Health and wellness
How to Use Meditation Balls and 3 Ball Recommendations
Meditation balls, also known as baoding balls, are something I've always been interested in for both dexterity reasons and to help meditate. However, I realized that I honestly had no idea how to use these balls properly, so I decided to share my research with...
Meditation Words and Their Meanings
Meditation has become a universal practice. If you, like many others, have gained an interest in meditation and are learning more about it, there’s a good chance that you’ve come across words or terms you don’t understand. In this guide, we hope to bring some clarity...
6-Step Guide on How to Make a Meditation Altar
Meditation takes a lot of time and patience. If you’re just getting started, I suggest skipping this article and reading one of the following: What to Do After Meditation? Why Doesn’t Meditation Work for Me? Why? Learning how to make a meditation altar can take the...
639 Hz Frequency Benefits
The 639 Hz frequency is one of the Solfeggio frequencies that is believed to help create a positive shift in those who are listening to them. There are nine Solfeggio tones, and each one has a different effect and benefits. There are many 639 Hz frequency benefits,...
What is Chakra Meditation?
There are more than a dozen types of meditations out there. While mindfulness tends to get all of the attention, chakra meditation can be especially therapeutic for those who want to work on specific issues. Often, when we struggle in certain areas of our lives, our...
What Is Kundalini Meditation? And 5 Tips to Help You Get Started
Meditation is a way to help you increase your awareness and intention, release stress and better your own life. But, there are a lot of different practices to follow. Today, we’re going to answer “what is Kundalini meditation,” how to do it and tips on practicing. You...
Fitness
101 Guide to CHEAT Exercises, NOT Chest
Cheat exercises are something that not many people are talking about in the fitness world. AND, we do mean “cheat exercises” and not chest exercises, which was the only thing I could really find when trying to research this topic at first. Warning Before Doing Any...
7 Leg Workouts for Strength and Mass
Walk into any gym, and you’ll notice people doing bicep curls, bench press, bent-over rows and a few people doing squats. However, leg exercises often come at the bottom of the list in a gym goer’s routine. A 2017 study found that fitness enthusiasts skip leg day...
Endurance Workout Plan 101: Training for Muscular Endurance
Endurance workouts are different than traditional workouts. For example, if you go to the gym and follow a standard three-set, ten repetitions per exercise workout, an endurance workout plan is much different. When you focus on muscular endurance, you're training your...
Power vs. Endurance vs. Strength Workouts
If you're just starting on a weight loss or muscle building journey, you want to focus on getting to the gym and working out regularly rather than worrying about: Strength workouts Power workouts Endurance workouts Each type of workout is essential, but you should...
Exercise and the Brain: How Exercise Affects the Brain
Exercise and the brain: what’s the correlation? I know when I exercise, it’s a major stress relief. And when talking to people at my local gym, everyone seems to agree that exercise is a better way to release stress than even marijuana.
What Science Has to Say About Warming Up Before a Workout
Walk into any gym, and you’ll see people walk straight through the door and make their way to the free weights. One person may grab a 30-pound weight and quickly start their first set of overhead presses. But you’ll also see others “warming up before a workout,”...
Homesteading
Vegetable Gardening Tools – 10 Essential Tools for Your Garden
Vegetable gardening is rewarding. It’s hard to beat the satisfaction of planting a seed (or seedlings!), caring for it and enjoying the fruits of your labor – literally. But many people who want to get into gardening are intimidated. Apart from the growing itself,...
What You Need to Know About Companion Planting for Vegetables
Companion planting for vegetables is a strategy used by gardeners to naturally deter insect pests, attract beneficial insects and improve production. The goal is to place plant “friends” close together to benefit each other. A simple example is planting nectar-rich...
How To Save Seeds: A Beginner’s Guide
Seed-saving is a centuries-old practice that helps you prepare for next year’s garden now. When stored properly, seeds saved from your garden can be planted the following year for a bountiful harvest – free of charge. To succeed with seed-saving, you’ll need to choose...
Fall Vegetable Garden – What to Plant and When
Late summer is approaching, which means we’re knee-deep in the summer harvest period. While you’re busy harvesting, tending and feeding your summer crops, it’s time to start thinking about fall. Mid-to-late summer is the ideal time to plant cool-season crops in your...
What to Plant in August
As summer winds down and we get closer to August, it’s time to start thinking about your fall garden. Even though August is one of the hottest months of the year for many of us, it’s a great time to start planting some vegetables that will be ready for harvest in the...
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