Ingredients: ½ cup quick cooking oats (preferably gluten free) ½ cup winter squash* of your choosing (pre-cooked) ½ cup almond or coconut milk ¼ cup water 1 tsp virgin or extra virgin coconut oil 1 tsp raw honey (preferably local) ½ tsp cinnamon 1 small handful pecans or walnuts (optional) Directions: Combine all ingredients (except […]
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Though daily meditation can be challenging, the one meditation practice I find myself coming back to is one that focuses on breathing. I find when I am hyper-focused on this breathing practice, which I learned over 20 years ago, my mind tends to wander less. I can then tap into some of the many benefits of
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HIIT stands for High Intensity Interval Training. While the format varies tremendously, the idea is to do a set number of seconds of a cardiovascular exercise that significantly raises the heart rate, following by a period of rest and recovery. It is theorized that these kind of intervals more readily improve cardiovascular fitness and burn
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Ingredients: ½ cup organic pumpkin puree ½ small banana (or ¼ large) ½ cup frozen spinach (or 1 cup fresh spinach) 1 cup water (or more for thinning) ½ cup unsweetened almond or coconut milk 1 tbsp almond butter or sunflower seed butter 1 tbsp cinnamon 1 heaping tbsp chia seeds 1 tsp raw honey
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I recently had a vision. I wanted to make a blog experience for you that is more personal, more intuitive and includes a search engine. With the help of my web designer, I think that has been achieved. This week I spent hours putting the final touches on the categorizing and cataloging of each VIEW
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As we have discovered, Fitbits are wonderful tools for tracking steps, exercise and sleep, among other things. While steps are fairly self-explanatory, one thing that can be measured that is slightly less clear is something known as active minutes. Please see below for a clarification of Fitbit’s active minutes category. FitBit measures active minutes through
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You may be thinking, “What does it mean to exercise ‘hard’?” For our purposes, exercising “hard” just means giving a concerted effort of exercise in order raise the heart rate and get it to a point where your breathing a bit heavy. Below we will look at 10 (of many) reasons why exercising “hard” can
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It is a common misconception that breathing comes from the upper chest. Yes, the muscles in the neck and top of the chest are accessory breathing muscles, but not the primary ones. Breathing should come from the belly. The primary breathing muscle is actually the diaphragm. Proper breathing is therefore known as “diaphragmatic breathing” or
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Cilantro is one of my favorite summer herbs. I learned early on that you either love cilantro or loathe it, so if you are in the latter category, my apologies. Cilantro is a known detoxifier. It is amazing for the body on so many levels, as seen in this Dr. Axe infographic (read more at
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Salt is essential for life. You cannot live without it. However, most people don’t realize there are enormous differences between standard, refined table salt and natural health- promoting salt. These differences can have a major impact on your health. If you want your body to function properly you need holistic salt complete with all-natural elements.
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