“If you are depressed, you live in the past. If you are anxious, you live in the future. If you are peace, You live in the present.” Lao Tzu Recently I went to a yoga class that I thoroughly enjoyed. Before we started our asana practice, the teacher instructed us to think of a time …
Think all medications are good for your body? Unfortunately so many medication that we use on a daily basis aren’t good for us. Not only do they end up giving us horrible side effects, but they end up causing so many other problems! When I was in high school I had what s diagnosed as …
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Doyouyoga.com is one of my favorite sites to go to. This month one of their resident experts, Faith Hunter, has been giving a free 30 day meditation challenge. Everyday there is a meditation (approx. 10 minutes) that focuses on different aspects of our lives. Day 12’s meditation was called How To Think Positively. It’s a wonderful …
This post is the second part of Detoxing – Part 1: What You Put In Your Body. Did you know that your skin is the largest organ in your body? Whenever you put something on your skin it’s absorbed into your body. [su_quote]“Our skin, the largest eliminatory organ in the body and our first line …
So I’m 29, I live in my parents basement at the moment, I’m on disability . . . and I’m the happiest I’ve ever been? If you would have asked me 5 or 10 years ago, I’m prrrrreeettty sure I wouldn’t have told you that. In fact, I know exactly what I imagined. When I …
I’ve been on a anti-GMO kick lately… and for good reason! According to our government, there is nothing wrong with genetically modified foods, but there are SO many studies that show that’s ABSOLUTELY NOT the case at all. Here are 5 reasons why you shouldn’t eat GMOs (ESPECIALLY if you have an autoimmune or chronic …
This post is a follow up to this previous post Benefit of Grass Fed, Organic Meat? Part 1 So Why Does All Of That Matter? Many researchers now are verifying that a lot of diseases are caused by ‘leaky gut’. Leaky gut is a syndrome where damage to your intestinal wall creates gaps in the lining, allowing food …
A topic that always comes up in my house is grass fed, organic meat vs. conventional meat. I can say honestly that I used to not pay attention to the difference. It wasn’t until I started on my elimination diet and started reading more and more about grass fed meat that I really started to …
What do you get when you mix a bad digestive system, not eating anything for 2 1/2 days, taking a barium swallow test and having a colonoscopy? Disaster. Tuesday I had my barium swallow test. My system really wasn’t wanting food, so the only thing I ate Monday and Tuesday was some basamati rice and …
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