Anyone who knows me, or has followed along here for a while, knows that I encourage finding balance, whether it’s nutritious meals, exercise, or wellness practices. Balance for me means enjoying one of my favorite meals that are maybe not-so-nutritious at a restaurant or friend’s house once a week, mostly because I look at it from an inflammation perspective and want to keep that low in my body. And while I’m perfectly fine enjoying that meal once a week, what happens if you need to go out to eat a few times that week? You have people come into town, you’re meeting someone for business, you ..read more

It’s been awhile since I started using body oil instead of body lotion, and my skin has never looked or felt better. It’s such a simple change, but has made all the different, especially during winter, so I wanted to share why you need to switch from body lotion to body oil (like, yesterday)… Abhyanga: Ayurvedic Oil Massage After studying Ayurveda – one of the world’s oldest holistic (“whole-body”) healing systems from India, I made many lifestyle changes, one including switching from body lotion to body oil. Why? Well, one of the lifestyle/beauty practices within Ayurveda is a daily oil ma ..read more

“I don’t want to look ‘bulky’ – I just want to tighten and tone up!” – this is the one concern I hear most from women when it comes to exercise and lifting weights, so it’s time to clear up why women will not “bulk up” from lifting weights, once and for all – with science. It’s crazy that we’ve been sold the idea that women will “bulk up” if they lift weights, when in fact, it’ll do the exact opposite. It’ll tighten and tone all over your body, burn fat even when you’re resting (yep, while you’re sleeping), and shape your body exactly&nb ..read more

What is an Infrared Sauna? The main difference between infrared saunas and traditional saunas is how they use heat. Traditional saunas, like the ones you see at most gyms, use a single heater that is heating the air and this hot air heats the user. Infrared saunas, however, use advanced therapy to stimulate heat in the body with only a small percentage of heat heating the air. The result? A deeper sweat, at a lower air temperature. The Powerful Benefits of Infrared Saunas 1. Infrared saunas help you sweat out toxins Infrared saunas can help increase blood flow and perspiration. Sweati ..read more

Ayurveda is a medical science deeply focused on healing and maintaining the quality and longevity of life. It combines science with psychology, spirituality, and philosophy. In Ayurveda, the cornerstone of health means achieving a mind-body balance. It gives specific guidelines, practices, recipes and remedies to help you achieve this balance, and within that, the guidelines vary for each individual person according to their body type, the time of year, and season. If you use oils in your diet or beauty routine, switch your meals up according to the seasons, practice yoga or meditation, take ..read more

For a lot of people, exercise usually starts out with wanting to lose weight or “tone up”. And while there’s no problem with that, I wanted to also talk about the major science-backed ways exercise benefits your brain and body. 1. Exercise Reduces Inflammation (+ why does that matter?) Many people are suffering from inflammation inside their bodies without even knowing it. Between environmental toxins, unknown food sensitivities that you might have, and eating processed foods, inflammation can wreak havoc internally. Why does this matter? Because inflammation in the body is linked to a wide ..read more

Ah, the time of year when the phrases, “stretchy pants” and “food coma” are used most frequently! The holidays are usually focused on the 3 F’s: friends, family, and food, so I want to share my 10 simple tricks for eating healthy during the holidays. Most articles you find on this will direct everything back to “weight loss”, but that’s not my goal here (although it is a natural byproduct of what happens when you eat anti-inflammatory, real, whole foods). My goal is to talk about the inflammation that happens inside of our bodies when we’re eating inflammatory foods and to help you take care ..read more

Anyone who knows me, or has followed along here for a while, knows that I encourage finding balance, whether it’s nutritious meals, exercise, or wellness practices. Balance for me means enjoying one of my favorite meals that are maybe not-so-nutritious at a restaurant or friend’s house once a week, mostly because I look at it from an inflammation perspective and want to keep that low in my body. And while I’m perfectly fine enjoying that meal once a week, what happens if you need to go out to eat a few times that week? You have people come into town, you’re meeting someone for business, you ..read more

It’s been awhile since I started using body oil instead of body lotion, and my skin has never looked or felt better. It’s such a simple change, but has made all the different, especially during winter, so I wanted to share why you need to switch from body lotion to body oil (like, yesterday)… Abhyanga: Ayurvedic Oil Massage After studying Ayurveda – one of the world’s oldest holistic (“whole-body”) healing systems from India, I made many lifestyle changes, one including switching from body lotion to body oil. Why? Well, one of the lifestyle/beauty practices within Ayurveda is a daily oil ma ..read more

“I don’t want to look ‘bulky’ – I just want to tighten and tone up!” – this is the one concern I hear most from women when it comes to exercise and lifting weights, so it’s time to clear up why women will not “bulk up” from lifting weights, once and for all – with science. It’s crazy that we’ve been sold the idea that women will “bulk up” if they lift weights, when in fact, it’ll do the exact opposite. It’ll tighten and tone all over your body, burn fat even when you’re resting (yep, while you’re sleeping), and shape your body exactly&nb ..read more