The first time I heard the word Namaste, I thought perhaps it was the equivalent of gesundheit. A sort of utterance after a sneeze to ward off the evil spirits of bad health, only it was said every time yoga class was about to begin and again at the end. Eventually I noticed a gesture [...]
Looking back, I can remember thinking that I wanted to give meditation a try because intuitively it seemed like something that could evolve me. And like many of my good ideas, I never got around to it. None of my friends at the time were into this mindfulness stuff, and because meditation wasn’t really mainstream, [...]
We often times hear athletes reference being “in the zone” when recalling some of their better performances on the playing field. Being “in the zone” has become a common explanation for extremely high-level performances in sports, training, and business. But what “the zone” is exactly has been hard to pinpoint. Even more elusive has been [...]
In: Food & Nutrition |MM Team |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 [...]