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Hi all! Hope you had as much fun this weekend as we did! Jon and I took a quick day trip to NYC on Saturday where we watched the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, saw Rockefeller Center Plaza, had brunch with my cousin, and did a ton of walking. The weather was perfect and it was much needed time away from reality.

I love taking any opportunity I can for a mini vacation. Unfortunately we can’t take the time or spend the money to go on a mini vacation each week, so yoga is one of my favorite cost effective ways to check out of reality and recalibrate. I usually take a slow flow class or do a restorative yoga video online at least once a week. Lately, I have discovered a new format called Yin yoga, offered at a local studio near my house. It’s the the perfect compliment to my crazy exercise regimen and an amazing way to relax.

I really had no idea what to expect my first class but it turned out to be exactly what the yogi ordered. You typically stay on the floor the entire class and hold passive poses for an incredibly long time (3-5 minutes). Props are encouraged so that you can fully relax and allow gravity to stretch the muscles. The goal is to let the mind wander while the body releases. Yin practice focuses on accepting “what is” and letting go of “what isn’t”. It requires you to sit still, listen to your body, relax your mind, and let go of all tension.There have been several times I “accidentally” let my mind wander too far and took a short nap. It’s best to go into a Yin practice with cold muscles to allow for maximum benefits and the best time of day is early or late in your day. I personally love going to class in the evening because then I can just head straight to bed when I get home!

Yin yoga is similar to a restorative yoga practice with the biggest difference being Yin is not meant solely for relaxation. The point of a Yin practice is to allow gravity to intensify the stretch while calming the mind.

What are the benefits of Yin yoga?

Yin is intended as purposeful therapeutic stress for the mind, body, and spirit to improve overall health. The most obvious benefit of any yoga class is stress relief. Sitting still in Yin yoga helps me let go of anything negative I may be holding onto physically or mentally. I always leave Yin classes with a better sense of my priorities and with a more positive outlook. Yin increases flexibility and mobility particularly in the ligaments, tendons, joints, and deep tissue. It targets the deep connective tissue closest to the bones while releasing tension in the muscles. Yin helps you center your mind and explore the depth of your physical or mental tension.

Every yoga class is different which is what makes yoga wonderful. Always give yourself 2-3 classes before making a decision about a certain format and contact your doctor before making any major lifestyle changes.

As with any good thing, all mini vacations must come to an end which means it’s time to head back to work. Check out your local studio listings for Yin yoga and let me know what you think!

Have you ever tried Yin yoga?

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Beans:

From chickpeas and lentils to soybeans and peanuts, beans make a wonderful and fiber-rich extension to your soups and servings of blended greens; they’re also an OK base for spreads, salsas, and dives. Best of all, beans are rich in manganese, foliate, potassium, magnesium, and press, and have more protein than whatever other vegetable, which makes it ideal for veggie mates. The filling fiber and complex starches in beans also bail keep glucose levels offset, holding longing and goals under control.

Almonds:

Squeezed with nutty flavor and a solid crunch, almonds are furthermore a wonderful wellspring of monounsaturated fats, which have been shown to help lessen your coronary sickness chance by cutting down your LDL cholesterol levels (the terrible stuff). Moreover, examination suggests that people who eat around an unobtrusive group of almonds a day tend to have healthier body weight and live more than people who don’t.

Blueberries:

Blueberries may be little yet they pack tremendous preferences. The extreme tumor avoidance specialists in blueberries called anthocyanins, which are accountable for their impeccable renowned blue shading, have been demonstrated to help diminish your threat of particular sorts of infection, vision hardship, and coronary ailment. Additionally, they are rich in waist-obliging fiber to help control hunger. Acknowledge whole wheat blueberry hotcakes for breakfast, and get twofold estimation of their cell support control by cooking some in a pot to set up sweet syrup.

Pepper:

You get a restorative quality for a minimal expenditure with sweet ringer peppers. Just around 35 calories each, ringer peppers give a plenitude of supplements, including vitamins A, B6, and C and folic destructive, which helps lower levels of the coronary sickness related protein called homocysteine. Set up an empowering confetti pasta dish made with hacked toll peppers, whole wheat pasta, low-fat cheddar, and a tomato-or extra virgin olive oil-based sauce.

Broccoli and Green vegetables:

Mother taught you to finish the broccoli off your plate for a legitimate reason! A half measure of this vogue veggie gives you the same measure of vitamin C as an orange. The unique prize is that broccoli offers a wealth of the phytonutrient sulforophane, which helps clear potential carcionogenic toxins and curbs tumor improvement. Commend this green by warming them into a quiche or setting them up in a plate of blended greens.

Juice:

Their vivacious tones and impacts of sweet and tart flavors make citrus common items a champion amongst the most predominant natural items around the world. Studies show that the vitamin C found in oranges and distinctive citrus characteristic items can help bolster the safe system and lessening the threat joined with cardiovascular infection, illness, and stroke. Regardless, vitamin C is essentially bit of the story, citrus normal items moreover have a great deal of potassium, which helps control circulatory strain and backings heart wellbeing.

The Olay Anti-Aging Starter Protocol Pro-X is a set of three products designed by the Olay Professional Alliance for Skin Care Innovation to sooth,

protect and restore the look and feel of your skin to a glowing and more youthful-acting state. The kit contains an age repair lotion with SPF 30, a wrinkle smoothing cream and an eye restoration complex.

They are intended to be used throughout the day and in conjunction with the rest of your beauty regimen to hydrate and shield your skin from damage. The Olay Alliance, which is a group of “renowned dermatologists” and Olay “beauty scientists” has officially endorsed certain levels of vitamins, nutrients and various amino acids and peptides as being ideal for skin care. This starter kit contains the highest recommended levels of these compounds and is intended to “resignal” your skin to repair the moisture barrier and boost cell turnover rate so that you get younger looking – and literally younger – skin in 28 days or less.

To use this product, you should apply the Olay Age Repair Lotion SPF 30 to your clean, dry skin in each morning. Olay recommends a “liberal application” to the face and neck. Then, before applying your makeup, massage the eye restoration complex into your eye area to diminish puffiness and dark circles. In the evenings, repeat the process with the eye complex, and smooth the Olay Wrinkle Smoothing Cream over your entire face and neck after you have cleansed and toned your skin.

My Rating is: 4/5

Drawbacks:

While Olay is known for its affordable, effective products, you do need to factor in a few things before you buy.

If you do not already have some minimal signs of aging, then this kit may not work for you since Olay anti-aging products often make still-youthful, healthy skin break out.

These products have a mild medicinal scent.

Benefits:

There is a reason that Olay is known for its incredibly effective anti-aging products. Here are a few things that make this kit so attractive.

It is extremely affordable.

It produces comparable results to many dermatologist-recommended regimens.

Allure magazine found that using this kit resulted in a 25 percent reduction in wrinkles after the proscribed 28 days.

The Olay Anti-Aging Starter Protocol Pro-X is particularly good for weathered or neglected skin, unlike many anti-aging treatments which rely on preserving skin intact rather than repairs.

Price:

$61.50

Guarantee

Olay simply says that if you are not satisfied with your results, the company will reimburse you fully for your purchase. Further information on the guarantee can be determined on an individual basis by contacting the company directly, but the company has an excellent customer service record and the only real difference from scenario to scenario appears to be determined by how you return the products and receive the refund.

My Review

I love Olay products, and I am excited by the Olay Professional Alliance. Even though it’s basically just a marketing tool (I mean, you cannot even find a single name of any member dermatologist, let alone a “renowned” one) the products are definitely sound. Even better, they actually have a visible impact on weathered and damaged skin, which is a refreshing change since so many products seem to do a lot to moisturize but do not really change the look of deep lines and furrows.

The regimen does take a little bit of time and adds about fifteen minutes to your morning and evening routines by the time it all soaks in and you start applying makeup or going to bed, but the extra half hour a day is well worth it. However, do not start if you are not going to use it every day, because missing days seriously messes up your final results. Also, while results are guaranteed in 28 days, you will continue to improve the look of your skin if you continue to use the protocol, so be prepared to renew your products when they are gone.

You will probably not run out of them evenly since the lotions usually last a little longer than a month and the eye cream can last anywhere from 28 days to two months. It all depends on how you interpret the words “liberal” and “pea-sized” and what works best on your skin. The only thing that you need to consider when purchasing this protocol is that if your skin is not damaged enough, then you may suffer from a rash of tiny red bumps. When Olay says something repairs, it definitely does, but it also means that if you do not yet need the repair, then your skin may go into overdrive. If you use the product for three or four days and notice that you are developing serious blemishes particularly around the mouth or on your nose, you may need to return it and get a refund because your skin may just not be ready for it. However, with an ironclad guarantee that simply requires that you are not 100 percent satisfied, then you really can’t go wrong with this starter protocol.

To see the anti aging skin products that my friends and I are using right now that we’ve been extremely satisfied with, visit our list of best wrinkle creams.