HEALTH
Health posts could cover fitness, health conditions, treatments or care, or weight loss.
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Yoga Versus Pilates or Both: You Choose
[disclosure] Hi! Happy weekend! Yoga and Pilates. We’ve been building up to this post. Yesterday, we looked at 5 popular yoga disciplines. A few weeks ago, we had a 2-day dive into Pilates (Day 1 and Day 2 ). Today, we’re going to look at both Yoga and Pilates – comparing them a bit and looking at the combo practice. Yoga vs Pilates – Compare and Contrast While both yoga and Pilates take an integrated mind-body approach to fitness and well-being, their origins, approach to these objectives, and methods differ greatly. The emergence of mind-body classes like Pi-Yo and Yogalates can make it difficult for people to distinguish between the…
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Yoga 101: A Review of 5 Traditions
[disclosure] Good morning! I have been looking forward to this post for a while… What Is Yoga? Yoga can seem complicated, but it isn’t as complex as it may appear. The practice came to the west back in 1893 when one of India’s celebrated gurus, Swami Vivekananda, was welcomed at the World Fair in Chicago. He’s now known for having sparked the West’s interest in yoga. Literally, the word yoga comes from the Sanskrit term Yug, which means: “to yoke, bind, join, or direct one’s attention”. At the same time, it can also imply concepts such as fusion, union, and discipline. In essence, yoga is most commonly understood as…
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Adding Blending to Your Health Routine
[disclosure] Happy Humpday, everyone! It’s the middle of the week and here in Houston, winter is definitely gone! Yay! I have started my exercise regimen again. Since it’s nice, I have been walking in the mornings. Since my daughter rides the school bus in the morning, I don’t want to be too far away. I end up walking in circles until she is gone. She thinks it’s funny – I think it’s ridiculous. Oh well, school is almost out. Yesterday, we talked about grit. Grit applies today as well – as something you DON’T want in your smoothie. Isn’t it disappointing when you make your smoothie and take a…
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Spring Week: Day 5 — Hiking: Could You Add This to Your Fitness Routine?
It’s Finally Spring Week Day 5: Hiking It’s the end of It’s Finally Spring Week. Have you been enjoying your freebies this week! Yesterday’s post was a little different than my typically Friday posts – it looked at several ways to get in a workout but not a specific fitness discipline. However, today’s post goes back to form: a deeper look into an exercise that would be suitable for beginners. It just happens to be one of the forms of exercise mentioned yesterday – one that works well with the spring theme. Hiking! Spring is a great time of hiking: the weather is nicer, and the trees and flowers…
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Spring Week: Day 3–Spring Seasonal Eating
It’s Finally Spring Week Day 3: Spring Seasonal Eating Today we are looking at spring veggies. Now that it’s getting warmer, many of us begin to think about seasonal vegetables –either from the farmer’s market, from the store, or from our own gardens. This post is going to focus on spring veggies from the farmer’s market. But, we will chat about gardening at the end… My grandmother used to take my cousins and me to the farmer’s market down from her house whenever we visited but especially during the summer. She would buy beans and greens and other produce as well as peaches for cobbler. However. the most important thing…
