I don’t know about you, but I don’t have a lot of time to read labels when I shop. But I also don’t want to grab something I just know I won’t eat later, either. Well, hopefully the dash through the grocery aisle will become a lot simpler after today’s announcement that new front-of-pack nutrition labeling (although voluntary) called “Smart Choices” will soon be available on products in grocery stores across the U.S.
The criteria that will determine which products will and will not qualify for the new labeling system were set by a group of scientists, nutritionists and manufacturers, and were built on science-based nutrition data, in hopes of helping Americans make better …read more

Chakra Five: Let’s Focus 
Now we’re really zeroing in on the yoga-chakra connection. Chakra Five, the Vissuddha, focuses on moving with sounds, and allowing sound to help you move your body.  
For the Fifth Chakra, the color is a bright blue, using ether or sound as the element.  For meditation, this chakra focuses on resonance, harmony and vibrations–good vibrations, of course :-).
 First, let’s begin with a couple of warmups.
1) Breathe deeply, inhale and then exhale with seed sound.  The seed sound for this chakra is ham 
2) If you’d like to try a second warm-up, do a simple Apanasana.  Lie down on your mat, slowly bring your knees …read more