Category: Weight Loss
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Yoga Helps Detox the Body
Toxins get a bad rep. We all know that in order to be healthy we should do things to Detox the body. Detoxes come in all shapes and forms with some being as extreme as week long juice cleanses to things as simple as making sure to drink 8 glasses of water a day. By…
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Take Your Yoga Practice Deeper: What I’m Working on This Year to Deepen My Own Practice
This year I’ve been reading the book Mediations From the Mat. It is a 365 day journey to help you understand Patañjali’s yoga sutras. I’m kind of cheating in that I started the book in Nov and only on day 50, but as the new year catches up with my reading I’m slowly syncing my…
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Fitness Accountability: The Secret to Achieving your Fitness Goals This Year.
Yesterday was officially the first real day of the New Year. Sure we’ve technically already had 5 other days, but given that our holidays fell in the middle of the week this year most of us were probably still on Holiday until Jan 6th. So here’s a question for you. Did you work out?…
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The Secret to Fitness is to Establish a Routine
As the New Year approaches, I thought as a personal trainer/yoga instructor it would be important to take some time to send a message to everyone looking to make health and fitness part of their New Year’s Resolution. So often at the beginning of a New Year, we look back on the past year and…
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Health and Fitness While Traveling
One of the hardest things about personally training is countering my clients excuses. Now, it must be said some people just don’t have the intention to EVER get healthy and fit. They find eating a pizza they saw on the way to the check out with their lean steak and veggies, after canceling their session…
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Fitness Lessons You Can Learn from a Traveling Bikram Yoga Instructor/Personal Trainer
I’ve officially been in the road now for over a week now. So far my quest to maintain a healthy fit lifestyle is working out pretty well. I’ve gone on some awesome runs. I’ve run around the Marina with views of the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco. I’ve run along rolling hills of vineyards…
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8 Ways to Get Outside and Use Summer for Your Health Benefit
Summer has arrived. Here in Tennessee, the heat is in full swing and I’ve noticed all my friends around the country have begun posting pictures of their adventures in the sun. Hop on the summer train and join in the fun with these 8 ways to get outside and use summer for your health benefit!…
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How to do a Juice Cleanse: My First Experience with Juicing!
This past weekend I did my first Juice Cleanse. I have always been skeptical of “cleanses” but I figured I can’t judge something I’ve never tried. I decided to do Doctor Oz’s Juice Cleanse, but first I did some research to figure out why Juicing is becoming such a trend. My research not only taught…
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Savory Green
This Savory Green smoothie is a bomb treat on a rainy day. Add a little more lemon juice though and it is perfect treat any day! Ingredients: 4 ounces Aloe Vera Water 6 baby carrots 1 persian cucumber 2 stalks celery 10 cilantro leaves 1/4 cup pineapple chunks 6 chunks frozen mango 1 handful of…
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Curried Chicken Salad
Ingredients: 6 Chicken Breasts 6.5 oz diced shallots, garlic, and onions (mix from Trader Joe’s) 3/4 Cup Yellow Raisins 1 1/2 cup Chopped Cashews 1 Cup Greek Yogurt (Fage is the best!) 3 stalks celery chopped 4 Tablespoons olive oil 2 tsp pepper 4 tsps curry seasoning 1/2 Bottle yellow curry (from Trader Joe’s) Prep: Put…