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Dec 30,2008
Achieve Your Fitness Resolution For 2009
by TeachStreet
How many years have gone by where your New Year's resolution was to exercise and get in shape , but by the end of the year you've found yourself having to renew that promise?If you aren't a hardcore athlete , and don't plan to be, then yoga lessons may be the genie in a bottle that makes your New Year's wishes come true in 2009.
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Especially if you have prior joint and bone injuries, doing plyometrics, weightlifting and running on a treadmill can put a lot of strain on your vulnerable body parts. The non-abrasive, body flexing, joint strengthening art of yoga is just what the doctor orders. The dual benefit of yoga over many other forms of exercises is that it is a powerful mental discipline as well. Yoga means union, which through my interpretation is the union of the mind and body. Practicing meditation has many great health benefits beyond the physical, as many doctors claim.&
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Dec 14,2008
Blooming Moon Invites You to Contribute to Heifer International this Holiday Season
by northwest nola
Happy Holidays from Blooming Moon Wellness Spa ! Celebrate the spirit of the holidays with a gift that will help end hunger, preserve the environment, provide a child with an education and create a sustainable life for a family. Please join us until December 31st in donating to Heifer International . For every $50 you contribute to this cause, Blooming Moon will give you a FREE gift certificate for a foot bath. Our goal is to buy 3 goats worth $360. Heifer's Mission to End Hunger: Heifer envisions... A world of communities living together in peace and equitably sharing the resources of a healthy planet. Heifer's mission is...
To work with communities to end hunger and poverty and to care for the earth. Heifer's strategy is...
To "pass on the gift." As people share their animals' offspring with others - along with their knowledge, resources, and skills - an expanding network of hope, dignity, and self-reliance is created that reaches around t
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Aug 30,2008
A Call to all Hot Stone Virgins!
by northwest nola
I am a massage slut. I can't help it, I just love the human touch. And I especially love the human touch when it is rubbing my aches and pains away. So, when the option of a hot stone massage was proposed to me, I wasn't sure what to think—what is this hot stone massage that they speak of? Will it be as good as the real deal? Turns out, hot stone massage is pretty much... well, awesome. The idea is that the hot stones, placed on specific parts of your body, prep your muscles for the rest of the massage—the heat from the stones penetrates down to your muscles and loosens them up so they are in prime condition for massage, and in theory, the massage will be more effective. And more heavenly. They even put them between your toes, which is oddly relaxing. I also found that the hot stone was the ultimate compliance with gravity. While the stones weren't heavy, they did create pressure on my body and by the time they were removed, several minutes later, I felt almost at one wi
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