Does your neck freeze when you look up at the clock and see there are five or six hours left in your workday? Before you reach for a painkiller, there is something you should try. Yoga. Not your mother's kind, where you stand on your head, but a more gentle and mindful approach.
There are many misconceptions surrounding meditation: that it takes too much time or that it's for hippies, gurus or people who listen to Enya. Some people may even believe that their mind is too busy to be calmed by meditation, or on the other end of the spectrum you may worry meditating will take away that edge that gets you ahead and keeps you sharp.
We tend to think of personality traits as "good" and "bad". Being kind and humble is good, for example, but being lazy and pessimistic are "bad". Things aren't always so cut and dry, though. Here are 10 traits that people often see as negative, but can actually be good.
Throughout history, people have turned to herbs as a natural source of remedies for their ailments. Today many pharmaceuticals include compounds derived from plants, or synthesized based on plant compounds. Many people have also returned to herbal remedies in preference to cocktails of modern pharmaceuticals.
I have a confession. I'm an addict. It's almost a lifelong thing, really. Since I was a kid. I should be embarrassed... but I'm not. I should get help... but I won't. I'll just go back to the bookstore. Back to the library. Back to my endless queue of ebooks.
HJ: The beautiful thing about medicinal plants (vs drugs) is that they work to heal on every level - mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually. This brings about complete, holistic healing rather than merely elimination of symptoms. And generally speaking, herbs are safe and harmless.
HJ: How much introduction does an article like this really need? These are quite simply some of the healthiest, most healing and nutrient dense foods on the planet. Eat more of them. Period. 20 Healthiest Foods on Earth - Here are 20 foods that offer the most benefits pound for pound than any other foods on the planet.
HJ: Did you know that the air quality indoors, even in a new and clean building, is considered dangerously polluted by widely accepted air quality standards?
The immune boosting properties of coconut oil make it the perfect oil to use in a million ways. Here are 50 of our favorites.
This is one of my favorite products from Vaseline, their Vitalizing Gel Body Oil. I keep it by the tub, and use it on my wet body before I dry off. It leaves you totally smooth and very nice and moisturized without being greasy (after a very few minutes anyway).