Healthy Living

Your entire body needs the right nutrients to keep it healthy, and your brain is no exception. Your brain benefits from a variety of nutrients, including fats, proteins, vitamins, and sugars, to help keep it sharp, offer protection against cell damage, and help it function properly. What’s more, the right foods also can provide the […]

Various urban outlets are reporting soul crooner El Debarge recently checked himself into Rehab.  This news may come as a surprise to many because of his inspiring testimony and recent accomplishments of his current album, Second Chance.

In strengthening the core, a person has greater control over pelvic floor muscles and reproductive  organs. Harnessing this helps the individual release muscle tension and experience full body ecstasy. Yoga is an ideal way to get your sensual core in to shape.  Stamina and strength is sexy.  You’ll look better and feel sexier after regular […]

It is wonderful that Yoga is continuing to gain popularity as a resource for healing in the black community, from celebrities to inmates.  According to TMZ.com, Hollywood star Wesley Snipes requested Yoga Mats to teach other inmates the benefits during his time in prison. Here is the picture that TMZ put up, It is obviously […]

With thoughts of what kind of gift to give with Valentine’s day approaching, a shoulder massage is always welcomed.  It can be given in a platonic way to a friend that is working long hours at their desk, or to a lover to help them get in a romantic mood. The benefits of a shoulder […]

If you live in the Northeast the winter weather has been anything but your friend. The snow, ice and cold temperatures are enough to make anyone want to stay snuggled down in their bed. Do not spend too much time that way because your body chemistry will begin to change and depression will set in.

Ernestine Shepherd is in better shape than most people, decades her junior. At 74 she is honored with being in the Guinness Book of World Record for being the oldest female body builder.  She started body building at age 54. Up at 3 a.m. every morning, for her devotional prayers.  She spends her days running, lifting […]

There are a rising number of qualified black yoga instructors.  I was delighted to have recently received a Twitter “mention”  from  @ivywriter / Kellea Tibbs who inspired this post about exploring her Yoga journey.  “Finding these people has been very inspiring and helps make me want to make a deeper cultural connection to the art […]

Letting sleeping dogs — and cats — lie could make you sick, a paper to be published by a U.S. Centers for Disease Control journal warns. That pet in your bed could be passing on meningitis, toxocariasis or cat-scratch disease, among others. “We don’t want to scare people, but especially for children and people with […]

Soup has always been the cure to warming you up and soothing your soul.  Regardless of your preference, meaty, vegetable or noodle, soup offers a multitude of variety that can be tantalizing to your tastebuds.