Quick Yoga Abs… Enjoy! 

Energizing, Yummy, Sustaining & Healthy! Be strong to the finish, eat your spinach! This recipe will give you enough salad for two people or one meal and some left over for a snack! You’ll need 2 hand fulls of organic spinach 2 table spoons of hummus 1 avocado 1 yellow organic pepper Now What Chop avocado, olives, and pepper. Combine the above with the spinach. Mix with your hands Toast gluten free bread Spread hummus on bread Enjoy!

Energizing, Yummy, Sustaining & Healthy! Be strong to the finish, eat your spinach! This recipe will give you enough salad for two people or one meal and some left over for a snack!

You’ll need

2 hand fulls of organic spinach

2 table spoons of hummus

1 avocado

1 yellow organic pepper

Now What

Chop avocado, olives, and pepper.

Combine the above with the spinach.

Mix with your hands

Toast gluten free bread

Spread hummus on bread

Enjoy!

Yoga for Leaner Legs. Enjoy!

Getting creative in the kitchen usually leads to something interesting. Today I discovered a pot of chocolate from a 75% dark bar, some frozen blueberries, and a banana. The results… Ah-maz-ing goodness! All that insula stimulating in yoga is good for creativity and following your intuition! Mindful meditation stimulates the area in your brain between your eyebrows (insula) which is connected to your creativity and intuition, which leads you to make pretty awesome and creative choices in your life including spontaneous moments in the kitchen. Your yoga practice also points you naturally toward healthy eating the more you practice. . bonus! All that paying attention to how you feel on the mat works its way into the rest of your life. You’ll need 1 samll-ish dark chocolate bar (thanks Heather Berger for the birthday gift!) 2 handfuls frozen organic blueberries 1 banana A sprinkle of cinnamon Now What Combine chocolate and berries in a sauce pan Simmer When all melted and gooey combine banana Melt some more Stir continually Serve it up with a sprinkle of cinnamon on top Makes 2 servings

Getting creative in the kitchen usually leads to something interesting. Today I discovered a pot of chocolate from a 75% dark bar, some frozen blueberries, and a banana. The results… Ah-maz-ing goodness! All that insula stimulating in yoga is good for creativity and following your intuition! Mindful meditation stimulates the area in your brain between your eyebrows (insula) which is connected to your creativity and intuition, which leads you to make pretty awesome and creative choices in your life including spontaneous moments in the kitchen. Your yoga practice also points you naturally toward healthy eating the more you practice. . bonus! All that paying attention to how you feel on the mat works its way into the rest of your life.

You’ll need

1 samll-ish dark chocolate bar (thanks Heather Berger for the birthday gift!)

2 handfuls frozen organic blueberries

1 banana

A sprinkle of cinnamon

Now What

Combine chocolate and berries in a sauce pan

Simmer

When all melted and gooey combine banana

Melt some more

Stir continually

Serve it up with a sprinkle of cinnamon on top

Makes 2 servings

Yoga Anywhere. (Taken with instagram)

Yoga Anywhere. (Taken with instagram)

Morning Yoga for Strength and Inspiration.

Gazpacho at the beach :)

Gazpacho at the beach :)

Wild rice steamed spinach yellow pepper curry

Wild rice steamed spinach yellow pepper curry

Energizing Sprouted Crunch Lunch! This simple and quick preparation will leave you feeling sustained and energized all day long. And it’s so yummy to eat too! You’ll need 1 cups quinoa (prepared) Fresh organic spinach 1 orange organic pepper 1/2 cup organic hummus gluten free sprouted bread 1 avocado 1 lemon Now What combine hummus, quinoa, spinach chop orange pepper & add to mix toast gluten free bread spread fresh avocado on bread squeeze fresh lemon over everything Enjoy!

Energizing Sprouted Crunch Lunch!

This simple and quick preparation will leave you feeling sustained and energized all day long. And it’s so yummy to eat too!

You’ll need

1 cups quinoa (prepared)

Fresh organic spinach

1 orange organic pepper

1/2 cup organic hummus

gluten free sprouted bread

1 avocado

1 lemon

Now What

combine hummus, quinoa, spinach

chop orange pepper & add to mix

toast gluten free bread

spread fresh avocado on bread

squeeze fresh lemon over everything

Enjoy!

Steamed spinach with quinoa + fresh squeezed lemon! Power lunch!

Steamed spinach with quinoa + fresh squeezed lemon! Power lunch!

Super Energy Breakfast Smoothie! Blueberries, banana, chia seeds (organic sprouted powder), maple almond butter, & almond milk! Rise and Shine and Energize!!! Chia was eaten by the Aztecs for strength.  Also contains iron, calcium, potassium, and protein, in addition to antioxidants. 

Super Energy Breakfast Smoothie!

Blueberries, banana, chia seeds (organic sprouted powder), maple almond butter, & almond milk!

Rise and Shine and Energize!!!

Chia was eaten by the Aztecs for strength.  Also contains iron, calcium, potassium, and protein, in addition to antioxidants. 

water flows freely, smoothing rocks in it’s path without getting stuck or caught up. let your life flow like water and smooth the rocks.

water flows freely, smoothing rocks in it’s path without getting stuck or caught up. let your life flow like water and smooth the rocks.

5 Minute Carrot Ginger Soup & Steamed Kale

Check out this awesome, nourishing, healthy, and colorful dinner.

You’ll need

1 Box carrot ginger organic soup (no dairy)

2 handfuls of kale

1 lemon

dash of cinnamon

steamer

Now what

steam kale

heat soup

Last Step

Squeeze fresh lemon on kale

sprinkle cinnamon on soup

Enjoy!

innovationforendurance: Getting What You Give A regular practice of yoga is a useful tool in navigating through our lives.  We can use the tool to carve out a healthy body, sharp mind, heightened intuition, and vibrant energy.  We can also make a subtle, more detailed shift to navigating our intentions, which can take our lives in many different directions.  When we direct our intentions with a constant effort we shift our perspectives, which can have a dramatic change on our exterior lives. When it comes to things that you want out of your life, whether it be a healthy body, calm mind, great relationships, successful career, or all of the above, what you give is not only important in being of service and nice to people, but it is in direct proportion to what you get back.   In yoga I like to instruct a room full of students to take a long, full, deep inhale, and exhale twice as long.  Take in a big breath, consume the air, fill up with your life and possibilities, and exhale a little longer, a little fuller, a little deeper.  Let it go and give back.  Find ways to be easy in letting go, find was not to be greedy in consumption.   This brings me to reflecting on intention.  When we have an intention for our lives, even day-by-day, our day unfolds directly in proportion to our intention.  Whether we are aware of our intention by consciously setting it, or passively claiming it, we all have intentions in each moment.  When your intentions are of service and when you approach each moment with an attitude of “how can I help?” instead of “what can I get?” not only will you be able to help the situation, but you will get more in the process. The idea is to actually realize life is not about the getting, but the giving.  When we give, we get a full sense of gratitude, kindness, and that warm fuzzy feeling that we made a difference.  Warm fuzzy feeling radiates and expands your world exponentially, so keep them coming! Ask in each moment, each email, each interaction, each conversation, “How can I help?” and see what unfolds. Try it out today and let me know what happens! — Tara Stiles, Yoga & wellness expert

innovationforendurance:

Getting What You Give

A regular practice of yoga is a useful tool in navigating through our lives.  We can use the tool to carve out a healthy body, sharp mind, heightened intuition, and vibrant energy.  We can also make a subtle, more detailed shift to navigating our intentions, which can take our lives in many different directions.  When we direct our intentions with a constant effort we shift our perspectives, which can have a dramatic change on our exterior lives.

When it comes to things that you want out of your life, whether it be a healthy body, calm mind, great relationships, successful career, or all of the above, what you give is not only important in being of service and nice to people, but it is in direct proportion to what you get back.  

In yoga I like to instruct a room full of students to take a long, full, deep inhale, and exhale twice as long.  Take in a big breath, consume the air, fill up with your life and possibilities, and exhale a little longer, a little fuller, a little deeper.  Let it go and give back.  Find ways to be easy in letting go, find was not to be greedy in consumption.  

This brings me to reflecting on intention.  When we have an intention for our lives, even day-by-day, our day unfolds directly in proportion to our intention.  Whether we are aware of our intention by consciously setting it, or passively claiming it, we all have intentions in each moment.  When your intentions are of service and when you approach each moment with an attitude of “how can I help?” instead of “what can I get?” not only will you be able to help the situation, but you will get more in the process.

The idea is to actually realize life is not about the getting, but the giving.  When we give, we get a full sense of gratitude, kindness, and that warm fuzzy feeling that we made a difference.  Warm fuzzy feeling radiates and expands your world exponentially, so keep them coming!

Ask in each moment, each email, each interaction, each conversation, “How can I help?” and see what unfolds.

Try it out today and let me know what happens!

— Tara Stiles, Yoga & wellness expert

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Get Recipe here! Most of the things I make at home take less than 5 minutes to make.  I need to prepare my meals quickly because I’m always on the go with a zillion things on my to-do list.  Sound familiar?  We’re all busy! This 5 Minute Wonder Woman Salad totally rocks, is super satisfying, enjoyable to prepare and eat, and will leave you feeling great until it’s meal time again!  I call this my Wonder Woman Salad because Wonder Woman is always on the go, saving the world, with her super strengths, physical prowess, mental clarity, and focused intuition.  This salad gives me the strength and power to be Wonder Woman in my own life.  I hope it works for you too. Try it out and let me know what you think! What would Wonder Woman Eat!

Get Recipe here!

Most of the things I make at home take less than 5 minutes to make.  I need to prepare my meals quickly because I’m always on the go with a zillion things on my to-do list.  Sound familiar?  We’re all busy!

This 5 Minute Wonder Woman Salad totally rocks, is super satisfying, enjoyable to prepare and eat, and will leave you feeling great until it’s meal time again!  I call this my Wonder Woman Salad because Wonder Woman is always on the go, saving the world, with her super strengths, physical prowess, mental clarity, and focused intuition.  This salad gives me the strength and power to be Wonder Woman in my own life.  I hope it works for you too. Try it out and let me know what you think!

What would Wonder Woman Eat!