How to: Stand in mountain pose with both feet planted firmly on the ground, hands on your hips. Exhale and slowly fold forward from your hip joints, lengthening the front of your torso. Bend your elbows and hold onto each elbow with your opposite hand. Lightly sway from side-to-side if it feels good. While you’re doing it, try to calm your mind and let go of all the day’s stresses. Hold for 1 minute....
And as a diligent skin care professional and devotee, I care for my skin as best I can. I want it to look luminescent and glowing now, and for many years to come. And (stay with me on this one) using skin-enhancing products and embracing how your skin ages aren’t competing concepts. You can appreciate the beautiful signs of maturing skin—and at the same time, use topicals that keep your complexion plump, firm, and lively....
If you’ve experienced cupping firsthand, you’re likely familiar with the traditional Chinese medicine–based practice’s tension-relieving, detox-inducing effects—but did you know you can achieve all these benefits of cupping from home? All that to say, my mind was slightly blown when I first tried WTHN’s at-home body cupping kit. My initial thought: Why didn’t I think of this sooner? Followed quickly by: I’m about to save so much money. I personally have turned to cupping while training for multiple marathons, and it gives me a looseness in my muscles that a typical (and still essential) stretching routine just does not achieve....
Yin-yang represents the universe creating itself from chaotic Wuji energy and transmuting it into order, or Tai Ji—the great polarity. So the yin-yang symbol represents creation theory or the “big bang.” It begins with nothing and transforms into everything. It’s impossible to know the true origin of yin-yang, though symbols representing yin-yang were present during the Neolithic period (3400 B.C.). Yin-yang is also represented in the I Ching, or The Book of Changes, a Chinese divination text that dates back to 1000–750 B....
For good reason: Many of the same foods that you use to nurture your body are healthy when applied topically as well. But don’t just take our word for it: There’s actually research to back these claims up. Read below for some of our science-backed favorites: Try it at home: Manuka honey has gained popularity as a face wash recently: Simply apply it to dampened skin and remove with a warm washcloth....
Here are 15 bold and beautiful plants that can climb indoors wherever you place them without much effort. “I recommend working backward from where you want your plants to end up, [taking] into account how much light that space will receive,” Ellise Uyema, CEO of plant-centered lifestyle brand Live Long and Plant, tells mindbodygreen. Here are a few other tips to help your climbing plant thrive indoors: “Moss poles are a great way to train a plant to climb,” says Uyema....
Building upon the progress we’ve made in 2018, we’re predicting that wellness will only continue to become more accessible and earth-friendly this year. Another big theme on our radar—one that we explored during this year’s revitalize event—is the blending of old and new. More and more ancient practices that have withstood the test of time will enter mainstream consciousness, and we’re hoping this return to simplicity sparks a connection that’s real and timeless in all of us....
