meditation

This week's #LiveWholeHealth follows the previous post, Connecting Mind & Body Session 1, to help release and relax.

This week's #LiveWholeHealth follows the previous post, Connecting Mind & Body Session 1, to help release and relax.

The average person has more than 6,000 thoughts in a single day. That’s a lot of thinking! There are so many distractions in our lives. Even with the chaotic pace of our days, there are quick and simple ways to remind yourself to be mindful.

Research has shown a holistic approach to be effective for chronic pain, post-traumatic stress, depression, anxiety and more.

Social connection is essential to our Whole Health. When we live in harmony with others and through a shared community, our well-being is strengthened.

Your mind and emotions play a key role in your health. Through mindful awareness and self-care tools, you can take charge of your health and well-being to live your life to the fullest. Breathing space is one area of mindful awareness that can help you become fully aware and tuned in to what is going on right now, in the present moment, and without judgement.

When the sun is shining – and even when it is hiding behind clouds – we can practice sun salutations to warm our bodies and invigorate our day.

Have you ever shoveled snow and woke up the next day feeling muscles that you forgot you had? That's the kind of physical muscle awareness you'll remember for days! Follow along for a more mindful approach – muscle awareness meditation.

The start of a new year is a good time to pause and reflect on both the past year and the year ahead, setting intentions and goals.

As you head into a new year consider bringing the Loving Kindness Meditation into your life as a regular practice.

With the holidays fast approaching, it is easy to get caught up in thinking about all the things in our lives that are just “not right.”

A VA study has found course of loving kindness meditation was just as effective as one of VA’s front-line treatments for treating PTSD.