relationships

Acroyoga 101: Fostering Communication & Connection With Your Partner

Have you ever tried performing a down dog, a locust or a plank yoga pose while being held up by your partner or friend? Have you tried holding up a partner in the savasana or wind-relieving positions? According to Google Trends, the art and practice of acroyoga is gaining national popularity with a steady increase in interest from 2012 to present.

Page Turners: Holistic Book Reviews - [The Art of People: 11 Simple People Skills That Will Get You Everything You Want By Dave Kerpen]

The Art of People: 11 Simple People Skills That Will Get You Everything You Want

By Dave Kerpen

This book is a different way of looking at one-on-one contact with another. Dave Kerpen’s style is fresh and full of good tips on dealing with people, particularly as it pertains to sculpting and maintaining relationships in the workplace. The conclusion section at the end of the book nicely summarizes most of what he has to say that relates to the eleven people skills that will get you everything you want.

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5 Ways Your Smart Phone Is Ruining Your Mental Health

Everywhere you look, people are tapping away on their smart phones. It might seem harmless, but your smart phone addiction is ruining your mental, physical and even emotional health.

Clear Quartz Crystal Entrainment Exercise

I first stumbled on the concept of “entrainment” during a Crystal Healing training. It is something many of us do naturally and most of us would love to be able to do with everyone we communicate with – or at least try to. I was thrilled to learn and then experience for myself how using clear quartz crystal with the right intention will help you to entrain to another person on such a level that is miraculous how well. Here is a brief clear quartz crystal entrainment exercise you can try any time!

Weekly Astrological Forecast: October 23 - 29, 2016

The Karmic Tools Weekly Forecast covers the current planetary transits which affect people in different ways and to various degrees of intensity.  Take notice when it is a Personal planet (Sun / Moon / Mercury / Venus / Mars) interacting with a Social (Jupiter/Saturn) or Collective planet (Uranus / Neptune/Pluto).  And pay extremely close attention when it is a Social planet interacting with a Collective planet because that means something *big* is brewing that will move large groups of people along their evolutionary paths. Tun

4 Ways to Rewrite Your Past & Reshape Your Future

It doesn’t take a trained psychologist to realize that past experiences often dictate how we handle situations in our present—but they don’t have to define how we handle them in our future. My father was an adulterer for many years, which not-at-all-surprisingly has caused feelings of anxiety and distrust in my current relationships.

Sound a little familiar?

Balancing Ayurvedic Doshas in Relationships

In Ayurvedic medicine there are three identified doshas, or basic constitutions: Vata (air), Pitta (fire) and Kapha (earth & water). A person is generally predominant in two doshas, sometimes one main one, though everyone contains all three in varying degrees. It is the goal of Ayurvedic practices and diet to balance the doshas, no matter which is more active, in order to bring a person into optimal health.

5 Lessons You'll Learn In Life

Growing means you experience more – and is an amazing, freeing, and expansive experience. You understand the world better. You meet people you never knew you were missing. But an expanded view means you’ll come across some obstacles, too, no longer nestled in the safety of your hometown, family home, or familiar relationship Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.

How To Use Hematite to Create Healthy Boundaries in Relationships

Due to extreme heat and pressure within the earth, incredible gems and precious stones are produced. These gems beautify our experiences and offer valuable healing tools for an evolutionary lifestyle. Much like the creation of gemstones, relationships that can withstand the fire of transformation and alchemy (inevitably occurring between two who enter such a space), have the potential to become powerful healing bodies and holders of high frequency vibrations that bless the planet.

People As Reflections Of Ourselves

One of my favorite quotes is by Marianne Williamson who says, “Romantic relationships are like getting a PhD in spirituality.” Preach sister. However, for me, every relationship is like getting a PhD in spirituality. There is not one relationship that doesn’t teach me something, even if it’s a relationship with an animal. Why is that, though?