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Learn How to Chill Out at Exhale Spa For Free

Nov 7 2008 - 2:30pm by FitSugar
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Learn How to Chill Out at Exhale Spa For Free Even though the stress-inducing elections are over, the economy is still taking a roller coaster ride, causing anxiety with every dip. While you might not be able to afford a luxury spa treatment to reduce your stress, one luxury spa is offering free meditation seminars to help you learn how to chill out and stay centered in these turbulent times. Scattered across the US with a handful of locations, Exhale Spa is offering complimentary, weekly meditation sessions during the month of November.
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5 Things About Epsom Salts

Nov 7 2008 - 8:00am by FitSugar
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5 Things About Epsom Salts Taking a relaxing bath is a wonderful way to reward yourself after a long run or a tough day at work, so while you're soaking in and letting go, why not reap the benefits of epsom salts? The salts are very inexpensive and can be found at the grocery store or the drug store — taking care of yourself doesn't have to be costly! Check out these five things about the salts and tell me, have you ever experimented with them in your bath water?
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Relax Already: Take a 90 Second Vacation

Nov 6 2008 - 4:00pm by FitSugar
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Relax Already: Take a 90 Second Vacation If stress finds its way into the end of your day, and all you want to do is get away from it all, sit on the beach,and feel sun on your skin and the warm sand on your toes. Then go ahead and imagine it. Just 90 seconds of visualization can work wonders, lowering your stress level.
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Relax Already: With a Repetitive Exercises

Nov 4 2008 - 4:00pm by FitSugar
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Relax Already: With a Repetitive Exercises We all seem to be a little more stressed these days. From the economy to the war to the election, it's tough out there. If your stress seems to be getting the best of you, don't let that stop you from working out.
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Sore Muscles? Treat Them to a Spot of Tea

Oct 21 2008 - 3:00pm by FitSugar
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Sore Muscles? Treat Them to a Spot of Tea For those days when you really went hard at the gym, reward yourself by soaking your tired muscles in tea (and no, I am not talking about brewing the world's largest pot of green tea). Cornelia's Muscle Relaxing Soaking Tea ($6.50) is the perfect addition to any post-workout bath. The soak smells oh so good because it contains sea salts combined with herbs such as peppermint, scots pine, willow bark, horsetail, and birch, all which work together to sooth, smooth, and relax an overworked body.
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Relax Already: Supported Sleeping Butterfly

Oct 23 2008 - 3:00pm by FitSugar
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Relax Already: Supported Sleeping Butterfly When I've had a long day, instead of plopping myself on the couch, I love to do a nice relaxing stretch. Legs Up the Wall is one of my favorites because it feels great in my lower back and hamstrings. Here's a variation that will stretch your hips and inner thighs.
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Relax Already: With Heat

Sep 16 2008 - 3:00pm by FitSugar
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Relax Already: With Heat Heat gently soothes sore muscles and can alleviate pain and stiffness, but it can also reduce emotional stress and tension. While, I'm a huge fan of taking a hot baths, I live in an area plagued by droughts. To save water, I rely on some other warm options to help me chill out:
  • A vibrating heating pad ($25) combines heat with buzzing vibrations.
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DVD Review: Step-by-Step Tai Chi with Tiffany Chen

Sep 5 2008 - 1:30pm by FitSugar
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DVD Review: Step-by-Step Tai Chi with Tiffany Chen If you're like me, you use fitness DVDs to get in a good cardio workout on a rainy day or when your kids are napping. A friend lent me this Step-by-Step Tai Chi ($20) DVD recently, and I decided to give it a whirl one afternoon when I was feeling mellow. Tai Chi master Tiffany Chen begins saying that most people think of this discipline as an elderly person's exercise (just what I thought!), but that everyone can benefit from it.
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Relax Already: Burn Some Incense

Aug 18 2008 - 3:00pm by FitSugar
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Relax Already: Burn Some Incense When you feel like you're burning the candle at both ends, you might want to light some incense. Long associated with religious ceremonies and ashrams, researchers at Johns Hopkins University and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem found that incense lowers anxiety and can create antidepressive-like behavior. Although the study was performed on mice, researchers believe the effects of incense translates to humans and activates the poorly-understood and under-researched ion channels of the brain to alleviate both anxiety and depression.
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Relax Already: Adopt a Mantra

Aug 11 2008 - 1:30pm by FitSugar
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Relax Already: Adopt a Mantra We've talked about our own workout mantras before, but mantras are amazing little things. They not only motivate you, a good mantra can also work to relieve stress, too. In fact mantras can help people stay calm by easing frustration and tension.
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