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How And Why You Need To Create A Habit Of Journaling

As a licensed Mental Health Professional, Yoga Therapist and Wellness Coach at Atha Jiva, I understand that starting a new ...
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How To Reset Your Wellness Routine

How To Reset Your Self-Care Practice Now And Move Towards Improved Health And Wellness For The Rest Of The Year! ...
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More About Me

  My Mission Guided by a deep desire to help reduce emotional and physical pain and suffering and an inner ...
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How To Best Support Your University Student’s Mental Health and Wellness

  Looks like we made it! Now that we have survived the transition back to school, you might be wondering: ...
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Spilling The Tea In Mindful Therapy

  This Week In Mindful Therapy This past week as a Mindful Therapist the focus was on love. The conversations ...
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How To Cultivate And Infuse Mindfulness In Your Relationship

  What Are The Benefits Of Mindfulness For Relationships? Most people are familiar with the benefits of practicing Mindfulness for ...
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Health Benefits Of Refreshing Rooibos Herb Ice Tea

  Holistic Taste Of Summer 21 Anyone who knows me knows that I love tea! From fermented kombucha, homemade chai ...
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Continuing The Conversation On Mental Health

  United By Emotion | Olympic Fever The 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta Georgia was the first time I had ...
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What Is a Mindful-Based Cognitive Therapist?

What is a Mindful-Based Cognitive Therapist and how is it different from a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)? In simple terms, ...
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Why Meditation Should be Part of Your Self-Care

  Meditation for beginners has so many amazing benefits from a physical, mental and emotional perspective. Here are a few ...
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How Stress Impacts Your Health – And What to Do About It

Stress is a symptom of our times. According to Statistics Canada, 23% of people over the age of 15 report ...
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Struggling to Get a Good Night’s Rest? Yoga Can Help!

Insomnia, or the inability to get a good night's rest, is an extremely common affliction. Chronic, long-term insomnia affects approximately ...
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Keep Your Metabolism Up and Running Through the Winter

It is a known fact that many people put on a bit of weight during the winter months. Whether this ...
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5 Health Benefits of Starting Yoga

  Before you start looking for an incredible yoga teacher, it is important to understand just how beneficial it can ...
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How Yoga Transforms Your Brain – Not Just Your Mindset

  When merged with Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), yoga (as offered by a certified yoga teacher) does so much more ...
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What is Watsu?

  Watsu and Yoga are both mind-body approaches to wellness. But what is Watsu? Why is it so beneficial Watsu ...
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