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Free Guided Yoga Nidra Meditation

Yoga nidra (usually translated “yogic sleep”), is a guided practice that helps you contact a deep state of awareness that exists between a waking state of mind, and a sleeping state. It’s a powerful meditation practice that creates a deep state of relaxation and rest. Yoga nidra helps the mind ...

Self Practice Guidelines

Sustained self practice can give you a home base to return to when life is challenging. As the inevitable complexity of life draws you away from your center, taking time every day to tune in and grow a sense of intimacy with your inner experience can help keep you integrated ...

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7 ways to be a no sugar ninja

It’s that time of year again! As we wind down from the holiday season, many of us begin to set those New Year’s resolutions. During this time of year (especially after a season full of sweet treats), we can look at our lives and habits and decide if we may ...

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Top 5 Healthy Travel Hacks

I travel a lot and through my years of travel I’ve found there are a few no-fail ways to encourage a healthy and happy trip. It really is the small simple changes we make that can have a huge impact on our overall wellbeing. I’m currently in South Africa preparing ...

Gluten Free Pancakes

Gluten Free Pancake Recipe These simple gluten free pancakes are made with oat flour and are delicious! Ingredients 1 1/2 cups rolled oats (ground into fine powder in a coffee grinder) 1 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/8 tsp. cinnamon 1 1/4 cup almond or rice milk 1 ...

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Quick Hummus Recipe

Quick Healthy Hummus Recipe This hummus recipe is a quick recipe you can whip up in no time. Ingredients/Directions 2 cans of chickpeas/garbanzo beans (or about 2 cups cooked) 1/2 cup tahini 3 cloves of crushed garlic Juice from 2 squeezed lemons 1/4 cup olive oil cumin and sea salt ...

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Start Using these 5 Essential Oils Now

“People could close their eyes to greatness, to horrors, to beauty, and their ears to melodies or deceiving words. But they could not escape scent. For scent was a brother of breath. Together with breath it entered human beings, who could not defend themselves against it, not if they wanted ...

What is Aromatherapy?

Aromatherapy is the use of the “essential” or “aromatic” oils of a plant for physical, psychological, and aesthetic purposes. Aromatherapy is one method used within the larger umbrella of phytotherapy or “herbology” (plant therapy). The value of aromatherapy is often thought to be due to fragrance, but in actuality the ...

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3 Mindsets that Limit our Potential

How to Change your Mindset Relationship is a rich ground for personal growth and insight. Intimate relationships, friendships, and business partnerships all provide a potential opportunity to explore your mindset and see how it’s influencing you. As you open to this mindful exploration, it’s very common to encounter habitual ways ...

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The Teachers Path: Yoga, Western Culture and the Pursuit of Integrity

The current expression of yoga and its teachings is a veritable minefield of ethical quandaries. The cultural milieu that modern yoga exists within offers complex and unresolved issues for any teacher or practitioner who wishes to deepen their intimacy and integrity within the practice. Developing a sacred environment in which ...