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Therapeutic Crafting

Therapeutic Crafting

Crafting – whether with ceramics, paint, wire, wool or flowers – is a wonderful way to wind-down from stress, and to cultivate more creativity. The rhythmic and repetitive nature of creating with your hands is calming, comforting and contemplative. Research shows that knitting and other forms of textile crafting such as sewing, weaving, macrame-ing and crocheting have quite a lot…

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Asteya in Your Yoga Pants

Asteya in Your Yoga Pants

There’s more to yoga than what we do on a rubber mat in a class and on Instagram. While the stretching, balancing and occasionally falling (ok, maybe a lot of falling) are beneficial ways to develop a healthier, more vibrant sense of being, the asana postures are just one limb on the big tree of Yoga. There are eight limbs on that tree,…

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