The Gaiam Community keeps you informed about healthy and green living topics, including health and wellness, eco-friendly home and garden, spirituality, fitness and more. http://life.gaiam.com Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:24:39 -0700 en-us http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Catch-the-Jet-Stream-of-Grace.html Sonia Choquette's 'Traveling at the Speed of Love' discusses how to cultivate grace to live life through a higher being and find a higher purpose.]]> Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:17:28 -0700 http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Catch-the-Jet-Stream-of-Grace.html http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/3-Green-Ways-to-Make-Your-Home-Smell-Sweet.html Eliminate odors in the home the cheap, green way without using dangerous synthetic air fresheners, in this excerpt from Ellen Sandbeck's 'Green Housekeeping.']]> Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/3-Green-Ways-to-Make-Your-Home-Smell-Sweet.html http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Tools-of-Personal-Transformation-Higher-States-of-Consciousness.html Deepak Chopra explains how experiencing higher states of consciousness can guide you on a path to spiritual enlightenment.]]> Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:29:28 -0700 http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Tools-of-Personal-Transformation-Higher-States-of-Consciousness.html http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Trudie-Styler.html Get fit and feel strong with Trudie Styler's empowering blend of Pilates, dance and yoga. Try her four Gaiam DVDs, including Warrior Yoga, Core Strength Pilates, Cardio Dance Flow and Sculpt & Tone Ballet, to strengthen, tone and energize your body.]]> Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Trudie-Styler.html http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/How-to-Handle-a-Soft-Addiction.html Nail biting, shopping, Web-surfing, texting, overworking ... Turns out these so-called harmless habits can become soft addictions that limit our potential and drain our energy and self-respect. Here's how to recognize what your addictions may be plus five steps to break away from these pesky patterns.]]> Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:19:25 -0700 http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/How-to-Handle-a-Soft-Addiction.html http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Upcycling-Turn-Your-Worn-Out-Sweater-Into-Treasure.html Don't trash those old clothes, books and other odds and ends - upcycle them instead! Giving your stuff a new life with a coat of paint or a new purpose is environmentally and financially friendly and gives you a chance to flex your creativity muscle.]]> Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Upcycling-Turn-Your-Worn-Out-Sweater-Into-Treasure.html http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Going-Green-Without-the-Guilt.html Eco-guilt can strike at any time: in the food aisle at the grocery store, in front of the recycling bin or in our cars. Similar to the stages of grief outlined by Elisabeth Kubler-Ros, ecopsychologists help clients work through feelings of green guilt and reach their sustainability potential.]]> Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Going-Green-Without-the-Guilt.html http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Solutions-for-Americas-Food-Waste-Problem.html Learn how to reduce your carbon footprint by minimizing food waste.]]> Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Solutions-for-Americas-Food-Waste-Problem.html http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/A-Right-to-Bare-Arms-3-Yoga-Poses-for-Beautiful-Biceps.html Whether you're already studying yoga or want to begin a practice, this discipline is arguably one of the best for sculpting your upper body into tank-top material.]]> Tue, 2 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/A-Right-to-Bare-Arms-3-Yoga-Poses-for-Beautiful-Biceps.html http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Pure-Heart-of-Yoga-Chakras.html Chakra theory is a holistic paradigm that includes fields like psychology, physiology, astrology, and energy anatomy (how prana moves through the body). It also considers naturalistic elements such as color and sound. Chakra theory examines the interaction between the whole and the part, and can also be called holistic awareness. The system encompasses every level of human nature from the intangible spirit to the tangible atom and everything in between.]]> Tue, 2 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Pure-Heart-of-Yoga-Chakras.html