Are the Benefits of Yoga Magnified By Laughter?

September 5, 2009 by Carrie Tucker  
Filed under fitness


A yoga class.
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There are many benefits of Yoga.

  • Increases flexibility
  • Lubricates joints
  • Massages all the organs
  • Detoxification
  • Muscle toning
  • Establishes a mind-body-soul connection

Yoga is good for you.  It’s a no brainer!

I’ll bet it wouldn’t be hard to convince you that laughter is very beneficial as well.  Watch a comedy and you will feel the benefit.

Shoot, even if you fake a laugh, it still has beneficial effects!

  • Decreases stress hormones
  • Improves Immune System
  • Boosts Endorphins

Laughter really is the best medicine!  So how do you get more of it in your life?

How about starting everyday with a group laugh!

Dr. Madan Kutaria understands how beneficial laughter is for your health and well being.  In 1995 he started an infectious laugh that has spread around the world.

Laughter really is contagious!

Dr. Kataria is right!  Let us all become as little children and laugh ourselves to well being!

Yoga + Laughter = JOY right now!

The benefits of yoga and laughter are easy to claim for yourself!

Start your own laughing yoga club!  You’ll find many videos on YouTube that will give you guidance.  Laugh and the world will laugh with you, or at least your Laugh Club will!

OR

You can find many things to laugh about everyday, AND get started on your yoga practice today!

Just click on the link and Go For It!

Discover the Benefits of Yoga!

Many blessings,

Carrie

Heart Failure Solutions

PS– Remember everyday:

  1. Relax and Release tension
  2. Take deeep breaths
  3. Be active in a way that adds joy to your life

Plus pure water ~whole foods~sunshine~and laughter

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Are You Nurturing Yourself With Basic Heatlh Related Fitness Components?

June 3, 2009 by Carrie Tucker  
Filed under fitness


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If you are NOT covering the basics in health related fitness components, it’s only a matter of time before you suffer the consequences.

Nurture your body, or neglect it and push yourself into an early grave!
Worse yet, your neglect could end up pushing you into a sick bed and your suffering could possibly go on for years and years and years!

Do you have any idea what you need to do to provide yourself with the basics for health building?

When do you think it might be a good time to find out?

Do you want to wait until you are SICK before you build your health?

If you aren’t suffering… why bother?

Bad habits die hard!

“Hey, I need my vices to get through the week!”

Are you protesting the loss of your coping comforts?

Only the good die young! I’m not hurting anyone.”

Why should you give a second thought to your health if you are enjoying yourself?

Why?

Because, when your suffering begins, you will have no choice but to suffer! Read more

Are You Mourning the Loss Of Your Loved One Before Their Death?

January 10, 2009 by Carrie Tucker  
Filed under Grief and Death, Relationship, Self Care


Death is a part of life.  When someone you love dies, your life  goes on without them.

Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia can effectively take your loved one from you.  Though your lives go on, the person you loved is gone.  They are no longer who they were.  Someone else is living with you.

Grieving for the loss of a loved one that is not dead is a heart wrenching kind of pain.

Do you feel angry and sad? Read more

Planning on Acute Heart Failure This Holiday?

December 11, 2008 by Carrie Tucker  
Filed under Disease Management, Heart


Well that is a stupid question.  No body wants to rush to the emergency room gasping for breath, and then spend a few days dining on hospital fare with your butt hanging out of the most unflattering attire imaginable.

“Ho ho ho?”

“I don’t think so!”

Yet, if you are shopping ‘til you drop, and then having chips and dips and drinks with desert (prescription medication too?), you are asking for a hospitalized holiday!

Lack of sleep, water and good wholesome food will catch up with you quick.  (Yes, YOU!)

You waste SO much energy processing and eliminating stimulants, alcohol and junk food!

Plan on avoiding acute heart failure!

Want to enjoy your holiday? Read more

Is There a Solution For Heart Failure?

December 1, 2008 by Carrie Tucker  
Filed under Diabetes, Disease Management, Heart


Is There a Solution For Heart Failure?

Is There a Solution For Heart Failure?

Honestly, is there a solution for heart failure?  I mean, if there is, why is there an epidemic of heart failure occurring right now?

Surely if people could avoid this devastating disease, they would, right?

The problem is that heart failure is diagnosed after your weak heart has enlarged in an attempt to meet your needs.  Unfortunately, that is very late in the disease process.

I used to think that you can’t undo the enlarging of your heart.  However, I have had the pleasure of meeting half a dozen people over the past couple years, who have done exactly that.  Through nutritional therapy and detoxification, they regained the quality of their lives.

Until the proverbial “shit hits the fan”, most people live in denial.

You may not even notice symptoms that might alert your doctor to the impending doom.

However, even if you tell your doctor about your symptoms there may be no alarm sounded until it is too late.

Hey, let’s face it, if your doctor can’t drug it or surgically repair it, odds are, he or she can’t help you.

Unfortunately, he can run a bunch of tests and give you a clean bill of health.

If you are eating a diet high in saturated fat with plenty of processed foods, and rarely get off the sofa; that comforting bit of information could be your death sentence.

You may have NO warning of heart failure before your health and quality of life are lost.

Even if your health care provider has told you that your heart “is fine”,

YOU SHOULD BE CONCERNED IF: Read more

Does Validation Matter?

November 27, 2008 by Carrie Tucker  
Filed under Happiness, Relax, Spirit and Faith


Are you in constant pain, emotionally or physically?

Have you lost your independence?

Have you lost a loved one?

Sometimes life dumps you upside down and you feel very disconnected from the world.

When you can acknowledge your struggle AND your progress, you can move past isolation and reconnect with your family and your community.

Do you keep a stiff upper lip?

It’s time you relax and give yourself a break.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.  But sometimes,  Read more