5 Ways to Survive & Thrive This Holiday
Be 51 percent good ... Make it a meal, not a pit stop ... Breathe (through the nose) ... Ayurvedic expert John Douillard, D.C., Ph.D., author of The 3-Season Diet and Body, Mind, and Sport shares and explains his top 5 tips for enjoying this holiday season more -- and holding onto your shape and your health in the process.
Functional Fitness 101: Is a Workout-Therapy Hybrid What You Need?
Ever thought about hiring a personal trainer but worried you’d be too inflexible or in too much pain to make it worthwhile? Even if you're in great shape, you may feel pain doing everyday tasks, whether from injury, arthritis or overtraining. Functional fitness may help.
Feeling SAD? A Doctor's Top 4 Remedies for Winter Blues
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), also known as “winter blues,” is very common and very treatable. Four therapies to try plus tips on several more that can help with symptoms of SAD, from a psychiatrist and people who experience this condition every winter.
3 Techniques to Dissolve Stress Fast (No Yoga Required)
All stressed out with nowhere to do some yoga? Try these three simple stress-reducing techniques from The Anywhere, Anytime Chill Guide by yoga teacher and Ms. Mindbody columnist Kate Hanley. Get breathing techniques, fast stretches and mantra tips for anxiety-ridden family gatherings, stressful work situations and, well … anytime.
Why Humidify, and Which Type of Humidifier Is Best?
Health experts weigh in on whether you need a cool mist or warm mist humidifier, plus how and why using a humidifier can help prevent and alleviate cold, allergy and sinus symptoms as well as dry skin and nose bleeds.
6 Best Ways to Support a Loved One Who Has Cancer
Three out of four families will see a family member diagnosed with cancer. Our list of the six most supportive things you can do for a cancer patient reflects the advice of cancer–center doctors, social workers, survivors and family members who were there for them.
9 Holistic Remedies You Need in Your Medicine Cabinet
Stock your medicine cabinet with these remedies naturopathic doctors use at home and most recommend to their patients for pain relief and conditions ranging from colds to insomnia to athlete's foot.
How to Alleviate Foot Pain: 4 Simple Ways to Soothe Your Feet
When your feet are not working to their full potential, the effects are going to be felt throughout the body. Here are four simple things you can do improve your foot mechanics immediately.
Cosmetic Acupuncture: What You Need to Know
Can acupuncture help you look younger? Using acupuncture needles on the face to enhance beauty and preserve a youthful appearance has been done for centuries in China but it’s just started to become popular in the United States.
9 Ways to Improve Your Memory
Memory difficulties are typical with older age. The good news is there’s much we can do to preserve memory.
3 Ways to Build Stress Resilience with Ayurvedic Ideas
In the West, stress has become a major contributor to disease and illness. Instead of stress reduction, Ayurveda prescribes a series of stress-prevention techniques. Try these three simple techniques to manage your stress more healthfully.
Who’s Your Mama? Gift Guide
Your mom's the best! The Who's Your Mama Gift Guide has just what she needs to keep going. Are you a mom? Working hard to balance it all? Treat yourself! You know you deserve it.
Natural Relief for Allergy Symptoms
Spring blooms may look sweet and innocent, but allergy sufferers know better. Natural alternatives can go a long way to relieve milder allergy symptoms.
Detox Buyer’s Guide: Top Products to Help You Cleanse
Our intrepid tester tried them all — foot spas, detox baths, foot pads, workouts, foods and skin treatments — and asked experts how they work. A personal shopper’s lowdown on the detox scene.
Detox 101
Daily life produces toxins—there’s no way around that. The body has mechanisms for eliminating toxins, such as breathing, sweating, urinating and bowel movements, but sometimes it needs a little bit of help.
Back Pain Relief: An M.D.’s Top 5 Tips
Chopra Center Medical Director David Simon, M.D., says alternative healthcare remedies for back care can be surprisingly effective.
Stress Relief Tips from Mayo Clinic
Stress can be short-term or long-term. If constantly elevated, stress can make you more vulnerable to life-threatening health problems. Fortunately though, you can develop skills to avoid some stressors and limit the effects of others. Here are eight of them.
Kick Off Your Detox with a Restorative Twist
Twist your torso to help your body detox. Here’s how to do a restorative seated yoga twist to give your cleanse a gentle and painless jump-start.
Update Your Heart Smarts: New Research & Advice
Updated studies, statistics and tips on preventing cardiovascular disease, heart attack and stroke, including how yoga, meditation and other techniques are proven to help.
Beat the Blues with Heart-Opening Yoga
Feeling blue? Yoga instructor Kate Hanley explains how to do simple yoga poses that open the chest -- a surprisingly simple and effective way to lift your mood.
Lose Weight Permanently with Ayurveda
Is simply being an American making you fat? This plan for what, when and how to eat to lose weight and keep it off for life is based on Ayurveda and European ideas about food.
Stand By Your Mantra for a New Attitude
How to get started using mantras, how to choose a mantra, insight on the origin of mantras and their power for better well-being, and tips on using mantras to help with anything you're struggling with.
Detox Without Fasting: 2 Easy Plans
Tips to help you make the most of nature's detox plan. How to do a daily cleanse and a seasonal or quarterly detox just by shifting your sleep schedule and eating some everyday detoxifying foods.
1-2-3 Detox for Radiance
Gone overboard with indulgences lately? Look radiant in 24 hours, luminous in 48, and positively sparkly in 72. Step-by-step plan gives 3 ways to detox plus 7 recipes.
Why Meditate? Science Finds Clues
Researchers are finding exciting evidence of meditation’s effects on the brain -- new clues to why it can help calm emotions, sharpen reasoning and even make you healthier.
Cancer Survivors Thrive with Yoga
In Laura Kupperman’s Yoga for Survivors class, sore shoulders and tight hips are likely the least of students’ complaints. But here they find help with exactly what cancer has brought them today.
Crazy Sexy Cancer: Tips from Survivors
It's not your typical cancer book. Kris Carr and her “Cancer Babe Posse” share hard-earned insights, hints, “hell-yeahs” and real, fun, crazy, sexy ways to live with cancer.
De-Stress While Driving: 4 Simple Exercises to Do in the Car
Stuck in the car? It’s a great time for simple exercises to deflate your stress. And you’ll arrive at your destination feeling calm, not frazzled.
Face Yoga: Fountain of Youth?
Face yoga students are abandoning face-lifts and Botox for Downward Dog. Here’s the good, the bad and the need-to-know on face yoga and its anti-aging benefits, plus four poses with photos and instructions to help you see if it’s for you.
Alternative Treatments for Erectile Dysfunction
About erectile dysfunction and alternative medicine options for prevention and treatment of ED, including how certain foods or diet changes, vitamins, herbs, exercise, and lifestyle changes can help.
Yoga Therapy: The Next Wave in Yoga
Can yoga fix your bum knee? Your bad back? Western doctors are referring patients to yoga therapy as an alternative to physical therapy. Here's what you need to know about this growing, but still fledgling, healthcare approach.
Improve Your Sex Life with Yoga
Yoga is a true physical and mental workout, so it's no surprise it can help you have better sex. Find out how Yoga can improve your sex life and make the next time a real mind-body experience.
Top 10 Superfoods
Too busy to eat as healthfully as you’d like every day? Dr. James Rouse shows you how to get maximum nutritional punch from a few uber-foods that can help fill the gaps.
Apple Cinnamon 'Menopause Muffins' Recipe
Features ingredients including whole-grain flour, soy milk, flax and walnuts that help prevent and ease hot flashes, mood swings and other symptoms.
Getting Burned by Your Metabolism?
Naturopathic physician, chef and TV health-news host Dr. James Rouse sheds light on what, when and how to eat to keep your metabolism burning strong -- and the surprising all-day energy you can get in addition to that calorie burn.
Eat to Boost Metabolism and All-Day Energy: Meal Planning Guide & Recipes
Running on empty? Dr. James Rouse maps out what, when and how much to eat to keep both your metabolism and your energy levels steadily elevated -- to help you manage your weight, keep your cool, maintain your focus and avoid cravings.
Mariel Hemingway's Secrets to Healthy Living
In her new book, actress, yogi and survivor Mariel Hemingway shows you a 30-day plan to help you derive "more health, more peace and more pleasure" from the life you already have.
What's Your Dosha? Ayurveda 101
Background on ayurvedic principles, how to find out your dosha or body-mind composition (are you a vata, pitta or kapha?), and how it can affect your creativity, flexibility, stress resilience, immune system and more. Plus: how to balance the negative aspects of your dominant dosha.
Which Styles of Yoga to Try?
Although most physical forms of yoga practice share similarities, knowing the nuances can help you get started on the right foot, fit your practice to your priorities and physical condition, expand your awareness and make your yoga practice more rewarding.
Creating a Sacred Space at Home
Create a special place for meditation, rituals, reflection and just renewing your spirit. These 15 tips will help you use candles, statues, sculptures, lighting, altars, cushions, furniture and more to express your spirituality and connect with what's meaningful to you.
