Monthly Archives: March 2012

Chocolate Coconut Bliss

We often hear about how saturated a fat is: polyunsaturated, monounsaturated and saturated, fats can also be divided based on how long their molecule chains are. There are short, medium and long chain fatty acids. Medium chain fatty acids have …

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Stories Off the Mat: Andree’s Journey to Burkina Faso

I am an experienced nursing educator volunteering my nursing skills in West Africa for the last five years. The months working in Africa account for professional development and holiday time. When in Africa I am available to provide healthcare day …

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Essential Facts on Essential Fats

Lipids are a macronutrient, which we need to take in through our food every day. Most lipids can be synthesized, or built by the body from all of the foods that we take in. The two fats that our bodies …

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What’s In A Style?

By Cameron Gilley Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system. – Bruce Lee It seems that we are always destined to make the mistake of identifying with a particular way …

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The Unruly Wrist: Creating Health And Strength Through Warm Up And Alignment

By Carolyn Anne Budgell Many yogis come to the mat in order to create strength in the wrists or to heal injury in the wrists. Just as many yogis experience some type of wrist pain due to the practice yoga …

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