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Poses for Repose
Studies have shown that regular yoga practice moderates heart rate, encourages good circulation, calms the mind, lowers blood pressure, and helps the body-and mind-find peace and stillness.
Certain asanas (poses) have a cooling or calming effect on the body that help to slow metabolism and reduce hypertension. Postures requiring prolonged breathing patterns can actually lower the body's temperature. Passive poses (inverted ones, especially) help foster a state of relaxation, absolutely necessary for increased health and longevity.
Sitting Meditation
Sit quietly with your eyes closed. Tune into your breath, becoming aware of the steady flow through your nostrils.
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The Hard Truth About Soft Drinks
Is there an upside to soft drinks? The short answer is no. From empty calories to excess sugar to artificial sweeteners, these drinks are nutritional black holes. Even worse are energy drinks that contain extra caffeine and stimulants in the sugary mix.
A four-year study of 6,000 middle-aged men and women by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine, published in 2007, indicates even one daily soft drink may be hazardous to your health. People who drank one or more sodas daily were almost 50 percent more likely to have risk factors for metabolic syndrome.
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Living an Authentic Life
In a world where success is defined by money, and happiness is just a weight-loss plan away, many of us have lost sight of our most valuable asset: our true selves.
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The Perfect Cup
Now that coffee is officially on the antioxidant list, we may as well really up the ante and add another newcomer to the "health food" family-chocolate!
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Great Garlic!
Many of us have a love-hate relationship with garlic. It is divine when a hint, un soupon d'ail, transforms a bland dish into a heavenly one, but many people are put off by garlic breath and some stomach troubles when consuming the large amounts needed to reap the bulbs benefits.
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Corn Kernels of Truth
Dare to start a conversation about bean sprouts or broccoli at a party and watch those around you drift off toward the punchbowl.
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Going Carless
The love of my life is the 1969 Toyota Corolla that I bought in high school and have driven ever since.
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Cancer: 101 Solutions to a Preventable Epidemic
by Liz Armstrong, Guy Dauncey, and Anne WordsworthNew Society Publishers, 2007, 317 pages, $27.95ISBN: 9780865715424
Friends who found me reading Cancer over the past week were all equally shocked and vocal: "Why are you reading such a depressing book?
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Fuel for Thought
Global warming is my fault. Before you come after me with sharp, green fangs and cracked environmental knuckles, you might want to say the same thing to yourself.
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