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With the approach of the New Year many of us will begin thinking about how we want the next year of our lives to look.  New Years is a great time for making changes and moving towards a healthier lifestyle.  Below are the top five most important changes you can make in order to improve your health and increase your lifespan.

When it comes to stress, most of us assume that this is a natural state and simply part of living in this world.  While this may on some level be the case (most of us are unable to escape to a peaceful mountain top somewhere), it is nevertheless wrong to assume that this is natural.  In fact, our bodies are not designed to withstand prolonged and continuous stress.  This is why t

As of late, yoga therapy has become a new kind of wellness practice designed to help people heal from a variety of ailments.  Yoga therapy, like yoga itself, is a gentle practice that helps end many forms of suffering, including physical, emotional and psychological. 

Anxiety is an extremely common condition which can be very uncomfortable and debilitating. The first thing to remember if you’re having excessive anxiety is that you’re not alone, and secondly there are many ways in which you can treat your unfounded anxiety. The medical term for the condition characterized by excessive anxiety is called GAD, or Generalized Anxiety Disorder.

Meditation is about learning to become present in the moment. Being present in your life and having a calm mind are essential to optimal health. A quiet mind however is not something all of us can make happen automatically. If you’ve never taken the time to meditate or perhaps you are struggling with meditation here are some ways to improve upon this in your life.

Tai chi is an ancient technique for health and relaxation.  Tai chi, literally, ‘supreme ultimate fist’ or ‘meditation in motion’ is, as the name suggests, used for meditation and physical and emotional strength and relaxation.  It is one of the internal Chinese martial arts

Chronic pain is one of the most devastating health related conditions of our age.  Unfortunately, many, many people suffer from untreated pain.  While pain levels vary of course, dealing with pain in whatever capacity can be a huge challenge.  Whether it be merely a migraine headache or chronic back pain or a more severe acute illness, being in pain can destroy your body and your

Negative thinking is rampant in our society, with increasing levels of stress and anxiety putting people into a continuous state of fight or flight.  Once negative thinking patterns get established it can be quite difficult to break them.  But, paying attention to that little voice in your head that is telling you, you should have done this or that, can be an important means of learni

Stress can be terrible for your health.  It can lead to a variety of illnesses and disorders and can slow healing time.  Stress has been shown to impair immune function and to generally have a negative impact on your health.  Given how much we now know about the effects of stress and assuming that we c

Are the shorter days and longer nights getting you down? Recession making it harder to smile? Try transcendental meditation to soothe what ails you.

College students who spent about 20 minutes at least once a day in a state of transcendental meditation experienced lower blood pressure, reduced psychological distress, anxiety and depression. Dr.

Anxiety is a terrible feeling and one that no one should have to live with. Not only does it plague your mental health but it can actually make you physically ill and tired from lack of sleep. Life is always going to be full of uncertainties and many people have a hard time coping with the unknown.  Controlling your anxiety levels and keeping a level head is something that most people learn when they are children but unfortunately many people do not have a secure childhood or experience certain traumas throughout life which can make them overly anxious.

It seems the question about sleeping for most people, isn&undefined;t whether they had a good sleep or not, it&undefined;s what is keeping you awake.  More and more people today have sleep disorders or have a hard time getting to sleep.  What&undefined;s the cause?  Is it stress and anxiety?  Is it what we are eating?

Ironically relaxing can be one of the hardest things to do. Many people are so wound up that when they try to relax they have a hard time with it and feel like they should be doing something or else they simply do not know how to relax .

The word cancer is a scary word, no doubt about it. Even though cancer is a disease most people would rather not think about, taking preventative measures can do a world of good in avoiding it, especially if cancer runs in your family. Genes can predict a lot-those with a family history of cancer are at a much higher risk of getting it themselves.

It’s amazing to think that a small sponging looking thing that sits between our ears is controlling so much of what we do. Our brain is like the command room of our body, it enables us to move all body parts and think. They say that we only use 5 percent of what are brains are capable of.

Are you the kind of person who worries about looking good? What about feeling good? Two of the most effective ways for looking and feeling good, get overlooked daily and by most people around the world. You won’t believe the effects good posture and proper breathing have for looking good and feeling good.

Yoga has become a very successful moneymaking endeavor, which brings with it several different styles and levels to choose from. But too many yoga centers are simply interested in making money off the buzz, instead of being interested in increasing the physical and mental health of clients.

Why treat your body like you treat your car? A strange question indeed, but not one without relevance. To maintain a vehicles performance some attention and care is needed, as in having it regularly checked out, keeping the fluid levels balanced and letting the engine cool on hot summer days. The body is much the same. It is the vehicle that carries us through the day, from morning until night; even while we are sleeping it is there, driving us forward to another day– the only difference is that we can’t trade our bodies in for the latest model. We are stuck with the one we are given, and only through proper maintenance and care can we keep on cruising down the highway of life.

There are people who want to be happy, and those people are usually miserable because they live with the expectation that one day they will be happy.  Then there are people who are happy because they live lives that include the following elements: