Forest bathing incorporates many of the benefits of meditation while getting us outdoors and in motion. In a study at the College of Landscape Architecture at Sichuan Agricultural University, 30 men and 30 women were given a route of the same length to walk in either a bamboo forest or an urban area. The researchers measured blood pressure as well as electrical activity in the brain using an EEG, and they found that, among those who walked the forest path, blood pressure was lowered significantly as attention and concentration improved....

St. Patrick’s Day is one of those crazy-fun holidays that somehow gets overlooked… except for the pinching part. Nobody forgets to pinch you if you’re not wearing green! This date is a fun, simple, and cheap way to celebrate green day or just a great date when you are feeling a little magical! Remember back when you were a kid and you had your mom buy a box of cereal specifically for the prize that was inside?...

So it’s no surprise that therapists have taken an interest in using mindfulness with their patients. The potential for benefit is clearly great. But how can therapists actually incorporate mindfulness into their practice? And, is it always helpful to patients? To get answers to these questions, look no further than Sitting Together: Essential Skills for Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy. The authors—Harvard-based psychologists Susan Pollak and Ronald Siegel, and clinical social worker Thomas Pedulla—provide a wealth of research demonstrating the benefits of mindfulness for both therapists and patients, along with detailed guidance on when and how mindfulness practices might be useful in specific therapeutic situations....

Marley braid hair is actually a type of store-bought hair that is used to create popular styles like Marley twists. The hair is composed of a synthetic fiber called kanekalon. Read on as we dive a little deeper explaining the variations available to you and styling options: ** Types of Marley Braid Hair There are many variations of Marley braid hair from extensions to even wigs. It is offered in different lengths, colors (like blonde, ombre Marley hair and more), and even various curl patterns....

Q: What compelled you to start meditating? A: I think basically my own inner misery and dissatisfaction. I was just dominated by my sadness and anxiety and I felt a sense of inadequacy with my inability to love myself and felt just generally lost and unhappy. When I started seeing that some of the biggest parts of my unhappiness were related to me allowing my craving to just dominate my action, and I saw how unhealthy I had become by consuming a lot of different drugs, not taking care of myself, using drugs as a vehicle to get as far away from myself as possible, it all came to a screeching halt....