Have you ever thought about why you eat? Of course you need food to survive, that’s a given. But food can be so much more than that. And if you have any addictive tendencies (and who doesn’t?), food can be a problem. Knowing why you eat helps you control your behavior. So let’s look at
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I have always had a problematic relationship with food. I know the causes of this are multi-tiered, but in the end, it comes down to the problematic relationship I had with myself. If you grew up in the 70s and 80s and were female, you were fed constant messages that you should be thinner, smaller,
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The body speaks to you all day long, are you listening? What does it mean to “listen” to your body? Your mouth might speak words to communicate to other humans, but the body speaks to us in the language of sensation. Your body tells you: Overriding sensation But how often do you pay attention to
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Savasana (Corpse pose) is the last pose of most yoga practices. This pose creates stillness which allows you to integrate and absorb the wisdom of your yoga practice. Even though the body is at rest, it can be the most challenging pose in the entire yoga practice. Savasana is the practice of Concentration (Dharana), or
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And it doesn’t involve becoming a pretzel… 50 is the age when your body begins to rebel (if it hasn’t already). Suddenly you have aches and pains that you never had before. You might be having trouble sleeping, and your anxiety is suddenly off the charts. WTAF is happening? As you age, your ability to
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As a 52 year old woman, I have had a lifelong struggle to love and accept my body. As a child, my weight fluctuated through growth spurts, as everyone’s does. One summer at camp when I was about 7 or 8, a counselor frequently poked my belly and call me the Pillsbury Dough Girl. She
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Hi, I’m Janine, I’m a recovering perfectionist. Hi Janine! About 12 years ago, I finally set down what Brene Brown describes as 20 ton armor: Perfectionism. At age 40, I finally realized that my Dad would still love me, even if I wasn’t perfect, and that I was loveable generally speaking. The belief that I
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I have been practicing Yoga and Meditation since 1995. Over the years many people have told me that they can’t meditate because they can’t quiet their mind. I will share a little secret with you: the Brain almost never shuts up. It doesn’t matter how much yoga or meditation you practice, there will always be
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I was not always as even keel as I am now. In my 20s, I scheduled every moment of my day. I had everything timed so that I would go from one thing to the next without time in between. If the train was late or someone needed to talk, my whole day was thrown
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I have been journaling since age 10 after reading the Diary of Anne Frank. I have many journals, filled with my thoughts and “adventures,” dating back to 1982. Back then I would write about what happened each day, more like a log of events. In my teen years it was about the boys that I
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