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May 17, 2017 In Green & Healthy Living, Holistic Health, News, Spotlight By Suzanne Zilkowsky

Three Steps Towards Greater Happiness

In this day and age people are more like busy bubbles apposed to busy bees. We are all stressed about something, in a rush and in our own world. It’s not surprising to bump into a stranger on the street, because their eyes were glued to their phone. We are all busy - and we are all stressed. Our happiness has plummeted as our hectic life style increases. I believe there are three simple things we can do in our daily life to change the way we feel. Three steps  to achieve daily happiness. 1.  Awareness: Put your phone down, take...

April 7, 2015 In Health & Wellness, Holistic Health, Spotlight, Yoga By Carolyn Anne Budgell

Simple Tips for Staying Mindful

“Mindfulness” is blowing up as the new hot word among neo-spiritual, new age, western, hippy, yuppy, yogi, meditators. In spite of its trendiness, mindfulness is truly such a valuable practice. One who is mindful strives to be aware of the habitual nature of the mind. One who is mindful has the desire to deepen the understanding of ones own mind. The practices of mindfulness need to be embodied and remembered in all situations. Of course, we will rarely maintain perfect and consistent awareness through all the ups and downs but we can try. A saying that captures this point is “two steps forward and one...