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9 Meditations for Anxiety and Depression: January 2018

Posted by strange on January 31, 2018
9 Meditations for Anxiety and Depression: January 2018

Every Monday we post on Instagram #MeditationMondays as a reminder to pause, breathe and reflect on uncomfortable feelings that rise during each day. Below are a compilation of our meditations up to January. Everyday is a practice.

Posted in: Meditations for Mind Obstacles, Self Care | Tagged: alternative medicine, janie johnson, meditation, meditation for anxiety, meditation for depression, meditation mondays, meditations, self care, self care for anxiety, self care for depression, the strange is beautiful, the strange is beautiful yoga, yoga for mind obstacles

The Strange is Beautiful 2017 Goals and Recap

Posted by strange on January 1, 2017
The Strange is Beautiful 2017 Goals and Recap

It’s easy to lose sight of why you started something – the genuine, root, pure catalyst. Below I’ve revisited the root reasons I started The Strange is Beautiful (TSIB), the original goals and the actions I’ve taken, which goals have changed and the future goals for TSIB in 2017 and beyond <3 <3 <3

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We Filmed a Beginning Yoga for Anxiety Video!

Posted by strange on June 22, 2015
We Filmed a Beginning Yoga for Anxiety Video!

I finished filming a beginning yoga for anxiety video on Friday, June 19 at YogaWorks Pasadena! The video is one in a series of four yoga for anxiety and depression videos for my mental health blog The Strange is Beautiful (thestrangeisbeautiful.com) and for my 300 hour yoga teacher training project. I’m so grateful to have such talented, helpful and loving friends – Christian Soriano, Corey Strong and Nadia Adella – who gave their time to make this video possible and a brilliant yoga mentor, Ashley Rideaux, to help me design the yoga sequence. A huge thanks to YogaWorks Pasadena, to the manager Ken, for letting me use the studio to film and for moppping/turning the air on so the room wasn’t a sauna for the shoot! :)

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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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