The Partial Vindication of Soy Protein

Cardio & Weight Loss | Food & Nutrition | Muscle Building

Soy Protein is Looking Better...Readers note: this is one of my favorite articles, and in my opinion, one of my best. However, this article was turned down by several magazines. At first I could not figure out why. I have been writing articles for many magazines for years (see bio) and I know a good article when I see one..if I say so myself. Then it hit me. The article goes against what the mags think people want to hear about their protein products. Soy has been bashed for so long, and the market for other proteins like whey has becomes so big, that they didn’t want any article showing soy in a positive light. Once an industry or an individual has set a position on something, they would rather ignore new evidence to the contrary then change their position. As for me, if I find new information on something that alters my position, that’s fine by me. I just change it to reflect the new information, which is exactly what I had to do with my view on soy proteins. The article did finally get published in MuscleMag International. MMI might have its faults, but they are one of the most open minded and flexible magazines and didn’t have any problems with publishing this article with them. Hope you all find it useful. Read more…

Guidelines for Creating a Home Yoga Practice

Yoga

No matter how long you have been studying yoga, starting and maintaining a personal home practice is a challenge. Aside from family, work and other life obligations that beckon you away from the mat, there are other obstacles that loom. There is the decision to make of what poses to do today, what order to do them in, what type of practice to do, what to emphasize, what to pass on, the worry of “am I doing it right?”

Stand upon your own altar and let every pose become a prayer and an offering.

The sequencing of yoga poses within a practice session is an art form. When you attend a class, you simply follow the guidance of your teacher trusting that s/he knows best. But what to do on your own at home? There are certain styles of yoga such as Bikram or Ashtanga Vinyasa that use set sequences, however even hardcore followers of such styles might benefit from occasionally deviating from the tradition and giving their body a chance to free itself from its normal patterns of movement. Read more…

Reiki ~ Redirecting Energy to Support the Now

Rest & Healing

So much is happening around us, it’s no wonder many people are experiencing challenges and increased levels of stress, anxiety, exhaustion, and feelings of uncertainty. As transitions take place, this period of unclarity can be unsettling, and yet with gentle support and non-judgment, the caterpillar naturally transforms into a butterfly.

Clearing stress or getting to the bottom of what is causing anxiety can be analogous to cleaning a pan encrusted with grime. The pan starts off dirty and greasy, which seemingly gets murkier as you scrub. The tough job of scrubbing loosens the stuck debris and then without a struggle the particles of the past easily rise to the surface. Inevitably the debris or stuck emotions clear away with continued persistence and your trust and knowingness is that this is just the process. Once you patiently move through the process, you end up with a shiny new pan that looks nothing like it did before. Read more…

Meditation May Increase Gray Matter

Mind & Meditation

Meditation BrainPush-ups, crunches, gyms, personal trainers — people have many strategies for building bigger muscles and stronger bones.

But what can one do to build a bigger brain?

That’s the finding from a group of researchers at UCLA who used high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to scan the brains of people who meditate. In a study published in the journal NeuroImage and currently available online (by subscription), the researchers report that certain regions in the brains of long-term meditators were larger than in a similar control group.

Specifically, meditators showed significantly larger volumes of the hippocampus and areas within the orbito-frontal cortex, the thalamus and the inferior temporal gyrus — all regions known for regulating emotions.

“We know that people who consistently meditate have a singular ability to cultivate positive emotions, retain emotional stability and engage in mindful behavior,” said Eileen Luders, lead author and a postdoctoral research fellow at the UCLA Laboratory of Neuro Imaging. “The observed differences in brain anatomy might give us a clue why meditators have these exceptional abilities.” Read more…

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