Breathing Easy

An excerpt from Chapter One of Kiss Your Monsters Goodbye

by Cindy Ashton

Going within and really facing ourselves—our thoughts, patterns, and behaviors—takes great courage. But if we are willing to, we can transform our lives long‐term and create miracles.

Good breathing techniques are the key to deepening our consciousness and getting to know our bodies. In addition to helping us slow down enough to hear our thoughts and monsters (our fears), breath is the life force with the power to cleanse, nourish, relax, heal, and transform our world.

The benefits of good breathing techniques include: Read the rest of this entry »

For more than a decade, Men’s Fitness Magazine has conducted a national survey of the top 50 cites across the country to determine which cities take fitness and health the most seriously.

This year, Salt Lake city earns the coveted distinction as the “Fittest City in America, ” with Corlorado Springs, Minneapolis and Denver directly following.

Why? I think its beacause of the partial beacause of the natural supplement companies here. Also we have the great Rocky Mountains, Arches, Zion, Salt Lake, so many things to go outside and be active. Do whatever it takes to be healthy! Its worth it.

What would be next for me in my journey to have fun while staying fit? What would catch my attention? It wasn’t too far from tap dancing, but it was a very different experience. Funky dance. Sounds fun! You are right it was a ton of fun! I found this class at my local fitness center at the JCC and it sounded so fun that I even convinced a friend to come with me.

Although we might not have been the most coordinated pair of feet in the room, we laughed A LOT as we tried to keep up with a fast paced routine with a mix of dance moves from the 80’s, 90’s, and I suspect a few might have been from different Disney shows .

I loved getting my groove on while working up a sweat and I went every week until the class time was moved to a time that I couldn’t make. It was replaced with Zumba, a Latin dance based, high energy aerobic class. WOW! If I thought Funky Dance was challenging, it was only because I hadn’t done Zumba! Try getting fit with Meringue and Salsa moves on high speed. PHEW! It was also A LOT of fun. I highly recommend this type of exercise for anyone who feels bored in a gym full of machines. It was a great way to mix up the bowl of fitness soup.

What will be next in my journey? Stay tuned to find out! I hope you are not afraid of heights!

Tap Dancing Myths

Okay, so I’m not really sure what you believe about tap dancing. I’ve mostly only seen it performed by groups at the local fair wearing big boofy skirts and plaid shirts. Not exactly incredibly enticing to me. Somewhere in this paragraph is a myth just waiting to burst, but I’m not actually going to agrue the difference between tap and clogging. I’m here to talk about personal myth. You know the kind that have kept me from trying things that look … fun.

There isn’t a child in this world whom, left without impressions from us, wouldn’t love to hear the sound of the tip tap of metal additions to the bottoms of their shoes. So why should I give up the unreserved joy of childhood? That’s right. I joined a tap class, sponsored by the local community education in our area. Once a week I got to experience the tip tap AND get a little exercise in the meantime. A little. Okay, so the beginner class doesn’t get the heart rate going into the “burn” zone, but in my mind my body is still be trained to move in ways that it never had before, so it can be called exercise in my book.

The point is that being fit and healthy can be fun! I want it to be an adventure and I have spent the last couple of years making it just that. Tap was just the beginning, and I will tell you all about my journey and the numerous experiences along the way.

Energy Tip: Have you ever noticed that little kids have a lot of energy? Have you also noticed that they naturally exercise their body by running everywhere they go? Try running to where to are going and see if it doesn’t instantly boost your energy. Run from the car to the grocery store, from the post office to the car. Not only will you begin to feel like a kid again….you’ll have more energy too!

By owning and working in a gym off and on for years, I had noticed that people where looking more and more for energy supplements, including me. The desire was to have extra energy but not be WIRED, or have hard crash, or feel bad about polluting your body. I had started by finding and developing and energy supplement, Xcellerator.

First I started selling it online and then I started placing the products into local Natural Supplement stores. The demand continued to increase and I was able to solely work on the business. During my communication and interactions with people, I started to see a need for more. Men where looking for a healthy alternative to increase there libido. They wanted certain natural and healthy products that they could easily associate themselves with and give them the results they where looking for. They also did not want to have an encyclopedia with them to tell them what all the different items did for them. So I began researching and developing Wow.

By recommending natural supplements to my customers and myself I was right on top of the information and resources I needed. I read many natural supplement books, consulted with doctors and master herbalists, tried a variety of prototypes, tested varieties with my customers and finally developed our WOW product. During this time one of the stores that I worked with needed help and I bought it! I was able to work more and more with customers on a one and one basis and continue to learn more about their needs and results. Through out this process I put together our Board of doctors and consult with then regularly. I would then take the feedback I received from my customers and redevelop or simply add other ingredients to our products. Then I was able to start placing the products out on the market through my current contacts in Utah and through this web site.

The products continue to spread to other regions by word of mouth and the networking that we do to create continued awareness of our products out to the public. I am very excited by the huge positive response that we receive from our customers!

by: Dr. Steven Vaughn

There are so many diets out there. How can I know which ones work?

Start your diet by taking notes of everything you eat or drink all day. Include the size of the portions in weight or volume (typically ounces). Also write down what your emotions were at the time you were eating.

This will tell you a heck of a lot about yourself such as; what tempts you and your emotional states that encourage you to snack. Just knowing the WHY can help you establish a plan of attack. Read the rest of this entry »

Don’t skip breakfast! When you don’t eat for long stretches at a time your body reacts by slowing your metabolism to burn less energy. Proper nutrition for building metabolism includes breakfast. So count it in!

Eat 4 to 6 small meals a day, 2 to 3 hours apart. Plan ahead and take food or snacks with you. Planning your meals increases the probability that you will get good, nutricious food in your diet and decreases the need to resort to junk food.

Proper nutrition is essential in maintaining and increasing metabolism as well as for overall health. Vitamins, minerals, and essential fatty acids will increase energy, activity levels, and metabolism. Include energy foods such as whole grains, beans, vegetables, and fruits.

Take your Xcellerator and then really give it a chance to work for you by parking further away and walking. Taking your dog on a daily walk. Doing more activities around the house to burn energy. All this plus Xcellerator on top will really give you the chance to burn twice the calories and boost your metabolism at the same time.

Include a weekly walking routine to increase metabolism at least three to four times a week. A 30 to 40 minute routine is the best way to increase your metabolism.

by: Dr. Dennis W. Neder

I’ve been promoting a new concept on my show that has been very successful in explaining how attraction and love work. I call these them (collectively) “The Formula”.

Is there really a “formula” for attraction and love? Yes, there is. I discovered them when I was working on what sorts of approaches work best with what sorts of women. Read the rest of this entry »

Oprah Winfrey spent a whole week talking about “living your best life.”  On her Friday television show she spent the time talking about sex and intimacy with Dr. Laura Berman who said that there are five important steps to improving your love life.

In the first step she talked about how the percent of women who regularly fake orgasms during sex equals more than 70 percent! Wow!  If those calculations are correct, the American woman’s lack of sexual fulfillment is at crisis levels.  With a woman feeling sexually unfulfilled it is difficult for a relationship to really thrive and meet it’s full potential.  Helping a woman to reach sexual fulfillment is a multifaceted journey.  Making the journey easier includes tackling issues that may keep many women from fully enjoying sexual intimacy with their partners. Some of these issues include; no interest or desire, feeling lack of intimacy with her partner, and daily stressors. Read the rest of this entry »

Hi! I am back. I was a bit tired today so I took an Xcelerator to wake me up around 300pm. I was doing great and then I also tired a Efusion at one of my customers stores. I was pleasantly surprised. It was good stuff. I had a busy day and night here at work, also hanging a bit with the family. I really wanted to get to the gym still even though it was to late so I decided to take some Royal Jelly and Bee Pollen it gave me the energy I needed to get to the gym to a small work out on my back and get home to read a bit and do some blogging. I didn’t want to take an Xcellerator because that might have kept me up longer then I wanted to so the Royal Jell was perfect.

Try a free sample of Xcellerator here, http://www.ultraperform.com/index.php/buy-xcellerator .