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The Yoga Effect: A Proven Program for Depression and Anxiety
“The Yoga Effect: A Proven Program for Depression and Anxiety” (Da Capo Lifelong, 2019) is a book by myself and the yoga teacher Liz Owen. It is an accessible, engaging, and evidence-based program to help you heal depression and anxiety through the practice of yoga. It contains yoga poses and breath practices used in groundbreaking NIH-funded research Liz coauthored with principal investigator Chris C. Streeter, MD and her team at the Boston University School of Medicine. The research is a major contribution toward proving the value of yoga as part of an integrative treatment plan.
4 Easy Ways to Embrace the Healing Power of Nature
The positive power of nature is inspiring doctors to prescribe going outside to improve your health.
On a recent chilly spring day in New England, I found myself looking online at photos of Scotland’s Shetland Islands. I felt transported to a natural paradise, replete with rich green hills, studded with ancient rocks, and surrounded by stunning surf. This rugged landscape surely comes with challenges, like six hours of daylight each winter day, but the awe-inspiring natural beauty of the plac...
3 Short-Seasoned Spring Vegetables to Treasure
These seasonal gifts will remind you to stop and savor the brief but vibrant pleasures of spring.
“Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own,” Charles Dickens once said. In springtime, as the earth warms and plants send up tentative new growth, I think of this idea and eagerly anticipate three spring delicacies that embody the delicate gifts of the season.
These vegetal treasures are precious in how short-seasoned they are; in most places, they are only available at marke...
Can Humor Protect You from Depression?
Research suggests that finding something funny in a negative situation helps fight sadness.
“Look on the bright side” is one of those phrases that tends to be aggravating when we are struggling with stress. There’s something…less than helpful about the suggestion that there’s a positive aspect to absolutely everything in life.
But new research shows the ability to look at a challenge through the lens of humor is a beneficial coping strategy that may even be helpful in preventing depression-pr...
How to save the world: Schedule some awe in your summer vacation
(RNS) — When she was 12, Anjali Mitter Duva spent a year living in India with her Indian father and Jewish American mother. During a school vacation, the family traveled to Rajasthan, a desert region in the northwestern part of the country. After a long, uncomfortable train ride, they reached the medieval city of Jaisalmer, where a young teenager’s angsty frustration with family travel was quickly transformed into what she describes as pure awe.
“It’s completely gorgeous, with a stunningly bl...
What Are You Getting Out of Your Stress?
Redefining your stress level may help you let go of negative patterns.
“Worry is like a rocking chair,” said the great humorist Erma Bombeck, “It gives you something to do but never gets you anywhere.”
I think of my relationship with stress this way—as something to say when people ask how I am (“Ugh, I’m stressed!”), something to think when I let myself down (“I’ll go to that exercise class when I’m less stressed.”) or something to occupy my mind with when I am feeling unfocused (“If only I d...
Book Club: “The Book of No”
Have you ever received a phone call or email that begins, “Feel free to say no, but I have a favor to ask … ” and found yourself flipping through your calendar to figure out how to accommodate the request, even if you’re conflicted about doing so? If so, you might be what social psychologist Susan Newman calls a people-pleaser in her smart and helpful book, The Book of No: 365 Ways to Say It and Mean It — And Stop People-Pleasing Forever.
According to Newman, we tend to forget that we have th...
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5 Myths About Vitamin D You Keep Believing
Here's what you probably know about vitamin D: You get it from the sun, it's important for bone health, and low levels can cause rickets, a childhood bone disease that ranks alongside scurvy and the plague as something you're likely to worry about on a daily basis. There are probably...
QUIZ: Which Biblical Character Are You? – Kveller
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11 Healing Teas To Cure What Ails You | Rodale's Organic Life
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