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Ahh. Hello, sun. You can take that in and also check out our new feature, “10 Reasons to Wake Up Early,” just in case you have a not-so-great relationship with your snooze button.

It’s spring, so send those winter red lips packing with these lip treats.You won’t find any parabens, petro-chemicals, phtalates, sulfates, synthetic anything on these ingredient lists.  So pucker up, love is in the air. Tarte’s 24.7 Lip Sheer: Whether you want an I-just-ate-an-organic-strawberry stain or a sixties pink pout (all with SPF 15), try the…

It’s that time of year again for me. Testing time. Ye Annual CAT Scanne. Like the Olde Time Ice Cream Shoppe. But with doctors and isotope-laced Crystal Lite instead of ice cream. Um, yeah. See? Testing time makes me crazy. I know I’m lucky to only do this once a year–many cancer survivors get re-tested…

Our sister blogger Therese Borchard recently shared a beautiful reflection from her morning meditation book. It’s from Jesuit priest Jean-Pierre de Caussade, and this part of it really touched me: “Even that which most upsets our spiritual plans turns into something which is better for us. Remain firmly attached to this great principle and the…

Recently I had the pleasure of taking a yoga workshop with Mariel Hemingway and her good friend Sara Ivanhoe. It was an intense afternoon, full of flowing asana with a specific focus on Patanjali’s first yoga sutra — Atha Yoganusasam (NOW is the Practice of Yoga).  In that spirit of now, we were encouraged to…

Everyone likes a bargain, right? And in these economic times, saving money — even a little — is a satisfying pastime. I was never an avid coupon clipper mostly because the coupons that come in the newspaper are for products I don’t generally use. But early this year, in a fit of financial anxiety, I…

By Alana B. Elias Kornfeld In a previous Fresh Living post, Valerie mentioned the famous foot “floint” from her yoga class with Aarona Pichinson, a longtime yogi friend of mine. As she wrote, it’s neither flex nor point, but floint. As her yoga teacher colleague at Beliefnet (who she referenced in her post), I am…

“Spring is when life’s alive in everything.” –Christina Rossetti Click here to read more inspiring quotes about spring.

My new favorite television show is The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. The protagonist, Precious Ramotswe, played by the talented Jill Scott, never EVER makes a big decision without first sitting down with a cup of African Bush tea (also known as Rooibos).  I love how she relishes the ritual and derives comfort from the…

I used to date a man who was an obsessive hand-washing-germ-chaser-awayer, especially in airports.  The good news is that we traveled a lot.  The bad is that every time I used a public restroom I got the questions:  “You didn’t touch the flusher?” he asked horrified.  “What about the door?  Did you cover the handle…
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