Some people operate in a high-stress environment in many aspects of their life.  These are the high-powered business executives with three toddlers and two Labradoodle puppies running around the house.  They pride themselves on being quick and busy all the time.  Then there is the other end where people purposefully choose a life that allows for a low-stress lifestyle.  Even if you feel that your life is completely stress-free and you are uber-calm and collected at all times, there are probably moments where you are experiencing pressure.  These occurrences might be troublesome if you don’t perceive yourself as having stress …read more

Why not honor your mom all while toasting all women? On behalf of WomenHeart and Clos du Bois Winery, and in support of the site, www.ToastToWomen.com, Blisstree is offering a fun, heart-healthy giveaway!
Valued at $150, the winner of this giveaway will take home:

A portable pedometer to keep track of her movement
A personal yoga mat to keep her flexible
A durable water bottle to keep her hydrated
An MP3 player to keep her toes tapping
A plush gym towel to keep her dry

This giveaway is one of the ways to support www.ToastToWomen.com, a site created by WomenHeart and Clos du Bois Winery to help …read more

Another exercise in our better-sex-through yoga series!
Thanks so much to Lesley Hobbs for mapping out these awesome practices for us.
Check it out:
Eka Pada Kapotasana (Pigeon Pose)
Inhale and bring right knee to between the hands, allowing the foot to come towards the center.
Slide left leg back so both hips face the floor. Use a block under the left buttock if necessary.
Bend left knee and hold ankle for quad release. Use strap as shown, if needed. Hold 5-10 breaths.
Release left ankle, lengthen the spine and rest over the bent right knee. Hold 5-10 breaths.
Repeat on other side.
Images: Lesley Hobbs

Today, I interviewed Lesley Hobbs – she has practiced yoga for 12 years and taught for over 3.
Says Lesley: “I realized only recently how much of a positive impact yoga can have on your sex life. From a strictly practical point, yoga keeps the body limber and allows you to get into those exciting positions (like flinging your legs over your partner’s shoulders). From an emotional/mental perspective, yoga reduces your stress, calms the mind and often improves self confidence and self esteem.”
Lesley was awesome enough to offer a short yoga practice full of exercise that will get you sex life …read more

I’m so excited to give away 5 bottles of Natures Inventory Oils.

When I had a health issue I used to go to my doctor first.

Thousands of dollars in copays later I would end up at the health food store and what they would give me would out-perform the prescriptions.

Now I’ve learned the cheapest and most effective thing to do is hit the health food store first.

I’m going to try Natures Inventory’s Allergy Relief Wellness Oil, a completely organic 100% natural oil to reduce congestion and itching eyes. Check my Sinus Wash Miracle Cure for more great uses of oils.

I’m excited …read more

Last week I said there was one thing I wanted to give everyone I know. I’m trying to devise a strategy where I can put $20 a week towards this for the people in my life who cause me worry.
There, I admit. It’s totally selfish. I want to give them my gift because I hate worrying about them. Mostly they are people in my life with health issues.
It’s the same reason I want Universal Healthcare. I do not like to watch people suffer. I have no stomach for it. It’s bad when they suffer because they are sick. …read more

So, I’m sad and depressed today because my gym membership is gone.
The main reason is that it’s overpriced at $70 per month.
Our next goal is to buy a home and that $70 needs to go to a mortgage payment. That’s my sacrifice.
The other practical reason is that my whole family needs exercise. I’ve written before about my 5-year-old’s warning about her red zone BMI. If I’ve worked out for 1.5 hrs alone at the gym by myself, I’m not likely to go on a walk or bike ride with her.
But, I can’t help but feel like I might be sacrificing too much. …read more

Since having my last baby a year ago I’ve taken up yoga. The gym I joined offers classes 3 times a week and watches my kids while I take them. My original motivation was the scale. Post-baby I wasn’t dropping the weight as I had expected, but was watching the scale creep dangerously close to 200 lbs. That was a boundary I didn’t want to cross for fear of never returning to a normal body weight. Here are 10 unexpected benefits I have personally enjoyed as a result of practicing yoga.
1. Lose weight. Yoga is exercise, pure and simple. You will be mystified by …read more

Sunday Calendar

Get up and get self and family ready for neice’s dedication at church.
Go to church. Runs way longer than expected, get called out to feed hungry baby in the nursery.
Buy a paper. Go through open house listings and circle a few.
Eat some lunch.
Drive around looking at two or three houses. No potential.
Race home to drop husband and daughter off.
Race to gym for hour and a half yoga class. This is the part of the day where I can feel spiritually connected to my mind and body.
Race home to pick up husband and daughter.
Go to grandma’s house for weekly home …read more