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Held annually on April 22nd, the world’s first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970. Today, it’s a massive event orchestrated by the Earth Day Network and observed by more than 192 countries. To learn more about Earth Day and how you can show support for the environment on April 22nd.

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Who says you celebrating Earth Day is hard?… Read the rest

Fitness is one of the largest growing industries today. When choosing which program best fits your life and your desired outcome, it is important to look at these four aspects of a fitness routine:

Endurance:

These activities are designed to increase your heart rate and breathing for extended periods. Gradually build up endurance exercises over a period of time, initially starting out with as little as 5 minutes.… Read the rest

Spring is not just a time to clean and refresh your home, but also a great opportunity to rejuvenate and cleanse your body. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), spring is associated with the Wood element, which refers to growth and nourishment in the human body.

Spring represents a new beginning and a time to refresh the mind and body.… Read the rest

Spring is the time for your body to start anew and rid yourself of harmful toxins that may be affecting your daily life.

Everything from overeating, not resting enough and eating processed and refined foods can be putting your body out of balance.

Spring is the season to focus on your liver and gall bladder and return your body to balance and natural flow.… Read the rest

There are many things that we can incorporate into our lives that help us get better and

stay healthy. Helping our bodies to detoxify is an important part of any wellness regime.

Caring for our skin is one way we can stimulate the body’s natural mechanisms to

detoxify.

Skin discharges impurities from our body by absorbing oxygen and expelling carbon

dioxide and water vapor.… Read the rest

This simple meditation suggests that you “smile” to all of your internal organs and glands.

It is a way of saying “thank you” to your body for working 24 hours, 7 days a week!

Focusing your attention and smiling in this way can calm the autonomic nervous system,

revitalize the internal organs, and increase the flow of blood and Qi.… Read the rest

We are probably all familiar with a yo­yo dieter. This is someone who needs to shed a

few pounds, so they instill changes in their diet and lifestyle designed to quickly bring

about results. As long as they stick to a healthy plan the weight will start to come off. At

the first sign of weight loss, however, they begin to grow content and abandon the very

strategy that helped them in the first place.… Read the rest

Billions of dollars are spent every year looking for the cure to disease, whether cancer,

AIDS, heart disease, or any of the other devastating afflictions that perpetually plague us.

While the noble efforts of these research scientists are certainly appreciated, perhaps our

focus has been a bit skewed. It is not suggested that we give up on the quest for

effective treatments, but rather that we bolster our understanding of creating and

maintaining health.… Read the rest

Buying an automobile is probably one of the biggest financial investments you’ll make.

When you consider all the hard work that went into your purchase I’m sure you would

agree that it only makes sense to protect your investment so that you get as much return

on it as possible. You understand that even though your car runs great, performs

magnificently, and looks wonderful on the outside it is imperative that you keep up with

regularly scheduled maintenance to keep it running smoothly.… Read the rest

There’s an old metaphor about a frog in boiling water. If you drop a frog in a pot of boiling

water, he will immediately jump out because of the sudden, drastic change in

temperature. If, however, you put a frog in a pot of tepid water and slowly bring it to a

boil, the temperature change will be so subtle that the frog will never know what hit him as

he boils to death.… Read the rest