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Blending and Your Health Routine: Part 2
Life: The Reboot is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. [disclosure] Last week, we looked at some blending basics. Today, we go into a little more detail about making healthy smoothies with some tips on making them better for you. First, a debunking of myths on smoothie making… Top 5 Myths of Smoothie Making Debunked Unfortunately, blending is sometimes given a bad rap because of misinformation. So, let’s set the record straight about some key blending myths once and for all. Myth #1: Chewing foods…
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Grit and You: Part 2
[disclosure] Happy Tuesday! Today is Grit: Part 2 (Grit: Part 1 was last week) on and how having it can affect your life – for the better. Grit can influence different part of your life: success in business, patience, and passion for what you do. As a Predictor of Future Success Grit is the strongest predictor for future success in an individual; grit overcomes wit and ability every time. Studies have proven that given a group with equal IQ scores and ability, those with grit will beat out their counterparts. Those with grit will adapt, take direction, seek to understand, and make changes to survive things that others can’t…
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The Lowdown on Allergies
[disclosure] Good Monday Morning! I hope everyone had a lovely Mother’s Day. My children made me breakfast and my husband grilled dinner. I had a relaxing day. A perfect Mother’s Day! I hope everyone had what they consider to be the perfect day… Today’s topic is one that I am all too familiar with… allergies! An allergy or hypersensitivity reaction is the term used to describe a condition where the immune system causes an immune response when in contact with a certain substance. In other words, the immune system has a reaction when exposed to something specific — something that shouldn’t typically cause a reaction.. Hypersensitivity reactions are divided…
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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…
