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Bryn Carden Explains How Yoga Can Improve Mental Health and Emotional Well Being

A practical exercise that offers a relieving full-body workout that continues to grow in popularity is yoga. In addition to the physical benefits, yoga supports mental and emotional health, enhancing overall well-being. Bryn Carden, active health guru and former Miss Kemah Teen USA, reverts to yoga as a regular practice to stay in shape and develop mindfulness. In this article, she lists the top benefits that yoga gifts to fuel the body, mind, and soul.
Benefit #1: Reduces stress
Stress is unavoidable in life, so learning how to manage stress best is the most proactive approach to dealing with it. Yoga is a valuable tool when looking for avenues to reduce stress. In fact, 86% of Americans said they choose to engage in yoga in hopes of relieving stress. The action of stretching, tightening, and relaxing muscles lower physical and mental feelings of tension, promoting a peaceful environment.
Benefit #2: Releases “feel-good” brain chemicals
Yoga increases oxygenated blood flow to the brain and releases brain chemicals like endorphins and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) that spark good feelings.
Benefit #3: Helps develop a sense of self
Anytime someone commits to taking the time and effort to complete an exercise, it is an act of self-care. Yoga presents the opportunity to practice self-care in cooperation with self-acceptance. The two in sync help cultivate a more nonjudgmental relationship with oneself, ultimately laying down foundation blocks to build self-trust and confidence. A relationship with oneself defined by the statement, “I am worthy,” leads to balanced emotions, healthier choices, better relationships, and more willpower.
Benefit #4: Boosts mood
One of yoga’s pillars includes focusing on the breath and breathing slowly and deeply with control from start to finish. The science of breathing alongside the movements of yoga alters an individual from the sympathetic nervous system, otherwise known as flight-or-flight, to the parasympathetic nervous system, or rest-and-digest. Calming the nervous system in this way aids in relieving depression and anxiety. Meditation, which plays a part in yoga practice, decreases activity in the limbic system, or the area of the brain responsible for emotions, and assists in dissolving emotional reactivity.
Benefit #5: Leads to a better night’s sleep
Individuals struggling with insomnia can improve their mental state by practicing yoga. One study found this benefit more prominent in older adults as participants over the age of 60 recorded better overall sleep after practicing yoga. Another study on postmenopausal women battling insomnia revealed that yoga reduced insomnia severity.
Benefit #6: Sharpens the brain
The brain continues to benefit in numerous ways from yoga practice, including its sharpness. Yoga allows brain cells to generate new connections, resulting in positive brain structure and function. Learning, memory, awareness, thought, attention, and language become enhanced by yoga practice revamping cognitive skills. MRI scans have also exposed the advanced brains of those who consistently practice yoga, showing a thicker cerebral cortex and hippocampus.
Benefit #7: Sparks other healthy habits
Like other exercises, yoga practice tends to lead to overall healthier choices in areas such as self-care and diets. Deciding to eat healthily will only elevate cognitive function.
About Bryn Carden
Bryn Carden is a young entrepreneur and philanthropist passionate about real estate and design. She is currently studying at Neeley School of Business, pursuing a major in Finance with a Real Estate Concentration. Besides working towards her degree, she has already begun her entrepreneurial journey as a co-founder of BF Hats and a creator of Styles for Smiles – a company selling bracelets to help fund cleft palate operations for children in developing countries.
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Gordon Ramsay and his fitness routine as a celebrity chef

A chef is usually pictured as being overweight, due to the nature of the job. Having to constantly taste food to understand it, can’t be good for your health. But with celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, it doesn’t show at all. This thanks to a fitness routine and healthy diet. Ramsay lost an incredible 50lbs, and he looks better than ever. His routine consists more of endurance training rather than lifting heavy weights, and he routinely trains with cycling when he’s travelling. If he’s not travelling, he makes sure to get his workouts in at his home gym (working out with Will Usher, former army captain and member of the Royal Protection Squad!).
“The more I train, the more normal I am, the more I feel that I’m still unchanged” said Ramsay in regards to his diet and training routine, which he believes keeps him feeling young and healthy.
Moreover, Gordon came out with a new cookbook called “Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Food: Mouth-Watering Recipes to Fuel You for Life”, which is full of healthy meals for the fitness enthusiast.
Gordon doesn’t follow a specific diet or have a dietician, but he swears by certain rules for his eating habits. One of these is cutting down on dairy, which he believes makes you feel sluggish. Almond milk is his replacement, which mixes in with a smoothie consisting of berries yoghurt. He also believes in drinking a couple glasses of water before you eat a meal, which he says doesn’t fill you up but it does stop you from eating excessively.
It’s plain to see that Gordon Ramsay is in great shape, and it is evident in his body even at his age of 53. It is important to take care of your health, even if you are a celebrity chef who can create delicious meals at any time.
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Float Louder This Memorial Day Weekend

The official kickoff to summer deserves your best floating beach bag and boldest poolside energy
The sun is out and the weekend is long. Memorial Day marks the start of floating season and your luxury floating beach bag is ready for a reintroduction. Whether you have been floating all spring or just pulling out your setup for the first time this season it is time to float louder and set the tone for all the sunshine ahead.
☀️ Vibe Check
This weekend is more than a day off. It is a full float mood. You deserve to unplug, show up glowing, and make every hour poolside feel intentional.
Set the out of office. Cue the playlist. Whether you invite the crew or enjoy a solo float with your beach bag that floats, all you need is one good drink, your favorite song, and SPF that shines as much as you do.
👜 What to Pack in Your Sand2SeaBag
Forget the basics. This weekend you are packing like a float icon.
- Frozen pouch cocktail that looks gourmet even if it came from the gas station
- Waterproof phone case or a retro disposable camera
- Beach read that adds aesthetic even if unopened
- Nail polish that matches your convertible beach bag
- And of course the built in sunshade of your floating beach bag with storage
Because nothing says main character like a float setup with matching details.
👙 Float Fit Energy
Memorial Day is your summer debut so float in style.
- Flamingo Pink with a bold red one piece gold hoops and peach blush
- Sea Foam Green with a soft bikini sleek bun and clear lip oil
- Sand Beige with a high waisted white set brown shades and a confident smile
- Bright Yellow with citrus prints loose linen and enough SPF to glow for days
Pack the energy you want to ride all summer long.
🍹 First Sips of Summer
Loud weekend loud drinks. Your multi-purpose beach bag can hold it all.
- Strawberry basil fizz with sparkling rosé
- Icy limoncello spritz with mint and soda
- Piña not a colada with coconut and crushed pineapple
- Poolside prosecco always crisp always classic
Make a float bar and let everyone mix their moment.
🎶 Memorial Day Playlist
No float is complete without a soundtrack. Bonus points if your speaker is waterproof.
- Golden Hour Gloss disco dreamy pop timeless hits
- Summer Brunch Energy R&B throwbacks something with bounce
- Float Nap Mix lo-fi chill for slow float moments
- Champagne Hour Beats for the evening toast under the stars
Play it loud and let the music float you through.
🎇 Don’t Miss Golden Hour
Just because the sun is lower does not mean the float ends.
Bring LED lights float lanterns or even a pool disco ball. Light a candle only if it is safe. Keep your inflatable beach bag nearby packed with glow sticks fresh towels and your go to chilled drink.
Because summer starts here and the only rule is no one leaves until the ice melts.
Float bold Float loud Float your way into summer
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Daily habits of Mark Wahlberg to use in your own life

Mark Wahlberg is commonly on the big screens, and is obviously a healthy and fit guy just by looking at him. So it comes as no surprise that he has a rigorous daily routine and habits that keep him scheduled, disciplined and in shape.
It also helps him deal with his busy lifestyle as a movie star, producer and model.
Here are some of the daily habits Mark Wahlberg has that you could use to benefit your own life.
Early morning workouts
It’s obvious that Mark Wahlberg works out, but how about a 5am workout?
Wahlberg rises early at 4am to start his day with a scheduled breakfast, then a 5am workout. After training intensely at the gym, he’s drinking a shake at 6:30, then dropping the kids to school at 7:30 and eating at the same time. He says by 9am, he’s been to church and eaten again.
Discipline is everything
This isn’t surprising either, considering how disciplined he would have to be to continue his above schedule every morning. For Wahlberg, the discipline in his fitness, career and faith is how he keeps his life together. He continually strives for more and more, and he believes since he started acting he is much more disciplined, in contrast to when he was doing music.
He is always hustling
Wahlberg is always working towards the next big thing, and following his mantra of hustle harder. This started from his past when he was hustling in the music industry, to going in front of the camera and hustling within the movie industry where he enjoys his success of today.
Mark Wahlberg is a very disciplined person who follows habits almost religiously to do with fitness, faith and career. He believes it’s this discipline and drive that has made and kept him successful.
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