5 EASY Ways to Warm Up Your Wellness Routine

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5 EASY Ways to Warm Up Your Wellness Routine

Brrr... I don’t know about where you are reading this, but for those of us on the East Coast it has been a very chilly winter. We have had a lot of snow and frigid days that have kept us bunkered in at home. Since December we gathered at home with friends and family, cooked a ton of meals together and tried many new recipes. We have also spent a lot of time laying on our kitchen floor as it is the warmest spot in the house, cuddling with our pup, and, I admit, discovered (several) TV series.

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Stretch Your Love Muscle!

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Stretch Your Love Muscle!

There is plenty of scientific research substantiating how love can benefit us physically, emotionally, and mentally, as well as socially!

When we feel more loving or grateful we actually release hormones that help us to relax as well as connect more deeply with others.

However, when most of us consider love – being in it, having it, experiencing it - we think of it as something that is dependent on our relationships and conditions with others. 

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The Heart Whisperer: Sweet Breath

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The Heart Whisperer: Sweet Breath

I've used variations of this practice for years and it is very effective for helping to create a tactile experience, a somatic experience, of what it feels like to sit with a soft, unguarded heart center.  It brings us back and forth between physically posturing ourselves so our chest oscillates between over closing and over opening. 

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Instant Gratification: Metta meditation magic

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Instant Gratification: Metta meditation magic

Science confirms what many of us already know: a regular practice of meditation can actually increase your brain’s capacity to exercise patience, acceptance, compassion and forgiveness. In fact, research from in a study from Yale, Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology shows that meditation helps to positively change areas of the brain that are important for sensory, cognitive and emotional processing.

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Four Ways to Perk Up and Start Fresh

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Four Ways to Perk Up and Start Fresh

Just like a whiff of sun tan lotion can instantly inspire feelings of relaxing on a beach, certain essential oils can instantly rejuvenate you. I love this mix: 

Mix 10 drops of lavender and 5 drops of grapefruit and 2 drops of eucalyptus (or peppermint) in an unscented base such as jojoba oil. Lavender is calming, grapefruit is a mood elevator and stimulates digestion, and eucalyptus is excellent for opening the respiratory system. Try a few drops on your temples before you go to sleep, use it in the bath, or try it at the office.

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Welcome Change & Learn to Trust the Flow

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Welcome Change & Learn to Trust the Flow

Change, self-initiated or not, moves us through a transition zone which creates a sense of groundlessness. The scary in-between state of letting to go of what we’ve always known and/or done to allow for something new (a new habit, pattern, way of thinking or acting) to emerge. It’s like being in flight between trapeze bars. It takes skill, dedication, and courage to relax and trust into this groundless state. 

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