“Thriving in the Workplace”

“Thriving in the Workplace”

“Thriving in the Workplace” is part of a month-long “Work Well” initiative series from Huffpost staffers, designed to help improve health and decrease stress on the job. Blog editor, Alyssa Spatola kept a one week diary of taking a lunch break...
Winter Illness and Yoga

Winter Illness and Yoga

Is it possible to to fend off colds and flu by partaking in yoga? New research confirms that yoga, in addition to making you feel good, can actually help prevent winter illness. Healthy people who practiced a minimum of 4 times a week for 12 weeks improved their...
An Exerciser Hater Explains

An Exerciser Hater Explains

If I hear one more thing about the mood-lifting effects of exercise, I may just throw a free weight through a window. Working out never gives me that feel-good chemical thrum. Do some people just not have endorphins? I decided to stop mopily, anxiously wondering why...
“Forest Bathing”

“Forest Bathing”

Walking, or sitting in nature, aka Shinrin-yoku, started in Japan, but has recently been spreading in the U.S. Here are some reasons you should give it a try… It speeds recovery – People in the hospital given green views after surgery had shorter days,...
Lifting Weights May Aid The Brain

Lifting Weights May Aid The Brain

Exercise is good for the brain. We know that. But most studies of exercise and brain health have focused on the effects of running, walking or other aerobic activities. Now a new experiment suggests that light resistance training may also slow the age-related...

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