Like our bodies, our minds also need to be exercised to keep it active and healthy. Real life dictates we engage in plenty of activities that may not be the best for us mentally or we neglect the ones that will…
Body Vs Mind
10 yoga quotes that will inspire you
BY: NADIA ZAIDI Yoga is one of the most powerful method of relaxation, mental health, and physical strengthening. It puts you in touch with your inner self and keeps you in the present moment. At its very core is mindfulness…
5 popular fictional characters with mental illness
Mental illness touches the lives of everyone: whether they realize it or not. According to the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), mental illness will affect 20% of Canadians at least once in their life. Real people aren’t the only ones…
5 signs that you might be depressed
Depression affects at least 350 million people worldwide according to various reports including the World Health Organization (WHO). There could be much more due to many unreported cases and a lack of awareness is partly to blame for this. There’s a fine line…
Being busy is the new status symbol
BY: DUSTIN BATTY Even as recently as the turn of the twenty-first century, social status was conveyed through the ownership of expensive material goods and an abundance of leisure time. People with high social status would display their wealth by…
Vegetarian Cat and Dog Food: Pros and Cons
Is it safe to say we are applying our own beliefs to our pets when we decide that they should no longer eat anything that came from other animals? Yes, it probably is. But the real question is, is your…
Artificial life: Meet the first ever artificially produced embryo
BY: PHILIPPE DE JOCAS In 1978, an English doctor snipped newborn Louise Brown’s umbilical cord, slapped the baby on the rear, and handed off the crying infant to a proud mother and father. It would have been just another delivery…
New Crave Crush lozenge will curb sugar addiction cravings
BY: SHAWNTAE HARRIS Walking into a food store can be torturous, especially for a sugar lover. Walking through your grocery store, the sweet goods conveniently situated at the end of every aisle make it almost impossible not to buy. And to…
How to get over a breakup: 5 unconventional ways to move on
BY: WINNIE YEBUGA The more break-ups you’ve been through, the more you develop a steady, ‘go-to’ routine after each one. You know the drill. Have a bitch-fest about your ex with your friends over bottomless wine or beer. Spend a night scrolling…
10 veganism quotes that will make you want to stop eating animals forever
So bacon tastes good, but is ignorance better? Here’s some food for thought in the form of ten quotes by vegetarian artists, activists and authors. 1. “Do you know why most survivors of the Holocaust are vegan? It’s because they know…
Yoga and its benefits
I’m beginning to seriously wonder why I don’t do yoga. There are countless healing mental and physical benefits. I have friends and family who boast about its life altering qualities, and it’s something I can do in the comforts of…
Smartphone addiction and self-help apps rewire the brain
BY: JARED BEAUBIEN-TAYLOR I have a Facebook friend whose life always seems perfect. They have a great job, live in a nice condo, and are always doing new and exciting things. They’re always posting happy comments about how blessed they…
Yoga for weight loss: Lose weight with these yoga poses
BY: NADIA ZAIDI I can’t – okay, I refuse – to work out. There. I said it. And you know what? It’s liberating. While we’re in the spirit of honesty, let’s be blatantly real. If we all had discipline, a…
Yoga exercises you can do anywhere
It’s no secret that our yoga mats aren’t attached to our hips. But they don’t have to be. Yoga is one of the most flexible practices out there. All you need is your body and an open mind. Here are…
Addyi, the female sex drug, will be relaunched in the US
BY: SHAWNTAE HARRIS Women – imagine taking one little pill and one hour later being blown off your feet. Imagine your sexual experiences being filled with “intensive” and “frequent” orgasms. Men have Viagra, but right now Canadian women with low…
Why is sleep the last thing we prioritise?
The normal nine-to-five work day does not exist and it can mess up your sleep. Nowadays, people are very concerned to do well within their careers, and the work life creeps into their personal lives. Meanwhile, balancing a normal and…
Mind palace technique used in BBC’s Sherlock can actually improve memory
BY: DUSTIN BATTY In each of his incarnations, fictional super-sleuth Sherlock Holmes has extraordinary powers of memory and observation that plant his stories tentatively in the science fiction genre. Unlike previous versions of the character, the “consulting detective” of the…
This feminist photographer is redefining beauty standards (NSFW)
We live in a society that puts women’s bodies in the middle of repression. Women are faced with certain aesthetic standards and continuously fed ideas that we are simply not good enough. Nor will we ever be. Maria Ribeiro, a Brasil-based…
Yoga Asanas: 10 popular yoga poses
Did you know that most of us are detached from our bodies? Take a second to think about that. It sounds ironic, doesn’t it? If our body and mind are separate entities, we’d be – well – six-feet under. But…
Instructional yoga videos: A guide to getting your yoga on
BY: NADIA ZAIDI Inhale. Hold that pose. Exhale. Now release. You might hear something like this when you attend a communal yoga session. But what if you don’t like the idea of clustered mats and steamy air-filled classes? More importantly,…