WTF Is Tongue Scrapping?! This is so easy to implement into our morning routines. Hopefully all of you are in the habit of brush your teeth daily. It's easy to link tongue scrapping to that normalized habit. So you’d tongue scrap right after brushing your teeth, before drinking water. The white coating on your tongue …
Podcasts that are amazing AF
I LOVE podcast. I'll be real with you. I hate reading books. I'm dyslexic and reading is a little more effort than I want to put in. Also, I live in a boston suburb ( shout out to winthrop, mass!) and so... I have to drive or take the subway to get to most places …
Six Tastes of Ayurveda
In Ayurveda, there are six tastes. These tastes are sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter and astringent. It’s important to include all six tastes with every meal. This is because each taste corresponds to different elements. Ayurveda is focused on balancing the 5 elements. Each taste has properties of ether, air, fire, water and earth. Our …
Benefits of Pranayama: Yogic Breathing
Pranayama is Yogic breathing. Pranayama means Life force. Prana means " Life" and Yama " Force." Stress Less Yogic breathing can enhance parasympathetic nervous system activity. Parasympathetic nervous system is in charge of helping you keep calm. Slow, steady yogic breathing relaxes the body and decreases the heart rate. It reduces the activity in the …
Dirty Dozen & Clean Fifteen
Everything you eat, everything you buy is a political action. Every time you buy something, you’re actually voting. Every time you buy something local or organic, you’re telling that grocery store that there is a consumer demand for those items and similar items. Every time you buy processed junk, you tell that grocery store that …
