By Michael Crespo
Last Saturday I had an amazing experience. I attended my first daylong meditation at Spirit Rock Meditation center in Woodacre, CA. Attending a daylong has been on my bucket list for awhile because I believe in meditation/mindfulness as a potent skill to cultivate a deeper knowledge of yourself. I am somewhat of a super spiritual person, but I perceive myself as being very practical/rational at the same time. I say all that to say that what attracted me to this particular day long meditation was the title of the event. “True Nourishment From Mind, Heart, to Cell”. As a practicing health coach looking for tools to better serve my clients, this had my name written all over it. If there was ever a time to attend a daylong, the time was now.
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High on Sobriety; A Few Things I’m Noticing
By Andy Boone
A few years ago I was talking to a close friend about his journey to sobriety. He was approaching his 20th year completely sober and I was fascinated with my constructed idea of the discipline it would take for me to get sober; completely sober as a way of life. Not a drop of booze, no other substances whatsoever. In his case, not even Advil. Why did that seem so ridiculous? This idea had me spinning.
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5 Things I Want Every Female Athlete To Know
By Gillian Boyd
My life has made a huge shift in the last two years; pregnancy and parenthood. Anyone that has experienced both of these events (or even just one of them) knows how life-altering they can be.
I did not enjoy being pregnant. I struggled to be in the gym. “You’re so fit!” they would all say. “You’ll have such an easy labor and delivery! You’ll bounce back in no time!” Those words while well-intentioned ended up being so hurtful.
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