I talk a lot about about making time for self care.
Here is something you can do in 5 minutes or so to give yourself some tools that will be ready when you are to take 5 minutes for yourself:
—a small basket (but you can use a tray or even a gift bag—whatever you have) with crayons 🖍 , crystals, a card deck, journal and pen … you get the idea. Whatever YOU want.
BONUS: It can become a portable altar.
If you want some privacy and/or are not interested in feedback about your creation from various other people in your household, Tuck it under the bed (or in a closet, or in a drawer) when not in use, pull it out for a few minutes first thing in the morning or before you go to sleep. Pull a card, or write a few lines in your journal, or simply sit with your crystal of choice for a few moments and breathe.Keep reading
This challenge requires getting up at 7am (almost dawn!) three days in a row, two of which I was planning on, um, not doing that.
Then I saw Holly’s FB live last night, inviting those of us who like to sleep in (me! me!) to consider getting out of bed early to participate live. What could I do?
She had my number, as they say.
Maybe she has yours, too.
It’s not too late to join! You participate from the comfort of your own home and no special props are required—you can truly come as you are. It lasts about half an hour. Watch (and practice along!) with the replay from this morning’s class, “I am worthy”, which is posted in the group. Then join us live this Saturday and Sunday (2/1/20 and 2/2/20) morning at 7am. Just join Holly Pelletier’s Facebook Group by clicking here: 3 Day Yin Yang Yoga ChallengeKeep reading
I used to be very active. Even though the closest studio was a bit of a hike for me to get to, I went to yoga several times a week. It wasn’t always an easy class, either, but I went.
Practicing yoga is one of my favorite ways to exercise, but somehow, I got a way from it. A series of small things occurred, not the least of which was my favorite yoga teacher (Kristen! I miss you!) moved several states away. And the less I exercised, the more I ate.
The more I ate, the smaller my yoga clothes got.
And the smaller my yoga clothes got, the less I wanted to go to yoga.Keep reading
This is probably not something you thought you’d need to factor into your decision-making.
Maybe you’re like me. I used to think that vaccine bottles contained some form of antigen and saline, and not much else.
And then I learned about mercury. And aluminum.
I thought these things were probably bad to have injected into our bodies. Alas, I did not know vaccines contained these and other materials when I was making most of my vaccine decisions.
I started to question the process after I became a nurse. In nursing school, I was taught that nurses need a physician’s order to administer a drug. After I graduated and was out in the ‘real world’, I learned about flu shots being given out in the community at senior centers and such. I asked how nurses could be giving these shots to people without a doctor’s order. I asked about the process of informed consent, which I was taught was required before any medical intervention.Keep reading
You go to your annual appointment with your doctor. Routine labs will probably be offered. Depending on your age, this may include a cholesterol check. Depending on the result of that test, you may be told you have high cholesterol and ‘need’ to take a statin medicine.
This is based on some established guidelines. Have you ever wondered exactly who it is that decides these guidelines? What would you think if you knew that half of the doctors who wrote the 2013 guidelines had ties to the drug companies that make statins?Keep reading
I watched this commercial on TV and my jaw dropped:
This is personal for me because I had my own experience several years ago with the whooping cough vaccine. I was seeing a new doctor because my beloved primary care doctor had left the practice. As part of the visit, the new doctor offered me the Pertussis (aka Whooping Cough Vaccine), which I declined.
But she wouldn’t let it go.
She started to alternately re-offer it, to try to persuade me to agree to have it, and then to cajole me into it, without success. My decision was made prior to my encounter with her. And then she shocked me by forcefully making this statement:Keep reading
This is based on some established guidelines. Have you ever wondered exactly who it is that decides these guidelines? What would you think if you knew that half of the doctors who wrote the 2013 guidelines had ties to the drug companies that make statins?
Karen Creamer
