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I love love love drinking my cup of tea before bed each night. Why? Because it keeps my away from the piece of chocolate I typically crave, has zero calories and helps me to de-stress.  Traditional Medicinals was kind enough to send some of their tea to try and I cant get enough. Seriously. Im addicted. As most are addicted to coffee, I’m addicted to my nightly calming tea. I have a naturally high stress level and am always on the go, so this is my way to finally relax at the end of the day.

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About Traditional Medicinals:

“For nearly forty years we’ve been passionate about connecting people with plants. And we’re equally as passionate about passing along the centuries-old wisdom of how to use them. So even though our look has changed, our aspirations remain the same: help you discover the power of plants. We don’t just make formulas because they sound good. Every tea and herbal product that we make must have sufficient evidence of safety, quality and efficacy in support of our claim statements and formulation rationale.”

More about tea…Did you know?

  • Green tea can help you maintain a healthy weight and interfere with fat formation in the body.
  • White tea can help you look younger by strengthening elastin and collagen.
  • Black tea can help reduce stress levels and risk of heart attack.
  • Tea can help boost exercise endurance.
  • Antioxidants in tea can help protect against a ton of different cancers.
  • Tea is hydrating!!
  • …and the list goes on. (Source)

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Here are the teas Ive tried and loved:

Easy Now – A soothing blend of relaxing herbs like passionflower, chamomile, lavender and catnip, a mug of this is a great start when you’re looking to unwind.

Chamomile with Lavender – This tea settles your nervous system and relaxes your digestive system. Brew a cup when feeling frazzled or tense* and this herbal blend of beautiful and fragrant flowers and lemon balm will help ease your nervous tension or upset stomach.*

Nighty Night – With the help of passionflower, a wildly intense beauty with calming properties, this tea will aid in relaxation and allow the body to ease into a good night’s sleep.

Do you drink tea? If so, what’s your favorite?

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Traditional Medicinals sent me products free of charge,  but as always all opinions are my own.

Calling all Yogis!

Calling all yogis! (I love that word) Who out there loves yoga? It’s becoming the “it” thing to do around town. Hatha, vinyasa, bikram, power yoga to name a few of the many styles. I know, it sounds like I’m speaking a different language, right?

After hitting the gym for repeated days in a row, a nice long yoga session always helps break up the repetitive muscle strain and tension. Also pretty sure we can all use a little relaxation, myself included. I’m all about trying to find ways to de-stress. Lifting and cardio do this for me as well, but yoga specifically releases the tension building up from work, relationships and just life in general. I am de-stressing just thinking about it…

Here are some benefits:

Strength, posture, flexibility anyone? I’M ALL IN! Of course I believe that lifting weights is critical for all of the above, but cycling in yoga once in a while is a must for me.  Try these poses:

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Send me a message or comment if you would like yoga studio recommendations in San Francisco. I also LOVE yoga DVD’s which can be done in the comfort of my teeny apartment. Jillian Michael’s is of course my fave- try her Yoga Meltdown.

Do you guys practice yoga? Would love to hear about it! I just mastered the crow pose! Woohoo 🙂

Here are some yoga articles that may be of interest to you:

Namaste.

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