By: Lontier of youthfully grown What is Nadi Shodhana? Nadi Shodhana—also known as alternate nostril breathing—is a simple, yet effective technique commonly practiced in yoga. Nadi is a Sanskrit word for ‘channel’ or ‘flow’, while shodhana means ‘purification’. The goal of the practice is to cleanse blocked energy channels by alternating the breath through […]
February 18, 2015
By: Lontier of youthfully grown As a woman of childbearing age, I’m sure you’ve been constantly reminded to take vitamins with folic acid in order to decrease the risk of birth defects should you have children and told how important it is during pregnancy. You also may have heard the term folate and thought, “Oh, […]
February 11, 2015
By: Lontier of youthfully grown What is Raw Cacao? Raw cacao is essentially chocolate in an unprocessed form. It’s made by cold-pressing unroasted cacao beans to remove the fat, while keeping the live enzymes intact. Have you ever heard that chocolate is actually healthy for you? Itabsolutely can be if you avoid the store-bought varieties […]
February 27, 2015
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