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Deep Inhalation, Conscious Contraction, and Abdominal Massage to Promote Healthy Bowel Movements and Excellent Colon Health

To promote regular and comfortable bowel movements and good overall colon health, try doing the following twice a day:

1. While standing, take a deep breath in and hold it. In this state, contract your abdominal wall as though you are trying to shrink your tummy as much as possible and hold this state for a few seconds. Then exhale fully and let your tummy relax. Repeat this cycle five times. Read more

 

The Ideal Way To Do Push-Ups

To be optimally mobile and agile, it's helpful to treat every exercise as an opportunity to strengthen your core - doing so will improve movement and balance in all planes and decrease risk of injury. Read more

 

Rear View Mirror

Asking For Help

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Back in 2001, while eating dinner with a friend in Seoul, an elderly woman silently walked in and placed a chocolate bar on every table. My friend, in seeing that I was unsure of what was happening, explained that she was a poor grandmother who was looking for income selling chocolate, and that she would come by again in a few minutes to collect money. Read more

 

Squatting for Improved Mobility, Balance, and Digestion

You’ve probably heard that sitting is the new smoking.

The average adult in first world nations sits for more than 9 hours a day. Read more

 

How to Do My Favourite Squat For Better Balance, Hip Mobility, and Leg Strength at Any Age

One of the most effective ways of maximizing our longevity is to maintain optimal balance, leg strength, and hip mobility - this is a quick look at my favourite exercise that allows us to improve and maintain all three. Read more

 

2023 Gift Ideas

With Thanksgiving in the States quickly approaching, as per tradition, I've put together a list of gift ideas from items that I've personally purchased over 2023 and can vouch for:

Foldable Yoga Mats: I took two of these to carry with me when I went to Korea, as they are easy to transport via suitcase and backpack:

Foldable Yoga Mat

Amazon Canada: Foldable Yoga Mat Read more

 

The Epley Maneuver - A Simple Treatment for One Type of Vertigo

From Our Mailbag:

I woke up with vertigo. I read it's ear-related and I did have some pain in one ear after my run a few nights ago...but otherwise no issues. Thoughts?

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Hopefully, it was just dizziness that you experienced from over-exertion and dehydration. Read more

 

Beautiful Connections

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The other day, hearing some of our older son's thoughts on making good friends led me to reflect on what I've learned over the years about making beautiful connections with others. Read more

 

Early Thanksgiving Sale

For those who may have missed our Monday newsletter, please note that details our early Thanksgiving sale can be found below with one additional blend added to the sale - prices will revert to everyday levels by the end of this coming week, so please feel free to stock up on any items that you can make use of.

Also, for those who have been patiently waiting for our new lot of Vision Support, now with 60 vegetable capsules per bottle, it's available here: Read more

 

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