For the past 3 years, Valerie has posted photos of her yoga practice online, first starting on Tumblr, and then moving to Instagram. Now, she has nearly 70,000 followers whom she shares her practice with. MORE: ‘Yoga Mom’ & Pint-Sized Daughter Mini Kill Us With Cuteness “Through my visual yoga practice I have inspired many people like myself the fat, curvy, chubby, plus size, large, women of color, and others not like myself of smaller bodies to practice yoga,” Valerie says....

Q: Can you give me some tips for hiding under eye circles?Bobbi Brown: The best way to hide under eye circles is with a concealer one shade lighter than your foundation layered over eye cream and applied up into the lash line and the inner corner of the eye next to the nose. Then add a yellow-toned powder to keep it on longer and blend into the skin better. I never leave my home without one....

For more beauty tips and tricks, follow @PreventionBeaut on Twitter! [sidebar] Start your massage the second you step into the shower with a pulsating showerhead, such as Moen’s Inspire 7 Spray Shower Massager ($50; lowes.com). The pressure and the warmth of the water dilate blood vessels in your scalp, increasing circulation even more. Choose your product. Treat dryness with hydrating oils—like those in Clear Scalp & Hair Therapy’s 7-Day Treatment ($15; drugstores)....

Researchers from the University of Eastern Finland recorded the dietary habits of about 2,000 middle-aged men and followed up for a period of about 19 years. What they found was clear: Eating at least a half an egg per day was associated with a 37% drop in T2D risk (compared to eating just one egg or less per week). The finding is especially surprising because, for many years, dietary cholesterol has been thought to be a risk factor for T2D—and eggs, of course, are a major source of dietary cholesterol....

The Expert Troy Meier, certified fitness trainer and wellness manager at Canyon Ranch Spa Club at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, designed this routine. Workout at a Glance What you need: Two hand towels and a smooth floor surface (like wood, tile, or linoleum). If your floors are carpeted, you can use paper plates and a single towel. How to do it: Perform the exercises in the order shown....

Lullabies may do more than soothe babies to sleep—they may also help ease pain in adults. A new study finds that participants who concentrate on melodies such as “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” while receiving safe electric shocks cut pain levels by 17% overall. Moreover, actively listening to music is twice as effective at slashing pain levels for highly anxious types as compared to their less-anxious counterparts, according to the Journal of Pain....

In a new study, researchers are using a novel technique to map the damage caused by concussions, in hopes that someday they will be able to accurately predict which patients are a -risk for long term neurological consequences.Concussions are high variable injuries that have a wide range of potential symptoms. While most people recover from concussions with no ill effects, as many as 30 percent suffer from permanent impairment such as a change in personality or difficulty concentrating....

MORE: Exactly What To Eat When You Have A Cold Or Flu Mucus-filled “productive” coughs are usually caused by allergies, colds, or other respiratory tract infections. Buildup of mucus in the airways makes it hard to breathe, and the body responds by trying to remove it. “Dry” coughs, on the other hand, are caused by irritation due to smoking, for example, or from inhaling fumes, dust, or other airborne irritants....

My reaction: Well, duh. And in my non-scientific opinion, it’s probably even higher. Who am I to make this claim? Well, let’s just say that during the two and a half years it took me to receive my own Lyme disease diagnosis, I became painfully aware of two things: 1) People infected with Lyme don’t always display the classic symptoms, so they never think to get tested; and 2) diagnostic tests often result in false negatives, so people are slipping through the cracks....

“These exercises really do work,” she says. “For example, my problem area is my outer thighs. When I do specific exercises to target those muscles, I can see the difference. When you exercise a certain area, you tighten the muscles which makes them contract and you lose inches.”
These 4 Things Happen Right Before A Heart Attack Austin recommends brisk walking or other cardiovascular activity daily for 30 minutes to shed fat all over....

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Oregon Certain animals, like opossums, actually drive down tick numbers. Their immune systems kill the pathogens that cause Lyme disease more effectively than other animals’ do, and they’re particularly good at grooming their skin and eating any ticks they come across—every week, one opossum may kill around 5,000 ticks. California The disease is more widespread in the Bay Area than previously thought, and a newer pathogen—different from the culprit known to cause Lyme disease—is being discovered in an increasing number of local parks and grasslands....

Whip out your calculator when you set your goals: Counting the number of days until your deadline may help you make progress sooner, suggests new research from University of Southern California. Researchers asked people when they thought they should start saving money for life events like retirement. The study participants were told that the event was either years away—say, 18—or days away—6,570. The people who knew the number of days planned to start saving four times sooner than those who thought of their goals as years away....

A: Yes, there are, and some of them may be surprising. The key to good heart health is to curb inflammation, poor circulation, and nutritional and emotional stress. Chronic inflammation is the heart-weakening end result of our excesses: too much work, overexercise, and poor eating habits. Here are some tips to quench the fire that’s linked to plaque formation in your arteries. [sidebar]Sleep at least 7 to 8 hours each night....

The Reach-Out; Improves Gratitude Write a letter or an e-mail to someone who has supported you or gone out of her way for you recently, and let her know that it mattered. Expressing gratitude can elicit positive emotions, which play a key role in boosting your mood, researchers say. (Check out other ways to boost your mood in minutes.) 2. The Joint Effort; Improves EnthusiasmLacking motivation to do the things you really want to do?...

The 10-minute rule applies to Karen Kunz’s Tuesday-Thursday morning running group in Sacramento. Sure, the women who work out with her on a dirt track in Sacramento, California, are supposed to start at 5:30 a.m. But their running joke is they wait around until 5:40–usually because their leader hasn’t shown up yet. “I’m not always known to be the most prompt,” Kunz says. If Kunz, 59, struggles to get to the track on time, she doesn’t waste any extra seconds getting to finish lines....