Meditation, often thought of as a path to self-awareness and compassion, can also be a path to better health. Practiced for thousands of years in Hindu, Buddhist, Zen/Chan and Taoist communities, people use meditation today to cope with stress and worry in a busy world. It can help bring calm...
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18 Wellness Tips for a Healthy Lifestyle
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle can feel like a challenge at times, especially when you’re already trying to balance everyday life. But when it comes to health and wellness, sometimes it’s the small and consistent changes that make the biggest impact. Centrum is here to remind you that healthy living can...
Continue reading...Exercise and the Brain: How Fitness Impacts Learning
While attending a three-day special education workshop, the book, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain, was recommended to me on the basis that it provides incontrovertible evidence that exercise can help all students—especially special education students—improve in school. At a time when recess and physical education programs are being...
Continue reading...What are the mental health benefits of exercise?
Exercise is not just about aerobic capacity and muscle size. Sure, exercise can improve your physical health and your physique, trim your waistline, improve your sex life, and even add years to your life. But that’s not what motivates most people to stay active. People who exercise regularly tend to...
Continue reading...A Guide to a Healthy Lifestyle
In the simplest terms, a healthy lifestyle is a way of living that reduces your risk of becoming seriously ill or reduces your life expectancy. Although we cannot prevent all diseases, many serious illnesses can be prevented by adopting certain types of behavior and avoiding others. Non-communicable diseases are the...
Continue reading...10 Ways Your Home Is Hurting Your Health
Hopefully, “home” is a word with which you have a happy association. If, however, you’re like most Americans, there are facets of your home that may be working against your health. Scientists have been looking at the causes of obesity and chronic illness, and some have found that they can...
Continue reading...6 Ways to Practice Lagom, the Swedish Secret to a Balanced, Happy Life
Fourteen years ago, Niki Brantmark was invited to spend her summer vacation with a friend on Sweden’s West Coast. “It was the perfect setting for the beginnings of a love affair—not only with my Swedish husband but also with the Swedish way of life,” she writes in her new book Lagom ($20, amazon.com). Pronounced...
Continue reading...Nurturing Peace Within: The Power of Mindfulness and Meditation
In our fast-paced world, every moment seems to demand our attention and energy. As a result, it can feel like finding moments of peace and calmness is an unattainable dream. However, amidst the chaos, there is a timeless practice that offers solace and tranquility – mindfulness and meditation. “Care and...
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