Health, Healing and Wellness

  • 4 Common Race Mistakes to Avoid in 2015

    4 Common Race Mistakes to Avoid in 2015

    Runner’s World By Caitlin Carlson Vow to overcome the problems that marred your performances last year. Eating spicy food the night before a long run, washing your shorts without checking the pockets for your iPod—some mistakes you make only once. But when it comes to racing, we tend to err in the same ways over…

  • 12 Habits of Highly Motivated Runners

    12 Habits of Highly Motivated Runners

    Runner’s World By Cindy Kuzma Everyday tips for a fitter, healthier, and happier 2015. Runners dream big. Tackling a new distance, posting a personal best, losing 20 pounds–we embrace grand challenges. But what happens after you accomplish your goal, or if your resolve weakens before you succeed? You risk stalling–unless you’ve changed your routines to…

  • Using Essential Oils In Your Day to Day Life Is SO Important

    Using Essential Oils In Your Day to Day Life Is SO Important

    Thomas A. Edison “The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.”    

  • Four Ways to Enjoy Long Runs

    Four Ways to Enjoy Long Runs

    They shouldn’t be boring – and they don’t have to be solitary. By Jen A. Miller Runners often have a love/hate relationship with the long run. We love the sense of accomplishment we feel when it’s over; we hate the anticipation of actually getting out there. Yet it must be done: The long run is the…

  • How to Kill Your Sugar Addiction Naturally

    How to Kill Your Sugar Addiction Naturally

    Great video by Dr. Axe In this video, he talks to you about how to overcome food cravings and sugar cravings naturally. If you want to overcome sugar cravings, then you need to follow these four steps: 1) Getting the right foods into your diet • Adding in foods that balance out your blood sugar…

  • DIY ~ Lemongrass Relief

    DIY ~ Lemongrass Relief

    There are many uses for lemongrass essential oil. Lemongrass Oil can improve your athletic performance by increasing blood circulation. (Brings highly oxygenated cells from your lungs to enhance the energy you need for a better physical performance.) After exercising, is very helpful in promoting the relief of build up of lactic acid in the muscles…

  • Three Shortcuts Runners Should Avoid

    Three Shortcuts Runners Should Avoid

    Runner’s World Reports Don’t sabotage your training by cheating in other areas. A few years ago, researchers in Taiwan recruited volunteers for what they were told was health-related product testing. Their first task was to take a pill and rate its texture and color; half were told it was a multivitamin, while the other half…

  • Runner’s World Body Shop:  Strong in the Knees

    Runner’s World Body Shop: Strong in the Knees

    Body Shop: Strong in the Knees A strength plan to keep your vulnerable joints healthy.   http://www.runnersworld.com/workouts/body-shop-strong-in-the-knees