It’s February: the month of Valentine’s Day and Heart Health. Who doesn’t love a good chocolate gift? The gift of dark chocolate will show how much you really care about your Valentine’s heart.
Let’s talk about chocolate. Once upon a time, chocolate was considered “the food of the gods”. For most of its 4,000-year history, it was used as a bitter drink, not the sweet treat that we’re all familiar with now.
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Heart Chakra Yoga For Beginners is a 24 min practice suitable for all levels! Open your mind and heart space, connect to the subtle energy of the body and tap into your spirit. This at home yoga session is great for the upper back and shoulders supporting posture, relieving neck pain.
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In this video, you will learn how to approach the holiday table with more love. Seek out the people you find most challenging and visualize them in a way that will literally rewire your brain for compassion. As you eat your holiday meal in real time you will never be able to look at them in the same way again – which is a good thing.
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Welcome to your no equipment low impact workout! This 10 min low impact morning workout will get in some gentle exercises to wake up your body in an organic way. If you’re traveling, this is a great 10 minute holiday workout since this full body session uses your bodyweight instead of equipment!
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The holiday season often brings unwelcome guests — stress and depression. And it’s no wonder. The holidays often present a dizzying array of demands — cooking meals, shopping, baking, cleaning and entertaining, to name just a few.
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Roll out of bed and get ready for your day with this standing morning workout. All exercises make you feel great and wake your muscles up gently. You do not need any equipment, it’s SUPER beginner friendly and it’s ONLY 10 MINUTES so you can get on with your day!
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In the middle of busy days and weeks, why not pause and take time to tend a mini mindfulness garden? Based on the idea of a Zen garden this DIY sand and rock project is easy to make, and a good way to slow down your mind. To add an element of fun and kawaii (a Japanese term that means cute), this garden uses pastel colors and some not-so-scary dinosaurs.
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The delicate art of crocheting is a lifelong skill that you’ll use to make beautiful gifts for others and items for your home and wardrobe. Start by learning a couple of basic stitches, and build on that with more advanced basic stitches. First, figure out what size and style hook feels most comfortable for you. Then, start with simple yarns and beginner patterns, and you’ll be a pro in no time.
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AllTrails has the largest collection of detailed, hand-curated trail maps so you can hit the trail with confidence. Anytime. Anywhere.
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Nature gives us a great cue in the fall: let go of what no longer serves you. The trees know to drop their leaves. The days get shorter, nights get longer, and we stay home more. This is the perfect time to turn our attention to our house — and do some fall decluttering.
We clear out the old to make room for the new, just as leaves fall in autumn so new ones can bloom in spring.
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Pumpkin helps deeply hydrate and plump the skin. Also, it provides antioxidant benefits and delivers amino acids and fruit enzymes to the skin.
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This is a beautiful short practice that will release tension in the neck, shoulders and upper back & will help you feel more ease and spaciousness in your body and mind. It is a fully accessible practice, suitable for absolute beginners, right through to the advanced practitioner. It can be done seated on the floor, or in a chair – perfect for a quick break in your office chair to release any tension built up working on your computer.
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Gratitude: A Mindful Pause a journal by Mira Dessy BFA, NE, BCHPP & Kerry McClure BS, RYT, NC, BCHN
We’re all too busy. Modern life has become so overwhelming and over-stimulating that we’re experiencing an epidemic of stress and depletion. Kerry and Mira offer a respite of calm that, from a small investment of just minutes a day, will restore balance in your mind, your relationships, your work, and your health.
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Roll out of bed and get ready for your day with this standing morning workout. All exercises make you feel great and wake your muscles up gently. You do not need any equipment, its SUPER beginner friendly and its ONLY 10 MINUTES so you can get on with your day!
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Planning can be necessary for people to get on a schedule, a routine with their health.
Use our weekly meal plan to help figure out what to have for breakfast, lunch & dinner every day this week!
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Take a 5-minute break at your office desk to open up your body and mind. Our bodies get so stiff and tense sitting in a chair all day long.
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Sit four to six feet from the face of a Dichromatic Color green light for 20 minutes, twice a day. Ideally, this is done in the morning and early evening. A socket-clamp light holder can facilitate positioning of the lamp. You need not look directly at the light.
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Based on how full you wish your bouquet to be, you’ll want to use around 7 to 12 eucalyptus leaf branches, but you can do this with as few as 3 or 4.
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+ 6 Recipes for Roller Bottles & Diffusers
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Everyone experiences an occasional sleepless night.
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Get a good night’s rest with this 30 minute beginner yoga class for sleep.
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Making professional counseling accessible, affordable, convenient – so anyone who struggles with life’s challenges can get help, anytime, anywhere.
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Create your own himmeli home decorations with the help of some straws!
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Go from couch potato to running a 5K race in just 30 minutes a day, 3 days a week for 9 weeks.
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Kale! They put that stuff on everything.
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Affirmations are encouraging statements that we tell ourselves in order to spark change. More than just statements to make ourselves feel better, affirmations can have a significant impact on our overall quality of life. Daily affirmations can help change our mood, state of mind and manifest changes in our lives.
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Fitbit get tool in starting the new year on a healthy track.
We really enjoy the reminder to get up and move during the work day.
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This book will help you take back control of your pantry and your food source.
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If you’re trying to lose weight, improve your health, or prevent disease, you must to take a closer look what you’re eating (and what you’re not). And there is no better way than keeping a food journal.
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Get motivated to reach new goals, develop healthy habits and have fun along the way with SparkPeople’s official Challenges!
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