Featured · Wellness & Spa · Yoga
The holiday season can be extra busy and sometimes stressful, so it’s the perfect time to engage in mindful practices like yoga and meditation. Yoga director at the Vail Vitality Center, Karen Anderson, learned to meditate in a 30-day silent retreat in India. She was with a Tibetan Buddhist group from Colorado, and she says the retreat changed her life.[…]
emotional wellbeing · Featured · Fitness · Wellness & Spa
The holidays are meant to be joyous and fun, but they often unravel differently — with feelings that can include stress, sadness, imbalance and overwhelm. Mindfulness and discerning actions in this Holiday Health series can really help to make the season a time we look forward to, rather than a time we dread. Twyla Gingrich, mental health and substance abuse clinician[…]
At the most basic level, Emotional Intelligence (EI), is being smart with, and about, feelings. “This means really getting to know your feelings, intimately, and using your feelings as data to live more mindfully — more consciously and intentionally, more proactively and less reactively,” explains Shannon Short, life coach and certified assessor for the 6 Seconds Emotional Intelligence (SEI). The 6[…]
The thyroid controls the body regulates temperature, metabolism, and how much energy is expended at rest. Thyroid imbalances are often associated with weight management struggles, because when the thyroid doesn’t produce as much of the thyroid hormone, then the body’s processes (like the metabolism) slow down. “In a normally functioning system, metabolism should be a normal, efficient process that does[…]
Did you sleep well last night? We hope so, because while you were sleeping, your body received a tune-up. During sleep, our bodies rebuild and repair. When we are deprived of deep sleep, the brain makes molecules that are associated with stress. During deep sleep, our biological functions align their rhythms with each other. These functions include respiration, blood pressure[…]
emotional wellbeing · Injury & Recovery · Wellness & Spa
I never thought about pain as being toxic, but since toxicity is defined as the degree to which a substance can damage an organism, I guess I was wrong. Not only does this definition align with physical pain, but with emotional pain as well. However it shows up — discomfort, tension, resistance — pain is a toxin in our bodies[…]
Featured · Fitness · Nutrition · Uncategorized · Wellness & Spa
Do you ever give much thought to what happens to your body physiologically under stress or how it affects your food choices? What is the difference between acute and chronic stress? The answers to these questions will help you understand how your body is handling or not handling daily challenges. Clinicians and researchers have debated the definition of stress for[…]
What is Adrenal Imbalance? Your adrenal glands are a pair of small glands situated above your kidneys. These are your stress glands, responsible for producing hormones – particularly cortisol – you need to induce a “fight or flight” response and handle stress. However, when you have endured too much stress, your adrenal glands may burn out, leading to adrenal fatigue.[…]
