In this issue

THE LONG JUMP AHEAD
“The USA’s Sprint and Long Jump Comeback Kid” is ready to go after her fourth Olympic gold medal.

HARMONY AT HOME
Use principles of Vastu, the ancient system of architecture and design, to make your living space a sanctuary.

THE QI OF FOOD
Classical Chinese medicine has used food to heal for millennia. Acupuncturist and chef Nathalie Basile shows us how it works..

Thrive

Understanding the Gunas— the Three Energetic Qualities That Make up All of Life— Can Help You Find Balance and Insight

5 mins

Beat Smoothie Fatigue with These Immunity Boosting Breakfast Pops

Reinvent the breakfast parfait by freezing its basic ingredients

3 mins

The Key to Releasing Stress and Paving the Way to Better Poses? Caring for Your Psoas

If you sit a lot, your hip flexors, including your psoas major, may be tight. You may feel a profound release after working with High Lunge or a variation of Legs-Up-the-Wall Pose, in which you rest your calves on a chair seat.

4 mins

Yoga – Home Practice

Cool Down with Pitta-Balancing Moves and Refreshing Summer Eats

4 mins

Engage Your Subtle Body with Energy Medicine Yoga

I found Energy Medicine (EM) two decades ago during a particularly dark period in my life.

8 mins

This Ancient Mantra Meditation Can Curb Stress in Just 20 Minutes

Vedic Meditation is a technique that traces its roots to the Vedas, ancient Indian texts that are the foundation for yoga and Ayurveda.

2 mins

Pranayama to Soothe Frazzled Nerves and Cultivate Clarity

Your breath provides a window into your current energetic state: Shallow, labored breaths, like those you experience during a tough workout, indicate an activated, heated sympathetic nervous system (your fight-flight-freeze response).

2 mins

The Long Jump Ahead

Three-time Olympic gold medalist Tianna Bartoletta’s dreams for the 2020 Games were derailed by injury, illness, and the global pandemic. Now, she’s ready to defend her title.

10 mins

Harmony at Home

Use principles of Vastu, the ancient system of architecture and design, to make your home a healing sanctuary.

6 mins

The Qi of Food

For thousands of years, classical Chinese medicine has used nutrition to treat imbalances. Here, we make the practice’s principles of energetics-based dietary therapy more digestible.

10+ mins

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