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Lazy Lizards Yoga Products For Kids

December 24, 2014 by Samantha 2 Comments

As many of you know, I am a yoga fan. I practice regularly, and have had my son and even my grandmother do yoga (at their level) with me. My son is, like many kids, wiggly and impatient, and yoga is great for redirecting that energy.

Lazy Lizards created a kid sized yoga mat with 12 poses printed on the mat along with a DVD to go along. Kids can easily follow along with the DVD or just use their mat. Their is also a space where kids can personalize their mat to make it their own- my son was completely horrified by the thought of drawing on his mat, but I think some kids would like to. My boy can be a little finicky, like his mother.

They have 4 colors of eco friendly, kid sized yoga mats, with poses printed directly on the mat, as well as the Lazy Lizards Yoga DVD. Introducing yoga at a young age can encourage a healthy lifestyle early. Kids love doing yoga, and it is great for them. Yoga comes naturally to children, they love to use their imaginations to move their bodies in creative ways. Have your child try yoga, and watch him or her grow from the inside, out. It is great for you to do together as well- something you both can do. It’s nice to have healthy activities you both can enjoy.
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Gifts from Aurore Yoga

December 24, 2014 by Samantha 2 Comments

Disclosure- We received the below in order to facilitate this review. All opinions are our own and honest.

With the end of the year around the corner, its time to start thinking about living more healthy in the coming year. One of the best ways to do this is with an exercise program. Personally, we enjoy yoga workout programs which can be done either at home, at a gym, or some towns even have yoga workout days at the community center once a week or so.

Whatever your particular comfort level is, yoga is a fun way to exercise which is meant for every level of health and at every age (my son and grandmother both do yoga with me) and can be done by a broad category of people. The only necessity is a yoga mat- well, not a necessity, but it sure helps. There are quite a few accessories which could make your adventures in yoga much more fun.

Today we are looking at a few Aurore yoga products which are the perfect accompanies to that new yoga mat. Namely, the new soy meditation candles and yoga mat sak.
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Gaiam Balance Ball Chair

December 24, 2014 by Samantha 8 Comments

Disclosure- the below was provided to me in order to complete this review. All opinions are my own and honest.

If you are like me, and most people, you are sitting behind a desk all day. Obviously, one of the most difficult places to exercise can by at your desk at work. Sure, there are small things you can do to keep moving. Frequent breaks, go for a walk, desk side exercise and my personal favorite copy machine yoga. (kidding- they might institutionalize you if you tried that.) But there is a new breakthrough in seating, called active sitting.

Active sitting is when your body has to do micro-balancing maneuvers in order to keep balance on the chair. This doesn’t mean tip your chair to the brink and keep it there all day, there are special chairs especially made to do this. One such example is the Gaiam Balance Ball Chair. This chair takes the familiar Balance Ball classically used in exercise programs, and sits it on a stable stand with wheels on it. This makes the ball the perfect height to sit on easily and do your daily desk work while still getting a work out. It might not seem like much, but after an hour or so you will notice some odd muscles that you didn’t know existed worked out in one of the easiest ways possible. Some notes to keep in mind are do not try to sit all day on this chair the first day, build up on your time on the chair so you don’t have a lot of strain and that “ow” feeling” the next day. The chair is also brightly colored and has a ball on it so kids will probably gravitate to it. This isn’t a problem unless they take the ball off and start to throw it. Just a point to be aware of. Personally I love the chair, sitting still too long drives me nuts even if I am busy with work. This chair helps keep my body busy while I am keeping my mind busy.
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Cold and Flu Season Made Easy with Dr. Cocoa

December 8, 2014 by Samantha 3 Comments

This is a product-provided, sponsored conversation that contains affiliate links. However, all opinions, text and experiences are my own.

Cold and Flu season is in full effect. Not only kids, but everyone across the country is getting sick and for those in school, school age kids get around 8-12 colds per year so what is your trick? How do you get your kids to take medicine they don’t like the taste of? Why not change the medicine instead of fighting to get the medicine down. Dr. Cocoa™ can help parents fight the cold, not the child. Dr. Cocoa™ for Children is the first-ever cough and cold medicine for children with patented formulas combining trusted, effective ingredients with 10% real cocoa for great chocolate taste to make giving medicine to kids easier. With a flavor kids actually enjoy chocolate. Dr Cocoa uses real chocolate to flavor its medicine which comes in three varieties, Dr. Cocoa™ Long-Acting Cough Relief which relieves coughs for up to eight hours without causing drowsiness in children ages 4-13 (active ingredient: Dextromethorphan). Dr. Cocoa™ Daytime Cough + Cold Relief: relieves stuffy nose and cough for children ages 4-13.
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Win a GOLiFE Care Activity Tracker

December 3, 2014 by Danielle 25 Comments

Disclosure: The GOLiFE Care Activity Tracker fromPAPAGO! mentioned below was provided for me in order to facilitate my review. All opinions are my own and honest. I am disclosing this in accordance to FTC Guidelines. Please see “Disclose” tab for more information.

I have been really big into working out lately and I have really enjoyed ‘getting back into shape’. I had been looking at all the different activity trackers that are available for awhile. There are a wide variety of them out there and it’s hard to know how you can get the best bang for your buck :). I must admit that I have been completely impressed with my GOLiFE Care.

About Papago:

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They believe that working out is one of the best ways to express pressure and maintain a healthy body, and it is better to have friends who can share this interest with you.

About GOLiFE Care:

This wonderful activity tracker is a very helpful tool for those that are active. You will see that it has a wide variety of activities.

Record Fitness Data and Sleep Patterns– The GOLiFE Care can help you record the number of steps that you walk, the distance you walk, and how many calories you burn daily. It will also even tell you if you are getting enough sleep at night.
Never Miss a Call Again – It will send a vibrating alert when you receive an incoming call from your smart phone. This is very helpful when your phone is on silent mode or not right with you.
Stylish Design with a High-Resolution Screen – It is designed with a stylish brushed metal face and silicone band making it comfortable and versatile for everyday wear.

Rosetta Translation Services

November 27, 2014 by Samantha Leave a Comment

Speaking another language can be difficult when in a foreign country, especially if that particular country is quite different from your native language and culture. For a small taste of this, try walking into your local ethnic market, of a different ethnicity then yourself of course, and try going grocery shopping. This will give you an idea of a different culture without veering too far from home.

I say to try this, because we all need to step out of our comfort zone sometimes and into another person ‘s shoes. Those of us who take for granted our ability to understand everything, should try to remember that it’s not that easy for visitors or tourists. For those of us who love to travel, this means us ourselves from time to time. Hey, I don’t speak Slavic! Let’s say you are in a foreign country and, God forbid, something horrific happens where you need medical records translated into another language or legal documents, even financial information. Who can you trust with these sensitive translation services? Well that is where translation companies like Rosetta Translations can be a huge help. They are located in London and specialize in legal, financial, technical and medical translations. These translations can be tricky and involve sensitive information that you can’t trust with just anyone, but only with the most professional of services. The service provided by Rosetta is guaranteed a consistently and excellent quality of translation in each of these various fields by making sure each document translation is given to the most appropriate specialized team of highly qualified translators, proofreaders, and editors. In this way, errors are a minimum and work quality is a maximum.
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month

November 4, 2014 by Samantha Leave a Comment

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and in honor of this occasion South Jersey Radiology Associates (SJRA) and Have Sippy Will Travel would like to remind everyone the importance of getting a mammogram. It is an unfortunate fact that many women shy away from regular mammograms for various reasons some of which include: fear of radiation and fear of the dreaded call back.

Research shows that women tend to overestimate the amount of radiation used during mammography. The dose of radiation associated with digital mammography is also significantly lower, on average 22% lower, than that of conventional film mammography. This is especially true for women with larger and denser breasts.

False positives and call backs for more tests are another big fear but with new technologies, specifically 3D mammography, also called tomosynthesis, it is more accurate at finding cancer then traditional mammography. Using 3d mammography reduces call backs by up to 15% especially among younger women and those with dense breast tissue.
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Starting the Medifast Diet Plan

November 3, 2014 by Samantha 6 Comments

DISCLOSURE: I am receiving Medifast products free of charge in exchange for my reviews and all opinions are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.

I am just wrapping up my first 2 weeks of Medifast. It was a moderate success, I lost 4 pounds. I had the hardest time with drinks- water only is hard on me, I love coffee and diet sodas, and giving them up completely is hard. I have not been going to the gym the past few weeks as my son has been home, but now that he is back on a normal schedule, I can be as well. I’m a girl that loves being on a schedule, so I know it will be better for me when I am back. Being a carb-queen, there is a lot to get used to, a very different way of eating. Lots and lots of veggies, almost no dairy, very few snack options, and a lot of water.

You get nearly all of your food in the mail, but you add in your own fresh foods and one “lean” meal a day, which you can get ideas for online or in your booklet. This is tough at first, but will help you with portion size and control in the long run. Remember- we didn’t get overweight because we DON’T like to eat, am I right?
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