Today, a guest post from friend-of-Beliefnet Erin O’Donnell (check out her migraine control tips and nutrition quiz!).  Erin spotted this juicy news item about what researchers are learning about the history of portion sizes by looking at paintings of the Last Supper.  Fascinating food (har, har) for thought…. The Last Supper: Portion Distortion?By Erin O’Donnell…

Last night, the substitute teacher in my yoga class–usually the class assistant–said that last time she taught us, she was nervous because she had such big shoes to fill.  But this time, she said, she was far less nervous.  “I brought my own shoes,” she said. Have you put on your own shoes this morning? …

Just in time for the beginning of spring, Huffington Post published a great feature on “guerrilla gardening,” the practice of sneaking living, lovely things into otherwise ignored spaces like the blighted dirt on many road medians or under urban trees. The tips and videos in their feature come from Richard Reynolds, the British guerrilla whose…

Breathing in, I know I’m breathing in. Breathing out, I know As the in-breath grows deep, The out-breath grows slow. Breathing in makes me calm. Breathing out makes me ease. With the in-breath, I smile. With the out-breath, I release. Breathing in, there is only the present moment. Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment.…

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