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Best online yoga services for working out at home

sudshr47 March 5, 2019

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Yoga is good for your mind, body, and spirit. It reduces stress and anxiety, builds strength and endurance, and increases mindfulness. While all of this sounds great, it can sometimes be difficult to bring yourself to get up and go to the yoga studio. 

With the right tools and programs, though, you won’t ever have to leave your house to reap the benefits of yoga. Though all you truly need to do the practice is your body, in order to make your home feel like you’re in a professional studio setting, you’ll want to have a few essentials. 

First and foremost, you’ll want a matYoga mats act as a grip so you’re not sliding around during your workout and they provide a cushion for the positions that require you to put pressure on different areas of your body. You can also use blocks, cushions, bands, and blankets to enhance your yoga experience. Find these and other accessories at brands like Yoga Direct and Barefoot Yoga. Read more…

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Shine brings its female-focused self-care app to Android

sudshr47 January 2, 2019

Shine, one of the many apps capitalizing on the growing self-care trend, has now brought to Android devices its app used by 3 million people. Originally launched as a simple messaging bot that doled out life advice and motivation, Shine has grown over the years to become a larger self-help platform aimed largely at the […]

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Bellabeat’s new hybrid smartwatch tracks your stress…and goes with your outfit

sudshr47 December 21, 2018

Bellabeat, the company behind a variety of health and wellness wearable devices aimed at women, is now selling its first smartwatch. The device, which is simply called “Time,” was announced earlier this month right in the midst of holiday shopping season. Like other fitness trackers, the watch is capable of basic tasks like counting your […]

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Simone Giertz didn’t let brain surgery stop her. What’s next?

sudshr47 October 23, 2018

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The “Queen of Shitty Robots” won’t be stopped.

In the six months since the YouTube star and inventor had a large brain tumor that could have left her paralyzed, blind, or a completely different person removed, Simone Giertz moved her workshop out of her house, jumped back into vlogging for her nearly 1.4 million subscribers, gave a TED talk, and kickstarted an electronic calendar — all while rocking a silvery “supervillain scar” that runs down her scalp, flirting with her hairline

“If I can’t even take off time when I’ve had fucking brain surgery,” Giertz says over a Skype call from her new, larger workshop in San Francisco. “When am I going to feel that it’s OK to take time off?” Read more…

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Here are pictures of fluffy dogs we know you want

sudshr47 July 29, 2018

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Forget Shark Week, it’s Bark Week on Mashable. Join us as we celebrate all the good dogs, which we humans do not deserve.

When it all becomes too much, it’s important to have an outlet. 

Sure, yoga is good, and reading a good book is nice. But we’re here to talk about the greatest activity of all: looking at fluffy dogs. Not just regular fluffy dogs, either. We’re talking very fluffy dogs. Like, dogs whose Embark tests would probably come back “100 percent cotton ball.”

You’re in luck! Here are a bunch of them. Please enjoy. Read more…

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Self-care startup Shine raises $5 million Series A

sudshr47 April 3, 2018

Shine, an early arrival in market now teeming with self-care apps and services, has closed on $5 million in Series A funding, the company announced today, alongside the milestone of hitting 2 million active users. The round was led by existing investor by Comcast Ventures with betaworks, Felix Capital and The New York Times also […]

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