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Yoga in the Office? What’s in it for me?

May 11th, 2011 · Common ailments, Health, Yoga

Discard daily office tension, stress and kinks in the body

What if you could inhale fresh energy and motivation and exhale stress and tension?  What if you could re-charge your afternoon with a yoga break instead of a coffee break?

Working in an office is stressful and often unhealthy for the body.  We slump in front of our desks for hours, eyes glued to the computer screen, immobile and stiff.  We deal with different and often difficult personalities, conflicting schedules, multi-tasking and more.  We become used to going in high-gear all the time…Even if you love your job, it can be a lot to deal with. You can’t continue like this forever without negative effects to your health. By the way, most sick days are a result of stress.

So turn off the auto-pilot, slow down for a few minutes and breathe. Ready for Yoga?

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Yoga in the Office – Melt Away Tension & Irritation

March 8th, 2011 · Happiness, Health, Yoga

Are you stuck in front of a computer all day, spending most of your day sitting in a chair, or running hectically from one meeting to the next?

It’s amazing the difference a few inconspicuous yoga poses will make in your day! And you don’t have to twist into a pretzel and have your colleagues give you strange looks – there a plenty of simple yet effective yoga moves you can do to ease tension, melt away stress and irritation.

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Headstands & Pretzels for Creatives

November 30th, 2010 · Common ailments, Creativity / Inspiration, Happiness, Health, Yoga

Have you ever heard that twisting up into a pretzel or standing on your head is great for inspiration and unleashing the river of creativity within?

Well, it’s true – though I suppose it’s not quite necessary (though a fun party trick) to contort your body like an 80-pound, zero-body-fat-contortionist to get the benefits.  Just a few yoga poses will do the trick.

Headstand anyone?

Turning upside down not only does wonders for (and really surprises) your circulatory system, but has a bunch of other super benefits:

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Natural and Effective Constipation Relief Strategies

October 27th, 2010 · Common ailments, Health, Herbs & Spices, Home Remedies

Constipation can make you feel like a grouchy, torn-from-sleep-bear in winter. Chronic constipation feels like someone’s prodding that bear with a pitchfork.

To add to the irritation and discomfort, constipation produces toxins that release into the bloodstream. Because of this, chronic constipation is dangerous – it is the cause of various diseases, such as appendicitis, arthritis, rheumatism, cataracts, high blood pressure, and cancer.

No one wants to run into a grouchy bear with high blood pressure. So take care of it before it becomes a problem.

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    Chop Wood, Carry Water in the Real World

    October 4th, 2010 · Happiness, Self development, Simplicity

    This is guest post by Joan Klostermann-Ketels of Being of Sound Spirit

    One of the great challenges to being out in nature – for me anyway – is to get in synch with it. To do that I must first shake my incessant need to DO. In the back of my mind and the pit of my stomach is a gnawing sense that I might be using this time in a more productive way. I should be balancing my checkbook, working on a sales proposal, calling somebody about a meeting or fixing the roof. Of course nothing could be farther from the truth.

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