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 Sat, 7 Nov 2009 03:24:08 -0800 en-us http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Saving-Tom-Turkey.html Thanksgiving doesn't have to be all about that big bird in the middle of your dinner table. This year, we'll be making meatless options a bigger focus on our menu. But I will miss the wishbone!]]> Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Saving-Tom-Turkey.html http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/6-Ways-to-Green-Your-Thanksgiving-Dinner.html You don't have to go cold tofurkey to green your Thanksgiving meal. Try these six ways keep Thanksgiving traditions while putting eco-friendly twists on your feast, starting with slashing the carbon footprint of your turkey dinner with all the fixin's.]]> Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/6-Ways-to-Green-Your-Thanksgiving-Dinner.html http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Affordable-Green-Ways-to-Tackle-6-Home-Decorating-Challenges.html "Keep it simple -- and sustainable -- by making easy, affordable changes to create a beautiful space right where you are," writes Jeanne Storck. From eco-organizing to VOC-free paint, sustainable lighting, container gardens and more, find out six simple and affordable ways to transform your home into a greener and more stylish living space.]]> Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:49:28 -0800 http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Affordable-Green-Ways-to-Tackle-6-Home-Decorating-Challenges.html http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Dreaming-Green-8-Ways-to-Create-Your-EcoHome.html Want to make your home more stylish AND healthier for your family and the environment? Lisa Sharkey and Paul Gleicher transformed their Manhattan brownstone into an eco-smart, eco-fabulous home. Read about eight green ways they improved their home -- plus get ideas for how to make your own home more eco-friendly.]]> Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:12:12 -0800 http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Dreaming-Green-8-Ways-to-Create-Your-EcoHome.html http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/5WaystoSurviveThriveThisHoliday.html Be 51 percent good ... Make it a meal, not a pit stop ... Breathe (through the nose) ... Ayurvedic expert John Douillard, D.C., Ph.D., author of The 3-Season Diet and Body, Mind, and Sport shares and explains his top 5 tips for enjoying this holiday season more -- and holding onto your shape and your health in the process.]]> Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/5WaystoSurviveThriveThisHoliday.html http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/9-Tricks-to-Avoiding-Holiday-Weight-Gain.html Buck the holiday-bulge statistics by just maintaining your weight through the holidays. We asked top health experts to share their best tips and strategies for enjoying holiday fare without gaining a pound.]]> Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/9-Tricks-to-Avoiding-Holiday-Weight-Gain.html http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Gaiam-Gift-Guide-for-Everyone-on-Your-List.html Whether you're shopping for the yogi, fitness buff, eco-fashionista, green queen, worldly giver, gadget guy, day spa diva or eco-decorating enthusiast, our holiday gift guide is your one-stop page for 75 gifts hand-picked for eight colorful personalities on your list.]]> Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Gaiam-Gift-Guide-for-Everyone-on-Your-List.html http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Fall-on-the-Farm-Agritourism-Offers-Plenty-to-Savor.html It's that time of year again for picking out pumpkins and sipping on hot apple cider. And what better place to do it than at a small farm? Agritourism not only makes for fun fall travel -- it's also a great way to help preserve the rural areas and support local farmers. Wendy Worrall Redal gives you a taste of what it's like visiting the local farms in Wisconsin. Plus, she recommends four other great farms to check out this fall.]]> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:33:33 -0700 http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Fall-on-the-Farm-Agritourism-Offers-Plenty-to-Savor.html http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/How-to-Practice-Patience-in-Stressful-Times.html It's hard to practice patience, especially in this fast-paced, constantly on-the-go world we live in. But being patient helps you feel peaceful and calm, avoid toxic emotions like anger and frustration, and improve your sense of well-being and relationships with others. We asked M.J. Ryan, author of "The Power of Patience," for tips on practicing patience -- whether it's waiting at the doctor's office, sitting in traffic or getting through stressful times.]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:55:45 -0700 http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/How-to-Practice-Patience-in-Stressful-Times.html http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/The-Intention-Experiment-Where-the-Lost-Symbol-Fiction-Becomes-Fact.html "It may prove true that one good thought is all it takes to heal the world," says Lynne McTaggart, who is featured in Dan Brown's latest best-seller "The Lost Symbol" for her work and research on the power of intention. Lynne reveals how this central idea in "The Lost Symbol" -- the power of thought to change and even heal the world -- is demonstrated every week through her Intention Experiment.]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:29:37 -0700 http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/The-Intention-Experiment-Where-the-Lost-Symbol-Fiction-Becomes-Fact.html