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By: Jasmine Monroe
How are our kids spending their days? Soccer practice, violin lessons, SAT tutoring—not to mention school and homework. Plus, they're somehow finding nine hours a day to tap away on their devices.
By Alexa Tucker
These restorative yoga poses will help prepare you for the best sleep ever. Keeping your eyes open at 4:45 P.M. takes monumental effort some days. And, despite trying to hit the sheets earlier, it always seems like a second wind rolls around at 10 P.M. threatening those well-intentioned plans to get eight whole hours of sleep.
Anyone looking for yoga experiences that are deeply relaxing and tension releasing, by any chance? Jillian has been interviewed at length in these pages. As one of her students over the years (full disclosure!) I can attest that she knows her stuff; her knowledge and professionalism permeate the teachings, and she is always creatively articulate.
By Jillian Pransky
There are many apps, classes and books to guide children in meditation, but it is easy (and free) to start at home. You don’t need props like chimes or incense. The more meditation becomes integrated into daily living, the more successful it will be. Here are some exercises to try. Read More...
By Jillian Pransky
For many, the drop of the ball has long been an alarm bell to “fix” what we don’t like about ourselves so we will feel better. We resolve to be thinner, healthier, wealthier, more ambitious, more confident, etc. However, our urge to “change” ourselves, or our conditions, is often driven by a deeper unconscious desire to avoid, cover up, or numb out what we are really feeling. For instance, let me tell you a little bit about my annual urge to cut bangs.
40 million American adults are affected by an anxiety disorder, but most of us are so busy we inevitably drop any self-care routine we’re already forced to squeeze in, leaving even the best of us exhausted. Financial pressure, an overscheduled calendar, and exceedingly expectations from your office, family, and friends all need to be offset with something healthier than post-work cocktails.
Doing yoga regularly not only keeps you calm, but it may also help you recover faster following a stressful situation, according to a new study published in BMC Complementary & Alternative Medicine. Researchers found that those who practiced yoga for 90 minutes or more a day were more resilient to stress than those who did yoga infrequently or not at all.
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We've all been there. Despite that green smoothie you managed to get down this morning, it takes just one snarky e-mail/bad customer service experience/inconsiderate neighbor for you to end up knuckle deep in a jar of chunky peanut butter. The good news: Bingeing doesn't have to be your go-to coping method. Here are nine ways to gain control of your emotional eating for good.
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We've all been there. Despite that green smoothie you managed to get down this morning, it takes just one snarky email/very unfriendly customer service run-in/inconsiderate neighbor to park in your spot and—the next thing you know—you're knuckle deep in a jar of chunky peanut butter and you don't know what happened to that block of sharp cheddar. The good news: bingeing doesn't have to be your go-to coping method. Here are 11 ways to gain control of your emotional eating for good.
By Jillian Pransky
If you are human, like me, then you probably have some people in your life that the mere thought of them can instantaneously agitate you. Maybe make you feel angry or hurt. And you know that if only they would change, then you could finally have a more loving relationship with them. If only they would change.
