Women's Health

A Summer to Declutter! (i.e. 4 Tips to Create More HEAD Space)

A Summer to Declutter! (i.e. 4 Tips to Create More HEAD Space)

Summer! The season of abundance, beach fun and berries, rosé for some, popsicles for others, picnics and siestas! Summer invites us to lighten up, as in a lighter diet, schedule, attitude. Perhaps like me you also enjoy getting rid of stuff to open up more space in your living quarters. But there's another kind of living quarters where all of us spend tons of time, that can often use de-cluttering. That “place” might even be your headquarters (hint... ) It's your head of course! How is your head? Is it neat and organized? Cramped and overflowing with junk? Let's make some room in there!

When Relaxing Does More Harm Than Good (+ A Recording to Help You Chill)

When Relaxing Does More Harm Than Good (+ A Recording to Help You Chill)

Conscious deep relaxation is a priceless skill, a life skill even! It is not sleeping and it is not your usual end-of-a-yoga-class-relaxation. Rather it is a focused, systematic withdrawal of consciousness from the outside world to the deepest part of your being. Thirty minutes of yoga nidra is said to equal 3 to 4 hours of sleep! I personally have experienced the benefits of yoga nidra and can attest to its fast rejuvenating power. Unfortunately, when tired many of us turn to unwinding methods that hardly rejuvenate us, if at all.