At the end of every year, looking ahead to the shiny, sparkling gift of the year to come, we sit down to write goals. Though they’re most likely things we’ve written down many times before (exercise! eat healthier!). I’ll admit I’ve come across prior resolutions lists and realized they’re the same resolutions I still have (hopefully I’m not alone here), and…
It’s almost the end of 2020—a transformative, unexpected, challenging, and meaningful year. And throughout this past year, whatever our experience, I think we have all probably had to remind ourselves to take a deep breath. Before this year, I honestly didn’t give much thought to the way I breathe outside of yoga or meditation. It’s automatic – something we all do. But as…
Here we are, almost through this crazy year, embarking upon the cold season. And not just temperature cold, but cold colds, compounded this year by the ever-present Miss Rona, who unfortunately is impervious to the chilly temps. One thing we may not think enough about during this viral season is Vitamin D, which isn’t just the sunshine vitamin—Vitamin D is essential for our immune system…
There seems to be a consensus among many that Mother Earth is using 2020 to put us in a global time-out. To think about our actions and how we’ve been (mis)treating her. Between the quarantine and the smoke-laden air from the fires here in California, many of us haven’t been leaving our homes much at all lately. This has been mentally and…
I’m sure at this point all of us have heard of “intermittent fasting,” which is having a serious moment. And it deserves a moment, because the health benefits of fasting are incredible, and rooted in thousands of years of culture and experience. Up until the 1970s, which is about when this country’s obesity epidemic started (thank you fast food, frozen dinners, and packaged snacks), fasting was kind…
For most of us, when we think about “detoxing,” we think primarily about dietary cleanses or fasting. But detoxing is so much broader than what we temporarily choose to put in or keep out of our bodies. We should think about detoxing as a way of life instead of a periodic cleanse. So this involves making choices within our homes—the place we all (especially this year…