BREATHING AND RELAXATION TECHNIQUES TO SLEEP BETTER There are many breathing and relaxation techniques that you can learn to use to promote relaxation and relieve stress. The deeper and slower that you breathe the more relaxed and sedated you will become. Sleeping with the window open will help the air to circulate in your bedroom and fill your lungs with …
Breathing IS an Important Factor in Fitness
BREATHING IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN FITNESS With the exception probably the only one of pearl gatherers, who dive without any autonomous equipment, breathing counts in all sports as well as in fitness. Each sport branch has imposed its own breathing style ñ according to efficiency, effort timing, meteorological conditions etc. If we take breathing as a taxonomic criterion, sports …
Breathing and Relaxing
BREATHING AND RELAXING You don’t need to fall into the stress mode of life. You can use breath to relax, rather than stress, your mind and body. Yoga helps you to relearn that natural state that your body and mind want to be in: relaxation. Deep breathing is both calming and energizing. The energy you feel from a few minutes …
Breathable Fabrics or Regular Garments
BREATHABLE FABRICS OR REGULAR GARMENTS Leaves have a neat way of getting rid of water vapor. They have chambers with tiny pores (stomata) that allow water vapor to escape (transpiration). Have you seen people wearing clothes having almost the same expertise? Clothes, which are elastic, non-absorbent, weatherproof and lightweight and fits any form! Just imagine someone wearing an outfit that …
Breast Health: 8 Things Every Woman Needs To Know
BREAST HEALTH: 8 THINGS EVERY WOMAN NEEDS TO KNOW I always advocate self-care as the first step in preventing and treating health challenges. When it comes to breast health, the importance of self-care is a message I can’t share often enough. It is great to see pink ribbons everywhere in October during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month! If I had …
Breaking the Habit of Smoking
BREAKING THE HABIT OF SMOKING Working to quit smoking is one of the hardest things that many people ever do in their life. The reasons that it is so difficult typically vary. The one reason that is most often cited is the habit of smoking itself is extremely hard to break. The task then becomes trying to break the habit, …
Breaking the Dependence on Sleeping Aids
BREAKING THE DEPENDENCE ON SLEEPING AIDS There are numerous sleeping aids available in the market, likely because people tend to have so much trouble sleeping. A lack of sleep can come about for a variety of reasons such as having work-related stress and insomnia. There are other reasons and, as some people have speculated, anything and everything can be interpreted …
Breakfast Smoothies
BREAKFAST SMOOTHIES America has a pretty fast paced culture in which everyone’s constantly on the go or in a rush. We drive around in cars, we take our food to go, we get impatient if we have to wait more than 2 seconds for a web page to load, and now we don’t even eat breakfast anymore, as in sitting …
Your Metabolism
YOUR METABOLISM Most folks know a small amount about metabolism. Some know all about it, some know only that it happens in our bodies, and others have only heard the word. For those of you out there who are interested in learning a bit more, here it is! Metabolism works in our bodies to synthesize and break down food, or …
Blueberries As A Superfood According To Skin Care Expert
BLUEBERRIES AS A SUPERFOOD ACCORDING TO SKIN CARE EXPERT DR. PERRICONE Often times, when we think of superfoods we think of spinach, grapes, green tea and other vegetables and extracts that are primarily listed for their levels of antioxidants. Did you know that the blueberry is one of the most nutritious and powerful superfoods? According to Dr. Perricone, one of …