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How To Stay Present, No Matter How Hectic Life Gets
It's easy to spend a lot of time in the past, thinking about what was or what could have been. It's just as easy to project into the future, worrying...
Why You Don't Need To Suffer To Get What You Really Want In Life
I have a client who's more than a little attached to winning an Oscar. She dreams about her acceptance speech, and what her life will be like...
How To Give Up The Need To Control & Start Living In The Now
We live in a very chaotic, stressful, and anxiety-producing world. Through all of the stresses out there, we try to find the few constants, the things...
6 Simple Ways To Be More Present In Your Relationships
Life can pass by at a dizzying pace. If we aren't conscious of being present, we can miss a lot in the moment. Mindfulness dictates we do the...
28 Ways To Bounce Back When Everything Goes Wrong
We've all had those days (months or years, anyone?) when it seems that there's nothing but problem after problem. They threaten to knock us down and...
A Grounding Yoga Pose To Activate Your Chakras
Tree Pose (Vriksasana) is a popular balancing pose we practice in yoga. It's also a strengthening pose that can be challenging on its own, or built...
23 Simple Pleasures You Can Be Grateful For, Even When You're Feeling Down
When you're feeling rushed, overwhelmed or just down, take a few minutes to appreciate life's simple pleasures. Whether they make you sigh with...
9 Everyday Moments To Appreciate More
For the majority of us with a daily routine, it's easy to get in the habit of just "going through the motions" to get through the day. What can...
12 Practices To Feel More Peaceful & Present Each Morning
What we do and how we feel in the morning can have a significant impact on the rest of our day. Have you ever experienced a "bad day spiral"? When one...
5 Signs You're Addicted To Stress
I consider myself to be a former stress addict. Just a few years ago, I was stressed out all the time and thought that was the way life was supposed...
What If "Right Now" Were Enough?
I always have a theme for my yoga classes. I encourage the class to derive their own mantra from that theme. For example, if the theme is "How may I...
The Big Difference Between Being Available & Being Present
I recently moved from the East Coast to the West Coast. Take the normal stressors and logistics of moving and add a major time zone switch. While...
8 Reasons Mistakes Are Really Opportunities
Beating yourself up after you make a mistake isn't very productive. Mistakes are a part of being human, and everyone has flaws. The imperfect nature...
5 Simple Changes To Make Your Sex Life Hotter Than Ever
Sex, sex, sex. It's everywhere. A lot of the time, we rarely stop to consider sex enough, other than to think, "Oooh, I want it," or, "Ugh, not...
What Your 5 Senses Can Teach You About Mindfulness
We define mindfulness as, "a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment."
3 Ways To Get More Out Of Your Exercise Routine By Changing Your Mindset
How many times have you gone through the motions of your exercise routine without being fully present? Our thoughts run wild, ranging from what we're...
10 Reasons To Slow Down Your Life
There seems to be constant pressure to get everything done at record speeds, a desire to go from point A to B to C as quickly as possible. This need...
Here's Why You Struggle To Stay Present
So many of us humans tend to go through our days on autopilot, which is essentially the opposite of mindfulness. We act unconsciously or habitually,...
You Can't Be Happy If You're Unwilling To Be Sad
Stop trying so hard. The message came to me in meditation. I was trying so hard to reach a specific goal, but fell short of my expectation. I fell...
8 Things Happy People Do Every Morning
For many of us, mornings begin in a rushed panic. We allow our alarm clocks to buzz at least a dozen times before we decide we have to get out of bed....
