Source: http://summertomato.com/how-yoga-and-mindful-eating-helped-sherry-lose-16-lbs-without-effort

As a lifelong healthy eater, Sherry wasn’t trying to lose weight. Sure she would have been happy to drop 5-10 lbs, but she was comfortable with her body and health. She even thought she was a mindful eater until a stressful event in her life caused her to start a consistent yoga practice.

Yoga, it turned out, became a catalyst to help her relieve stress and let go of difficult emotions. As she developed this talent during strenuous yoga poses, she noticed it began to translate into her eating behavior.

Without specifically trying to change anything, Sherry became more aware of her eating habits and started to eat more mindfully. As she did this she naturally started eating slower and being more thoughtful about her food choices.

To her surprise, she discovered she had been eating way more food than her body actually wanted or needed. She also started slowly changing the composition of her meals to be more plant-based, since this was more in line with what she was craving.

While she still enjoys sweets like chocolate cake on occasion, Sherry has embraced mindful eating and over the past year lost 16 lbs without actively trying to lose weight.

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Source: http://www.fannetasticfood.com/2016/06/13/hot-and-humid-weekend-fun/

Hey friends! Another Monday already, huh? I hope you guys had nice weekends! Ours was hot and humid but packed with fun.

It was nice to be in town after all our travels to reconnect with friends, family, and my favorite city! Matt and I had a nice low key night on Friday – we made a Blue Apron and relaxed on our deck – it was a beautiful evening.

On Saturday, I was up early for some fitness! It was Global Wellness Day and the Four Seasons in Georgetown hosted some fun health-focused activities that were open to the public. Matt had plans to go biking with some of his buddies (too fast and far for me to tag along!) so when I got a press email about the happenings I decided why not! The day started with a 7 a.m. (oof) run. The Four Season’s General Manager David Bernard is a big runner and leads hotel guests frequently on “Run My City” tours – love that! More hotels should offer guided running tours – such a cool way to explore while t…

Source: http://greatist.com/live/how-to-be-more-confident-instantly?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feed_http–greatistcom-

One afternoon, I received an email that thrilled me for a second—and then completely terrified me for 20 minutes. A radio host had asked me to speak on his show about charisma and how politicians manipulate it. Do I know a little about charisma? Sure, I’ve written about it. Am I an expert in politics? No way.

This is just one example of the many times I’ve been plagued by self-doubt—and I’m a confidence coach. The irony isn’t lost on me. In fact, there are plenty of moments (even days) when I don’t feel “good enough.”

Getting down on ourselves is a common feeling we all experience. While some low points are imminent, there are ways to limit these moments and keep fear at bay when you feel it expanding within your chest. Below are six tricks I’ve learned that boost my self-confidence in a heartbeat.

Psych Yourself Up—Stat

1. Just say "yes."

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Source: http://evolutiontucson.com/2000m-rowing-time-trial-join-us/

Saturday, June 18th @10:30am : Evolution Fitness, 5252 E. Speedway Blvd

This is a great way to set a baseline in your training.

Why do it?

This 2000m race will allow you to gauge your training on the rower. This isn’t a competition with others, it is a way for you to set your own personal record! You will be able to get a deeper understanding of where your split times should be and how to pace yourself on the rower. This will also give you some awesome insight on your conditioning level! One of my favorite things about the rower is that you can train with a purpose on it. There is always a goal to achieve and ways to improve. There are lots of conditioning tools out there, but there aren’t many that compare to rowing in terms of developing a skill and having very quantifiable training goals and out comes. If you are looking for your next challenge please join us for this event. It will start at 10:30am and we will run flights about every 15minutes.  Depending on the number of attendees we have will dictate the length of the event. We assume it should be done by Noon or sooner. Please RSVP online. It is free to attend. Our friends from Bion Crossfit will be joining us as well. This event is open to non-members, but …

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“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss in life is what dies inside us while we live” ~Norman Cousins

I am not dead and I am not dying, so you may wonder why I write that death has taught me what I need to know about life.

I lost my mother when I was fifteen. Being a teenager, thoughts of anyone close to me dying had not entered my head. My mother had a brief illness and passed away unexpectedly at age forty-seven.

I remember that my schoolmates came to see me, and I kept thinking that they had their moms. More than being sad that I had lost my mom, I was angry that I had been placed in that position. I missed my mom a lot and just wanted her to come back and be with me.

I started developing a fear that my father would die soon too. When I was in my early thirties, my fears came true when my dad passed away suddenly after a heart attack. He was a skilled physician, a kind man, and more importantly, a wonderful father to me.

As if my dad’s passing away was not enough, my older sister died unexpectedly a year later. I always considered her a strong person, and I could not fathom how she could have died.

To add insult to injury, another sister of mine passed away soon after that.

By then, I had decided that the Universe was conspiring against me. I did…

Source: http://www.sonima.com/yoga/sunday-morning-yoga/

On Sunday morning, I finally have time to indulge in a sweet, slow stretch. I use what I can to go deeper, feel more, and take pause in my practice.

Reclined Bound Angle

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Start by lying on your back, with your feet together and your knees apart. Take a deep breath in, hold it, and then exhale fully through the mouth. Take two to five more breaths just like this.

Knees into Chest 

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Slowly pull your knees into your chest, and wrap your arms around your legs. Give yourself a little squeeze.

Easy Twist

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Open your arms out by your sides in a “T” shape. Keep your knees together and allow both knees to fall over to the right. Keep both shoulders flat on the ground, and bring your gaze over your left shoulder for a supine twist. Repeat on …

Source: http://www.foodpolitics.com/2016/06/where-are-we-on-golden-rice/

Golden Rice, genetically engineered to contain beta carotene, has long been the poster child for the benefits of GMOs—as witnessed by this Time Magazine cover of July 31, 2000.

Beta-carotene is a precursor of vitamin A and the idea behind this rice was that it could—a conditional word expressing uncertainty—help prevent blindness due to vitamin A deficiency in areas of the world where this deficiency is rampant.

But vitamin A deficiency is a social problem.  Fruits and vegetables containing beta-carotene are widely available in such areas, but are not grown or consumed as a result of cultural or economic issues.  If they are consumed, people cannot absorb the beta-carotene cannot be absorbed because of poor diets, diarrheal diseases, or worms.

Here we are, 16 years after the Time cover, and Golden Rice is still not on the market.

I predicted its current problems in my book, Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety, first published in 2003.  In Table 12 (page 158) I outlined the many basic research studies and research on production, consumer acceptance and use, and clinical effectiveness that would have to be done before Golden Rice could be shown to achieve its intended purpose.  Much of this research has now been done but plenty more still needs doing on getting it produced and int…

Source: http://greatist.com/live/man-eats-chipotle-for-a-year-to-prove-a-point-about-dieting?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feed_http–greatistcom-

We thought we were big fans of Chipotle, but this guy from Washington State has us beat. Devin Cunningham has eaten food from the fast casual Mexican restaurant every day for nearly a year—and yes, he’s managed to lose weight. But this isn’t a Jared from Subway-type story: He’s not here to preach the burrito-a-day diet. Instead he’s using the food stunt to critique the whole idea of dieting. In a post on Facebook, he wrote:

I want to show people that they can be fit while still enjoying the food they love. When you enjoy what you eat on your “diet,” and you do it in moderation, it is that much easier to achieve your fitness goals.

We can argue whether eating hundreds of burritos over the course of a year is moderation, but Cunningham does have a point about eating things you actually like. Anytime we’ve nixed a whole food group (like carbs or sugar), we were left feeling hangry and ate more to make up for all the stuff we couldn’t have.

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Source: http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/06/10/480927407/nashville-high-schoolers-train-as-baristas-to-prepare-for-the-college-grind?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=thesalt

KIPP high school students are training to pour a perfect Bongo East latte, decorated with the quintessential leaf design on top.

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It’s the afternoon lull at Bongo Java East, and five students from KIPP Academy are tripping over each other behind the counter of this hip Nashville coffee joint, trying to show off what they’ve learned. They’re grinding espresso beans. They’re packing the grounds. They’re steaming milk.

“Let’s see how this goes,” 10th-grader Ayanna Holder says as she knocks a steel pot of scalding milk on the counter to keep foam from forming. She takes a freshly pulled espresso and begins pouring the latte, aiming for a quintessential leaf design on top.

It doesn’t quite go as planned.

“It’s a cloud,” she says with a laugh. “That’s a new masterpiece.”

You can only get so much practice over the course of six weekends, after all. But the group of students training to be baristas this se…

Source: http://clubindustry.com/profits/murder-charge-dropped-against-former-yoga-studio-owner-twin-sisters-cliff-death

Anastasia Duval, who at one time had been a co-owner of Twin Power Yoga with her twin sister Alexandria Duval, was killed after Alexandria allegedly drove the SUV-style vehicle both were traveling in off the road where it fell 200 feet down a cliff.

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