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Yoga for Anxiety + Depression #1: Downward Facing Dog

Posted by strange on October 29, 2014
Yoga for Anxiety + Depression #1: Downward Facing Dog

Inversions can change your perspective and your mood! Your assignment for today is to practice an inversion called Downward Facing Dog, or Adho Mukha Svanasana.

Posted in: Self Care, Yoga for Mind Obstacles | Tagged: downward facing dog

Yoga for Anxiety + Depression: What, Why, How?

Posted by strange on October 27, 2014
Yoga for Anxiety + Depression: What, Why, How?

What is Yoga?

Yoga is a discipline and practice to find peace within the mind, body, and soul. It’s a life-time journey or process of reconnecting the self (you, me) with the universe, and being one with the universe. Learn more here about the different types of yoga. 

Posted in: Self Care, Yoga for Mind Obstacles | Tagged: self help, yoga for anxiety, yoga for depression, yoga for mind obstacles, yoga for panic attacks

How to Help a Friend Through A Panic Attack

Posted by strange on October 21, 2014
How to Help a Friend Through A Panic Attack

Panic attacks can be scary for both the person panicking, and for the friend of the panicker. But what you, as the friend of the panicker, need to have in mind is: they are way more scared than you, and they need you to bring them back to reality. Below describes what panic attacks are, and how to help a friend through a panic attack.

Posted in: Self Care | Tagged: panic attacks

How To Become One With The Universe with Yumi Sakugawa

Posted by strange on October 10, 2014
How To Become One With The Universe with Yumi Sakugawa

Get her book, and swallow it whole. Let the nutrients from her book absorb into your blood stream and make you stronger.

Everyone needs an intergalactic BFF and an intergalactic guide to inner peace. You neeeeed Yumi Sakugawa and her book “Your Illustrated Guide to Becoming One With the Universe.” I cannot accentuate enough how wonderful this book is!! You need it. Get it now. You will feel so so so much better.

Posted in: Media Reviews, Self Care | Tagged: meditation, self love, your illustrated guide to becoming one with the universe, yumi sakugawa

A Doctor’s Opinion: Pills vs. Holistic

Posted by strange on October 1, 2014
A Doctor's Opinion: Pills vs. Holistic

Email between Shannen Roberts and Dr. Chad Cox M.D. (Yes, my doctor’s last name is Cox…)

Hi Dr. Cox ! 

 Educate us 2014 teenagers/young adults please and thank you :) In general – tell me about the truths and dispel the myths behind the “happy pill.”

Posted in: Self Care, Uncategorized | Tagged: alternative medicine, brave new world, doctor, dopamine, holistic, norepinephrine, self care, serotonin, soma
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