"Nourishing the body means nourishing the soul." We tend to live on auto-pilot, always on-the-go, and totally desensitized to our food, meals, and our relationship to both. It's not your fault, we live in a culture that applauds being "on" and connected 24 hours a day, and because of that, our awareness to our bodies, how we truly feel, and our digestion tend to suffer. Driven by Devotion When each dish is designed for deliciousness and elegance, well-being takes hold of every corner of your … [Read more...] about The Healing Season of Ayurveda
Mindfulness 100
Your Internal and External Environment
"Close your eyes and perform this visualization with me." Describe and visualize your ideal environment. Begin with yourself: your ideal health, energy, and shape. Visualize the inner peace and personal confidence that you want. Picture yourself using your creativity and talents. Imagine using those talents to achieve mastery over something that you enjoy and can sustain you—for the rest of your life. Maybe you have a love of words and communication. Imagine using that skill to help … [Read more...] about Your Internal and External Environment
Have a 100 Percent Conscious Day
Want to have a 100 percent conscious day? Try this today: From the time you wake up in the morning, until the time you go to bed at night, be aware of every moment. Become fully aware of your environment, your emotions, and your activities. You may find that some of who you are and what you do is unconscious, out of control, and not what you would choose in that moment or for the rest of your life. Some of these things can be changed immediately. Conscious Breathing One way to increase … [Read more...] about Have a 100 Percent Conscious Day
Success Tips From A True Champion
I was never a great basketball player, but I seemed to have a knack for teaching and have always been able to steadily improve that ability. Being in the classroom with 30 young minds is a tremendous experience for me. One of the sayings I have is “You can con a con and you can fool a fool, but you can never kid a kid.” Don’t even try because they’ll catch you and you may never be able to regain their trust, which is essential if you’re going to be a coach, a teacher, or any kind of a … [Read more...] about Success Tips From A True Champion
Difficulties Lead To Positive Change
Does “desirable difficulties” seem like an impossible combination to you? Is it an oxymoron — words that combine contradictory terms? We recognize an oxymoron in terms like: living dead, organized mess, alone in a crowd, jumbo shrimp, hot ice, cruel kindness, plastic glasses, pretty ugly, a just war, or a real phony. You get the idea. But what about “desirable difficulties”? One of the greatest insights in the last 20 years regarding learning has been psychologist Robert Bjork’s concept of … [Read more...] about Difficulties Lead To Positive Change
The Value of Goals and Purpose
The more we learn about people and why they do the things they do, the more we realize the vital importance of having goals as well as a purpose in life. I was reading a paper that had been presented at a psychological conference by Sydney M. Girard at the University of Florida in which he says, “I believe we’ll find that a man who pursues inspiriting goals,” by this he means the sort of goals that inspire us and fill us with some intense desire for their accomplishment, “actualizes his … [Read more...] about The Value of Goals and Purpose
Resilience In Extreme Times
We’re living in a time of extremes. It’s a time when we can expect big things to happen — big shifts in the world and big changes in our lives. And just to be clear, the extremes I’m talking about don’t necessarily have to be bad things, or even good things for that matter. It’s just that they’re big things, and they’re happening now. There are layers of change in the world that’s emerging around us. We no longer live in the isolated countries that formed the policies of the 20th century. We … [Read more...] about Resilience In Extreme Times
Choose Your Life
Are you happy with your choices? Is it time to make some changes? As a starting point, look within at the choices you are making every day as they relate to your attitude, health, work and relationships. The following poem has been changing lives since it was initially published in The 100 Year Lifestyle and its’ Second Edition. It has also been published in leadership guru John Maxwell’s book Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Learn. We all face the opportunity to choose every day. Here are … [Read more...] about Choose Your Life
The Midstream Catch
The Midstream Catch The Midstream Catch will stop you in the middle of a destructive pattern and give you the freedom to make a new, conscious choice in the present moment. The Midstream Catch is simple, but it is not always easy. Here are three simple steps you can do: 1. Become conscious and aware that you are in a destructive pattern 2. Mentally and physically STOP yourself from continuing destructive patterns in the present moment 3. Make a new choice that supports your best … [Read more...] about The Midstream Catch
Eliminate Destructive Habit Patterns
Habits and Destructive Patterns Habits and Patterns are either constructive or destructive. Here are 3 Destructive Patterns to avoid if you want to live your ideal 100 Year Lifestyle: The Survival Pattern Everything is a struggle—from paying your bills to getting to work on time. You always seem to be just one step ahead of disaster without a penny or a second to spare. You are fueled by adrenaline and use stress to get things done. You are in a survival pattern when stress has become … [Read more...] about Eliminate Destructive Habit Patterns
