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Alissa Lastres has a graduate degree in Mental Health Counseling. She practices yoga daily and loves writing about wellness because she feels that we all harbor so much power to create a life of happiness and love. She is inspired easily, thrives on new experiences, and believes traveling is good for the soul.
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Mindfulness
Alissa Lastres | April 30, 2015Preparing for Peace - From Savasana to Your Life
Once we recognize how much control our minds and thoughts have over our entire existence, we can begin to work toward finding inner peace. Savasana is a resting pose….
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Yoga
Alissa Lastres | May 15, 2015Taking Mountain Pose Off The Mat and into Your Life
Picture it: you’re standing in mountain pose, grounding yourself into the mat and the earth beneath it. You spread your toes and press into them, into your heels,allowing the arches…
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Lifestyle
Alissa Lastres | June 4, 20153 Yogic Steps to Keep Your Cool When the Going Gets Tough
Life is unpredictable. Sometimes it will grace us with bliss, and other times it may drown us in sorrow. Unfortunately we do not always have control over this. We also…
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Lifestyle
Alissa Lastres | June 11, 20154 Simple Ways to Start Living a More Positive Life
“Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.” – Franz Kafka I believe happiness is a choice. I believe it is a choice we make every…
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Lifestyle
Alissa Lastres | February 13, 202115 Simple Yet Powerful Ways to Improve Your Relationships
I often find that if I take a lo at the points in my life when I am feeling less fulfilled, I can attribute it to less time spent working…
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Yoga
Alissa Lastres | April 25, 2018Crack Your Heart Open With These 7 Heart Opening Yoga Poses
What does it mean to live with an open heart? In yoga, we practice heart openers as a gateway to our vulnerabilities. In heart opening yoga poses, we are…
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Yoga
Alissa Lastres | November 5, 2015Use This Ancient Quote to Enhance Your Modern Yoga Practice
I found yoga at a perfect time. I was studying mental health and wellness in my graduate counseling program. This propelled me to begin my self-exploration, and I had no…
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Lifestyle
Alissa Lastres | November 11, 2015This Is One Social Media Challenge Everyone Should Do
We challenge you to unplug. Here’s why: We live in a world where the opportunity to compare our lives to others is one click away. We scroll through …
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Lifestyle
Alissa Lastres | April 4, 20165 Fun Tips to Mentally Recover from Winter
Winter. Enough said. Personally, winter is the season when I go into hibernation. I long for the spring – which brings with it the warmth of sunshine, the allure…