I cannot believe that yesterday was officially National Drink Wine Day in the U.S, and I am only now finding out about this. Granted, I live in Canada, but in all honesty the news we receive does not thin much across borders. That said, I have also been off of social media for a good while now as I wanted to give myself a good and thorough internet break ... and as it so happens, it is via Facebook that I discovered this little treasure of a 'holy-day'. In many parts of the world, wine is ... Read the Post
Ode to National Drink Wine Day
Yoga for Your Child:: The Relaxation Ball
This is a wonderful little exercise for you to guide your children through when they are feeling stressed, over stimulated, or simply need to find a way to wind down. It is not always easy to find yoga classes for children, and it's even trickier to get children to adopt their own practice. But if you can find something that they love, that makes them very aware of the benefits that they receive, then they are much more likely to stick with it. My daughter loves this relaxation ball ... Read the Post
How Meditation Gives You a Better Sleep
If you've been reading my blog for any amount of time, then you will know that I am a huge fan of meditation. In this post, I will be touching on the benefits that meditation holds for your sleep and sleeping patterns. The practice of meditation can help you get the sleep you need – a deeper and more refreshing sleep will make you feel more refreshed and alert the next day. Meditation can also help people who have trouble falling asleep by relaxing the muscles and the mind so that sleep comes ... Read the Post
Beginning Journeys in Flourless Baking
There seems to be another food trend catching on these days - and that is the one of flourless baking. The thing is, that this is not so new! My native ancestors had diets of mainly meat, berries, corn, squash, and wild herbs. It is only a fairly recent introduction to flour products that have brought foods such as bannock to the forefront. Plenty of people have opted to go flourless for primary and specific health reasons. Some do so because the gluten in flour may aggravate other medical ... Read the Post
8 Great Tips for Designing the Life You Desire
Most of us have a fairly solid idea of what we want our lives to be on a daily basis, and where we would like to be in a week, month, year, or many years from now. Have you considered creating a life plan? Many of us have clear ideas of what we'd like to accomplish with our time here. Maybe you already have your life all planned out. Maybe you don’t. For many of us, once we change careers, go back to school to figure it all out, get married and have children, we can find our time being all ... Read the Post
5 Fabulous Scuba Diving Spots to Explore
Spending time in and on the water is one of my favorite meditative activities. Water is incredibly soothing and calming. We live in the mountains, and so if we want to get to the ocean for adventures like scuba diving, there is always a lot of planning involved. Although there are many destinations around the world that have been touted as the best scuba diving areas, there are also several scuba diving sites just in the US. In this post, I am goingto explore and include some of the finer ... Read the Post