ONE WEEK FREE YOGA! ~ Start your journey into a healthier, more balanced lifestyle

Start your journey into a healthier, more balanced lifestyle during National Yoga Month September. Participating is easy: 1. Choose a Yoga Studio Start by selecting from an extensive list of participating yoga studios in your area (ONLY for NEW STUDENTS*). 2. Print your Yoga Month Card Print out your Yoga Month Card which will include your name and the studio contact information and Yoga Month special offers. 3. Visit your Yoga Studio Visit your chosen teacher/studio, redeem your Yoga Month Card and enjoy One Week of Free Yoga* during National Yoga Month. If you are looking for yoga clothing, check out Luxual Boutique.

Motivation & Healthy Lifestyle ~ Eva Redpath & Robyn Baldwin

July motivation

Whitney Port & Lauren Conrad's workout at home ~ Jaret del Bene

Celeberity workout at home from POPSUGAR

Blueberries get rid of your muffin top!!!

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These sweet little gems are not only beneficial to your immune system, but they are also proven to help diminish fat around your midsection. Enjoy them on their own, mix them with yogurt, or make a batch of this refreshing Blueberry Frozen Yogurt.

FOR MORE TIPS VISIT: FITSUGAR

Skinny Bitch: Ultimate Everyday Cookbook: Crazy Delicious Recipes that Are Good to the Earth and Great for Your Bod

Book comes out in October 2010.

After five years atop the Skinny Bitch phenomenon, author Kim Barnouin has grown as a cook, a nutritionist, and a mom. Now she delivers the “Ultimate” cookbook that will be for everyone looking for a healthier way to feed themselves, their families, and friends. Kim’s emphasis is on “easy,” and her kick-ass recipes feature seasonal produce (no fake meat or hard-to-find ingredients) and provide a versatility of tastes and cuisines, from Mediterranean to California-fresh. With almost 150 recipes, full-color photos, complete nutritional breakdowns, and simple “switch-outs” for quick variations, it will be the new “gotta have" on any healthy bitch’s bookshelf.

Whether readers are looking to gradually add more meatless dishes to their meals, or want to go “all-out” vegan, Skinny Bitch: Ultimate Everyday Cookbook will be their “go-to” source for getting their “bitch” on—in the kitchen.

About the Author

Kim Barnouin is the co-author of Skinny Bitch, a book that has been a NYT bestseller for over two years and has sold more than two million copies. Since penning the first tough-love manifesto, she’s followed up with four more books in the Skinny Bitch series. Her “Healthy Bitch Daily” blog, launched in 2009, delivers advice on food, fitness, sex, money, shopping, and more. Kim is a former Ford model and holds an MA in Holistic Nutrition. She lives with her husband and son in Los Angeles, CA.

Celebrity Chef Susur Lee to open Lee Lounge in August

Celebrity Chef Susur Lee gives Post City the inside scoop on his new Toronto project 'Lee Lounge

Susur Lee, Canada's most famous chef, is the man behind Toronto's Lee and soon-to-be-opened Lee Lounge. He also has restaurants in New York (Shang), Washington (Zentan) and Singapore (Chinois)

Tracy Anderson's 30-Day Method: The Weight-Loss Kick-Start that Makes Perfection Possible

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You can view a few videos here: Tracy Anderson Free workout, Tracy Anderson Diet

Motivation with Eva Redpath and Robyn Baldwin

Great motivational video!

I think the pushup part is very cool..the inhale/exhale is the key..

As for the energy bars, especially if you like banana bread..try this recipe:

http://luxual.blogspot.com/2010/06/love-to-eat-banana-bread-energy-bars.html

Elevae to Exhale ~ Younge-Dundas Square ~ Toronto ~ Spynga

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Spynga, one of Toronto's premiere studios specializing in yoga and cycling, announces the first annualElevate to Exhale.

Hundreds of yogis will descend on Yonge-Dundas Square on Monday, June 21 for Elevate to Exhale, an all day celebration of the summer solstice. Inspired by Mind Over Madness, a similar event held in Times Square, this yoga celebration will inspire participants to seek calm within an centre of urban chaos.

Elevate to Exhale event schedule includes:

· 9 am Lululemon Goal Coaching session, event kick-off, vendors on site

· 10am Namaste summer solstice vinyasa yoga with Sari Nisker

· 11 am Lululemon Goal Coaching

· 12pm Lunchtime power hour yoga and dharma talk on finding stillnes in a fast-paced world withJeannie Woodall

· 1pm Holistic Health Care Practitioner, Tara Antler discussing the impact of yoga, community and health and wellnes

· 2pm Vinyasa yoga flow with Lisa Barkin

· 3 pm Lululemon Goal Coaching

· 4pm Yin Yang yoga flow with Tracey Belanger Soghrati

· 5 pm Lululemon Goal Coaching

· 6pm Sunset rejuvenation and groove celebration with Corinne Penstone

Love to Eat ~ Banana Bread Energy Bars

The recipe is out of the Thrive Diet book.

Makes approximately 12 1-3/4 ounce bars.

You can use a food processor to mix or do it by hand to your desired texture.

Flatten with rolling pin to desired thickness.

Wrap each bar and store in freezer, they will not freeze solid and will always stay chewy. Add wet ingredients or dry depending on how you like your bar.

1 small banana

3/4 cup fresh or soaked dried dates

1/2 cup Popped Amaranth ~ click here to see how?
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/4 cup ground sesame seeds
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
Sea salt to taste

Enjoy and let me how you made yours? Did you substitue anything?

Healthy Lifestyle ~ How to pop amaranth?

What is Amaranth?

It is a seed that commonly referred to as a grain. It does not contain gluten and it is very easily digested. Amaranth is high in calcium, iron, potassium phosphorus and Vitamins A & C.

Amaranth may be used as flour as it is light and fluffy. Popped amaranth can be used on salad and energy bars. Here is how to pop amaranth: