IndigoBlue Magazine January 2023

The new year is here and are we ready? Yes, we may have overindulged during the holiday season, but we can avoid spiraling into criticizing ourselves and relish how much we enjoyed our celebrations. In this issue, our authors provide ways to regain balance and build strong, lasting relationships. We can take stock of what we have and determine if we have what we need to move forward, or if it is weighing us down. We remain committed to helping our readers achieve their goals, maintain their health and wellness, and establish lasting, healthy relationships.…

The new year is here and are we ready? Yes, we may have overindulged during the holiday season, but we can avoid spiraling into criticizing ourselves and relish how much we enjoyed our celebrations. In this issue, our authors provide ways to regain balance and build strong, lasting relationships. We can take stock of what we have and determine if we have what we need to move forward, or if it is weighing us down. We remain committed to helping our readers achieve their goals, maintain their health and wellness, and establish lasting, healthy relationships.…

If you overdid the feasting this holiday period, don’t spend January feeling bad about yourself. Using some simple, time-honored practices can help you regain balance. Ayurveda is an ancient medicine system that stems from the same root as yoga. Often called yoga’s ‘sister science,’ Ayurveda treats everyone as an individual with different health needs, and it always seeks to harmonize. While the only way to fully understand Ayurveda is by working or studying with a qualified practitioner, you can help yourself by engaging in the concept of svadhyaya (self-study). Svadhyaya is an important concept in one of yoga’s most important texts, Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. It is one of the points where yoga and Ayurveda cross. Ayurveda teaches that the universe is made of five elements: earth, water, air, fire, and…

Our homes have plenty of stuff we don’t use. We hold on to our stuff for many reasons, and for the most part, our clutter is manageable. But for some, the amount of items and the inability to discard them reaches the level of hoarding. Even as minimalism gains momentum, hoarded homes are still very common. There are several TV shows that showcase the bitter-sweet process hoarders go through of decluttering as professional organizers take on the task of counselling and convincing hoarders to ‘let go.’ While there are disadvantages and inconveniences to hoarding, there are benefits to keeping old things and using them well, in a world where sustainability is a virtue. Sometimes it’s great to keep old stuff even for the sake of nostalgia. So, how do we…

If you overdid the feasting this holiday period, don’t spend January feeling bad about yourself. Using some simple, time-honored practices can help you regain balance. Ayurveda is an ancient medicine system that stems from the same root as yoga. Often called yoga’s ‘sister science,’ Ayurveda treats everyone as an individual with different health needs, and it always seeks to harmonize. While the only way to fully understand Ayurveda is by working or studying with a qualified practitioner, you can help yourself by engaging in the concept of svadhyaya (self-study). Svadhyaya is an important concept in one of yoga’s most important texts, Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. It is one of the points where yoga and Ayurveda cross. Ayurveda teaches that the universe is made of five elements: earth, water, air, fire, and space. In…

History was made in 2019 when Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, Miss America, Miss Universe, and Miss World had one thing in common. For the first time, all of these titleholders were women of color. In the past, the pageant industry received backlash for their lack of diversity, so this came as a welcome change. I was competing in pageants around the same time when the top five contestants at the 2016 Miss Teen USA pageant were all white and blonde. The winner of the pageant that year had actually made a public apology after tweets surfaced with her casually using the ‘N’-word. I say all this to demonstrate the contrast from when I competed in pageants compared to more recent years. I won the Miss Jr. Teen United States…