Research shows that the number of people taking medication to treat anxiety and depression has steadily increased. Studies have also shown that prescription medication can negatively impact sex drive, energy levels, weight, and even potentially play a role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, kidney damage, and more. As North Americans, we are blessed with the opportunity of enjoying the benefits of both modern western science and ancient healing traditions. I

Sometimes survival is just that: an uninspired trudge through the monotony of daily life. Sometimes the effort to resist is too much, and we give in to the urge to collapse on the couch, because, “why bother?” There are days when gratitude is waning, and on those days, we have to trust. When anxiety builds or fear gathers momentum, we hunker down and select from our yoga toolkit: we breathe deeply, write a gratitude list, journal about the fear, pray, meditate, repeat a mant

Printed in Sweat Equity Magazine Dec/Jan 2018 No longer considered an esoteric practice for spiritual devotees, meditation has made its way into our homes, schools, and offices. And although the methods are as varied as the reasons why people meditate, the results are consistent. Research says it’s so! With so many people exploring the practice, scientists have set out to evaluate its benefits—and meditation is empirically demonstrating its power. Here are the Top 3 scientif

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), anxiety tops the list of most common mental health disorders worldwide, second only to depression, and rates continue to escalate. Between 1990 and 2013, the number of people suffering from depression and anxiety increased by nearly 50%, from 416 million to 615 million worldwide,1 with over 5 million cases of anxiety disorder (18.17%) in the UK population alone.2 A total of 8.2 million cases of anxiety in the UK were reported

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), anxiety tops the list of most common mental health disorders worldwide, second only to depression, and rates continue to escalate. Between 1990 and 2013, the number of people suffering from depression and anxiety increased by nearly 50%, from 416 million to 615 million worldwide,(1) with over 5 million cases of anxiety disorder (18.17%) in the UK alone (2). Statistics Canada states that 2.8 million people, or 10.1% of Canadian

"You have no problems, though you think you have . . . " ~ A Course in Miracles Published in Sweat Equity Magazine Dec/Jan 2017 Issue Problems exist only in the mind and are a prime example of how language determines our reality. The Oxford English Dictionary defines a problem as "something that is difficult to deal with." Conversely, it defines a challenge as "a demanding task or situation" and an opportunity as "a favourable time for achieving something for advance." Nothin

“Don’t Should On Yourself.” ~ Louise Hay Cookie Jar Crimes Remember when you were a kid… sneaking an extra cookie from the cookie jar when mom wasn’t looking? You’d rush back to your room and gobble down every last morsel before anyone found out. And when all the evidence was gone, when you’d brushed the crumbs under the bed and rinsed your hands of chocolate, nothing else remained but an adrenaline-fuelled sense of accomplishment. There was no lingering regret or deep disapp

Are you familiar with that throat-restricting, gut-wrenching anxiety that makes breathing impossible and functioning even more so? Have you experienced lying in bed, all hours of the night, with your mind racing like angry bees circling a hive? It's not a fun place to be. But it is an interesting place to be, and it is an opportunity for change. How to Keeping Smiling, Even When You Can't Breathe Earlier in the day, I wasn't worried about my parents passing or the mortgage ge