Source: http://www.sonima.com/videos/breathing-technique-for-labor/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eW-T6vtO7k

It is always good to sit and focus on your breath, especially when you are pregnant and approaching the time to deliver. When you are in labor, the breath is the most critical thing to focus on, as it helps you regulate your heart rate and control your mind to keep yourself calm. In this video, Jessica Walden, an Ashtanga yoga teacher based in Encinitas, California, guides an eight-months-pregnant student in a breathing technique for labor and pregnancy that provides an effective method for finding balance and ease.

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June 7, 20165:57 PM ET

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Source: http://clubindustry.com/news/top-10-american-sports-and-fitness-activities-2015

PHIT America has analyzed the data in the Physical Activity Council’s 2016 Participation Report to identify the top American recreational trends from 2015.

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Source: http://clubindustry.com/webinars/free-webinar-two-pathways-fitness-industry-are-you-correct-course-success

Find out in this free webinar whether your brand is on the correct path and whether that path is clear to members, staff and your other stakeholders. Knowing these answers will make you more successful in the evolving competitive landscape.

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Source: http://www.theminimalists.com/p025/

By Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus · Follow: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram

In this episode of The Minimalists Podcast, Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus answer questions in front of a sold-out crowd in Dallas, including:

How do we share the film with others?
How do we find lending libraries?
How do we continue to resist compulsory consumption?
How do we avoid assuming an air of superiority over others who have not adopted minimalism?
What does it mean to live intentionally?
What do we do if we feel discontented with minimalism?
What tips do you have for kids to learn to live with less?
Did you foresee the minimalist movement growing this quickly?
What city have you found to be the most minimalist?
How do you reconcile yourself with not being able to accomplish everything you want to do?
How do you reconcile yourself with your inadequacies as a minimalist?
How do you explain minimalism to your friends and family who insist on giving you physical gifts?
How do we repurpose things we normally throw away?
How do we address legal issues with tiny homes?
How do we take control of our lives?
How do we keep pushing ourselves as minimalists?
How do we minimize the cost and stress associated with travel?
How do we differentiate between what we should donate and what we…

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tinybuddha/~3/QmxAq4_VreQ/

“People aren’t always going to be there for you. That’s why you need to learn to handle things on your own.” ~Unknown

Anxiety is a box around your mind. It’s the cage in which your deepest worries start to pace, then walk, and gain momentum until they’re out of control.

Once these worries and scenarios take off and hit the walls of this box, they’re trapped, and tension starts building.

It can be an exhausting cycle of stress that you might think you have to face alone if you want to avoid opening yourself up to pity or rejection.

You may think others will judge or stereotype you if they know about your struggle. Or, you might worry that if they do know, they’ll assume you’re either looking for attention or not doing enough to function like everyone else.

Here’s the kicker: You don’t have to function like everyone else. When you struggle with anxiety, just functioning is something to be proud of.

The absence of another’s approval or input when progressing can make you feel like you’re not making improvement at all. It’s hard to pull yourself out of an anxiety attack or downturn of emotions, and it can feel lonely when you think you can’t call on anyone, but there are times when self-reliance is your only option.

Yes, th…

Source: http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2016/06/02/how-to-read-a-recipe-and-not-want-to-punch-a-hole-in-the-wall/

This is a recipe from NF Rebel Chef Noel.

I don’t know about you, but I have never liked reading the instructions for board games. The tutorials at the beginnings of video games bore me to death. When I play a game, I go basic. No fancy moves, no secret codes, and no strategy guides. I figure it out as I go.

I suppose you could say that this is why I’m also not very good at games.

But something has recently begun to change my mind. I attended a game night at a friend’s house, and they told me to go read the instructions for the game we were about to play. They wouldn’t tell me the rules, no, they made me read (the horror!). And when we played, I still didn’t win, but I was far better than I usually was. I could even see how I would be a force to be reckoned with if we played again.

I imagine a lot of you are like me and games when it comes to cooking. It’s not fun. You don’t enjoy it. You tried it once or twice, but you’ve lost interest.

The instructions for a game feel tedious to me, and I wouldn’t blame you if recipes feel tedious for you.

The recipe for a dish is not only the basic instructions, but it’s also a sheet of cheat codes for the cook. So today, we’re going to learn how to use a recipe to your advantage.

Basic knowledge

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Source: http://www.sonima.com/meditation/reasons-to-meditate/

There are many reasons to meditate, and lots of reasons why people don’t, or don’t want to. My friend Adam Grant wrote a hilariously grumpy screed in the New York Times late last year about how he’s exhausted with everyone telling him to meditate. You could certainly say meditation is having a moment, but then again, meditation has been having a moment for a while now.

The myriad benefits of meditation practice include lower blood pressure, less anxiety, and a greater ability to focus. A growing body of research supports these and other positive health effects.

I have been meditating since I was three years old, so it is sometimes hard for me to put my finger on what meditation does. I can’t tell you that I am a stress-free, vice-free yogini. While those 36 years of practice—give or take—have given me a lot of quiet, it hasn’t made me quiet. And I should say that I dropped my practice for years, choosing instead a nice glass (or three) of Chablis, or the ease of an anti-anxiety medication, or the rigor of an hour-long trail run. Or countless episodes of Law & Order. All of those things do something for me, which is tune out, for a little while, the chatter in my head.

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Source: http://www.foodpolitics.com/2016/06/the-senates-mostly-unfunded-agenda-for-the-fda/

Food Chemical News reports that the Senate Appropriations bill comes with report language instructing the FDA to:

Conduct a risk assessment to see how harmful it really is to eat Listeria-tainted frozen vegetables [these, presumably, would be cooked before eating].  CRF Frozen Foods had to recall of 358 organic products after 7 people became ill.
Release no sodium guidelines before the National Academies of Science has a chance to update the Daily Reference Intake (DRI) for sodium [which will take years].  The report says “it is “imperative that any guidance be issued using the latest sound science…based upon an updated DRI report.”  House directives said the same thing.  [The FDA has just released voluntary sodium guidelines for public comment].
Release its overdue report on food traceability systems: “The Committee directs the FDA to collaborate with science-based international and industry-led food traceability initiatives of the type recommended by the pilot projects…[and] to make publicly available information on FDA’s efforts to encourage…traceability initiatives.”
Reconsider its E. coli standard.  The Senate views this standard as too stringent and disruptive of raw milk cheese businesses.
Actively engage stakeholders in best practice standards for medical foods. “They should work together on “forming a framework for a distinct regulatory pathway for medical foods that does not encumber its progress towards approval for patient …

Source: http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2016/06/06/turn-fitness-into-a-game-new-workouts-fun-quests-and-epic-boss-battles/

Today is a really cool day for me and Team Nerd Fitness, as I get to make two massive announcements.

This first announcement is about our flagship program, the Nerd Fitness Academy. 

For those who don’t know, The Academy is an online, self-paced course and fitness “quest” tracking system with over 20,000 students from every corner of the globe. We’re proud of it!

For the past six months, we’ve been diligently working on our 3rd massive Nerd Fitness Academy overhaul, and I’m fired up to tell you all about it. Our previous update brought a questing system (so you can level up by completing fitness missions) and an uber supportive private community.

This new update is even bigger! Here are some of the recent things people have said:

The new updates were a lot of energy and effort – but these posts m…