If you get up in the morning feeling stressed out, out of balance and fatigued, you might need a break to breathe, meditate, or do one of these four Qigong exercises to get more energy and feel centered.

Try to do these exercises presented by one of the “Shift Doctors” Marion Ross, P.H.D. Do them in the morning, or any time when you need to get rid of your old or negative energy, detox your body, get your hormones in balance, improve your vision, and get energized by the Universe.

Do you feel energized, refreshed and centered?

Click to listen to our discussion with the shift doctors Tracy Latz and Dr. Marion Ross on How to Feel Happy and Lovable on holistic health talk for women radio show “Feel and Look Fabulous with Irina”.

Breathe, smile and be happy.

© Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health and Nutrition Coach and Counselor

Let us take a break for taking care of ourselves. Are you ready for  some”ME” time with a rainbow swirl meditation to relax, refocus, feel sexy, confident and sensual?

This imagery meditation with Diva Mama Tonya will help you get more energy as well as get into better mood and balance your body and all your seven chakras. If you decide to practice this imagery meditation in the evening, it might be your sleep remedy and stress relief tool.

Imagery Meditation as a Sleep Remedy and Energy Booster

Click to listen to our discussion with Tonya K. Freeman, The Wide Awake Feminine Liberator on Destiny Dance, Shift to Bliss, and Self -Love for Your State of Being.

Breathe, smile and be happy.

© Irina Wardas HHC

Women’s Holistic Health, Nutrition and Relationship Coach

Are you cooking at home these holidays? Meals made at home will make you healthier and happier, that is for sure, especially if you are a smart grocery shopper.

But is your kitchen “cooking safe?”

For happy and healthy cooking we need to know about food poisoning and its prevention.

Did you know that:

• simply washing your hands can reduce your risk of food poisoning by 50%;
• just passing the plates around will give you the opportunity to share viruses and bacteria;
• leaving food at room temperature for more than 2 hours can be dangerous?

Be Kitchen Safe – Prevent Holiday Food Poisoning with Safe Cooking Tips

Here are some more tips on how to prevent food poisoning in simple eight steps:

Happy and Healthy Holiday Cooking!!

Breathe, smile and be happy.

© Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health, Nutrition Coach and Counselor

Did you know that laughter can help you lose weight?  For natural weight loss we need to reduce stress, detox and exercise.  Well, laughter can trigger the release of endorphins to help us deal with moodiness and fight seasonal depression; laughter can move your lymph and increases oxygenation to help detox our body; and it can also strengthen your abs which can help your get rid of belly fat and lose weight naturally.

Watch this video and learn how you can start laughing or pretend laughing (the forced laughter can also do the trick) for at least 2 minutes two three times a day:

P.S. You might want to listen to our interview with JJ Virgin, celebrity nutritionist, on how to shape up our arms to look sexy and confident. Click to listen

Breathe, smile and be happy.

© Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health, Counselor and Coach

Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food.– Hippocrates

Some of the healthiest detox recipes use turmeric.

The ingredients and benefits of turmeric can help you to detox naturally, boost your immune system, loose weight naturally, improve your circulation, reduce inflammation, prevent heart disease, lower your blood pressure, treat headaches and much more.

Simple Turmeric Detox Dressing Ingredients:

Turmeric (with the active component curcumin) is rich in antioxidants, which fight/prevent cancer, boost immune system, reduce inflammation, and help with menstrualproblems, toothache, bruises, rheumatoid arthritis; it also can be used as a herbal cleanse and natural holistic detox.

Cayenne pepper is a blood and tissue purifier. It also improves circulation, treats weak digestion, helps prevent heart disease, and helps with chronic pain, sore throats, headaches and toothaches.

Olive oil is rich in monounsaturated fat and antioxidants like chlorophyll, carotenoids and vitamin E. It helps lower your blood pressure and reduce your risk of heart attack. Studies show it also may prevent colon and endometrial cancers.

Plain Yogurt contains healthy good live bacteria we need for proper digestion, which helps with constipation, diarrhea, colon cancer, inflammatory bowel disease. Plain yogurt also contains protein (for natural fast weight loss detox) as well as calcium, vitamin B-12, potassium, and magnesium.

Watch the Video to learn how to make your trumeric dressing.

Click to learn more about Super Simple Detox with whole foods and get more detox recipes.

Breathe, smile and be happy.

© Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health, Nutrition and Relationship Expert