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    How to Encourage Healthy Habits After the Holidays

    February 1, 2019 - By 

    This shop has been compensated by Chobani. All opinions are mine alone. #GimmiesFun We are all guilty of eating less than healthy around the holidays. And the truth is our unhealthy eating habits rub off on our kids. And let’s not even get into the things consumed while we are making those delicious treats. Now that the holidays are behind us, it’s time to get ourselves back on track. And this needs to be a family affair. You need to get your kids back to eating healthy as well. So I’m going to give you some tips on how to encourage…

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    The Start of My Yoga Teacher Journey

    January 28, 2019 - By 

    I just had a phenomenal opportunity to go through a 9 day yoga teacher training with some amazing spiritual people. I spent 9 days in Greensboro, NC getting in depth lessons on asanas, anatomy and physiology and spiritual development. This yoga teacher training was intense to say the least. I’m happy to announce that I survived and am now a RYT200 certified yoga teacher. This training was a truly life changing experience for me. I went into the training expecting to learn how to teach some asanas and the benefits and precautions of the asanas. I came out of the…

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    Understanding the Importance of Gut Health

    December 5, 2018 - By 

    Understanding the Importance of Gut Health   In your quest to feel your absolute best, you’ve got to do more than just get in plenty of exercise and eat lots of fruits and veggies (although all that is important). Educating yourself on the importance of gastrointestinal health can go a long way in helping you understand how much more you can do for the improvement of your mental health and immune system.   The Body’s Second Brain   Maybe you’ve completely changed how you eat and exercise but still feel something is missing. That something could be the fact that…

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    Why I Stopped Posting Before and After Photos

    November 27, 2018 - By 

    I’m sure you have noticed that a big part of fitness journeys online revolve around the classic before and after photos. You see them time and time again in your newsfeeds. A less than confident before picture right next to a confident and beaming after picture. Now don’t get me wrong. I applaud the efforts of anyone who is on a journey to better themselves. But I’ve come to realize that the before and after pictures are no longer for me and here is why. I’ve gone round and round the cycle of before and after photos. Take the before…

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    Yama and Niyama: A Simple Explanation

    November 25, 2018 - By 

    If you have been to yoga classes on a regular basis, you may have heard the terms yama and niyama come up. Yama and niyama are the ethical guidelines for yogis. Think of them as the 10 commandments for yogis. What are yama and niyama and where did they come from? The yamas and niyamas are the first two limbs of the eight limbs of yoga. The earliest mention of Yamas was found in the Rigveda and Patanjali lists the Yamas and Niyamas in the Yoga Sutras. The yamas refer to self regulating behaviors involving our interactions with other people…