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5 Yoga Poses for Mid-Life Women: build strength, reduce stress and increase flexibility

Are you a woman in mid-life looking for an effective way to reduce stress and increase flexibility? Are you looking for a new way to stay active and healthy?

Then yoga is the perfect solution! With its gentle stretches, strengthening postures, and calming breath work, yoga can help you improve your physical and mental well-being.

In this blog post, guest author Grace Henderson has compiled 5 beginner-friendly yoga poses specifically tailored to mid-life women looking to experience the benefits of a regular practice.

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How to Create a Mindful Morning Routine for a Positive Day

A mindful morning routine can give you a head start on the day in today’s hectic world. By enabling you to start the day with purpose and intention, a mindful morning ritual reduces stress and anxiety, and can significantly impact your total well-being.

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Eating for longevity

Would you like to live to age 90 or beyond? There are some daily practices that will increase your chances of doing so – and a healthy diet is one of the most important.

Around 440 BCE, the Greek physician Hippocrates said “Let food be thy medicine and let thy medicine be food.” While considering food as medicine remains a highly debated concept, many recent studies have demonstrated that food quantity, type, and timing are crucial for good health.

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Flexibility vs Mobility:  What’s the difference, and how to get both

Flexibility and mobility: two commonly heard words in wellness that may, on the surface, seem interchangeable. In fact, they’re very different, yet interrelated – they’re both important in helping you move better. Read on to learn more.

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Everyone’s favorite yoga pose: Savasana

You’ve been working through your yoga class, and the instructor guides you to come into Savasana. Is there a more wonderful feeling in the world at that moment? Besides the overall sense of complete relaxation this pose fosters, there’s a lot more to it. Keep reading for more about this essential pose that should always be a part of your yoga practice – or any exercise session!

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The 5 Biggest Exercise Myths

In my work as a fitness coach, I find that many people have some deeply ingrained beliefs about the “right way” to exercise for best results. No doubt these come from the seemingly endless messages we’re bombarded with every day in the media, the latest fad workout or diet, or maybe from what we were taught back in elementary and high school PE class. In this article, I’ll debunk the five most common mistaken beliefs, or myths, about exercise and fitness that I encounter with my clients.

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What Is Yoga, and What It Isn’t

Have you ever tried yoga? If not, perhaps one or more of the many misconceptions about this 3,000 year old practice have held you back from giving it a try. Or perhaps you tried a class once, and something about it wasn’t right with you. In this article, I share what yoga really is, and also dispel some of the biggest myths and inaccurate perceptions surrounding it.

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