(Source: https://unsplash.com/photos/woman-in-black-tank-top-sitting-on-brown-wooden-dock-during-daytime-xce530fBHrk) Amidst the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, finding peace and calm can often feel like a luxury. However, by dedicating space within our homes for meditation, we can create a sanctuary that offers solace and tranquility. This sanctuary, optimized with … [Read more...]
In What Ways Can Mediation Impact Your Life?
https://unsplash.com/photos/VsI_74zRzAo Life can feel a little bit chaotic at times - finding a sense of peace and harmony can seem like an elusive goal. However, meditation offers a path to achieve inner calm and profound transformation. In this blog post, we will explore the various ways in which meditation can positively impact your life, from enhancing mental and … [Read more...]
Shankh Mudra: The Doorway to Good Health
In Indian culture and mythology, the Shankh is an auspicious sign and object. The blowing of Shankh denotes a religious event or the opening of a door. The Shankh mudra is a similar gateway to good health. The goal of this posture is to help balance your prana (life energy). This posture helps to cleanse your chakras, open up blockages and enhance self-awareness. Counting … [Read more...]
Choose the Right Music for Practicing Yoga. 10 Favorites
Despite their clear differences, practicing yoga and listening to music serve a similar purpose. Both soothe, amuse and reunite the body and mind. Some people find it easier to achieve this flow state while practicing yoga while listening to music. Many yoga practitioners prefer to practice while listeningto music with a meditative vibe. Because yoga is associated with mental … [Read more...]
4 Compelling Reasons To Try Yoga Therapy
Finding your center in a busy world is now more valuable than ever before. In a world that struggles to stay still and contemplate, mindfulness and a cool head will help you see through every challenge. These facts are what make yoga therapy perfect for anyone, no matter their background. Age and fitness level won’t factor as much with yoga. Furthermore, practicing yoga therapy … [Read more...]
How to Ignite Your Spiritual Health: An Interview with Kimberly Meredith
By Charlene Bazarian Is spiritual well-being really the key to optimal health? Can incorporating a spiritual practice into your daily routine give you a more positive mindset, while adding life to your years and perhaps even years to your life? Spirituality can impact your health and provide a true sense of purpose, improve, and strengthen your relationships, and increase … [Read more...]
Best Health Tips for Apartment Living
Healthy living should be fun, not a chore. So while apartment living might not seem ideal to stay healthy, it can be with the right equipment and focus. Your body and mind are the most important things you have, so it is essential to take care of them. Getting into a healthy routine isn’t hard; it just takes some getting used to. Here are some easy-to-follow guidelines … [Read more...]
Spiritual Healing to Overcome Stress and Trauma
By Tamara Jefferies, MA In my mid-twenties, going through a time of feeling deeply unhappy, stuck, and frustrated, I opened the book Beyond Fear: A Toltec Guide to Freedom and Joy by Don Miguel Ruiz where he teaches an exercise to recover lost memories and release poisonous emotions, because I had an inescapable feeling I was holding onto something that was holding me back, … [Read more...]
5 Expert Sessions for You to Celebrate International Yoga Day
International Yoga Day is around the corner. The whole world will celebrate International Yoga Day on June 21st. Yoga is a holistic approach to achieve a healthier mind, body & soul. Check Out What Our Yoga Experts Have to Offer on International Yoga Day "To me International Yoga Day is a day to celebrate the shared love & connection of this practice that can … [Read more...]
Meditation: Why You Need To Include It In Your Life
By Lara Heimann, Creator of @lytyogamethod Meditation is a great form of teaching our nervous system to come out of sympathetic state. Over the millions of years that we have been humans, stress has existed. Stress served our ancestors by creating survival instincts, otherwise known as fight or flight responses. When our body experiences stress, the physiological reaction … [Read more...]
World’s Best Yoga Retreats for 2021. Revealed!
With world travel in turmoil this year everybody is looking and booking their favorites and the best yoga retreats for 2021 to rejuvinate & relax. The trend is towards domestic or close-by travel. Women Fitness brings you some of the best options available around the world. Prana del Mar Retreat & Wellness Center Location: Baja, Mexico Visit Prana Del Mar … [Read more...]
August is National Wellness Month!!
In case you didn't know, August is National Wellness Month! Wellness is not just a state of being in good health menthally, but it is your diet, your fitness regime, your way of life. People are looking at the outbreak of COVID-19 as a global reset and much like the world, your body also benefits from a reset. Being that August is National Wellness Month, which focuses on … [Read more...]
11 Self-Care Ideas You Can Start Doing Now
With the busy lives everyone leads, it’s easy to let self-care take a bottom spot on your list of priorities. Daily tasks can easily overwhelm you to the point that when you do finally have a minute to think, all you want to do is collapse in your chair for a few minutes of mindless television watching or get ready to go to bed. Instead, take a look at these self-care … [Read more...]
5 Tips to Master Modern Midlife at 50 with Physical Challenges
By Catherine Grace O’Connell Our attitudes, beliefs, energy, patterns, and behaviors in the present determine our future. What we think and believe directly affects how we age. Looking for tips to master modern middle life at 50, check these 5 out to all new You. Adopt a Fierce Mindset & Attitude Positive aging requires a positive outlook on life … [Read more...]
Meditation VS. Weight Loss: Understanding the Connection
Cannot deny the fact that we're all stressed out, and it seems impossible to shake it off. Meditation as a tool helps in reducing the levels of stress hormones. Stress hormones such as cortisol signal our bodies to store calories as fat. If you have a ton of cortisol pumping through your system, it's going to be hard to lose weight even if you're making healthy … [Read more...]
4 Reasons Why Dancing Can Be Your Best Meditation
Different Families Of Meditation Not all meditation is created equal. Some meditation disciplines are better for you than others, and there are hotly contended-for opinions concerning which meditative families are ultimately most effective. Some think the best meditation involves totally clearing your mind. Others believe this is bad. Some vie for alternating between the two; … [Read more...]
5 Tips To Keep Your Navel Chakra Active
The Navel Chakra governs your digestion and metabolism, so if you are stressed at work, that stress may cause you to experience stomach problems and constipation. Traditional Hindu medicine looks at your situation holistically, and discovers the root cause of your illness. To keep your chakra active and open, incorporate the following changes into your lifestyle: … [Read more...]
Meditation For Pain Management
In over 1,000 published research studies, various methods of meditation have been linked to changes in metabolism, blood pressure, brain activation, and other bodily processes. Now, meditation has been used in clinical settings as a method of stress and pain reduction. A recent study shows that only a little over an hour of meditation training can dramatically reduce both … [Read more...]
Healing Through Swara Yoga
Swara Yoga is science which is a complete study, observations, control and manipulation of breath or Swara. In swara yoga, you will find association of breath in relation to activities of sun, moon, various seasons, physical and mental conditions of individuals etc. So Swara Yoga is more comprehensive in theory and practices related to breath. Swara is Sanskrit word, … [Read more...]
