Contrary to popular belief, meditation doesn’t have to happen alone in a room, in full lotus, body silent and still.
No, in fact sometimes the most satisfying meditations happen on your feet, outdoors and covering ground. Certainly, by now, we are all aware of the benefits of walking. It has been the foundation to many a [...]
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Tagged breath, exercise, fit, fitness, health, healthy, meditate, Meditation, meditation while walking, meditative, mental health, peaceful, relaxation, Spirit, tranquility, walking, walking meditation, weight loss, yoga
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Tonight, as I was having a conversation with husband, I noticed something dripping from his nose. “Jeez Louise, you’ve got a big greenie hangin’, go blow you’re nose, man! You’ve got something dripping from your nose….” I mentioned quietly, indicating subtlely towards his probiscus.
Rather than reach frantically for the trusty roll of TP he [...]
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Tagged antibiotics, benefits of honey, home remedies, home remedy, honey, honey and superbugs, honey fights infection, honey for cold sores, honey for infection, honey for thrush, honey more effective than antibiotic
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Another item on my wish list from the wondrous annals of Etsy. Candyglass offers a lovely selection… and a buy 3 get one FREE deal to boot! Three great gifts and you get to keep the bonus for yourself… or myself, whatever the case may be….
These tiles, several zen/yoga/meditation themed, are made of clear glass [...]
I don’t want to characterize myself as a fair-weather yogini… or, to be more precise, a fair-sinus yogini… but in the spirit of full disclosure, I do believe I am.
The first signs of a cold are one thing. I work through it, snuffling and snorting a little, until I get back my breath. Several minutes [...]
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Tagged breath, calm, common cold, congestion, exercise, fit, flow, flu, health, healthy, relaxation, sickness, sinus congestion, sinuses, ujaii, ujaii breath, vinyasa, yoga, yoga and the common cold
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From the wonderful world of Etsy and TheSpinningLotus…
The Tree of Life is an important symbol in nearly every culture. With its branches reaching into the sky, and roots deep in the earth, it dwells in three worlds- a link between heaven, the earth, and the underworld, uniting above and below.
It is both a feminine [...]
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Tagged etsy, inspirational, jewellery, life, pendant, Practice, silver, spinning lotus, Spirit, tree, tree of life, yoga
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I think by now everyone is familiar with Oprah’s revelatory January ‘09 issue where she essentially came out of the closet about “falling off the wagon”. While I, along with millions of others, have followed her weight loss battles over the past two decades, I found this admission, accomampanied by the before and after picture [...]
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Posted in Eating, Good Intentions, Practice, weight loss
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Tagged diet, fitness, healthy eating, lose weight with yoga, meditation for weight loss, oprah, Practice, running, walking, weight, weightloss, yoga, yoga for weight loss
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The Gap. It’s not just at the mall… no, it’s also the place that is the silence between your thoughts… a place few, if any, of us even know exists, let alone visit.
But it doesn’t have to be that way.
Meditation can be the path that allows us a way in which to access this space. [...]
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Tagged Add new tag, awareness, bliss, contentment, dr. wayne dyer, gap, healing, joy, meditate, Meditation, monkey mind, peace, quiet, silence, space, Spirit, surrender, the gap, tranquil, wayne dyer
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Manifesting goodness, positivity and empowerment can be difficult for adults these days… let alone the children in our lives who experience our stress and anxiety on an entirely different level.
These wonderful Manifest Your Magnificence Cards from Blue Skies Yoga & EcoStore may be just the thing to introduce and reinforce important messages as well [...]
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Posted in Kids, Meditation, Products, Spirit, reading
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Tagged affirmations, affirmations for children, blue skies yoga, card games, cards, children, empowerment, Kids, kids games, positive thinking, power of positive thinking, self-esteem, the secret
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OMG! I so looooovvvvve these… and particularly the waistband with the silkscreen print. Without a doubt, aptly named… Beyond Yoga Pants!
Leave it to the talent over at Etsy to bring us the so very unusual and wonderfully cool!
These pants fit to flatter, hugging you in all the right spots.
Beyond yoga pants are designed to be [...]
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Tagged athletic wear, clothing, etsy, handmade, practical, sexy, style, stylish, yoga, yoga pants
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