Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), the therapeutic practice of “tapping,” is rooted in both traditional Chinese medicine and cognitive behavioral therapy. The idea is to acknowledge and verbalize your negative thoughts, fears and worries as you simultaneously deliver calming feedback to your body. This is done by using your fingertips to gently tap nine acupressure points on the hands, head…
Believe it or not, there was once a time when Olympic rower Kristine O’Brien thought rowing wasn’t a real sport.
As an athletic high schooler, O’Brien expressed doubt in the sport when her parents encouraged her to join the school’s rowing team — now, she’s got…
A Google search for “intermittent fasting” yields more than 10 million results. Clearly, people are interested.
If you’re new to the term, here are the basics:
Intermittent fasting: A pattern of eating the focuses on cycling between periods of fasting and periods of…
Sleep is so elusive to some of us, yet so essential to a productive, healthy day. Experts recommend getting 7-8 hours of sleep a night — and for good reason!
Sleep can strengthen your heart. Lack of Zzz’s can cause your body to release the stress hormone cortisol, which triggers your heart to work 10 times harder.
Sleep can also boost your immune system because while your head is on that…
Growing up, Lindsay Raynne relied on food for emotional support. “I came from a broken family, and eating was my constant,” she says. “Stability in caloric intake, you could say. I could always count on the joys of taste.” Low income living meant poor food quality…
Growing up, Ellie Marie Manacchio realized that she didn’t look like her peers.
“I was always the heavy kid in a room of super-thin friends,” she remembers. “My dad told me I was ‘big boned’ and that it was just our family’s genetics.” Manacchio came from a…
If you’re a regular Oxygen reader, you know we love to highlight inspirational women from our badass community of fitness fanatics. Here are five women who take fitness to the next level.
Charlene Farnsworth
Grassie, Ontario, Canada
Stats: 51 • 140 lb • 5’9”
Gig: Housecleaner and model
Medical Scare. In 2011, Charlene Farnsworth found a lump on her throat. Thankfully, it wasn’t…
A study conducted on more than 30,000 older adult heart patients found that becoming active later in life can be nearly as beneficial to quality of life as continued activity earlier in youth.
The European Society of Cardiology suggests that it is possible for someone to…
They say that running a marathon is like childbirth. So doesn’t it stand to reason that you should go to a physical therapist for childbirth, just like you would after a race? Even more, why do you see a PT leading up to your race but not leading up to your…
We chose a location on a random stretch of beach just off the Honoapi‘ilani Highway on Maui — a place where we could pull Claire P. Thomas’ converted Sprinter van through the kiawe trees and onto the sand. The only other people around were a few environmental volunteers taking water samples down the way.
We were shooting Thomas “making breakfast,” and she stood just inside the van…