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I’m Sitting Here With Writers Block About What to Write (opens the original)
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I’m sitting here staring at a blank screen, completely blocked about what to write. Which is funny, because I have 47 things I want to write about, maybe that’s the problem. I can write some philosophical metaphor about the nonstop road construction in my city and how every single road needs to be ripped apart at exactly the same time. There has to be a life lesson in there somewhere.Detours, potholes, roads closed unexpectedly, traffic jams, thinking you know exactly where you’re going only to
October Is a Check-In, Not a Countdown (opens the original)
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October is almost here. No clue how that happened that fast, and there it is. You can always tell someone older, our constant saying of how fast time flies by. But here we are. If you’ve spent any amount of time online the last 5-10 years, you already know what’s coming. Finish the year strong, lock in, you still have time, don’t waste the fourth quarter, did you accomplish the goals you set in January?October becomes less about the changing leaves, cooler mornings, pulling out sweaters, hot app
Autumn Equinox Yoga Flow & Meditation Live with Nikki Lanigan (opens the original)
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The autumn equinox marks the seasonal transition when day and night are approximately equal in length. In yoga, we can use that natural point of balance as an invitation to notice our own relationship between effort and ease, movement and stillness, holding on and letting go.For this practice, we’ll work primarily with the Root Chakra, Muladhara, associated with grounding, stability, safety, and our connection to the earth, and the Sacral Chakra, Svadhisthana, associated with flow, creativity, e
Got Six Minutes? Why I’m Not Giving Up HIIT in Midlife (opens the original)
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I saw a post from Dr. Mark Hyman the other morning that caught my attention. He wrote about research showing that just six minutes of high-intensity exercise can substantially increase BDNF, a protein involved in neuroplasticity, learning and memory.My first reaction was, wow only six minutes?My second was that this is exactly why I get frustrated when fitness advice for women over 40 swings from one extreme to another.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/im
Yoga Isn’t Dying; Wellness Just Got Obsessed With Optimization. (opens the original)
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I saw a post this week about yoga dying, and I immediately stopped scrolling. Apparently, this is a conversation we’re having now.The Atlantic recently published an article called What Happened to Yoga? The article takes a look at the changing place yoga holds in American wellness culture. There actually is something happening here, Pilates is booming, strength training has become a major focus, especially for the women 40+ crowd. Heated Sculpt classes are everywhere now too. Some yoga studios a
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