Happy Meditation Month! Here's What To Do:

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us Happy Meditation Month! Here's What To Do: Happy Meditation Month!  That's right, May is the month to focus on meditation: to learn the benefits, to experiment a little, and to see what type of meditation works best for you. I'm a big fan of meditation, both as a technique to recommend to readers and clients, and as a personal practice for stress relief, so I'm happy to publicize that meditation has its own month. But some may ask, 'Why meditation? And why nudge people into it?' Find out more about the benefits of meditation, and how to get started, and you just may find yourself nudging your friends toward it as well!   As always, you can get more via social media through Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest. --Elizabeth Scott Elizabeth Scott, M.S. Stress Management Expert What Are the Benefits of Meditating for Stress Management?  Meditation has many benefits for both the short term and the long run.  Many people think meditation isn't for them until they experience some of these benefits for themselves.  Read more about these benefits, and the chances are good that you'll want to continue the practice all year long!   READ NOW Share The Benefits of Various Meditation Techniques  There are almost as many different ways to meditate as there are people who meditate, but techniques fall into main categories. Here are some popular meditation techniques that have brought peace to many people. READ NOW Share 12 Simple Ways to Finally Get Started With Meditation With the wide variety of meditation techniques you can try, it can be difficult to know which might work best for you.  Sampling several different techniques, perhaps one every day or two, can give you an opportunity to try several meditation experiences and see what works bet for you.   Here are twelve different types of meditation to try.  Which ones resonate the most with you? READ NOW Share Practice Basic Meditation for Stress Management When it comes to meditation, getting started can be simple.  You don't need any special equipment (though a timer or alarm can help), and you can practice in just a few minutes.  Here's an easy way to start. READ NOW Share MORE FROM ABOUT.COM • The Best Foods For Weight Loss That You're Not Eating • 20 Mantras That Will Motivate You To Weight Train • How to Get Started with Plyometrics • 4 Daily Things It's Hard to Do with Fibromyalgia & ME/CFS • Statins and memory loss • 12 Easy Kitchen Hacks That Will Help You Lose Weight • Bouncing Back After Diet Slip-Ups • Yep, You Can Eat Bacon and Lose Weight Advertisement About Health   |   Follow Us: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Stress Management newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved

Have a Low-Carb Cinco de Mayo

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us Have a Low-Carb Cinco de Mayo  Break out the sugar-free margaritas and guacamole! Cinco de Mayo is the most celebrated Mexican holiday in the United States. And it's not that hard to cut the carbs! Use it as an excuse to make a fun Mexian meal this weekend. Laura Laura Dolson Low Carb Diets Expert Low-Carb Cinco de Mayo  I've collected a lot of low-carb resources together especially for Cinco de Mayo, and included features from About.com's Mexican Food, Cocktails, and Entertaining Experts. READ NOW Share Eating Low-Carb in Mexican Restaurants  I love it when I go to my favorite Mexican restaurant and they know to automatically replace the rice and beans with salad for me. Think beyond the enchiladas and tamales- there's really a lot of low-carb Mexican cuisine to enjoy. READ NOW Share Sugar-Free Margaritas  Did you know that even a small margarita usually has at least 17 grams of sugar? That's over 4 teaspoons of sugar! These authentic-tasting sugar-free margaritas have only 2 grams of carb, from the lime juice.  READ NOW Share Fajitas - Chicken or Beef This is a perennial low-carb favorite in Mexican restaurants, and easy to make at home. My husband eats them with low-carb tortillas. I eat them with a fork.   READ NOW Share Super-Easy Guacamole  Very easy to make, and always gets compliments.  It's streamlined by using a good salsa from a jar instead of chopping up vegetables. READ NOW Share Beer on a Low-Carb Diet  There's often confusion about beer on a low-carb diet, but it's actually not that complicated.  See also: Alcoholic Beverages on a Low-Carb Diet. READ NOW Share MORE FROM ABOUT.COM • The Best Foods For Weight Loss That You're Not Eating • 20 Mantras That Will Motivate You To Weight Train • How to Get Started with Plyometrics • 4 Daily Things It's Hard to Do with Fibromyalgia & ME/CFS • Statins and memory loss • 12 Easy Kitchen Hacks That Will Help You Lose Weight • Bouncing Back After Diet Slip-Ups • Yep, You Can Eat Bacon and Lose Weight Advertisement About Health   |   Follow Us: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Low Carb Diets newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved