Health & Wellness articles:

Warm, Healing Teas

Whether you’re down with the flu or it’s simply a cool day, these hot tropical teas are just what the naturopath ordered

Mindful Eating vs. Counting Calories

Paying Attention Can Help You Lose Weight By Elizabeth Barker When it comes to slimming down, eating mindfully might be just as effective as sticking to a standard weight-loss program. That’s the finding of a new study from the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, which compared a mindful-eating program with nutrition-based guidelines […]

Bad Air = Brain Fog?

New studies show bad air may be as risky for our minds as it is for our bodies

Pranayama for a Tranquil Life

meditator at sunset

Controlling our breathing can help us to maintain tranquility amidst the daily hubbub of activity. This control over breathing is termed pranayama, with techniques rooted in ancient Indian literature.

Bees & Buddhists

Bee on a flower by acidpix

I won’t even mention that enlightened master Winnie-the-Pooh. “That buzzing-noise means something,” the bear mused to himself when he heard the hum coming from a treetop in the Hundred Acre Wood. “You don’t get a buzzing-noise like that, just buzzing and buzzing, without its meaning something.”