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What is Mobility and Why is it so important? brain health healthy living mindful movement morning practice strength training stress-free Mar 24, 2024

Mobility is the ability to move freely.  It involves the joints and their movement in relation to their full range of motion. Simply put, your mobility determines how easily and efficiently you can move.

If an injury causes you to lose mobility in any of your joints, that means you...

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5 Reasons to Keep Moving! brain health healthy living immunity mindful movement morning practice resilience sleep strength training stress-free Mar 15, 2024

As seen last week, aerobic (endurance) exercises, like walking and cycling, enhance heart and lung function, reduce the risk of heart disease, and help shed those extra pounds.  But it also supports muscular health: researchers have found that it significantly reduced their risk of...

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Get ready to transform your approach to health and fitness! brain health healthy living mindful movement morning practice strength training stress-free Mar 08, 2024

Are you ready to take your well-being to new heights?

As you know, the Big Four daily actions are nutrition, sleep, stress management and exercise.

And exercise involves fine-tuning the right combination of the different forms of movement for your body.

Together, we'll explore the...

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March is Mindful Movement Month! ayurveda brain health healthy living meditation mindful movement morning practice strength training stress-free Mar 01, 2024

We all know that regular exercise is essential for physical health and psychological well-being. 

However, what we are seeing is that there is a growing epidemic of obesity and poor health in the West, and it is now affecting more and more children. 

Humans are more...

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Regulate Your Vagus Nerve, part 3 ayurveda brain health healthy living meditation morning practice stress-free Feb 24, 2024

Did you miss Part 2?  Check it out HERE.

 

PART 3:  MEDITATION

Meditation is a journey from activity to silence. It is a technique that allows you to settle into quieter and quieter levels of awareness until you experience the pure silence within.   In the process of going...

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Regulate Your Vagus Nerve to Reduce Stress! Part 2 ayurveda brain health healthy living meditation morning practice stress-free Feb 17, 2024

Did you miss Part 1 last week?  Check it out HERE.

 

PART 2:  Reversing the stress response 

When you experience stressful thoughts, your body triggers the sympathetic branch of the nervous system to activates the fight-flight-freeze response, giving you a burst of energy to...

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Stimulate Your Vagus Nerve to Reduce Stress! brain health healthy eating healthy living immunity morning practice resilience stress-free Feb 11, 2024

What is the Vagus Nerve?

The vagus nerve is a vital communication line in your body, connecting your brain to many important organs like the heart, lungs, stomach, and intestines. It's like a control centre that helps regulate various automatic functions you don't consciously think about, such as...

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Demystifying Stress and Adrenal Fatigue brain health environment healthy living resilience stress-free Feb 04, 2024

 Stress is an unavoidable part of life, and we all experience it at some point. 

In today's fast-paced world, we often juggle multiple responsibilities and handle demanding schedules. 

Stress affects us mentally and physically, but its impact on our health is often...

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What matters are the actions we take brain health healthy eating healthy living healthy recipes immunity meditation real food resilience sleep stress-free sugarfree Jan 13, 2024

Goals, intentions and resolutions are great – but we need to take action!

So, did you make any New Year's Resolutions this year? 

Are they going well, or have you left them behind already?

No worries  let's try to understand why that can happen, and how we can refocus and make...

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Top 3 health and wellness books for your stocking this season brain health environment healthy eating healthy living immunity mindful movement real food resilience sleep stress-free sugarfree Dec 15, 2023

One of my favourite leisure activities is reading books or listening to podcasts about health and wellness topics.  In fact one way I manage those longer books full of scientific discoveries is to listen to them on Audible!  When in the car or out for a walk, they are the perfect...

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Top 10 Tips to Survive the Holidays healthy eating healthy living meditation mindful movement real food sleep stress-free Dec 06, 2023

Food and social get-togethers play a major role in celebrating the holidays. 

It’s wonderful to “break bread” with those near and dear, but that celebratory environment can also create challenges if you are in the process of changing your relationship with food (and perhaps...

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What’s Your Next Step to Improve Your Sleep? healthy eating meditation mindful movement morning practice real food sleep stress-free Dec 01, 2023

Alright, time to put the last few weeks into practice – if you haven’t already!

You might want to take another look at the Sleep Quiz to decide where you want to place your attention first.  (Here’s the link.)

Here are the 5 steps once more:

1.  Follow your...

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