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Improve Body Image, Improve Your Body

In: Food & Nutrition | Mind & Meditation | Motivation | Weight Loss

Paradoxical as it sounds, new research shows that a better body image could actually help you lose more body weight…
In other words, accepting your body as it is and spending less time thinking about it is the best way to live a leaner, healthier lifestyle.
We’re bombarded with images of unattainable, unrealistic, and unhealthy [...]

Fasting for Spiritual and Physical Cleansing, Not Weight Loss

In: Chris Willitts | Food & Nutrition | Mind & Meditation | Weight Loss

I wasn’t aware fasting was used as a weight-loss plan until I read the “Intermittent Fasting” article on the Mindful Muscle blog. And, having read it, I found myself wanting to know more about supposed benefits and risks. My impression, from the article, was that outside of spiritual benefits, fasting was not an ideal method [...]

Cloud Meditation

In: Chris Willitts | Mind & Meditation

Following a cloud with our eye and drifting through the sky with it can be an easy and relaxing meditation.
When people use the phrase “head in the clouds,” they usually refer to a mental state that appears to be drifting rather than concentrating. For this reason, putting our heads in the clouds can be a [...]

Study: Buddhist Meditation Promotes Rational Thinking

In: Chris Willitts | Mind & Meditation

Studies looking at the brains of people playing a fairness game found very different responses between Buddhist meditators and other participants.
It’s no secret that humans are not entirely rational when it comes to weighing rewards. For example, we might be perfectly happy with how much money we’re making — until we find out how much [...]


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