VIRGO (August 24-September 23)

All in all, the day looks good. According to the daily astrological prediction, things may look good financially. Those with prior investments can get good returns. Those in the position may get a better deal from another company. However, things can be a bit difficult professionally. You may not be recognized for your hard work and outstanding performance. Some may work overtime to meet the deadline.

You may be doing well health-wise. However, light training and healthy eating on a daily basis can help you stay healthy. You can feel a joyful atmosphere at home because things can be good on the family level. Spending time with parents and children can give you relief. You may need to put in extra effort to reignite the spark in your romantic relationship. A trip to an exotic place with loved ones is indicated. A few good real estate deals are on your way.

What else is there to reveal about the day?

Virgo Finance today:

Things look great financially. You can enjoy luxury. You can profit from your business. This is the right time to invest in real estate.

The Virgin family today:

Your family can be a great source of comfort and motivation. Someone in your family may soon be tying a knot. Housewives can be busy learning new things.

The career of the Virgin today:

It doesn’t seem like a good day professionally. Working professionals may think about changing jobs. You need to hone your skills in order to find better job opportunities.

Virgo health today:

Some may start meditation in order to increase their energy level. Some may join a new fitness regime to achieve their fitness goals. Recovering from a prolonged health problem can relax you.

The love life of Virgo today:

Singles can find the lucky day. Married couples can plan something exciting to make the evening full of fun.

Lucky number: 18

Lucky color: Lemon

By: Manisha Koushik, Dr. Prem Kumar Sharma

(Astrologist, Palmist, Numerologist & Vastu Consultant)

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“This concert is in the spirit of intergenerational support and cooperation,” said Kenji Bunch, co-artistic director of Fear No Music. “The whole trajectory of music history is this continuum of creativity and artists inspiring each other. We do not live in a vacuum. We influence each other and feed each other’s work.

Bunch was talking about Fear No Music’s Legacies I concert, which will open the set’s 31st season on Monday, November 28. FNM’s fearless musicians are known for undertaking all kinds of new music – including the electronic, the eclectic and the eccentric – but their upcoming program will start with the present and travel back in time.

In terms of contemporary music, what could be better than opening the concert with a piece by a former member of FNM’s Young Composers Project, initiated by Jeff Payne 25 years ago.

“The Young Composers Project is Jeff Payne’s baby,” Bunch said. “He started it and is still working on it with Ryan Francis and Nick Emerson. We gathered our collective heads and chose cloud valley by YCP alumnus Nathan Campbell. It’s a beautiful cello quartet that fits perfectly with the rest of the program. It has an unusual instrumentation with all four cellos, but it works with our concept of intergenerational cooperation. We bring in three cellists from the MYSfits String Ensemble that I direct. They will perform cloud valley with Nancy Ives.

To know more about cloud valleyI called Campbell, who attended the YCP in 2007. He has since earned his Bachelor of Music degree from Chapman University and a Masters degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He is now 32 and lives in Bellingham, Washington, where he teaches piano.

“I wrote cloud valley in 2014, when I was finishing my master’s degree,” Campbell said. “I had a lot of friends at the conservatory who were cellists. It was originally performed as part of my graduation recital and later at Western Washington State University. When I wrote it, I was inspired by Barber’s Adagio for stringss. So it’s in the same spirit. It is a one-movement piece that is dark and slow with shifting harmonies. It has a simple melody line that rises and falls, but the shifting harmonies propel the piece forward.

Another new work on the Legacies I program is Simurgh – quintet by Ukrainian composer Victoria Polevá. She works in a style called sacred minimalism, which is the same school as Arvo Pärt.

I exchanged e-mails with Polevá to find out more about Simurgh – quintet. Here is his response:

It is a one-part composition for two violins, viola, cello and piano. This work is inspired by a Sufi poem by Farsd ud-Dsn Attar, The Bird Conference (Manteq al-Tayr, 13th century). In the poem… the birds of the world go in search of their king, Simurgh, to escape the suffering of life. Passing the seven valleys (seven stages to betterment), passing many trials, the birds reach the abode of Simurgh – where each bird in each rose, as in a mirror, sees its own reflection. Then they discover that Simurgh – it’s themselves (“simurgh” in Farsi means “30 birds” (si – thirty, murgh – bird). Simurgh, thus, could be interpreted as a symbol of true unity.

Simurgh – quintet is organized by the interaction of a couple of antinomies: psalmodic speech (piano) and choral singing (strings), by their functional separation at the beginning, rotation, inter-translations and transformation into unity at the end .

The dramaturgy of the piece is long through the images of the feather soaring, the movement of the wings, the whispering and the sparks, which suddenly ends with the song of the fire Simurgh. The quintet’s musical material has a hidden inner text and comes from the Orthodox practice of prayer.

There is a layer of words hidden behind the musical text. The piano part features a silent recitation of the Jesus Prayer. In the finale, against the background of the dance of the firebird, a choral prayer resounds. Before the resumption, there is an important moment of the fire of the Simurgh (before its resurrection). It’s almost a theatrical image – there all the strings slide slowly.

Because of the war in Ukraine, I also asked Polevá where she lived. His response: “My hometown is Kyiv, I was born there and have lived there all my life. Now I live in Switzerland, but I dream of returning home.

According to Bunch, Pelova as a young composer was influenced by Alfred Schnittke. It makes a nice transition to the next piece in the concert, Schnittke’s 1976 meditation on Gustav Mahler. Piano Quartet in A minor.

“I’ve always been a Schnittke fan,” Bunch said. “His use of quotes and stylistic blending is engaging even if his character is dark. And after playing Schnittke, we’ll do Mahler. It was written a hundred years earlier – in 1876. So we are going to take a big step back. It’s his only room job. He was an epic symphonic composer, but it is an unfinished work. There is only one completed movement and a scherzo fragment.

The Mahler will be followed by Johannes Brahms Five songs op. 49which he wrote in 1868. Vakare Petroliunaite, one of Portland’s superb sopranos, will sing them with Jeff Payne on piano.

“These lieder are from the middle period of Brahms,” Bunch remarked. “Mahler studied in Vienna and was an admirer of Brahms, who supported and encouraged Mahler.”

Brahms idolized Clara Schumann. Thus, the concert will conclude as it should with Clara Schumann’s 1853 solo piano Variations on a Theme by Robert SchumannOp. 20. Monica Ohuchi, co-artistic director of Fear No Music will perform this beautiful piece.

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Ohuchi will perform all pieces that involve the piano except for Brahms. So I asked him by email to talk about it a bit. “All the pieces I perform at this concert (Schnittke, Poleva, Mahler and C. Schumann) are new to me,” Ohuchi said, “and I really enjoy learning them all. They’re all so different, and I think it’ll be really interesting to see how all of these things are connected.

“Clara Schumann’s piece was particularly pleasant to work with,” continued Ohuchi. “It’s deeply musical and technically satisfying and challenging. It’s always interesting for me to play a piano piece. I can tell Clara’s hands were bigger than mine – she has chords and stretches in her writing that are awkward and hard for me to reach.

human ping pong balls

It’s remarkable how Bunch and Ohuchi, as a husband/wife team, run a music organization, perform and teach, while raising two kids (ages 8 and 10) and maintaining their sanity. They are like a pair of human ping pong balls.

Bunch composes, teaches viola and composition at Portland State University and at Reed College where he leads an ensemble of American roots – a bluegrass group. He also teaches theory to the musicians of the Portland Youth Philharmonic, conducts the string ensemble MYSfits, and occasionally plays in the viola section of the Oregon Symphony.

Ohuchi maintained a very active piano studio until last year. “I taught 40 hours a week and loved every bit of it,” she said. “My students were smart, inquisitive, talented, hard-working…then last fall I took a position as program director at Reed College, and I no longer had time to teach privately. I still teach and coach chamber music at the college level, and once in a while I give a private lesson here and there (and it reminds me how much I love teaching). I still teach my two Bunchkins every day.

“My official title at Reed College is Director of the Private Music Instruction Program,” Ohuchi continued. “I oversee the performance arm of the music division; instrumental and vocal lessons – I have a teaching team of 35 teachers – chamber music, orchestra, jazz ensemble. I lead our wonderfully dynamic and diverse college recital series. Reed students are exceptionally bright and nurturing in the best possible way. »

Finally, I had to ask her how she and her husband handle the responsibility of co-directing at FNM. “My role in Fear No Music is executive,” Ohuchi said. “Kenji is the artistic mastermind and my job is to see his vision(s) come to fruition. As a married executive/artistic team, that means our work never stops; we’re constantly strategizing and dreaming. is also what keeps our spark for the organization constantly ignited!”

Wow! They look towards the horizon and have an additional heritage!

Aura, a startup founded by early Twitter employees that makes digital frames and photo-sharing apps that can also be used to update those frames, has secured funding to expand its business as it nears three million users of its application and 1 million frames sold (it is now at 997k).

The company raised $26 million in a mix of debt and equity led by the Lago Innovation Fund, money the company is using to boost manufacturing this quarter and invest in 2023 plans.

Aura — not to be confused with the meditation and mental wellness app, nor the cybersecurity company, nor the biotech company of the same name — had previously raised around $13 million in equity funding from investors ( per PitchBook) that include Spark Capital, SV Angel, Betaworks and DCVC, as well as a quiet, undisclosed investment from the Chicago-based Levy Family Office (led by entrepreneur Larry Levy).

It has not sought to raise more equity, although CEO and co-founder Abdur Chowdhury has said he may do something in the coming year, pending the state of the capital market. -risk (2021 has been a tough year and investors are predicting it may continue for a while, we’ll see).

Meanwhile, the company has grown rapidly – 100% year-over-year for at least the last three, with app users growing from 1 million in December 2021 to 2 million by September. 2022 and on track to reach 3 million in January. Frame sales have reached nearly a million, with the company’s newest design, the $149 Carver, currently its top seller.

Aura executives typically have around four people on average logged in to add images, which creates a sort of network effect, Chowdhury said: Eventually some of those users get their own executives and create additional networks of contributors. uploading images to new devices, and so on. He added that his devices currently collectively display some 1 billion images to people every day.

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Lessons from Twitter

Under new owner and CEO Elon Musk, Twitter’s talent pool has leaked heavily over the past two weeks through both layoffs and resignations, leaving plenty of question marks not just about what’s going on. with Twitter itself, but also on each other: among the thousands who have left, who will play a role in what could be the next chapter? This is an open question, to which Chowdhury can provide at least one answer for example.

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Chowdhury and his co-founder Eric Jensen (pictured above with Jensen on the left), who is the CTO of Aura, are friends who go back a long way in researching the use of technology to connect people with information and between them. The first two worked together years ago at AOL when it was still a major landing page destination trying to contend with Google’s rising star.

Then, after leaving AOL, along with other AOL alumni, Chowdhry and Jensen founded Summize, a search engine that took a new approach to search using user-generated content as a guide, which eventually formed its eyes on one particular juicy dataset. , that of the future social site Twitter.

Summize was actually Twitter’s first search engine, and in 2008 Twitter acquired it to integrate this functionality directly into the platform. Twitter only had 12 employees at the time, and Summize has six, so it was a big deal for both.

(Read: Former Twitter CEO and Co-Founder Ev Williams chatting with TC Founder Mike Arrington after Arrington initially reported rumors about the deal. Ev reveals Twitter opted out of the deal. buy and integrate rather than partner with another larger third party to build and power Twitter’s search. Was it Microsoft? Google? Yahoo!?)

Chowdhury, Jensen and several others stayed for several years to create early versions of Twitter’s search and new features such as trending topics – Chowdhury has been described as the father of the very concept of trending, as the person who wrote the first algorithm to produce trends on Twitter – and help the company scale its engineering operations by rapidly adding more users and more browsing activity. Chowdhury was the platform’s scientific director and Jensen led research and relevance.

By 2011, most of the Summize team had gone through their earn-out period and left the company. It was then that the couple began to think about what was next.

Chowdhury and Jensen may have left Twitter, but they weren’t completely disengaged from the concepts that brought them to Twitter in the first place.

Networking concepts – how people connect with each other – are central to how Twitter works, and it’s something that has stuck in their minds. “We started to think there was something missing here,” Chowdhury said in an interview.

They’ve turned their attention to smaller networking experiences, where people share things that are more personal with smaller groups, unlike the open nature of Twitter, or even others like Facebook. They weren’t alone – the Path app was a notable attempt to build around the concept of tight-knit groups, and Facebook itself began adapting the way users could create sharing groups as well.

“But they were all broken in one way or another,” he said, either for privacy reasons or discovery or engagement issues.

“We recognized that small networks were very fragile,” he said. “Without a power user, the network usually collapses. It’s also a challenge to monetize these networks.” At the same time, he added, “smartphones with great cameras were widely adopted. Photo content and sharing between loved ones were underutilized.”

This is what led Chowdhury and Jensen to create the two pieces of software – a photo-sharing application that connected users and their photos together – complete with a hardware element, the frame, to display those photos, but also lift a few others challenges:

“A Wi-Fi-connected executive effectively acts as a ‘power user’ – keeping content fresh without requiring constant network engagement or interaction – all with the goal of connecting family members and enjoy the pictures.” And above all, selling a framework means creating a stream of monetization without resorting to advertising and all the data mining that comes with it, which no one really wants in personal and close experiences.

“We realized we could create a nice private network for photos captured in the app, but live persistently in the frame that could bring joy,” he said.

The original company name was Pushd. Chowdhury said it was because the startup wanted to bypass push notifications to keep people connected – prescient given that it’s at the heart of how many apps, including BeReal, remind users to engage. today. Chowdhury added that “a lot of Pushd’s learnings blossomed into what Aura is today.” The startup was rebranded before the first framework launched in 2016.

Open digital shoebox

In the age of tablets and home video screen PDAs, it might seem a bit anachronistic to focus on a digital picture frame. They were, after all, among the first digital products to enter the home environment. In 2011, when Aura started, there were already 12 million digital frames sold, or 15% of all homes in the United States.

Yet, according to Chowdhury and Jensen, digital frames were quickly hitting a wall in terms of development: Not only were smartphones and tablets taking over the experience of taking and consuming digital photos, but the frames were clunky and fundamentally disconnected from these smartphones, relying on USB drives and other means to update.

But frames weren’t the only digital relic to hit a wall. Photo libraries have grown exponentially across the consumer market. In 2011, there were already some 300 billion digital photos taken in total on phones, prompting a question for the founders of Aura: “How do you get back to all that content?” asked Chowdhury.

This question has only become more persistent: Apple said in September 2022 that more than 3 trillion photos were taken on iPhones in 2021 alone. The proverbial shoebox of photos we never get to organizing suddenly seems a bit quaint.

Putting this together, the founders of Aura saw that there could be an opening in the market for a better frame, which would work better with the devices currently used to capture images, without pulling users in different directions ( and different prices) that tablets do, and making it easier to consume and appreciate the photos we and others have taken.

The company at its core is a technology player.

Among its work, Aura has built its own privacy-focused facial recognition (based on metadata, not the faces themselves) and computer vision algorithms to create smart image clusters, which sit in its applications. It builds better “digitizing” technology to capture artwork and other two-dimensional objects that its users might want to see displayed in their frames. And he’s working on ways to potentially add temporary framework image contributors, as well as more sharing between trusted, but not necessarily close, groups within the app who might not be connected to them at all. one frame,

“How do you make it easier to collect and share photos of, say, a wedding,” he asked. “Beyond your close friends and family, it’s about continuing to tell a story, capturing those images and seeing them in your home.”

I found that Aura is currently sitting on a number of patents, around 50 if you count those issued and pending. But not all of them are related to frames, photo sharing and social networks: several filed in recent years are related to health and medical monitoring, particularly during pandemics and epidemics.

“It goes back to Pushd’s time,” Chowdhury said. Some of the startup’s early work on small networks “had to do with location notifications for people on your private network.” In the case of health care, he said, it could help inform carers if an elderly relative has/has not left their home for safety/welfare reasons. “It never became a product that Pushd launched and was not used in the creation of Aura, but the team’s early work and ideas were patented, Covid-19 possibly being the l sting, since the deposits are relatively recent.

(Updated with more recent frame sales figures.)

After International Men’s Day 2022 (November 19), Helen Kronheim, COO, Live Group, shares her top tips on how to manage stress, sleep and social overload in our busy industry.

At Live Group, we are aware of the importance of health and well-being. After all, in our industry, the most valuable asset is our people. As event professionals, we often work long hours, under tight deadlines and with high expectations – a lifestyle that, if not properly managed, could easily lead to health issues.

We know that men in particular tend to take an ‘ostrich’ approach to their health, which is why we believe the events industry needs to shine a spotlight on International Men’s Day this year. .

For example, studies have shown that men are less likely than women to see a doctor and most don’t go at all unless they have a serious problem, with more than a third waiting for the pain to become “unbearable” before asking for help. Additionally, almost half of men (40%) say they will not talk about their mental health despite men accounting for 75% of all suicide deaths.

I believe the events industry poses three main challenges for men and women; manage stress, manage sleep and manage social overload.

Here are my tips for creating a positive workplace where everyone can thrive.

To manage stress

It is obviously natural to feel under pressure at work. But constantly juggling demands and meeting deadlines can easily turn pressure into stress. Feeling constantly stressed raises our blood pressure, prevents us from sleeping properly, can trigger panic attacks, and causes a host of symptoms that can keep us from doing our jobs and living our lives effectively.

When things get busy, it’s important to maintain a self-care routine. Strive to get enough sleep, eat well, stay hydrated, do things we enjoy, and make time to move, whether that’s a walk around the block or a workout in the gym. Meditation is also highly recommended.

Employers should do everything in their power to encourage staff to maintain healthy boundaries between work and home, for example by introducing flexible working hours. When the pressure mounts, it’s important for people to get out of their desks, turn off their phones and close their emails, whether it’s to run to school, walk the dog, go shopping or simply to make a break.

sleep management

We all know that sleep is essential for good health and that a lack of sleep can affect concentration, make us irritable and lead to long term health issues. While skipping sleep to get work done might sometimes seem like a good idea, we’re more likely to be less productive and able to make decisions.

Whenever possible, it is recommended to establish healthy sleep habits by sticking to the same bedtime and waking times each day. For event handlers, it’s not always possible to commit to this regular sleep routine. Event management often involves working until the early hours to create a job, attending events after hours, or traveling overseas to host events in different time zones.

It has been reported that it can take up to four days to recover from one hour of lost sleep. As an industry, we need to recognize how important it is for staff to re-energize and claim overtime or weekend work to encourage rest and recovery as soon as a busy project is completed. For example, Live Group offers a simple and flexible system of paid leave (TOIL) to support our employees in this way.

Manage social overload

Event professionals communicate constantly. From team members to customers to vendors, it can feel like an ongoing conversation, especially when we’re working on-site. Add to that the expectation of extracurricular social events and entertaining customers, and the fear of missing team drinks, and you can easily begin to feel like every waking moment is spent in the company of the others.

Although people working in the event industry tend to be social beings, we all need downtime to collect our thoughts, slow down and refocus.

Don’t be afraid to say no to things that aren’t required. We shouldn’t feel embarrassed to go back to our hotel room to rest. Spending time alone can be all it takes to leave us feeling refreshed and ready to go again.

New Delhi: Defining her needs first and taking time to relax, meditate or exercise are just a few of the simple self-care practices that can dramatically improve a professional woman’s quality of life. They communicate to the rest of the family that this is their “me” time and that they should not be disturbed by others by setting personal boundaries. Only by starting with such modest acts of self-care as yoga can women reclaim some of their time for vital self-care.

Some women have hormonal imbalances, which increase their risk of physical, psychological and emotional problems. By forming a habit that improves body strength, hormonal balance, and self-acceptance, yoga helps women manage their lives. 30-45 minutes of yoga, when combined with a breathing exercise like pranayama, can reduce stress, increase sleep quality, and regulate vital bodily processes like heart rate, breathing, and blood pressure, among others. Simply carve out some time in the morning or evening from their busy schedules.

Navasana (boat pose)

How to do:

Start by lying on the floor on your back. Keep your hands by your side and your legs together. Now slowly lift your legs without bending them. Also lift your upper body off the floor and stretch your arms towards your legs. Hold this position for about three minutes, then return to the original position.

Contraindications:

Do not practice this yoga pose if you suffer from low blood pressure, severe headaches or migraines, or if you have suffered from certain chronic diseases or spinal disorders in the recent past. Asthma and heart patients are also advised to avoid this pose.

Vasisthasana (side plank)

How to do:

Start in plank position, shift body weight to right hand, wrist under shoulder, drop heels to right side on mat, rotate body to face left side and raise left arm in look at shoulder height and turn. Raise your hips as high as possible to the ceiling.

Contraindications:

People with injuries to their wrists, elbows, shoulders, neck, hips, back, knees, or ankles should avoid practicing the side plank pose. Any injuries to the muscles of the legs, back and arms are contraindications and people should avoid the same.

Urdhva Mukha Svanasana (Upward Facing Dog)

How to do:

Start by lying on a mat with your legs extended directly behind your body, the front of your legs resting on the floor and your upper body supported in the air pressing your palms down into the mat. Extend the arms so they are straight and lift the thighs and shins off the floor.

Contraindications:

It is always prudent to practice this pose with ease if one is suffering from a herniated disc or better still with the guidance of an experienced teacher. Deep stretching of the upper back, including the neck and head, may not be suitable for people with spondyloarthritis. It is safer to go slowly or to be guided by an expert.

Bhramari Pranayama

How to do:

Do preliminary conditioning in Sukhasana or any other meditative posture. Sit in a firm chair with a straight back if you can’t sit on the floor. Keep your body straight above the waist and your spine straight. Inhale completely then exhale slowly, gently and continuously in a controlled manner through the nostrils with a little force, making a buzzing sound like the dark bee. Keep your mouth closed throughout the practice. The sound does not need to be very loud but must create vibrations. Practice 5 rounds/session, with a break between rounds.

Contraindications:

Bhramari should not be practiced by pregnant or menstruating women. It is also contraindicated for people with high blood pressure, epilepsy, chest pain, or an active ear infection.

Anulom Vilom Pranayama

How to do:

Close your eyes and sit in Padmasana. Use the right thumb to close the right nostril. Inhale slowly through the left nostril, drawing in as much air as you can to fill your lungs. Remove your thumb from your right nostril and exhale. As you exhale, use the middle finger to close the left nostril and inhale through the right nostril. Remove the thumb from the right nostril and exhale. Perform for 2-5 minutes.

Contraindications:

It should not be performed by people taking blood pressure medication. The same can be done without holding the breath inside and exhaling immediately.

Ujjayi Pranayama

How to do:

Start by inhaling and exhaling naturally. Tilt your head blocking the free flow of air and inhale as long as you can while making a noise in your throat. Hold for 2-5 seconds. Close your right nostril with your right thumb as you exhale and exhale through the left nostril. Repeat 10-12 times as needed.

Contraindications:

Do not practice this pranayama if you constantly feel tired, anxious and panicked, as exertion can be harmful to the lungs and heart. Always practice under the guidance of a professional yoga teacher. Beginners should not practice this breath for more than five minutes a day.

Kapalbhati Pranayama

How to do:

This breathing technique involves passive inhaling and active exhaling. So inhale normally, inhale as much air as possible and exhale forcefully. Try to pull your abdominal muscles as close to the spine as possible during the exhale. Perform for 2-5 minutes.

Contraindications:

People with high or low blood pressure, heart disease, hernia, gastric ulcer, epilepsy, dizziness, migraine, severe nosebleeds, retinal detachment, glaucoma, with a history of stroke should avoid this yoga pose. For anyone who has had recent abdominal surgery, it is recommended to practice this pose under the guidance of an expert.

It’s that time of year again. When you’re busy juggling family events and festive parties, it’s easy to forget about your fitness routine for the holiday season. But you don’t have to deprive yourself of anti-stress benefits exercise – or fun – when you need it most! You can find ways to adapt to fitness in small amounts that will help you find a healthy balance.

To be clear, a little indulgence during the holidays never hurt anyone. But like Beyonce said, nor did a little sweat. Staying healthy is about finding a balance that is actually enjoyable for you to maintain. “exercise snack“- doing short bursts of exercise – has a ton of health benefits, so you don’t have to spend all your family time working out. Instead, you can indulge wisely and make room for exercise in the nooks and crannies of your vacation – even if it’s just a few minutes at a time.

Some of these suggestions may seem too small to make a difference, but a recent standardy suggests that “exercise snacks can be an effective way to improve physical fitness and another study concluded that even breaks of less than a minute can improve cardiovascular fitness. No matter how busy you are, you can definitely find a few minutes here and there!

Go for a walk outside

When holiday stress hits, put on your shoes for a walk. It’s a great way to distract yourself from your to-do list while prioritizing the health and fitness goals you’ve worked so hard for.

Often when times are stressful, we crave comfort. Foods, especially foods high in sugar or carbohydrates, are an easy-to-reach comfort tool. But exercise is also a great way to relieve stress.

To research suggests that 30 minutes of exercise will help you release endorphins – your body’s natural source of feel-good chemicals. But others to research shows that even 10 minutes of walking can lead to decreased anxiety – especially if you follow it with a quick meditation session. Not only that, but studies also suggest that walking for 15 minutes can cut sugar cravings in half – a handy benefit this time of year.

Do 10 squats

Squats are a great lower body exercise that engages the quadriceps, hamstrings, and glutes. Doing ten will get your blood pumping, which will help stave off those sugar cravings.

Walk around the house 10 times

Walking around your house ten times, even if you’re in your pajamas, will keep you on track to achieve your goals. Even if you don’t have time to prepare for a windy ride, you can still sweat while walking indoors. You will benefit from all the benefits of walking without even having to leave your home!

If you want to walk even further with me and Al Roker, check out the Start the Walking Challenge TODAYe. With nearly 120,000 members in our Facebook family, you will never feel alone! There are tons of people on call to help you achieve your vacation fitness goals.

Do 10 push-ups against the wall

Sometimes you just need to distract yourself long enough to curb your cravings. Why not befriend a wall? Here’s how: Stand against a wall and place your hands wider than your shoulders. Step back with your feet and perform 10 wall push-ups. You may feel a burn in your upper body muscles. This is good news and it means your body is working!

Similar to the squat hack, performing this upper body workout will likely leave you more energized and strengthened in your commitment to your health. You may even feel energized enough to skip the cookies. But whether you ultimately choose to eat the treat or not is beside the point. The thing is, you stopped short and did something healthy for your body!

Smash into a wall sitting during commercial breaks

Visions of sugar plums dancing through your head while watching your favorite holiday romantic comedy? When there’s a commercial break, sit against a wall for the entire break. Don’t have space on your wall to make a seated wall? Even better! Lower into an air squat and hold it.

With this hack you distract yourself while watching the show. Continually bringing your attention back to your body will help you remember that you want to choose your habits instead of drifting on autopilot. Even a commercial break can become an opportunity to get stronger!

Stephanie Mansour is a health and fitness editor for TODAY. She is a Certified Personal Trainer, Yoga and Pilates Instructor and slimming trainer for women. She hosts “Step It Up with Steph” on PBS. Join her free health and weight loss challenge and follow her for daily inspiration on instagram and in her new app.

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432Hz Healing Meditation Mantra “I Am Free”

If you want to discover the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.

-Nikola Tesla

USA, Nov. 17, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — Everything in the universe has a frequency and vibrates. Atoms vibrate against each other to form a molecule, and these atoms and molecules have characteristic vibrational waves that can be measured in Hertz (HZ).

Leyla, a recent stroke survivor, has just released a new third eye chakra meditation song titled “I Am Free” in 432HZ.

As she continues on her path to recovery, she is very aware of how lucky she is to still be here today and how lucky she was.

For many people, a stroke ends in disability and death, not to mention the consequences for survivors, caregivers and families. With the release of the “I Am Free” mantra, she not only raises funds for the American Stroke Association, but also harnesses the healing power of music.

Solfeggio frequencies refer to certain tones that can help heal different parts of the brain and body. Particular sound patterns, in the form of solfeggio frequencies, interact with the brain to generate vibrations in the body, which can induce significant effects (when listening to a sound with a specific frequency, brain waves synchronize with this frequency). These effects can lead to a state of relaxation, calm, better sleep, stress relief, and more.

432 Hz resonates with the Third Eye Chakra and the 8 Hz Schumann Resonance, which is the earth/nature vibration. It has a grounding effect on the mind, helps to focus inward and attune to the wisdom of the universe, alleviates fatigue, aids in emotional and mental clarity and can lower blood pressure and heart rate.

According to international researcher and musician Ananda Bosman, the archaic Egyptian instruments that have been unearthed are largely tuned to 432 Hz and the ancient Greeks also tuned their instruments primarily to 432 Hz.

Some spiritual opinions hold that our body is more than just physical and mental, it is also an energy system called chakras. Chakras symbolize energy centers and correspond to a bundle of nerves, major organs, and areas of our spiritual body that impact our physical and emotional well-being. The third eye chakra is located between the eyebrows. It is said that meditating on this chakra brings intuitive knowledge. Her attributes are intelligence, intuition, insight and self-knowledge.

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A health and wellbeing app is being provided to nurses and other NHS staff in Luton, Bedford and Milton Keynes (BLMK) NHS Foundation Trust, to help with stress.

The move comes amid reports that more than 40,000 nurses have left the NHS in the past year, largely due to mental health issues.

NHS England and Improvement have seconded lead nurse Karen Storey to support the development of the app which contains resources specific to nursing needs such as reflection support, assertiveness and voice masterclasses. It is used by nurses at BLMK hospitals, which is supporting the launch of ShinyMind this week.

Dr Sarah Whiteman, Chief Medical Officer of Bedfordshire Luton and Milton Keynes Health and Care Partnership, said: “As a health and care system, we have embraced the innovation embodied by the ShinyMind app.

“We are very grateful to Rebecca Howard and her team for its development and for the very real and demonstrable improvements to our staff and patients, demonstrated by the pilots of the ongoing ‘Shine’ project.

The app has been co-created with the NHS, involving nurses, midwives and healthcare support workers, and has been proven to increase nurses’ positivity, helping them deal with stress more effectively and improve their well-being.

Lizzie Roberts, a nurse practitioner who uses the app, said, “I really enjoy using the ShinyMind app for meditation and resilience masterclasses. These really help to boost personal well-being.

A survey of 400 nurses using the beta version of ShinyMind found that 46% felt it had improved their productivity, 94% felt better as a result of its use, with the average improvement in well-being standing at 117%.

To launch the new app, ShinyMind enlisted the help of beloved British author and poet, Michael Rosen, who has penned a brand new poem dedicated to hardworking nurses, midwives and healthcare support workers. .

He said: ‘Nurses are the backbone of the NHS and literally saved my life.

“I believe the ShinyMind app will be a great source of information, advice and support for nurses and I really hope they download it to improve their well-being and continue to save lives.”

]]> https://adroberts.net/exploring-vr-exercise-for-fun-and-fitness/ Wed, 16 Nov 2022 15:00:39 +0000 https://adroberts.net/exploring-vr-exercise-for-fun-and-fitness/

Train with VR from the comfort of your own home. Eren Li via Pexels

I don’t like exercise. I’m not a fitness fanatic and have found almost every excuse not to work out. Then I bought a virtual reality headset.

I have to admit, I’m not a fan of VR either, so when one of my college classes forced me to buy the headset, I was miffed. But, to my surprise, I found myself using it to explore art museums and other faraway places as part of the program. After completing the course, I decided to check out what else this VR thing had to offer. These days, I don’t use the headset much for casual gaming or exploring museums, but I’ve started using it primarily for exercise instead.

If, like me, you find it difficult to get into a workout routine or commit to a gym, or if the thought of using expensive exercise machines stresses you out, then VR could be the way to go. a good solution.

There are a lot of things I love about VR exercise. As an introvert, one of my favorite perks is intimacy: there’s no gym-related anxiety or social aspect to reckon with. I don’t even have to leave the comfort of my home. I also like the flexibility of my schedule. As a busy student, I appreciate how much easier it is to find time for a quick VR workout than to set aside time each week to hit the gym. I use the Supernatural app the most, as it offers a range of boxing workouts, guided meditation, and stretching exercises. Some are as short as 11 minutes, while others are closer to half an hour.

The immersive aspect of the VR exercise is what sets it apart from crafting a video. I tried the workout video route and struggled to stick with it, but the immersion of virtual reality keeps me coming back. Although I know I’m still training, I don’t feel as if I am. When it comes to exercise, if there’s not one aspect that I enjoy, I won’t – I know that for myself. Turns out, turning the exercise into a kind of game was the ticket for me. Although I consider exercise a necessary evil, I really enjoy training with virtual reality.

At around $200 a year, or around $20 a month, Supernatural is on the more expensive side when it comes to exercise apps, but it’s still less than most gym memberships. For me, it’s worth it. From boxing to rock and rap, it’s just too much fun – and unlike a gym membership, I use the app. But as virtual reality becomes more ubiquitous, the options also become more plentiful. Fit XR offers high-intensity interval training (HIIT) as well as boxing for $9.99 per month. beat the saber has a one-time cost of $29.99 and offers a workout similar to Supernatural. There is a range of affordability and workout types.

If you have a VR headset, I recommend checking out what fitness apps are available to you. Many have free trials, so you can see what you like best without committing right away. And who knows? You might even have fun.

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