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ARTArticleThree Keys To Better AbsWhether you are looking to get that six-pack, or just want to get rid of bodyfat around the midsection, there are three keys to getting abdominal development.
Believe it or not, most lower back injuries occur due to weak abs. Strong abdominal development will help support your lower back and improve your posture. If you focus on these three areas you will see improved results over time.
Proper Cardiovascular Work:ARTArticleThree Tips for Losing WeightHave you ever tried to lose weight, but ending up feeling unsuccessful? This is a common problem for many people who try different diets. You can begin to lose weight and feel great by following these tips for losing weight through a non-diet approach. By developing positive self talk, listening to your body and finding alte
ative activities you can accomplish the weight loss goals that you set.
#1 Positive Self TalkARTArticleThree Ways to Motivate Yourself to Lose WeightThe process of losing weight naturally can be amazing. The start of this journey can be difficult though. You are taking on a new way of living and losing weight. Deciding to only take on what you can handle can help when starting this new way of life. One important aspect of staying motivated is being easy on yourself. A support group is a must when trying to stay motivated and on track. One of the most powerful weight loss programs is one that uses a non-diet approach to losing weight.
Only Take on What You Can HandleARTArticleTo Eat By Listening To Your BodySo, let's look at our eating habits, and analyze what our goal is, and what achievements we would like to reach:
If our goal is to figure out how to lose weight quickly with weight loss fast diets—then the widespread, acceptable opinions are as follows: "you have to eat low-calorie food," "you have to exercise to lose weight," and also, "yes, it is difficult to lose weight, but if we can continue this diet, without deviating from it, then we'll succeed."ARTArticleTop 5 Tips for Post-Thanksgiving EatingThanksgiving is over and yet the food still remains. If you’re like the majority of American families celebrating this holiday, you’ve got leftovers galore. You’re looking at turkey sandwiches for the next week and pumpkin pie for dessert. Date-wise, the holiday has passed, but, according to your fridge, Thanksgiving isn’t over quite yet. How do you escape gorging yourself on leftovers?
1. Give it away. If you’ve still got whole pies leftover, there’s a chance that a local soup kitchen may be able to hand it out during meal time.rARTArticleTop 5 Ways to Increase Your Energy Today!Do you suffer from low energy? Do you wish that you could have the energy of your youth? Not even sure if it’s possible?! The activities that we engage in on a daily basis can either energize us or zap our energy. Do you know how your daily routine is affecting you? Check out my top 5 energy-boosting tips below and try them out today. You’ll be feeling like a kid again in no time!ARTArticleTop Tips for Slimming Down for SummerThe warm summer air has people a way of getting people outdoors and opening up tons of opportunities to eat healthily Here are some ways you can shape up this summer:
• Drink more water. All the heat and humidity can cause you to become dehydrated easily. Be sure to fill up on water before you eat something in case that rumbly in your tumbly is actually dehydration.ARTArticleTrading Goals for FlowHow are those monthly or annual goals progressing? Are you celebrating some, feeling guilt over others?ARTArticleWatch Out For These 3 Common Lies about Losing WeightDieting can be difficult. We work so hard at following diet plans and making sure that everything is proportioned correctly. We become so obsessed with the act of dieting that we are no longer enjoying life. After we have worked so hard at losing weight we end up gaining all the weight back. This becomes extremely frustrating. What is preventing us from losing weight through dieting and keeping it off? The answer is dieting.ARTArticleWays to Lose Weight While Healing From an Eating DisorderIndividuals who have an eating disorder understand the pain that comes with the cycle of dieting and overeating. They often suffer from the feelings of not being perfect and the failures of diets. There are a few ways to begin the healing process and lose weight in a natural and healthy way at the same time. The first is to truly understand what is behind an eating disorder, specifically binge eating. Secondly, you need to distinguish when you are eating to cover an emotion. You must also begin to listen to your body and develop an understanding of what it needs.ARTArticleWeight Control in the SummerSummer is a great time of year because there is so much more that can be done and enjoyed outdoors. Spending time with family and great friends are a part of life that should be enjoyed as much as possible. Unfortunately, all these good times may hurt your attempts at weight control.ARTArticleWeight Release IntroductionWhat is Weight Release? Is it just a feel good word that is really nothing new? Is it some one trying to sell more crap that doesn't work? Is it another program that is just a bunch of sales and marketing but over promises and under delivers? No No and No! Weight Release is a system and program rolled into one that makes the process easier then all the other diets out there. I like to call the process a Journey or a Weight Release Journey. Just like a trip you have a starting point and a end point. You plan your trip and you have an idea how to get there and how long it will take.ARTArticleWhat are Bulimic Symptoms?Are you one of the many women that experience bulimic symptoms? If so, you understand the emotional pain that comes along with this eating disorder. There is hope. By using a non-diet approach to weight loss, you can begin to lose weight in a natural and healthy way. In order to begin healing you must understand fully what bulimia is. Also, ensuring that you are ready to begin the path towards healing will make the process easier. Lastly, it is important to educate yourself on healthy and natural ways to lose weight. Let's begin by talking a little bit about bulimic symptoms.ARTArticleWhat Can I Do to Experience More Energy Overall?As I’m writing a response to this question today, I am feeling tired. I’m not entirely sure whether I’ve taxed my body with what I’m currently healing or the planetary alignment is tugging on my energy. Fortunately, I’m feeling emotionally stable, though many years ago, emotional upheaval was the greatest pull on my energy.ARTArticleWhat Can I Do to Get More Sleep at Night?Insomnia challenges so many of us. I remember nights lying in bed thinking about everything I thought just had to be done, sacrificing my health and my rest to my busy mind.
Resting is a natural state, but isn’t it interesting how many of us at some time in our lives have found it to be a state so difficult to experience? For those of us that live in cultures where achieving is revered, it can be difficult to accept that action and achieving are only half of the human equation for mastery as human beings.ARTArticleWhat Can You Do About Depression When You Are Healing?Depression underlies many physical conditions, either because it was part of the cause of the illness or because you are feeling the pressure of your physical limits.
While my book, The Root of All Healing wasn’t intended to be a book about alleviating depression, as I began to answer this question, I realized how much of it really does speak to natural approaches to addressing depression.
In a sense, it has to, because if you are healing the root cause of your illness, the root cause of your depression is part of or contributing to your physical and emotional challenges.ARTArticleWhat Can You Do to Speed Up Healing?If you are really ill or in pain, you want to get out of it just as fast as you can. You might find yourself inclined to do just about anything to get quick relief. As you probably know, relief from discomfort or pain is not necessarily the same as healing. You can be experiencing temporary relief, but still need healing.ARTArticleWhat if Being Sick Is God’s Will or Part of My Karma?A few readers have asked me this question in each their own way, according to their personal spiritual beliefs. This is a very important question because our beliefs significantly affect our approaches to health and even the degree to which we heal.
Beliefs like this are so easy to accept as our reality, and yet so limiting to our healing process. Discover more beliefs that can limit your healing at: http://misahopkins.com/beating-the-odds-free-special-report/rnrARTArticleWhat is a Toxin?A toxin is a substance which, when taken in (breathe, drink, eat, inject or absorb through skin) or generated within the body, may disturb physiology or damage structures within the body.
Toxins can come from outside (exotoxins) or they can be generated within the body (endotoxins)
Our Toxic Burden
- 47 Europeans were tested for organochlorine pesticides, PCBs, PBDEs, phthalates and perfluorinated compounds
- Median of 41 chemicals out of 101 tested found in each individual (Medical Post 2004, May 25:2)ARTArticleWhat is a Weight Release Expert?What is a Weight Release Expert? Is it a made up title so we don’t have to use the word salesmen? The skeptic and anyone who does not take a few minutes to read the rest of this article about what a Weight Release Expert is might think so. But for those who read the rest of this article will know that this is a valid title for someone who earned it. The most important fact about a Weight Release Expert is they have already accomplished what you want to accomplish which is to get to an ideal/healthy weight and stay there.ARTArticleWhat is Binge Eating Disorder?If you experience times of compulsive overeating, it is typical to wonder if you have developed an eating disorder. If you have binge eating disorder, you know the extreme embarrassment that goes along with your relationship with food. Those with this type of disorder have an unhealthy eating pattern that is based on emotions. You may attempt to diet with little to no results. You may also experience a range of negative emotions associated with eating and food. If this sounds like you, you may want to consider seeking help for an eating disorder.ARTArticleWhat is Reality?What is reality, we may say that there are many different levels or dimensions of reality and whatever level of reality you are in that is okay. Actors in a TV series are displaying story lines of characters that script writers have written. They come together in a studio and play out their roles. As viewers what do we see, we see a TV screen, a rather small object, and we watch the unfolding drama. We laugh, we cry, we get angry and we can empathise and identify with the lives on that screen.ARTArticleWhat Is the Role of Unconditional Love in Our Relationships?What is unconditional love? Simple as it may appear, it is perhaps the most misunderstood & misused phrase in our relationships. Unconditional love is a benevolent feeling that emerges from deeper level of our Consciousness for all of creation. Universal Consciousness that is pervading through all life & nonlife forms connecting all of creation to ONE source.ARTArticleWhat Not to Say: 4 Attitude Statements that Sink Personal WellnessAs owner and practitioner of a fully-booked alte
ative wellness center in New York City, and as a weight and energy mentor for individuals across the country, I have the privilege of working with many people every week. Together with each patient, I use a combination of eastern and western modalities to improve overall wellness. In almost every case, we find that mindset--that is, a person's attitude or way of thinking--can have the power to make or break wellness goals.ARTArticleWhat? You Threw Out Your Back Again?!Fact: Approximately 8 out of 10 people have experienced back pain at some point in their lives.
Wow. With that many sufferers among us, it's no surprise that I often hear complaints of back trouble as an acupuncturist and alte
ative practitioner in my New York wellness center.ARTArticleWhat's Eating You? Know Your Stealth StressorsTraffic jam? Stress. Family disagreements? Stress. New boss making waves? Stress, big time.
A decadent wedge of cheesecake and a little relaxation before the TV to put the mind at ease over it all...what? MORE stress?
Yes, indeed.ARTArticleWhen Boomerang Kids Move Back HomeNot since the Great Depression have so many fledgling adults moved into the empty nest with mom and dad. This cyclical trend has accelerated along with the economic crisis. Faced with school loans, debts or no job, it makes sense to head for home - with its emotional security and financial safety net. If you're a member of the Sandwich Generation, caring for parents growing older as well as kids growing up, adding a boomerang kid to that mix can increase your stress level.ARTArticleWhen is Addiction a Choice?All people fundamentally begin with a clean slate. It is only the choices we make that determine our paths. Born neither good nor bad, we are shaped by the choices we make within our environments. Even those who are raised under seemingly disadvantaged circumstances ultimately have a decision to make. They can either continue along their same abysmal path, perpetuating their own poor health and unhappiness, or make their own future. We have all heard the rags to riches stories. The real-life Cinderellas don’t have fairy Godmothers.ARTArticleWhen Weight Loss Diets Don't WorkHave you ever tried weight loss diets and just ended up gaining all of the weight right back? How many times has a diet left you feeling hungry and miserable all of the time? Many times, the diets that you try do not give you the long-term weight loss that you want. Many diets do not work because they require you to place limitations of certain foods.ARTArticleWhere do I Begin with Binge Eating Disorder Treatment?Do you feel the need to eat when you are experiencing negative emotions? Have you ever wished you could lose weight but end up sneaking food to eat? If these examples sound familiar to you then you may suffer from binge eating disorder. There are several types of binge eating disorder treatments available. Are you ready to take the necessary treatment steps?