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09/08/2021

07/10/2021

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06/11/2021

“One example of a dietary pattern that may be optimal for better sleep is the Mediterranean diet, which emphasizes such foods as vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, legumes, whole grains, seafood, poultry, yogurt, herbs and spices and olive oil. Large observational studies have found that people who follow this type of dietary pattern are less likely to suffer from insomnia and short sleep, though more research is needed to confirm the correlation.

But the relationship between poor diet and bad sleep is a two-way street: Scientists have found that as people lose sleep, they experience physiological changes that can nudge them to seek out junk food. In clinical trials, healthy adults who are allowed to sleep only four or five hours a night end up consuming more calories and snacking more frequently throughout the day. They experience significantly more hunger and their preference for sweet foods increases.”

A growing body of research suggests that the foods you eat can affect how well you sleep, and your sleep patterns can affect your dietary choices.

04/06/2021

“Researchers have found that adults can change the five traits that make up personality — extroversion, openness to experience, emotional stability, agreeableness and conscientiousness — within just a few months. Much as in Dr. Steffel’s case, the traits are connected, so changing one might lead to changes in another.”

Our personalities are not set in stone. They are more like sand dunes.

03/19/2021

Are you grieving after a year of losses? This article might be useful to you.
“In the hierarchy of human suffering during the pandemic, a canceled prom, a lost vacation or missing out on seeing a child’s first steps may not sound like much, but mental health experts say that all loss needs to be acknowledged and grieved.

“People don’t feel like they have the right to grieve,” said Lisa S. Zoll, a licensed clinical social worker in Lemoyne, Pa., who specializes in grief counseling. “A year into this, the losses are piling up. I just had this conversation in my office when this person said, ‘I can’t complain about my grief, because people have it worse.’ But we have to correct that thinking. Your grief is your grief. You can’t compare it to other people’s.”

There is a name for grief that isn’t routinely acknowledged: disenfranchised grief.

02/22/2021

Sylvia Boorstein often repeats these words to herself when she’s worrying or anxious.
She shares more insight during "Everyday Life as Mindfulness Practice." Course materials include 11 video-based teachings with Sylvia on how to make your day-to-day experience a basis for practice, and 6 live Zoom sessions (Feb. 22, Mar. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29) with Heidi Bourne (these will be posted for later viewing). Registration open until 3/1. More info: https://bit.ly/SREL022221

02/11/2021

Find out how yogic breathwork and asana can help ease lingering symptoms of coronavirus.

12/16/2020

Winter 2021 Newsletter & Offerings - https://mailchi.mp/8375c5873e32/winter2021

11/14/2020

Listening deeply, your body will connect you back to the body of the Earth. As you sense that you are not separate from the planet, you know that to take care of your body you also must take care of the streams and the rivers, and the web of life within which you exist. You live within the same wheel of nature as the endangered species. Without mindful attention, you can fail to understand your personal connection to all living things.

The healing that comes from paying attention to our own mysterious body leads directly to an understanding of our connection to the body of Earth. Mindfulness of the body means developing awareness of who we truly are.

Listening deeply, your body will connect you back to the body of the Earth. As you sense that you are not separate from the planet, you know that to take care of your body you also must take care of the streams and the rivers, and the web of life within which you exist.

10/05/2020

Such a great practice for any time. And it’s free!

Join esteemed teacher Sharon Salzberg for the 10-Day Lovingkindness Challenge: Guided Meditation Practices to Help You Cultivate Love, Compassion, Joy, and E...

10/02/2020

A beautiful tonic for our times. A practice and talk of love.

Join iRest Founder Richard Miller and Senior Director of Teachings Stephanie Lopez for a series of twice-weekly drop-in sessions that you can live-stream from anywhere.…