While the name selenite originally referred to the transparent variety, nowadays, it can also refer to the striated, fibrous version called satin spar (which is also a variety of gypsum). “People have gone so far as to say satin spar isn’t real selenite, and although it’s true that there’s a subtle distinction, they’re chemically the same—they’re the same type of stone,” Leavy adds. She notes there are some specific formations that are used for certain things....

There’s a reason the shadow is often ignored or denied: These qualities don’t fit in with our conceptions of ourselves. For example, she says, consider someone who has a core belief that feeling resentment in motherhood correlates with being ungrateful or a bad mom. “Instead of embracing their shadow self [and] experiencing anger or frustration at times toward her child or a situation in her life impacting her as a mom, she ignores or denies or thinks she’s less than because she’s having the feeling or thought or experience,” Nicogossian explains....

Many instructors will tell those practicing to refrain from inverting if they’re on their period, some tell their students to go easy, and a few caution against practicing at all during their cycle. But are there actually any dangers associated with practicing yoga while on your period? Here’s what you should know. Still, it’s important to meet your body where it is. “Quick-paced, heated vinyasa practices, some with hand weights and other workout equipment have moved yoga away from a practice that responds and reacts to what our body and minds need,” says Beth Heller, M....

First off: We all have those days when sleep, plans with friends, or a simple lack of motivation seem to take priority, and that’s OK. Here’s what personal trainers have to say about the benefits and the potential downsides of working out every day. When you work out (aka move) every day, you’re keeping the body efficient for movement. “Kind of like that saying, you don’t use it, you lose it,” NASM-certified personal trainer Jason Williams, NASM-CPT, tells mbg....

When the world starts to bloom again, for many of us, that means one thing: sinus woes. While trees may be done with their pollen-fest by late May, grasses and weeds make their appearance all summer long. However, this year our favorite golden herb is stepping in to offer some much-needed assistance—and Gaia Herbs is taking the support to a whole new level with their Turmeric Supreme Sinus® Support, which combines the power of turmeric root with a handful of other superstar herbs....

We hesitate to call this a trend because it’s decidedly not that: Slow beauty is beauty—well, beauty before we all became too busy and distracted to enjoy ourselves. Let us explain. Needless to say, it inspires many beauty enthusiasts to quite literally stop and smell the rosewater. But Shel Pink (who wrote the book on slow beauty) explains slow beauty is more than just seeking nourishing products: “It’s something to help us maintain not only our physical well-being but our psychological and spiritual well-being as well,” she tells mbg....

As psychotherapist Annette Nuñez, M.S., Ph.D., notes, social cues indicate whether people want to stay engaged, whether they’re disengaged, and also relate to how we build social relationships based on those cues. “Social cues can really be anything nonverbal that sends a message that communicates something about how that person is thinking or feeling about engaging with you,” Beurkens adds. Nuñez adds that “babies start learning social cues at an early age, then as they get older, start learning social cues through parallel play....