wellness

The state of being in great health, and continually striving to attain all of your goals.

Oh Stress, I love you!!
First things first… Disclaimer: If you are one of those brave people who have fought through the hard stressful times or perhaps are battling through it right now, you have all my respect and I do not mean to demean you in any manner.
By ankit pandey5 years ago in Longevity
5 Elements: Fire
“Sky above me. Earth below me. Fire within me”. I have always loved this quote, but have never admired it to the extent I do with the continuous knowledge I receive from this course. Fire is correlated with summer, a time I would typically spend on the beach drawing me closer to my happy place: the ocean. Summer is a time of joy; playful in the sun. Red is its color, making me think of something very interesting. At sixteen I moved out of my mothers house, into my uncles…after a year we moved into a new house where I was given the opportunity to make this new room mine. I had never really connected to the color red, but for some reason I felt the urge to color the walls a deep, passionate red. It created a blissful mood that I had never experienced before. Naturally I think of the crackling of a fire when it comes to sound, but I understand why the sound correlated is laughter. I connect it to when my partner makes me laugh…it is this bubbly, rosy cheeked, joyous laughter that I don’t get from anyone or anything else. He ignites the fire inside my laughter. Odor has been the more difficult for me to relate to. I know scorched is the obvious smell for fire, but I found it difficult to think of burning in relation to joy. Then I thought of the smell of fresh cut cedar burning in the fire pit…or the smell of matched blown out; both simple pleasures that ignite joy within me. This brings me right into fires emotion…joy, or the lack of joy. Looking at my current relationship we go through different phases of fire. There is that passionate, sensual fire that keeps us together. The fire that sparked when we first met and continues to grow, making us stronger. However, being a relationship of two years there are times I find fire in the sense of anger. It is still a form of passion, but it looks a lot different. There are times we both have a strong sense of self, we hold true to our individual passions that sometimes conflict with the others. Finding a balance of both is what makes our relationship healthy and able to continue to grow.
By Amanda 5 years ago in Longevity
Mindfulness of Body
Chögyam Trungpa defines mindfulness in the book, The Myth of Freedom as, “Mindfulness is the process of relating with individual situations directly, precisely, definitely. You communicate or connect with problematic situations or irritating situations in a simple way”. There are four fundamentals of mindfulness: mindfulness of body, mindfulness of life, mindfulness of mind, and mindfulness of effort. Over the past couple of weeks I have found myself truly reflecting upon the concept of mindfulness of body, seeing as the lecture given on it struck home pretty significantly. Through this reflective time I feel I have grown the most in the twenty years of my life. Finally being able to be genuinely aware of the real issue that has been feeding my brothers addiction for years has taken so much weight off of my shoulders.
By Amanda 5 years ago in Longevity
Being Natural and Healthy
Live your life with vigour and enthusiasm with the following healthy tips to change your lifestyle and replacing it with nerds of fitness in this busy life. TIPS: Do not eat microwaved food, if done avoid non-stick cookware and aluminium cookware. Drink half your body weight in ounces of water everyday. Drink between meals, and finish your fluids 2 hours before bed. Have a solid breakfast with plenty of protein and fat. Eat meals and snacks at regular times every day. Remember that sodas, granola bars, muffins, rice and soy milk, desserts and potatoes are extremely high in starch and sugars (and therefore carbohydrate calories). Artificial sweeteners are no good either… Walk at least 3 times a week for 20 to 30 minutes. Keep your heart rate to 55% - 75% of your maximum heart rate Sleep 7 to 9 hours in a pitch dark bedroom; kids too. Use herbs such as Passion Flower to help calm your brain and body. Whatever you cook, make more of it! Double up meats and veggies and freeze for later in the week. Change your hair and skin care products to eliminate Sodium Laurel Sulphate, Parabens, Wheat, and Fragrances. 1. Give lip service. Thirty minutes of making out can improve allergy symptoms. Research shows that kissing reduces the amount of chemicals your body releases in response to allergens. 2. D-stress. Getting plenty of calcium and vitamin D can decrease your risk of developing a stress fracture by 20 percent. Active women should strive for 1,000 IU of vitamin D and 2,000 milligrams of calcium daily to keep their bones strong, experts say. 3. Clean up your mouth. Two ounces of yogurt a day (the typical container holds six ounces) may protect you from gum disease, a recent study in the Journal of Period-ontology shows. The "good" bacteria in yogurt helps fight germs in your mouth. 4. Play red light, green light. For increasing your endurance, four to six 30-second bursts of all-out cardio are just as effective as up to an hour of training at a lower intensity. Short on time? Use intervals to get stronger more quickly.
By Aryan5 years ago in Longevity
A Leanfulness Way of Thinking
Introduction to Leanfulness As I journeyed through my various roles over 26 years as a project team leader, and during my doctoral studies in Organizational Psychology, I typically was drawn to concepts that were on the positive spectrum of psychology. I quickly fell in love with the field of positive psychology and began to implement many of the principles I was learning. These newly adopted principles empowered me to remain composured while working full time and full-time studies toward a PhD.
By Christopher Boasso5 years ago in Longevity
You Heard It Here First; 2021 Health and Wellness Trends
Fitness and Wellness In person wellness events and boutique fitness was slated to be hot, hot, hotter for 2020. And while 2020 has impacted us on an individual basis on every level we could imagine, if you’re a business owner, you know that to be true of your business as well.
By Bridgette Clare (she, her), RHN5 years ago in Longevity
The Importance of Balance
I suffered a stroke on June 19, 2020. It occurred in a part of my brain that controls balance and affected my ability to walk on my own. I’m finally at home now and continuing my recovery, but I’m still wobbly on my feet, so I’ll be using a walker for a while.
By Terry Mansfield5 years ago in Longevity
Guide to Health Supplements and Nutraceuticals
First, we will discuss the Health Supplements and Nutraceuticals: Nutraceuticals: Nutraceuticals is a far-reaching umbrella term that is used to portray anything got from food sources with extra clinical points of interest despite the fundamental medical advantage seen in substances. They can be viewed as vague natural treatments used to advance general prosperity, control indications, and forestall harmful cycles.
By Alvamina Life5 years ago in Longevity
Nutrition, Depression, Anxiety and other Mental Health Disorders
Our mental health plays a massive part in all our lives and as time goes on, we are learning more and more about what affects our mental health and how we can improve it. A major complication of not being in an optimal mental state is the risk of depression increasing which can lead to suicide; the cause of death for 788,000 in 2015 [6]. In addition to the talk therapies I mentioned in my previous post on PTSD, there are other, most likely more accessible, avenues to improving your mental health. It was postulated at the 2016 Nutrition Society Winter Meeting that food and nutrient-based approaches by being able to curtail the burden of neurological and mental disease [7]. Other studies have found micronutrient treatment to alleviate psychological systems like depression, anxiety, rage, irritability, and attention problems [8]. In this post, we will talk about how the nutrients in your diet can affect and improve your mental health.
By Miles Redway-Maiden5 years ago in Longevity
How Important Is Your Ear? Check Out These 5 Bad Ear Habits
Do you know how important your ear and hearing are? My guess is that you’ll agree they're important. But do you REALLY have an idea HOW important?
By Mary Adeola Scott5 years ago in Longevity
How changes in climate can affect Hair Loss
People assume that if everyone in their family faces the problem of hair loss then they won’t be facing the problem. But this is not fact as a various factors can adversely affect the health of hair. We will concentrate on the environmental factors that lead to hair loss. As we all know, hair is the most important sign of beauty and youthful appearance. But you start losing your hair in excess ways you may concern with the doctor.
By Panacea Global Hair Services5 years ago in Longevity
Simultaneously Here and Absent
I had an incredible conversation with a close friend last night about my neighborhood. I wouldn't necessarily call it a love/hate situation, but my relationship with my area is as complicated as it is complex.
By Karen Lichtman5 years ago in Longevity