense sticks […]

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What is wheatgrass?

Wheatgrass is a food made from the Triticum aestivum plant. It’s regarded as a super potent health food with amazing benefits. It’s usually consumed as a fresh juice, but it also comes in powdered form. Fresh wheatgrass juice is considered to be a living food. Health enthusiasts have long raved about the countless benefits of this plant, […]

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Start your mindfulness journey

Most of the time, our minds are busy — we’re thinking about the future, dwelling on the past, worrying, fretting or daydreaming but mindfulness brings us back to the present moment.  How can mindfulness change your brain? Participating in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction [MBSR] for 8 weeks is associated with increases in gray-matter density in areas […]

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Green smoothie every day

You might have heard about green smoothies, but have you ever tasted one? If not, you might want to reconsider. Here is a short list of why you will gladly add a green smoothie to your daily diet. Jill Fleming- registered dietitian at the Mayo Clinic Health Systems Center for Women’s Health in Onalaska, explains why we […]

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How stress affects hormones?

Stress inhibits reproductive hormones, we all know that, right? But the question is why? Under stress, the sympathetic nervous system sends messages to muscles, organs and glands that help the body to react. Whenever a stressful event occurs, our bodies undergo a series of involuntary hormonal and biochemical changes. This automatic stress response puts our […]

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