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Hibiscus, Butterfly pea, Jasmine, Chamomile, Chrysanthemum, Lavender, Rose tea, Marigolds!  — @undefined's mag on Magma

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Food

Lifestyle

<h1>❗️<strong>CONSUMER ALERT</strong>❗️</h1>
<h2><strong>Product List of Companies</strong></h2>
<h2><strong>Manufacturing with </strong></h2>
<h2><strong>Dead Fetal Cells!</strong></h2>
<p>⬅️<strong>SWIPE LEFT TO READ MORE</strong>⏩️</p>

<h1><strong>PEPSI BEVERAGES</strong></h1>
<h2><strong>(ALL Pepsi soft drinks)</strong></h2>
<p>– Sierra Mist soft drinks</p>
<p>– Mountain Dew soft drinks</p>
<p>– Mug root beer </p>
<p>– No Fear beverages</p>
<p>– Ocean Spray beverages</p>
<p>– Seattle’s Best Coffee</p>
<p>– Tazo beverages</p>
<p>– AMP Energy beverages</p>
<p>– Aquafina water</p>
<p>– Aquafina flavored beverages</p>
<p>– DoubleShot energy beverages</p>
<p>– Frappuccino beverages</p>
<p>– Lipton tea and other beverages</p>
<p>– Propel beverages</p>
<p>– SoBe beverages</p>
<p>– Gatorade beverages</p>
<p>– Fiesta Miranda beverages</p>
<p>– Tropicana juices and beverages</p>

<h2><strong>NESTLE PRODUCTS:</strong></h2>
<h2><strong>(ALL Coffee Creamers)</strong></h2>
<p><strong></strong></p>
<h2><strong>MAGGIE BRAND:</strong></h2>
<p>-instant soups</p>
<p>-bouillon cubes</p>
<p>-ketchups </p>
<p>-sauces</p>
<p>-seasoning</p>
<p>-instant noodles</p>

<h2><strong>KRAFT/CADBURY ADAMS:</strong></h2>
<p></p>
<p>– Black Jack chewing gum</p>
<p>– Bubbaloo bubble gum</p>
<p>– Bubblicious bubble gum</p>
<p>– Chiclets</p>
<p>– Clorets</p>
<p>– Dentyne</p>
<p>– Freshen Up Gum</p>
<p>– Sour Cherry Gum (Limited)</p>
<p>– Sour Apple Gum (Limited)</p>
<p>– Stride</p>
<p>– Trident</p>

<h2><strong>CADBURY ADAMS CANDIES:</strong></h2>
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<p><strong>– Sour Cherry Blasters</strong></p>
<p><strong>– Fruit Mania</strong></p>
<p><strong>– Bassett’s Liquorice All sorts</strong></p>
<p><strong>– Maynards Wine Gum</strong></p>
<p><strong>– Swedish Fish</strong></p>
<p><strong>– Swedish Berries</strong></p>
<p><strong>– Juicy Squirts</strong></p>
<p><strong>– Original Gummies</strong></p>
<p><strong>– Fuzzy Peach</strong></p>
<p><strong>– Sour Chillers</strong></p>
<p><strong>– Sour Patch Kids</strong></p>
<p><strong>– Mini Fruit Gums</strong></p>
<p><strong>– Certs breath mints</strong></p>
<p><strong>– Halls Cough Drops</strong></p>

<h2><strong>NEOCUTIS BEAUTY PRODUCTS:</strong></h2>
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<p><strong>-Bio-Gel Prevedem Journee</strong></p>
<p><strong>-Bio-Serum Lumiere</strong></p>
<p><strong>-Bio Restorative Skin Cream</strong></p>

<h1><strong>MEDICINES &amp; VACCINES</strong></h1>
<p><strong></strong></p>
<h1><strong>MERK</strong></h1>
<p><strong>-MMR II</strong></p>
<p><strong>-ProQuad MMR/Chickenpox</strong></p>
<p><strong>-Varivax Chickenpox </strong></p>
<p><strong>-Pentacel Polio/DTaP/HiB</strong></p>
<h1><strong>SANOFI PASTUER</strong></h1>
<p><strong>-Imovax Rabies</strong></p>
<p><strong>-Vaqta Hepatitis-A </strong></p>
<p><strong>-Zostavax</strong></p>
<h1><strong>GLAXO/SMITHKLINE</strong></h1>
<p><strong>-Havrix Hepatitis-A</strong></p>
<p><strong>-Twinrix Hepatitis-A and B combo</strong></p>
<h1><strong>AMGEN</strong></h1>
<p><strong>-Enbrel Rheumatoid Arthritis</strong></p>
<h1><strong>GENETECH</strong></h1>
<p><strong>-Pulmozyme Cystic Fibrosis</strong></p>

❗️Consumer Alert❗️ — @undefined's mag on Magma

<h1><em>Eat, Drink, Be Healthy!</em></h1>
<p><em>Living Water Machines</em></p>

<h1><strong><em>Is your water alive?</em></strong></h1>
<p><em><strong>All water that’s easily available is Toxic</strong>!</em></p>
<p><strong>Tap, bottled, distilled, reverse osmosis and filtered water is not alive and toxic. </strong></p>
<p><strong>These two solutions are the only ones Ive found after years of researching, that can detox water and change the hydrogen bond and bring the natural Ph levels back to a degree that brings water back to life! </strong></p>
<p><strong>Almost all home and commercial filters, don’t go beyond removing toxins so basically, the water is still dead. </strong></p>
<p><strong>These solutions are not keeping us healthy! </strong></p>
<p><strong>The water solutions I am promoting, are also plant &amp; pet friendly! </strong></p>
<p><strong>See next page for more info!</strong></p>
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<h2><strong>John Ellis Water</strong></h2>
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  <h2>The John Ellis machine has been known to cure ALL diseases! FDA approved and patented, this engineer has created a portable water distilling machine like no other!</h2>
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<p>
  <h2>Adding a small amount of this water to toxic water can change the properties to make the toxic water healthy! 1 gallon of this water can last a person 6 months!</h2>
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<p>
  <h2>If you click on the link on the photo, you can view video of laboratory proof this solution starts working in 15 minutes to boost energy frequency levels as well as boosting blood cell activity!</h2>
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<p>
  <h2>This is an expensive solution, and runs at $2800. Every month they offer $300 of on sale. (A group buy would allow sharing to the neighborhood!)</h2>
</p>
<p>
  <h2>Click on the photo link and sign up for their newsletter. They will also send you a free bottle of their water to proof test! </h2>
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<p>
  <h2>For your FREE bottle, Call:</h2>
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<h2><strong>845-754-8696</strong></h2>

<h1><strong><em>World Living Water Systems</em></strong></h1>
<p><strong><em>This is a cheaper solution. </em></strong></p>
<h2>Water that flows freely in nature moves in vortex motion, which is essential for preserving its life-giving properties. Molecules of the water that is found in our rivers, streams, oceans, and other natural waterways are structured in a peculiar way, in accordance with natural laws that govern its existence.</h2>
<h2>When we humans take the water and put it through narrow pipes, pressure it, pump it, and treat it with numerous chemicals, the natural micro-clustered organization of water molecules gets disturbed. As a result, the tap water that we use daily is depleted of its structure, health, and vitality, as well as stripped off of its self-cleaning, antibacterial properties, making it defenseless to bacteria.</h2>

Living Water Cure — @undefined's mag on Magma

Technology

<h1>Toxic Water</h1>
<p>ALL Bottled, Tap and Filtered water is toxic!</p>

<h2>The Geology &amp; Environmental Sciences department at SUNY Fredonia conducted a study which showed that a number of brands of bottled water are contaminated by microplastic.</h2>
<h2>The researchers tested 11 different brands of water from 27 different lots. Overall, 259 individual bottles were tested.</h2>
<h2>93 percent of the bottles showed a sign of microplastic contamination, the researchers say.</h2>
<h2>The data collected by the researchers suggests that the “contamination is at least partially coming from the packaging and/or the bottling process itself,”</h2>
<h1>YOU CAN’T KILL ANY VIRUS INCLUDING THE CANCER VIRUS, BY PURIFYING WATER ONE TIME, AS THEY AREN’T EASY TO DESTROY!</h1>
<h1>Therefore, You have to RE PURIFY water 100’s OF TIMES PER GALLON with HIGH-INTENSITY UV and HEAT, NOT ONCE!!</h1>
<p>Click link in photo to see timeline of destruction on pathogens </p>

<h1><strong>HOW IT WORKS:</strong></h1>
<h2>One gallon of energized-distilled water in about 2 hours and up to 10 gallons/hour of energized tap water! If you are on a supply that people drink, you can drink energized tap water (or mix the two) with the same results! Unlike any other product (it’s patented world-wide) water is recycled 100’s of times/gallon (not once) with a ultraviolet lamp in the top of the boiler (with a transformer) that destroys anything! Ordinary products don’t recycle water. Organisms can’t be removed in only one cycle through ordinary products!</h2>
<h2>Air cooler with stirrer</h2>
<h2>So that more oxygen can be consumed during the energizing process.</h2>
<h2><strong>Adding just a portion of this water to toxic water will turn the toxic water into healing water!</strong></h2>

<h1>Curing Diseases </h1>
<p>Cancer, Diabetes, Alzheimer’s and more!</p>
<p></p>
<p>CLICK THE PHOTO LINK FOR VIDEO PROOF TESTS!</p>
<p>Excerpts from website:</p>
<h2>Ground-breaking studies conducted by Oxford University scientists in 2009 conclusively concluded that injecting cancerous tumors with oxygen “significantly boosts the chance of recovery.” By restoring oxygen levels to that of a normal cell, the tumors become three times more sensitive to treatment. The study used oxygen to cure multiple forms of cancer. </h2>
<h2>One afternoon, about ten years ago, a man called John Ellis, shocking him when he said: “Your machines cure cancer!” When Ellis asked him how he knew that, the caller said: “I’ve been an oncologist for 30 years. I just retired from <a href="https://www.johnellis.com/sloan-kettering-oncologists/">Sloan Kettering</a> and I don’t have access to your machines anymore!” He identified himself as Dalton Kinsella M.D.</h2>
<h2>If you watch the demonstration video on the John Ellis website, you will see how easy it is for his machine to alter the bond angle of water from 104° to 108° and split bonded hydrogen/oxygen molecule in two molecules, and our body temperature burns up<br>the hydrogen, leaving the oxygen. Since our blood is 94% water, the hydrogen molecule burns off the markers for anything you can name in your bloodstream.</h2>

<h1>Science Data</h1>
<p>Click photo link for data sheet</p>
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<h2>York Lab test showing our water is 827x purer than regular water. This fact left scientists at Corning absolutely stunned. Also a Bacteria Destruction Chart that shows how the UV kills off different pathogens and viruses.</h2>
<h2>A dairy farmer called John and told him your water has so many great health benefits. He also told John he was in danger of losing his dairy farm, because his milk production has gone way down. John told him “It has to do with your well water”. The farmer then proceeded to treat his well with John Ellis Water. The bacteria level after treating his well went to “zero”. Luckily, The University of Minnesota monitored his well before and after treating his well with John Ellis Water.</h2>

<p><strong>ABOUT THE ENGINEER -Excerpt</strong></p>
<h2>Including the water distiller he invented years ago, John has also invented some ‘impossible’ things, which seem to be his specialty. While at the Choate School, he was acquainted with George and Igor Sikorsky (the sons on the helicopter inventor) and they peaked his interest in aerospace. Because of these connections, he invented a measuring device that keeps our airplanes safe- even today. He was 17. Because of this success and interest in aerospace design, he later became an engineer at Douglas Aerospace.</h2>
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  <h2>To add to his collection of inventions, John Ellis also created a micro switch that operates on-off within .0001 of an inch- about 1/40th of a human hair thickness- for military/industrial use.</h2>
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<p><strong>To read the full bio, click on the link in the photo above</strong></p>
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<h1>☑️DISCLAIMER:</h1>
<h2>I am not affiliated in any way or get paid to promote this product. </h2>
<h2>I am looking forward to purchasing this machine in the future! At this time I make my own water as I am blessed to have access to a reverse osmosis machine. I do also add nutrients to. See my other Mag on healing and living naturally. </h2>
<p>John Ellis Website disclaimer:</p>
<p>Since I am an Engineer not a Doctor, this information is for educational purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease. Statements contained herein have not been evaluated by the Food &amp; Drug Administration. As in all health situations, as was done in this report, qualified professionals should be consulted.</p>

Water That Cures Disease!<br /><br />Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@johnnyb803?utm_source=magma&utm_medium=referral">Johnny Brown</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=magma&utm_medium=referral">Unsplash</a> — @undefined's mag on Magma

Home

<h1>INTRO </h1>
<p>My Research on natural solutions began in 1990. </p>
<p>I was a vegetarian at the time and as I was looking for ways to supplement my diet, I started finding truths and facts about food and the industry. </p>
<p>Over the years, I’ve gained much knowledge and information. Through self experimentation I can attest to my truth. </p>
<p>This guide provides natural solutions. There are many subjects on natural solutions. I haven’t listed anything on food, because there are so many different categories. Please feel free to contact me with any questions. </p>
<p>🔅Not A sales pitch or affiliate! </p>
<p>Click links on photos for redirect to product or website if included.</p>
<p>I’ll be posting more info in the future!</p>
<p>💟I am Ü are Me</p>

<h2><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>NATURAL MULTI-USE SOAP</strong></span></h2>
<h2><strong>SOAPBERRY/NUT</strong></h2>
<p><strong>This is a recent find for me. I have tried these and they work great! Leaves laundry perfume free of scent and soft as well so no need for fabric softener. </strong></p>
<p><strong>Seeds are collected from a tree. It’s easier to buy already shelled. You can use as is or boil down and use for other cleaning needs such as shampoo, bodywash and household. </strong></p>
<p><strong>SEE USAGE/RECIPE BELOW</strong></p>
<p><strong>For those of you who like a little scent, add a touch of essential oil. </strong></p>
<p>⛔️<strong>Most essential oils are toxic to pets!(especially cats). </strong></p>
<p><strong>ALL MINT family scents are highly TOXIC </strong></p>
<p>🌿<strong>Rosemary, Cedar and Candula are the few main essential oils that aren’t toxic for most cats &amp; dogs</strong></p>
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<h2><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>USE &amp; RECIPE</strong></span></h2>
<h2><strong>For Laundry Use:</strong></h2>
<p><strong>Put 6 seeds in a muslin bag &amp; double knot. Place in washing machine. </strong></p>
<p><strong>Can use in dryer as well, although not necessary as laundry comes out soft after wash. There’s a slight to zero scent but it has a light flowery frangrance</strong></p>
<p><strong>Re-Use up to 6 times</strong></p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>LIQUID SOAP/HOUSEHOLD CLEANER</strong></span></p>
<h2><strong>•	30 soap nuts</strong></h2>
<h2><strong>•	Water</strong></h2>
<h2><strong>•	1 TBS vinegar ( preservative)</strong></h2>
<h2><strong>•	Citrus Rinds (optional)</strong></h2>
<h2><strong>•	144 drops Geoguard ECT or 1/2 teaspoon Leucidal SF (optional preservative)</strong></h2>
<h2><strong>TOOLS:</strong></h2>
<h2><strong>•	Small pan</strong></h2>
<h2><strong>STEPS:</strong></h2>
<h2><strong>1.	Place soap nuts and water in a small pan. Heat on high until boiling.</strong></h2>
<h2><strong>2.	Reduce heat to medium low and simmer for 20 minutes. Cover the pan so water doesn't evaporate.</strong></h2>
<h2><strong>3.	Add the final cup of water and simmer for an additional 10 minutes.</strong></h2>
<h2><strong>4.	Remove from heat and let cool completely.</strong></h2>
<h2><strong>5.	Remove the soap nuts. Add a preservative and any essential oils that you want to use. Store in a mason jar with a lid.</strong></h2>

<h1><strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline">WATER</span></strong></h1>
<h2><strong>All About The Base</strong></h2>
<p><strong>All tap &amp; bottled water is toxic. At the moment, I make my own drinking water with a reverse osmosis machine. My joints feel so much better after ditching bottled water!!. After watching many documentaries and seeing tests and then testing the theory, I’m positive this is a core point of health!</strong></p>
<p>⬇️<strong>3 OPTIONS FOR MAKING DRINKING WATER:</strong></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline">🔹</span><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>1) Distill &amp; Remineralize at home</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>This takes a long time. But will save money and plastic usage</strong></p>
<p>🔹<strong>2) Reverse Osmosis Machine</strong></p>
<p><strong>Some towns have co-op machines available. </strong></p>
<p>To Remineralize<strong>:</strong></p>
<p>🧂<strong>ADD: PINK HIMALAYAN SALT </strong></p>
<p><strong>• 1/4 teaspoon per gallon of water</strong></p>
<p><strong>• A few drops of lemon juice to keep ph level balance &amp; help flavor</strong></p>
<p><strong>(Remineralization- Pink Himalayan Salt Contains 82 trace element minerals, including iodine)</strong></p>
<p>💎<strong>3) John Ellis Machine - Countertop <span style="text-decoration: underline">Distiller made by a scientist </span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Expensive but best option. See video for this amazing miracle water endorsed by doctors at Sloan Kettering. </strong></p>
<p><strong>Consider a co-op style share to alleviate purchase</strong></p>

Blood is changed from drinking John Ellis Water after just 15 minutes

<p><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>BIOGEOMETRY</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>A scientist has found a way to use electromagnetic frequencies as healing frequencies by using geometry. </strong></p>
<p><strong>Click photo link for his website. He also has a YouTube channel. </strong></p>

<p><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>SHUNGITE STONE</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>This can be used for blocking electromagnetic frequencies as well as purify water. </strong></p>
<p><strong>Photo link goes to Amazon but you can search the web as well. </strong></p>

🌿Live Natural•Save$ •Feel Great!
🔅3 Basic Essentials to LiveOn…
🔹Tried, Tested & True — @undefined's mag on Magma

Los Angeles

<h1>Amazon Nontoxic Kitchen Essentials</h1>
<p>Navigating the kitchen can seem overwhelming when trying to use nontoxic products. As a general rule of thumb, I try and avoid plastics in the kitchen. Heat can cause plastics to leach chemicals and you want to keep these toxins away from food. Instead, I swap plastic items for food grade silicone or glass. </p>
<p>Check out my favorites that you can find on my Amazon storefront in the<strong> Clean Kitchen</strong> tab. </p>

Nontoxic Kitchen Essentials you need from Amazon <br /><br />Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@jorgendejorge?utm_source=magma&utm_medium=referral">Jorge De Jorge</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=magma&utm_medium=referral">Unsplash</a> — @undefined's mag on Magma

Beauty

Climate

<h1>About Me</h1>
<p></p>
<p>My name is Avery and I have spent the last four years learning everything I could about the products we use every day and what ingredients are in them. </p>
<p>When I was 13, my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 36. Though my family was one of the lucky ones, and had a speedy recovery, it still puzzles me how someone so young and healthy had to endure this diagnosis. I vividly remember my mom’s oncologist advising her to stay away from dairy and soy going forward. This sticks out as the first instance I had heard of factors in our environment being a potential threat to our health. </p>
<p>My academic career focused on the factors that are contributing to adverse health outcomes, specific to maternal, fetal, and infant health. It became quickly apparent through these studies that there is something happening in our every day lives that is contributing to an increased risk of disease. I took a deep dive into the regulations within the United States and couldn’t believe how little the agencies that are designed to protect us are doing to check ingredients before they’re in products we touch every day. </p>
<p>I’ve tested hundreds of products and have done the research so you don’t have to. Luckily, there’s so many amazing products on the market now that don’t make us sacrifice quality for safety. </p>
<p>I’m so happy and excited to share everything I have learned and products I love so much with everyone! </p>

Clean Living by Avery  — @undefined's mag on Magma

Miami

<h1>1. People who work in areas like customer service, real-estate, and cosmetologists can notice higher tips, better quality interactions, and higher sales.</h1>

<h1>2. Couples can find themselves reconnecting in an entirely new way. You may feel like you are back in the “honey-moon” phase, listening more, talking more, and feeling closer again.</h1>

<h1>3. Sensual moments like enjoying massages, cuddling, and enjoying passionate kisses can become heightened.</h1>

<h1>4. First impressions or chance meetings can have a positive undertone, for instance: relaxed interactions, a general feeling of comfort, and a tendency to feel more engaged or connected. </h1>

<h1>Take our <a href="https://www.eyeoflove.com/pages/fragrance-quiz">fragrance quiz</a>  today to see which Eye of Love pheromone-infused scent would be best for you!</h1>

What can be expected from using pheromones — @undefined's mag on Magma

<h1>I Got an IUD | Here’s How My Body Changed</h1>
<p>By: Molly O’Toole</p>
<p>Alright, ladies. Let’s talk birth control. Whether you are sexually active, have problems with your period, looking to clear up your skin, or any other reason, odds are you have decided to start birth control. While looking for birth control, you know you are faced with many options when it comes to deciding what form of birth control is right for you.</p>
<p>For years I was on the pill and it worked wonders for me (I received mine to help with my many period problems). While the pill did not stop my period altogether, it did help clear up my skin, help my mood, and made my period as tolerable as a period can be. That is until my body decided that it needed a change.</p>
<p>I noticed that my body was starting to have heavier periods and my mood swings were getting worse as I was entering into my twenties — I know, prime time to have all this sh*t start back up again. So I talked to my OBGYN about what my options were and we landed on the Kyleena IUD. My doctor felt that Kyleena was a better fit for my body type over Mirena, but talk to your doctor and see which option is best for you.</p>

<p>If you are thinking of starting or changing your birth control, talk to your OBGYN about the different birth control options and find which ones right for you.I chose to try the IUD for three reasons:</p>
<p>1. To make my periods become tolerable and maybe have them disappear altogether.</p>
<p>2. To not have to worry about taking a pill simultaneously every day — my period was so bad that if I didn’t take it at the exact time I needed to, then BAM, my period would start.</p>
<p>3. Because my doctor felt I needed to try a different type of hormone as I was becoming older.</p>
<p>Now, with any birth control you take, there is always a risk of side effects and I had heard that the side effects with an IUD can be pretty bad for the first six months or so. Well, I’m coming up on six months with this sucker, which is how my body was affected.</p>

<p>The Procedure: Make sure to bring someone with you to drive you home after because let me tell you — getting one of these suckers in is not an easy feat. Now it is completely tolerable ladies, but you will have some cramps for the following hours and you may get lightheaded while it’s being put in. I had to stay and drink Sprite to make sure that I wouldn’t pass out.</p>
<p>First Three Months:&nbsp;My doctor felt it would be best for my body to transition to the IUD rather than switching right off the bat, so she had me stay on my birth control pills for the first three months. During those months, I really didn’t notice any difference in my body or mood other than my period went from being unbearable to pretty much non-existent in a matter of two months! WHOOHOO!</p>
<p>Okay here’s the good part:&nbsp;After I finished my birth control pills and was only on the IUD, I noticed my body started to change (essentially it feels like my body is going through a second puberty).</p>
<p>I noticed that I started seeing acne, not much, but enough to notice a difference when it was close to my time of the month and in random places on my body (my shoulders, chest, top of legs).</p>
<p>My body has gone from being stick-thin with very little curves, to a curvier woman in about the span of two months. Now, don’t get me wrong — having a bigger butt and a little bit of bigger boobs is nice — but in the span of two months, I gained about twenty pounds while also eating better and working out more. I know doesn’t really make much sense.</p>

<p>Here’s what didn’t change:&nbsp;My mood overall has remained the same and guess what ladies — NO PERIOD! Now, I can tell when I’m having my period because I still feel the cramps and still need to wear panty liners for discharge and things (sorry, I know it’s gross but I’m just being honest).</p>
<p>As any OBGYN will tell you, they can not definitively say that weight gain is a symptom of birth control, but I wanted to share what my reaction is for those out there who are also scouring the internet looking to see if anyone has had similar issues that you are experiencing. I’ve talked to quite a few ladies about birth control symptoms, and all are different — some lost weight on ones that others gained. Maybe if we are more open to talking about our birth control problems, we can help find a solution. If you have had any experiences with any form of birth control and would like to share — comment below! Good luck ladies, it’s a rough world out there. PERIOD.</p>

Let's talk birth control | here’s how my body changed with an IUD — @undefined's mag on Magma

Montreal

<p>Buddha Bowl </p>
<p>Recipe: </p>
<p>• Very generous handfuls of Spinach</p>
<p>• 1/4 of a Cucumber </p>
<p>• A handful of Cherry Tomatoes, sliced in half </p>
<p>• 1/2 cup of Quinoa </p>
<p>• Handful of cooked Mushrooms </p>
<p>• 1/3-1/2 cup of roasted butternut Squash </p>
<p>TIP: roast frozen butternut squash in the oven with a little bit of salt, pepper, and turmeric for 30 minutes at 350 degrees </p>
<p>Homemade dressing: </p>
<p>(Will Make Extra) </p>
<p>• 1/3 cup Balsamic Vinegar </p>
<p>• 1/2 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil </p>
<p>• 2 Tbps of Maple Syrup </p>
<p>• 1 tsp Dijon Mustard </p>
<p>• 1/2 tsp Italian Spice </p>
<p>• 1/4 tsp Dried Garlic Powder</p>
<p>• Salt and Pepper to taste </p>

<h2>Benefits of Lemon Water in the Morning </h2>
<p>- Stimulates the Digestive System</p>
<p>- Energizes the Body </p>
<p>- Relieves Dehydration </p>
<p>- Boosts your Metabolism </p>
<p>- Helps with Weight Loss </p>
<h2>Benefits of Lemon Water Before Bed</h2>
<p>- Detox’s the Colon </p>
<p>- Helps Reduce Inflammation </p>
<p>- Boosts the Immune System </p>
<p>- Helps with Heartburn </p>
<p>- Helps with Weight Loss </p>

Health and Wellness // Tips, Tricks, & Delicious Whole Food Recipes!  — @undefined's mag on Magma

Community

Mental Health

Music

<h1>Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. Also called major depressive disorder or clinical depression, it affects how you feel, think and behave and can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems. You may have trouble doing normal day-to-day activities, and sometimes you may feel as if life isn't worth living. </h1>

Sia - Breathe Me

<p>“Breathe Me” by Sia and “Day n Nite” by Kid Cudi are two of my favorite songs that outline depression. </p>

Kid Cudi - Day &#39;N&#39; Nite

DEPRESSION: Let’s talk about it. — @undefined's mag on Magma

<p>
  <h1>Today's idea remains the central thought on which salvation rests. </h1>
For healing is the opposite of all the world's ideas which dwell on sickness and on separate states. Sickness is a retreat from others and a shutting off of joining. It becomes a door that closes on a separate self and keeps it isolated and alone.
</p>
<p>Sickness is isolation. For it seems to keep one self apart from all the rest to suffer what the others do not feel. It gives the body final power to make the separation real and keep the mind in solitary prison, split apart and held in pieces by a solid wall of sickened flesh which it can not surmount. The world obeys the laws that sickness serves, but healing operates apart from them.</p>
<p>It is impossible that anyone be healed alone. In sickness must he be apart and separate. But healing is his own decision to be one again and to accept his Self with all its parts intact and unassailed. In sickness does his Self appear to be dismembered and without the unity that gives it life. But healing is accomplished as he sees the body has no power to attack the universal oneness of God's Son.</p>

<h1>Sickness would prove that lies must be the truth. </h1>
<p>But healing demonstrates that truth is true. The separation sickness would impose has never really happened. To be healed is merely to accept what always was the simple truth and always will remain exactly as it has forever been. Yet eyes accustomed to illusions must be shown that what they look upon is false. So healing, never needed by the truth, must demonstrate that sickness is not real.</p>
<p>Healing might thus be called a counter-dream which cancels out the dream of sickness in the name of truth but not in truth itself. Just as forgiveness overlooks all sins that never were accomplished, healing but removes illusions that have not occurred. Just as the real world will arise to take the place of what has never been at all, healing offers restitution for imagined states and false ideas which dreams embroider into pictures of the truth.</p>
<p>Yet think not healing is unworthy of your function here. For anti-Christ becomes more powerful than Christ to those who dream the world is real. The body seems to be more solid and more stable than the mind. And love becomes a dream, while fear remains the one reality that can be seen and justified and fully understood.</p>

<h1>Just as forgiveness shines away all sin and the real world will occupy the place of what you made, so healing must replace the fantasies of sickness which you hold before the simple truth. </h1>
<p>When sickness has been seen to disappear in spite of all the laws that hold it cannot but be real, then questions have been answered. And the laws can be no longer cherished nor obeyed.</p>
<p>Healing is freedom. For it demonstrates that dreams will not prevail against the truth. Healing is shared. And by this attribute, it proves that laws unlike the ones which hold that sickness is inevitable are more potent than their sickly opposites. Healing is strength. For by its gentle hand is weakness overcome. And minds which were walled off within a body free to join with other minds, to be forever strong.</p>
<p>Healing, forgiveness, and the glad exchange of all the world of sorrow for a world where sadness cannot enter, are the means by which the Holy Spirit urges you to follow Him. His gentle lessons teach how easily salvation can be yours, how little practice you need undertake to let His laws replace the ones you made to hold yourself a prisoner to death.</p>

<h1>His life becomes your own as you extend the little help He asks in freeing you from everything that ever caused you pain. </h1>
<p>And as you let yourself be healed, you see all those around you or who cross your mind or whom you touch or those who seem to have no contact with you healed along with you. Perhaps you will not recognize them all, nor realize how great your offering to all the world when you let healing come to you. But you are never healed alone. And legions upon legions will receive the gift which you receive when you are healed.</p>
<p>Those who are healed become the instruments of healing. Nor does time elapse between the instant they are healed and all the grace of healing it is given them to give. What is opposed to God does not exist. And who accepts it not within his mind becomes a haven where the weary can remain to rest. For here is truth bestowed, and here are all illusions brought to truth.</p>
<p>Would you not offer shelter to God's Will? You but invite your Self to be at home, and can this invitation be refused? Ask the inevitable to occur, and you will never fail. The other choice is but to ask what cannot be to be, and this cannot succeed. Today we ask that only truth will occupy our minds, that thoughts of healing will this day go forth from what is healed to what must yet be healed, aware that they will both occur as one.</p>

<h1>We will remember, as the hour strikes, our function is to let our minds be healed that we may carry healing to the world, exchanging curse for blessing, pain for joy, and separation for the peace of God. </h1>
<p>Is not a minute of the hour worth the giving to receive a gift like this? Is not a little time a small expense to offer for the gift of everything?</p>
<p>Yet must we be prepared for such a gift. And so we will begin the day with this and give ten minutes to these thoughts with which we will conclude today at night as well:</p>
<p>When I am healed, I am not healed alone.And I would share my healing with the world, that sickness may be banished from the mind of God's one Son, Who is my only Self.</p>

<p>
  <h1>Let healing be through you this very day. </h1>
And as you rest in quiet, be prepared to give as you receive, to hold but what you give, and to receive the Word of God to take the place of all the foolish thoughts that ever were imagined. Now we come together to make well all that was sick and offer blessing where there was attack. Nor will we let this function be forgot as every hour of the day slips by, remembering our function with this thought:
</p>
<p>When I am healed, I am not healed alone.And I would bless my brothers, for I would be healed with them as they are healed with me.</p>

A read about the process of true Healing - by A Course In Miracles — @undefined's mag on Magma

Animals

Education

<p>Have you seen Seaspiracy?</p>
<p>If you haven’t, I recommend you to watch this documentary because the facts are alarming. The documentary’s goal is to help us understand the benefits of eating a plant-based diet.</p>
<p>Would this transition be difficult? YES YES AND YES</p>
<p>But anything that requires adjustment on our part is going to be challenging.</p>
<p>You may ask: What is a plant-based diet?</p>
<p>“A plant-based diet or a plant-rich diet is adietconsisting mostly or entirely of plant-based foods. Plant-based foods are foods derived from plants (including vegetables, grains, nuts, seeds, legumes, and fruits) with noanimal-source foodsor artificial ingredients.” (Wikipedia, 2021)</p>
<p>I understand that we may have some meat lovers in our community. To be honest, I am not a meat lover myself, but I do enjoy meat on certain occasions. However, if we want to protect our planet, we have to shift our food diet to save our planet.</p>
<p>Therefore, this mag is dedicated to plant-based diet recipes and brands. Hopefully, you can use it in your everyday life but at your own pace.</p>

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<ol>Cooking videos </ol>
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<p>«By not eating animals, you'll not only spare lives directly, but also not support an industry that encroaches upon habitats of other animals.»</p>
<p>Click on the link above to learn more about their membership.</p>

<p>«Evidence shows that eating more nutrient-dense plant foods may be the most optimal diet for health and longevity.»</p>

PYW Spring 2021: Kim Kardashian West Vegan Cooking Tutorial Presented by Beyond Meat | Poosh

<p>Plant-based Tacos</p>
<p>I watched a YouTube video of Kim Kardashian’s tacos recipe. YES, you read that right, plant-based tacos. The brand that is featured in her video is called Beyond Meat, and their mission is as follow:</p>
<p>“We believe there is a better way to feed our future and that the positive choices we all make, no matter how small, can have a great impact on our personal health and the health of our planet. By shifting from animal to plant-based meat, we can positively impact four growing global issues: human health, climate change, constraints on natural resources, and animal welfare.” (Meat, n.d.)</p>
<p>Beyond Meat: Why make meat from plants? Swipe right to find out. </p>

<p>“A peer-reviewed Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) conducted by the University of Michigan compared the environmental impact of the Beyond Burger to a ¼ lb. U.S. beef burger. The result? A Beyond Burger uses significantly less water, land, energy, and generates fewer Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHGE) than a beef burger. (BeyondMeat, 2021). </p>

<p>Love burgers? </p>
<p>I inserted the links and the names of each recipes. </p>
<p>If you you try any of these recipes, please leave a comment below. </p>

<p>All recipes and links are attached to the above pictures. If you try any of these recipes, please leave us a comment. </p>

Plant-Bases Diet — @undefined's mag on Magma

Lancaster

<h1>why soak &amp; sprout?</h1>
<h2>the benefits</h2>
<p>Soaking and sprouting nuts, seeds, and grains can help to remove enzyme inhibitors such as phytates, which in turn - can greatly increase their nutrient bioavailability. AKA your ability to use the nutrients you eat.</p>
<p>In the plant world – phytates prevent premature germination and store the phosphorus that plants need to grow. The phosphorus packaged in phytates bonds to calcium, iron, magnesium and zinc, making them hard for the body to absorb. Enzyme inhibitors such as phytic acid, keep these foods in their dormant state, so their nutrients cannot be fully accessed until they are soaked and/or sprouted.</p>
<p>Our goal is to break down or reduce the phytates. Soaking, sprouting, fermenting, juicing, and blending can help us do that. </p>
<p>When something is sprouted, or germinated - enzymes are released to break down anti-nutrients so that the stored starches and protein become available for the plant to grow - this process also prepares the nutrients in the legume to be more nutritious and easily absorbed for us as well. It will also increase the vitamin C and vitamin B content,while at the same time help reduce many of the enzyme inhibitors that can make phytate-containing foods irritating to the gut lining, and very hard to digest.</p>
<p>It’s interesting that many times if you have a sensitivity to something, you won’t notice it as strong when it is soaked and sprouted!</p>
<p>You can do the soaking and sprouting process yourself, or you can look for products at the grocery store that have completed this process for you! Just look for a notice on the label that says the grain, bean, etc. has been sprouted.</p>

<h1>what is soaking?</h1>
<p>Soaking helps to remove enzyme inhibitors so that the thing you are soaking can sprout (or, germinate), while also improving the digestion of these foods and the nutrients they contain.Soaking helps to break down the complex sugars, fats, and proteins into simpler constituents that are more easily assimilated by the body.</p>
<p>Lastly - you want to soak nuts and seeds to remove dust, residue from processing and shipping, and tannins, which will just make them taste better! </p>
<p></p>
<p>
  <h2>How To?</h2>
</p>
<p>Use purified water to cover the nut, seed or legume you are soaking. I usually just use a glass mason jar or measuring cup. Ideally, soaking should be at room temperature and in general, denser nuts require longer soaking time.You want to soak a food until it is just soft enough, but never too long, or you risk the food becoming rancid or allowing mold to grow. Adding a bit of an acidic medium to the soaking water, such as lemon juice or vinegar, can also further aid in the removal of phytates.</p>

<h1>what is sprouting?</h1>
<p></p>
<p>It’s the germination of seeds and grains, which ultimately helps to improve their digestibility. The vitamin content and bioavailability of minerals will increase with sprouting. </p>
<p></p>
<h2>How to?</h2>
<p>1. Rinse the seeds or grains well and pour into a jar</p>
<p>2. Then fill the jar at least 3⁄4 full of water</p>
<p>3. Soak overnight (but check timing for each specific item you soak!) at room temperature.</p>
<p>4. Pour out the water and seeds and rinse with fresh water and strain.</p>
<p>5. Return the seeds to the jar.</p>
<p>6. Cover the jar with cheesecloth and secure it with a rubber band.</p>
<p>7. Briefly turn the jar upside down to drain the remaining water.</p>
<p>8. Sprouts will begin to appear within 24 hours or so.</p>
<p>9. Make sure the sprouts stay moist. This is important so that they actually sprout! You can do this by rinsing and draining them 1-2 times each day until they have reached the desired growth you want. </p>
<p>10. Rinse your sprouts before eating!</p>

<h1>examples &amp; sprouting and soaking times </h1>
<p></p>
<p><strong><em>Almonds</em></strong> – soak 8-12 hours</p>
<p><strong><em>Cashew</em></strong>s – soak 2-6 hours</p>
<p><strong><em>Walnuts</em></strong> – soak 4-7 hours</p>
<p><strong><em>Sunflower Seeds</em></strong> – soak 6-8 hours</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong><em>Adzuki Beans</em></strong></p>
<p>1 cup will yield cups sprouts</p>
<p>Soak 8-12 hours</p>
<p>Sprout 3-5 days</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong><em>Chia Seeds</em></strong></p>
<p>1 cup will yield 1 1/2-2 cups gelled seeds</p>
<p>Soak 4 hours </p>
<p>Sprout 1-4 days</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong><em>Garbanzo Beans</em></strong></p>
<p>1 cup will yield 2 cups sprouts</p>
<p>Soak 12-48 hours </p>
<p>Sprout 2-4 days</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong><em>Flax Seeds</em></strong></p>
<p>1 cup seeds will yield 2 cups</p>
<p>Soak 6 hours</p>
<p>Sprout 1-5 days</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong><em>Lentils</em></strong></p>
<p>1 cup will yield 2 cups sprouts</p>
<p>Soak 8 hours</p>
<p>Sprout 2-3 days</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong><em>Quinoa</em></strong></p>
<p>1 cup seeds will yield 4 cups sprouts</p>
<p>Soak 3-4 hours</p>
<p>Sprout 2-3 days</p>

<p>
  <h1>Recipes</h1>
</p>
<p>
  <h2>Romaine Caesar Salad with Cashew Dressing, Crouton, Mushroom Anchovies and Almond Parmesan</h2>
</p>
<p><strong><em>Caesar dressing</em></strong></p>
<p>¼ cup soaked cashews seeds</p>
<p>¼ cup water</p>
<p>2 tbsp lemon juice</p>
<p>1 celery stalk, chopped</p>
<p>2 tbsp tamari</p>
<p>½ tbsp miso</p>
<p>½ tbsp apple cider vinegar</p>
<p>Black pepper to taste</p>
<p>½ clove garlic</p>
<p>½ cup olive oil</p>
<p>Blend all ingredients, except olive oil, until smooth. Stream in olive oil while blending at low speed. Adjust salt to taste.</p>
<p>Serve on top of fresh romaine lettuce with the crouton, anchovies and parmesan below! Feel free to get creative with your salad and add roasted vegetables, tofu or protein of choice.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong><em>crouton</em></strong></p>
<p>1 cup sunflower seeds or cashews, soaked</p>
<p>¼ cup water</p>
<p>½ tsp olive oil</p>
<p>1 tbsp lemon juice</p>
<p>1 tbsp nutritional yeast</p>
<p>½ tsp salt</p>
<p>Process all ingredients, in a food processor until smooth. Pour contents of processor into a bowl.</p>
<p>Spread mixture onto a silpat/parchment paper on a sheet pan and bake 10-20 minutes until crisp</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong><em>Mushroom “anchovies”</em></strong></p>
<p>½ tbsp tamari</p>
<p>1 tbsp apple cider vinegar</p>
<p>½ tsp olive oil</p>
<p>½ cup sliced mushrooms</p>
<p>Mix tamari, vinegar, oil, and salt in a bowl, and add sliced mushrooms to coat. Add them to a baking sheet and bake on 350 until chewy, about 15 minutes.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong><em>“parmesan”</em></strong></p>
<p>¼ cup almond flour</p>
<p>¼ cup nutritional yeast</p>
<p>1⁄4 tsp salt</p>
<p>Mix together and use to sprinkle on top of salad.</p>
<p></p>

Let’s talk about why something would be soaked or sprouted - the benefits to you - and how to do it yourself! — @undefined's mag on Magma

Fitness

Canyon Ranch Woodside

<h1>Always a Good Time To Start New</h1>
<p>Escaping to a luxury retreat or finding wellness at home, follow these 5 tips to live in joy and greater fulfillment. </p>

<p>It’s that time of year we starting thinking of the changes we’d like to make. Maybe it’s time to look at new beginnings, not as resolutions, but as small life changes we can implement today, tomorrow, any day of the year. It’s time to pick ourselves up and find our flow again; time to reconnect with ourselves and indulge in some seriously needed self-care. </p>
<p>Recently I visited the newest of the Canyon Ranch properties located just outside of San Francisco in the beautiful redwoods of Woodside, California. Priding itself as the leader of luxury, destination retreats for 40 years, Canyon Ranch’s Woodside location marks a bit of a departure from those in Lennox, Las Vegas and the original in Tucson. Think of Woodside as a customizable retreat rather than a hotel, easily accessible in the Bay Area for two days, a week-long stay or longer. While the other locations have set programs, directions and offerings, Canyon Ranch Woodside is more choose your own adventure. Select those activities to help your mind, body and soul unwind, relax and energize while experimenting with some self-care techniques perhaps we haven’t thought of. </p>

<p>It’s all but certain every one of us stretches ourselves too thin, takes on too much and never seems to accomplish as much as we or society demands. We expect more and more of ourselves, but all too often we fail to realize by checking out, our time checked back in can become more efficient, productive and yes, more joyful. The desire to re-energize is universal. Give yourself the opportunity to detach. Treat yourself to some time away from the grind and enjoy your version of luxury. Maybe it’s an afternoon of solitude spent by the beach, a simple walk in a nearby park or perhaps it’s a retreat like one at Canyon Ranch. By removing ourselves from our daily responsibilities and intentionally throwing ourselves into new surroundings that call for reflection and meditation, we set ourselves up for renewal.</p>
<p>In an environment that speaks peace, we’re able to do activities we might normally do, such as hiking, but with a deeper appreciation and a new-found appreciation. During my time at the ranch not only do I explore the grounds by hiking, I run a long trail through the protected forests adjacent to the property. The sensation of the rain against my skin, the earthy, mossy aroma of the giant redwoods and crackle of branches above seemingly conspire to aid my sense of flow as my feet glide over the rolling hills of this forest with a wild exuberance. I am one with nature. A routine activity practiced in a new setting opens the senses, those physical and those of spirit, to experiencing it with greater enjoyment. We can disconnect in order to reconnect with why we fell in love with all those things we enjoy in the first place.  </p>

<p>I’m sure you already have a couple physical activities you use to further your health and wellness. A gym routine. Pilates. Swimming. Maybe, like me, you enjoy a rigorous yoga practice that stretches the muscles, challenges endurance and makes us sweat as much as any treadmill sprint. Every once in awhile it’s worth tossing up all we know about our chosen activities to look at them anew. Change things up! Not only does the body get stronger when we keep it on it’s metaphorical toes, but we can find an appreciation, an enjoyment, for another way while keeping our minds agile. </p>

<p>It’s this flexibility that is often said to keep us youthful. In fact, Deanna, program director at Canyon Ranch Woodside aims to create an environment where adults reconnect with their inner child and learn to play again. As she guides me through the on-site, outdoor fitness course we climb over a six-foot tall wall, pull ourselves up long fishing ropes, swing from monkey bars and run a loop with ten pound bags thrown over our shoulders. We fall in the mud, get our elbows dirty and most importantly, laugh in the moment. Moving indoors I join a yoga session during which the instructor purposely designs the class against what I normally expect from my practice. While still opening the hips, elongating the chest and finding space in the upper back, we focus more on a slow, gentle mediation. Being flexible and open to change with a humble desire to continual learning, physically we grow while our emotional center finds understanding, confidence and a greater sense of ease. </p>

<p>Ever wonder how to blow glass? What’s it like to feel wet clay between your fingers as you shape pottery? Maybe you’ve always wanted to speak German? All too often our minds initiate a desire that we just as quickly find a reason not to follow through on. For years I thought “one day I’ll run a 50 mile race,” but did nothing to work towards the goal. I wasn’t even a runner at the time! Once I began the training, I joined a class during which I quickly realized running is a personal passion of mine. That inner voice encouraging us to take on that new endeavor, it’s the one worth following. The voice of doubt, of “I’m not enough,” of excuses- that voice literally gets us nowhere. Listening to our inner most desires, experimenting with them and finding healthy ways to implement them into our lives makes us more well-rounded individuals capable of whatever we set our minds to. </p>
<p>One evening at Canyon Ranch Woodside I pop into a small class gathered for The Power Of Journaling during which the five of us participants look at the spiritual benefits of keeping a journal. As someone who has a daily gratitude practice, this seminar helps me to look at journal keeping in a new light. Setting aside a few minutes of every day exclusively as my own, in order to write down thoughts, feelings and perspective can be an incredibly useful tool in developing them further or in letting them go. While we don’t need to be with others to write, there is something about coming together in a group to collectively focus on an activity. After given prompts to write about, we discuss, find areas of common ground and encourage each other forward. This is the power of a class, even with an activity so individual as journal writing. Listen to that voice. Find a class to help develop it. Focus. Allow yourself to be pushed and held accountable. </p>

<p>Yes, we all know and understand the value of having and executing a well thought out plan. But when was the last time you changed it up in the heat of the moment? Being confident in our plans, in our own bodies, gives us the ability to approach life with an open mind. We can always return back to the plans we made or what it is we know; in the meantime, say yes more. Say yes to new adventures. Say yes to spending the afternoon with that friend you’ve put off because life has gotten in the way. Allow yourself to live in the moment and discover joy in unexpected places. </p>
<p></p>
<p>There’s great value in saying yes to last minute ideas both with long-term plans and in daily activities. Hiking is an activity I gravitate to when given a choice. But while enjoying an incredible lunch at Canyon Ranch Woodside I’m introduced to the retreat’s Tai Chi instructor. We strike up a light conversation. My curiosity peaks. He is to begin a class in minutes, just as I have a guided hike planned. Giving myself the freedom to be spontaneous, I step into Tai Chi. I choose the activity simply because it’s something I’ve never done. </p>

<p><strong>During the class I learn new techniques to attach movements to calm, deep breathes. I realize I’m a forty year old an endurance runner who repetitively works the same muscles during my training, but here I am moving my body through choreography it’s never done before. Sure, at times I falter in understanding the movements, but I take a moment, regroup and begin again. When it connects, there’s a gentle flow of mind, body and spirit moving as one. A willingness to be spontaneous while humbly step into something new and feeling our way through it can lead to great, unexpected rewards. </strong></p>

<p>What is important in your life? How do you want to feel everyday? Are there values you hold at this stage in life that you didn’t in another? When we answer fundamental questions, we give ourselves a path, a direction. In taking time to reflect on where we’ve been, where we are, and most importantly, where we’d like to go, we begin developing a life of purpose. Instead of viewing life as something that happens to us, it’s much more fulfilling to take active ownership and create the life of our dreams. </p>
<p>Before departing my three day retreat, I select a one-on-one course at Canyon Ranch Woodside. Cultivating a Life of Purpose. Spending an hour with a certified life coach, we immediately dive deep into a wide-ranging discussion during which she encourages a holistic life review of what’s important and how am I living out the four dimensions of wellness: the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. It’s a comprehensive reflection on how the dimensions intersect, how I spend my resources and how my thoughts, beliefs and emotions align with my desires. Underneath it all, it’s an exercise in love and acceptance of who I am and who I want to be. This is self-care of the highest order. In allowing ourselves to dream and use our imaginations to form the lives we want, the Universe immediately begins to align. </p>

<p>This year make quality self-care a top priority. I can hear you now… “But isn’t that so selfish.” Yes. It is. But it’s also the greatest gift we can give those around us. In taking time for ourselves while nurturing positive lives of health and wellness, we become gentler, more compassionate, more focused, souls capable of enjoying all life has to offer from its challenges to those days when it all just flows!</p>

Try out these 5 tips to live a life with greater fulfillment and explore a retreat deep in the California Redwoods, Canyon Ranch Woodside. These tips are for anyone looking to improve their health, wellness, body and mind...  — @undefined's mag on Magma

<h1>Love me from Afar</h1>
<p>During these times it’s especially important to continue our mission of spreading love around the globe (from afar). That is why we launched our Love Me From Afar Campaign. For every mask sold, a medical mask will be donated to frontline workers keeping us safe!</p>

<h1>Help spread the love </h1>
<p>Each mask comes with a card to write a thank you note to our hero’s. Post a photo on Instagram and #eyeoflove #lovemefromafar ❤️</p>

Love me from Afar  — @undefined's mag on Magma

@rachelwolchin's mag on Magma

San Diego

<ul>
  <li>
    <blockquote>
      <h1>Just Breathe </h1>
    </blockquote>
  </li>
</ul>

<p> We have all been stressed and challenged to the braking point during this pandemic . By something as simple as just remembering to breathe can be extremely helpful to calm the nerves during these trying times.</p>
<p>Learn the 4-7-8 Pranic breathing technique, also known as “relaxing breath.” This breathing pattern aims to reduce anxiety or help people get to sleep. It’s a great tool to calm and center yourself during stressful times of the day .</p>
<p>1. Get yourself in a comfortable position. Take a slow deep breath in from your belly for the count of 4 seconds</p>
<p>2. Hold the breath counting slowly for 7 seconds </p>
<p>3. Exhale through your mouth counting slowly for the count 8 seconds</p>
<p> 4. Repeat this process six times and you will see how quickly everything seems to relax in your body. You can repeat this as many times a day as needed. It’s also a great way to start off your meditation or to relax you before sleep.</p>
<p>Try it and let me know how it works for you!</p>
<p>Love &amp; Light</p>
<p>Ronda Chowaiki 🙏</p>

Ronda’s Reiki — @undefined's mag on Magma

Paris

@MayaB's mag on Magma

<h1>The Peloton App</h1>
<h2>Free trial for 90 days</h2>
<p>The Peloton app is not just for cycling! I have been so pleasantly surprised by this app/website. Obviously peloton offers classes and schedules for their own equipment, like boot camp classes for their treadmill and cycling classes for their bike. However, majority of the classes have no dependence on their equipment. </p>
<p>The app offers strength training, outdoor running programs, yoga classes and more. They also extended their free trial to 90 days!</p>

<h1>Melissa Wood Health</h1>
<h2>7 Day Free Trial</h2>

<p>I have always been a sucker for yoga and Pilates classes. Melissa Wood is a health and wellness influencer who creates her own kick ass workouts that also happen to be super chill. She specializes in hybrid workouts that consists of yoga, Pilates, and meditation. They are super gentle on your body while also extremely difficult, since all of them center around your core. I definitely feel sore after these!</p>
<p>I have linked both her instagram and her website. She posts on her Instagram but the website would be best to use for working out. You can create an account and try it out for 7 days for free!</p>

<h1>The Workout LA</h1>
<h2>Instagram and YouTube Classes for Free</h2>

<p>These two girls are so cute and offer free home workouts. They give adjustments as well if you don’t have certain equipment like weights lying around. They do mat Pilates type classes that specialize in toning. They also offer cardio toning classes and dance cardio. Each week they feature a new schedule for their instagram live classes, which helps keep you accountable. </p>
<p>Don’t be fooled by their demeanor, these classes are tough!</p>

<h1>At Home HIIT Classes</h1>
<h2>Instagram Live for free</h2>
<p>Ally is a fitness/wellness influencer and model. She has teamed up with world class trainer Kevin Mejia to offer free instagram live classes during quarantine. Each week it changes and is usually offered on Thursday’s and Sundays. These workouts are not for the faint of heart. They are heavy on cardio and usually include equipment like weights and bands but they are so worth it! Definitely recommend if you feel like changing it up and releasing some pent up energy. </p>

<h1>Ted Mcdonald </h1>
<h2>Free through Instagram lives </h2>
<p>Ted is the small business owner of 5 Point Yoga in Malibu. I worked for Ted and this studio for a couple years and think it’s so important to help those small business owners that are hurting during this time. Ted is offering free yoga classes on his Instagram every morning at 9am. Ted owns a yoga studio, teaches there, and also does videos for Beach Body Fitness. His flows are difficult yet humbling and relaxing. 5 Point Yoga is also offering online schedules on a donation basis if you feel so inclined! </p>

<p>At home workouts are how I’ve managed to stay fit, healthy and sane during this time. Otherwise my body would have to learn to function off of chocolate chip cookies and tequila alone, so thank god for these!</p>
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