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Sunday, August 31, 2014

The 6 Phase Meditation – Infographic

If you are looking for a great progressive system for meditation here is one that will cover all the basis and help you to get into a groove of daily meditation. I find that I often need help in direction when I am meditating and this will be a great help, check it out and see how it works for you.

The 6 Phase Meditation - Infographic

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This one time, while traveling….

One of the things that I loved growing up was sitting around with my dad and listening to the stories from his life. I sat in awe and listened to the adventures that he had and I longed to have my own adventures. I always wanted to be just like my dad and I have spent all of my life trying to achieve that. At this point I have went further and have been more successful than my father. I still love listening to his stories and now we share mine as well. It is a beautiful time to share the moments of our lives with those around us. So take some time to evaluate your life and share it with someone, it may just change their life.

This one time, while traveling...

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7 Nutrition Must-Do’s for Family Meal Planning

I know that it is much easier to stop at McDonald's on the way home and get dinner for the whole family than it is to cook a meal every night, but we need to decide if convenience or health is our goal for our families. We set our children up for failure if we just take the quick and easy route. This is why the rate of childhood obesity is completely out of control in our society. This is also why diabetes and heart disease continues to rise. We continue to make the easy choices and neglect to think about the long term effect those foods may have on our families and we reap the horrible rewards of that kind of lifestyle. Here are some tips to help you plan for the whole family.

7 Nutrition Must-Do's for Family Meal Planning

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How to Foam Roll Like a Pro

Self myofascial release is one of the greatest things that we can do for ourselves as we continue to work to get that body that we dream of. Basically it is self massage. It helps with releasing the knots that may form, but also aids in the healthy building of muscles and regeneration of tissues after a workout. Here is a great infographic that will help you to roll like a pro.  

How to Foam Roll Like a Pro

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The 5 Best Websites To Make Money Online

Are you looking to make some extra income? Well here are some of the best places online to find some of that extra side money that you are looking for. We all need to look at ways to diversify. We live in a time where employer loyalty is at an all time low. We can no longer depend on our jobs to support us and give us a career anymore. We must work and also find other ways to meet our needs if we want to find true happiness and success. Often it is the side jobs that we do that actually bring us job and our full time job is just to pay the bills. So check out this article and start making money doing what you love.

The 5 Best Websites to Make Money Online

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Saturday, August 30, 2014

Yoga Is For All Athletes: Start Your Yoga Practice Today

I would say that not only is yoga for all athletes, it is necessary if we want to have long successful careers in our chosen sport. I started doing yoga about 7 years ago, after I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. I lost all of my flexibility and had lots of trouble with my jiu jitsu. Getting involved in yoga has changed all of that and has helped me to be as fit and active as I am today. I am now a yoga teacher and fitness instructor. In a little over a week I will be releasing a ebook called The Many Benefits of Yoga for Athletes. Check this article out and then get my ebook.  

Yoga Is For All Athletes: Start Your Yoga Practice Today

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HOW TO QUIT YOUR JOB TO TRAVEL THE WORLD

Many people dream of traveling the world and seeing exotic places, but never move forward and realize that dream. After we have family responsibilities it came become increasingly difficult to make traveling a priority. However, if we can do it when we are young we can learn and grow so much more in our lives. This is how you can do it. Check out this article.

How to Quit Your Job to Travel the World

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5 Healthy Smoothies that Help You Lose Weight

Smoothies are a great way to get the nutrition that you need and fill up without adding extra weight and packing on the pounds. You still have to be careful about the calories that you pack into these shakes, but it can be a great way to supplement your diet plan. Here are some great smoothies that will help you do just that. However, if you don't have time to go to the grocery store and get all the produce Shakeology, is the best tasting and most popular shake on the market today. If you are interested in checking it out send me a message. Start losing that unwanted weight today.

5 Healthy Smoothies that Help You Lose Weight

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Workout: P90X Ab Ripper X Review

P90X is probably one of the most effective and successful workout video series of all time. It has transformed countless lives and has continued to elevate the fitness industry. The parent company Beachbody continues to release successful high quality fitness programs to appeal to the masses. It is an amazing company and why I am looking at becoming a Beachbody Coach today in fact. It is an amazing program and system and I look forward to helping people find their best selves. Check out this article and hit me up with any questions you may have.

Workout: P90X Ab Ripper X Review

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6 Reasons to Stop Charging by the Hour

How should you structure your business? Do you charge by the hour? Do you offer special package prices? Which is more enticing to your customers? These are things that we need to consider when we are building our business. It is amazing how it can be just a few dollars that change the cash flow of your business. Often people will pay a greater price to feel that they are in luxury rather than finding a bargain basement deal. So check out this article and see what you should do.

6 Reasons to Stop Chanrging by the Hour

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Friday, August 29, 2014

What is the Practical Application of Mantra Practice?

This is something that really made me wary of yoga for a long time. Why are those people chanting? Are they in some crazy cult? What do those words mean? There are many different ideas out there about what this practice entails. However, for me it is really about the focusing and grounding of energy. It helps me to tap into the energy of the universe around me and allow me to release and let go of all the stress or difficulty that I may be having. Check out this article to find out more about this often mystical practice.

What is the Practical Application of Mantra Practice

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Stocking Stuffers For Travelers

It's never too early to get out and look for great gifts for the Christmas season, or to just surprise your loved one with something great. Here is an article that can help you with finding that perfect gift for that traveler or adventurer in your life. Check it out.

Stocking Stuffers For Travelers

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The Fact Vegetarians Are Healthier Than Meat Eaters

This doesn't mean that all vegetarians are healthier or even that it is good for all people to be vegetarian, but what I believe this article shows is that not eating meat can lower the risk for several of the largest killer in our generation. Certainly, there are people who don't get the right nutrients or eat just as unhealthy as vegetarians or vegans, but they have lower risk for heart disease, cancer, or diabetes than people who have a steady diet of meat. There are always advantages and disadvantages. However, it seems in our culture it is pure laziness and the unwillingness to go without something that keeps people literally eating themselves to death. I hear over and over again, "I could never give up cheese" or "I couldn't stop eating bacon." We have become so shortsighted. No that one piece of bacon will not kill you, but a lifetime of shoveling harmful foods into your body will give you cancer or heart disease. I want to be one of those guys that looks 60 when he is 80 and is still running marathons until the day he dies, but that is just me. I don't want to spend my last 20 years on earth in a hospital or nursing home unable to care for myself. These are choices we make early in our lives and effect us for years to come. So make your decisions, you are the only one who can.

The Fact Vegetarians Are Healthier Than Meat Eaters

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The Kettlebell Move That's So Hard It's Called the Death Crawl

There is always more room to up your level of fitness and it is always good to change up the way you are doing it. Here is a really difficult move that could push you to that next level, check it out.

The Kettlebell Move That's So Hard It's Called the Death Crawl

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5 Ways to Intern Like a Rock Star -- or at Least Work for One

Interning is a great way to open up new possibilities in a job career or just to learn a new skill set. It has become one of the most valuable ways to break into a new job and many professions are using this to select their newest and brightest stars. The one great thing about interns is that because they are initially not getting paid or getting paid a low wage, they are fully committed and passionate about the field or business that they are interning with. Here is a great article to show you how to do it the right way.

5 Ways to Intern Like a Rock Star - Or At Least Work for One

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Thursday, August 28, 2014

How Meditation May Change the Brain

Meditation has been proven to do many things for the people that practice it. This is one of the reasons why most of the truly successful people in the world practice it in some form. However, there are new studies that show that meditation may actually change your brain all together. So check out this study.

How Meditation May Change the Brain

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17 images that prove travel is the best education

I have found that I have always learned more from experience than from being in school. I have always felt that the methods and subjects in school, while necessary, are flawed and limited. The things that we really need for success in our lives we must learn on our own. So I have taken the rest of my life to continue my education and grow and develop in every area imaginable. The best place to develop is when traveling around the world and finding out how other people live and strive to make it in the world. I grew more in two weeks in Costa Rica than the last 2 years in the States. It is amazing the growth you can have when you place yourself in a completely different culture and decide to learn from them. Check out this article and see for yourself.

17 Images That Prove Travel is the Best Education

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Q&A: What's the Difference Between Multigrain, Whole Grain, and Whole Wheat?

With all the talk of health foods and the revolving door of studies there are always questions about what is healthy and what should you eat. When we go to the grocery store we know that whole wheat breads are better than white bread, but there are so many choices and varieties to choose from now it is confusing. So which one is best and why? Here is your guide to choosing the right bread for you, check it out.

Q&A: What's The Difference Between Multigrain, Whole Grain, and Whole Wheat

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The Ultimate Weights Free Workout

No gym? No weights? No excuses!!! So often we get caught up in the pretty equipment and forget that people have been in great shape for hundreds of thousands of years without any if that stuff. We can get a great workout just using body weight. It is just having the willpower to push forward and kill it. This is your guide, so go out and put your work in.

The Ultimate Weights Free Workout

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The Aha Moments – How Entrepreneurs Realized What To Do In Life

This is where it all begins. For every millionaire or billionaire today, there was a moment or a time where they had nothing and didn't know what they were going to do with their life. Then at some point they had a revelation and they chose to go at it with all of their being and become the top of the food chain. For me that happened at the end of a vegan 21 day fast. I was sitting in my office and I was day dreaming about all the things that could be possible and the idea of a MMA, Fitness, and Yoga retreat hit me. So for the next hour I spent scratching a bare bones business plan. It took me another 4 months to finish the real one but it all started that day. I have realized about half of the dream. The ultimate goal is to franchise the idea out around the world and to institute a non profit end of the business that works with low income families and specifically children to teach skills and give them a place to belong. It is an audacious dream but we are up to the challenge of making it come true. Who is ready to join with me and make that Aha moment a reality. Check us out at www.WarriorVacations.com

The Aha Moments - How Entrepreneurs Realized What to Do in Life

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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

11 Fascinating Facts About Breathing

30 of the world's best national parks

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3 Tips to Ensure Your Startup is Attractive to Potential Partners

My business, Warrior Vacations, is right at this stage of business. We are currently trying to bring on partners and sponsors to share in the markets that we are working with. It is always challenging as a small business to attract the right people but having a lucrative MMA, fitness, and yoga communities to draw from is huge. So here is an article that I am drawing from to help us jump to that next level of business and get the help that we need to make it happen. If you are interested in breaking into these markets or know someone who may be interested feel free to drop me a message at scorpion74805@gmail.com I would love to hear from you with any info or feedback you might have about our business. Also check out our website for more info www.Warrior Vacations.com

3 Tips to Ensure Your Startup is Attractive to Potential Partners

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Strength Training For Runners

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

8 Ways to Finance a Startup

As an entrepreneur, this is one of the biggest challenges we face. Where do we get the money to get our idea off the ground? We often struggle and find that we have unrealistic expectations of how to achieve the initial startup capital. So here are 8 real ways to get or use capital. Check it out and get your business rolling.

8 Ways to Finance a Startup

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10 Things Everyone Gets Wrong About Yoga (And How To Make It Right For You)

In our American form of yoga, which sadly had become very commercialized and a fad, we focus on things that need to be changed. Yoga Journal has led the way for yoga to be based on aesthetics and body type, rather than health, healing, and finding yourself. Luckily there are people out there like Guinevere Hilton, creator of My Real Yoga Body, that are breaking those trends and allowing people to see the true beauty of yoga. Check out this article.

10 Things Everyone Gets Wrong About Yoga (And How to Make It Right)

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10 Dating Customs From Around The World That’ll Prepare You For Lovin’

If you are out traveling these tips can help you read the signals from women in those countries. Or if you meet lots of ethnic women here in the states, this will help you understand them better.

10 Dating Customs from Around the World

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Diets Don't Work: The Science Behind the Failure

Who doesn't know someone who is trying too lose weight? We are a culture looking for the easiest way to realize our dreams, look the way we want, and feel good about ourselves. The problem is that this approach is all wrong. We have to start with loving who we are now and then work to make the changes necessary to become an even better version of ourselves. So crash dieting doesn't make that happen but holistic life change does. Check out this article and find the truth.

Diets Don't Work: The Science Behind the Failure

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Medicine Ball Exercises

It's no secret that I am a huge fan of functional fitness. The medicine ball is one of those pieces of equipment that can just obliterate your core and take your explosiveness training to the next level. Check out these exercises and take it to the next level.

Medicine Ball Exercises

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Thursday, August 21, 2014

4 Reasons You & Your Partner Need to Try Couples Yoga

Yoga is a great place to meet someone else with similar ideas and mindset, but it is also a great place to go with someone you love. It is a practice that can help you grow closer together and fosters intimacy. There are some many benefits that partner yoga can have for couples, so check out this article and see how it can help you.

4 Reasons You & Your Partner Need to Try Couples Yoga

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The world's best secret islands

I have always loved going to the beach and enjoying the ocean. This really is the ultimate beach experience on a deserted island. Here is a short list of some of the best places. I also have another unique place to add to the list. It is a little island off the coast of Parrita, Costa Rica called Isla Palo Seco. It is a beautiful island, where my business Warrior Vacations has been planted. On this island you can get all your training needs for MMA, Fitness, or Yoga in one of the most beautiful settings in the world. Check it out at www.WarriorVacations.com    

The World's Best Secret Islands

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The 50 Most Innovative Health, Fitness, and Happiness Startups

For every industry there are businesses that crop up to serve those people. The fitness and nutrition industries are no different. So what businesses are out there that could help you to find your passion in life. I know I have been searching and have created my own avenue of business that uses all my passions and talents in the fitness industry. Check out my passion at www.WarriorVacations.com

The 50 Most Innovative Health, Fitness, and Happiness Startups

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MMA Workout Routines for Even the Most Average of Gym Goers

MMA Fighters are some of the most well conditioned athletes in the world. The training forces us to train in many different disciplines from ground fighting to muay thai, and running to swimming. We have to combine everything to get an edge on our competition. My speciality is MMA Fitness and a program started by Coach Kevin Kearns called MMA Fighter Fit. It is a system of MMA inspired movements to not only work with fighters, but also train people of all skill levels and backgrounds. We use all kinds of equipment and even no equipment, but all the movements are used by pro fighters to get ready for their fights. So check it out at www.burnwithkearns.com or come down to Costa Rica and get some in at www.WarriorVacations.com

MMA Workout Routines for Even the Most Average of Gym Goers

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10 Movies Every Entrepreneur Needs to Watch

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Follow Your Inner Voice

We all need time to look within. So take some time to see where you are and find out where you need to be. Check out this article and find that voice.

Follow Your Inner Voice

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A dream trip for food lovers

If you like to eat this article is for you. One of the things I love to do is experience the foods of the world. I am vegan, but before I became vegan I loved to try all kinds of cuisines. I still do my best to recreate the different flavors and dishes with a vegan flair and have found great success doing that. It helps that I have a culinary degree. So check it out and get your fill.

A Dream Trip for Food Lovers

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What to Eat Before a Workout: Your Guide to Pre-Exercise Snacks

One of the best things you can do for your workout to optimize the fat burning and muscle building is to eat the right foods beforehand. This is often the key to maximizing the results. So check out this article and get your nutrition in place for the best results possible.

What to Eat Before a Workout

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