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Yoga is well-known to improve health, relieve stress, improve coordination, balance and overall fitness, both mental and physical. Yoga, if you know nothing about it, can be intimidating. You have visions of turning yourself into a human pretzel – you who has not done anything remotely pretzel-like since you were five years old! Put your mind at rest. In yoga for beginners there is no need for you to do any pose beyond your ability. Here are a few beginner’s poses to get you started.

Sukasana is translated as Easy Yoga Pose. You may be doing this pose already and not even know it is yoga! Start by sitting on your bottom with your legs crossed and bent at the knee, not straight out in front of you. Then move one leg toward your body. The other leg can lie on the floor. Sit up straight and tall with your head parallel to the floor. Be sure your shoulders are relaxed.  Read more...

Beauty has been desired by women throughout the ages. Beauty is the thing that attracts men. Beauty opens doors that are closed to the ‘non-beautiful’. Eve of the Old Testament was the beautiful temptress. Delilah and Cleopatra each used their beauty to wield power over men.

Concepts of beauty have evolved over time even though the desire to be pretty has remained the same as always. In the past, European women carried parasols whenever they went out side. These were not just a fashion accessory but had the very functional purpose of keeping the sun off the woman’s skin in order to preserve her youthful skin. White skin was the ideal; any hint of a tan was considered lower class and decidedly unbecoming. Women would pinch their cheeks in order to make them look rosy as was considered pretty at the time.

In the modern age, tanned skin is now thought to look healthy and pretty. Rather than avoid the sun, women court it enthusiastically in order to achieve the sun-kissed glow. Where there is no sun, women can still achieve the same effects with bottled tan lotions or they can bathe under a sunray lamp in a tanning booth for that all important requirement of the modern beauty regime.  Read more...

Anyone who wants to learn to burn fat build muscle and look fantastic, should be ready to make some changes. Obviously, what they normally eat, and how they normally exercise are important things to look at. Before doing anything else, this individual should eliminate all junk food and any excessive sugar.

A lot of people think they have finally found the answer. When they first begin following a low-fat diet. Some believe that they can eat almost anything they want as long as it has no fat in it. These people seriously believe that they will still lose weight. Needless to say, many are quite surprised when this does not happen, and more surprise still are the ones who actually getting. How can this be? Isn’t low fat supposed to be good for you? The answer is yes and no. After all, candy canes have no fat at all, but how many can a person eat before they start gaining weight?  Read more...

Trying to diet doesn’t work. But eating healthy and changing the way you think about foods does. You can find many fat burning foods that are not only good for you but taste good too. You can have some great meals and be fighting fat in the process.

If you work your way around the supermarket or the farmer’s market you can start in the fruit section and pick up some apples. They are great sources of fiber and vitamin C that also burn fat. You can add them to a lot of meals or eat them on their own. They are full of water and make you feel full.

Also in the fruit section are berries. They are great on their own or in a shake. You can use them as toppings as well for sweetening other foods. Berries are also full of fiber and keep you regular. There are a variety of berries to mix it up and not get tired of just one kind. You can find them at fruit markets as well fresh from the vine.  Read more...

Many people want to lose weight quickly and safely. However evidence shows that in order to keep the weight off permanently you should strive to lose, at most, about 1-2 pounds of fat per week.

The most common mistake that people make in their attempts to lose weight is to approach weight loss as a one time thing and not a lifestyle change.

Essentially, all effective fat loss plans tend to revolve around the same basic principles in that they focus on you reducing your calorie intake. This is primarily because you need to consume less calories than what your body requires, bearing in mind that in order to shed 1lb. of fat, you’ll need a deficit of 3,500 calories.

In order to shed 2lbs. of fat each week, you would need to consume a thousand calories less than you do at present per week. This is of course based on the assumption that your weight is more or less stable.

Alternatively, you could also opt for increasing the amount of physical exercise you do so that your body will be burning 1,000 calories more each day than it’s doing at present. Both of these approaches would result in you shedding 2lbs. of fat each week.  Read more...

Jackie Christie, wife of NBA star Doug Christie and the star of hit TV reality show, Committed the Christies, co-author of No Ordinary Love: A True Story of Marriage and Basketball, returns with this highly inspirational, life changing book, Woman: A Practical Guide to Loving the Skin You’re In.

Written for women who know how to do just about everything, except to pamper themselves, Woman gives new beauty and fashion secrets as well as way to build self-worth. The book contains hot, money-saving tips on where and what to buy and what men as well as other women find sexy.

Read about 25 women who inspire Jackie and be moved by Maya Angelou’s poetry. Women who take this journey with Jackie will be loved and entertained while learning how to get their groove back!

“I feel that sexy is the combination of one’s characteristics…from a simple smile, to one’s voice, or posture. I think sexy is more than a look, but rather the sum total of one’s attributes. I think loyalty is sexy, honesty is sexy, pleasing one’s partner is sexy, motherhood is sexy, cooked food is sexy, intelligence is sexy, independence is sexy, and the black woman is sexy.” – Chris Webber, Professional Basketball Player, NBA  Read more...