YinOva Pilates Instructor Sarah Lehman blogs today about using exercise to affect mood. Have you ever heard of a “runner’s high?” The “I’m on top of the world” feeling you get after exercise is actually caused by chemicals your body releases after physical exertion. These endorphins, believe it or not, have similar properties to morphine. [...]
Ultimately, all thoughts are sponsored by love or fear. All thoughts, ideas, concepts, understandings, decisions, choices, and actions are based on these. And, in the end, there is really only one. Love. In truth, love is all there is. Neale Donald Walsch
Everyone feels anxious sometimes but if you find yourself feeling anxious a lot of the time or are generally anxious without reason you may find it helpful to tell your doctor and enlist the help of an acupuncturist. The NIH (National Institute of Health) has supported acupuncture as a treatment for anxiety since 1997 and [...]
Gung Hay Fat Choy. Happy New Year for those of you that are on a lunar calender. Chinese New Year marks the end of winter and the beginning of spring. It is a time when families get together, put aside disagreements, honor their ancestors and thank the gods for their blessings. People rush to pay [...]
The credit crunch, the bail-out, the war, the presidential election…it seems like a good week to talk about stress and anxiety!
I have an admission to make… At the YinOva Center we are not paragons of virtue. Patients visiting us for the first time sometimes imagine that we will be scarily macrobiotic women who will pour scorn on their efforts to take care of themselves. Nothing could be farther from the truth. We are all working-women [...]
