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How Yoga Can Help Your Mental Health
With mental health being a vital part of a person’s life, it is important to know and remember how to take care of it. One popular solution is the practice of yoga. It increases body awareness and relieves all of the stress and tension you might be feeling in your body. AZFoothills had the opportunity to speak with Natalie Harden, the lead instructor from a local yoga studio...
Mom's Moment: 10 Fun Quarantine Finds for Kids
You’re stuck at home and have gone through all your go-to toys, right?
Here are some new finds for fantastic outdoor play and indoor stimulation for young kids.
Take art-time outside! This double-sided easel is wide enough for two kids on each side to enjoy at the same time. Inflates with ease and includes paint, sponges and paintbrushes. Clean off with a hose and use over and over!
4 Mindful Meditation Tips to Overcome Coronavirus Anxiety
If you are feeling overwhelmed, anxious or nervous about all of the unknowns surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, just know that you’re not alone. As many individuals shift to working from home and adjust to practicing social distancing, many people are struggling to maintain a healthy mindset without going stir crazy. Practicing mindful meditation while at home enables you to fixate less on the past or the future and instead focus on what is truly important -- being present in the moment. Here are four simple tips to practice mindful meditation while at home.
Breathe
It may sound obvious but too often we...
Managing Pain: At-Home Techniques and Tips To Help With Treatment
Pain is something everyone will experience at some point in their life, if not many times. Pain can make everyday life a chore and limits what we can do physically and socially. Even so, the last thing any of us would want to do is be limited to taking pain medication around the clock, and the thought of taking opioids during America’s opioid crisis is daunting and unappealing. If you’re looking for ways you can take control of your pain during treatment, consider these easy starting points.
Get enough sleep
Pain may make falling asleep difficult, and a lack of sleep only amplifies pain. Breaking this...
Bunny Approved Easter Baskets for a Quarantined Easter
Under quarantine or not, the show must go on. And this week is all about Easter! If your kiddos are feeling down in the dumps and missing their tiny tot social lives, this can be a great time to add unexpected excitement to life at-home.
Families around the globe are using Easter 2020 as a time to make new traditions. Children everywhere are counting down the days for the appearance of the Easter Bunny, and hope their behavior is worthy of a much-anticipated Easter Basket.
This year...
