Joslyn Hamilton
Joslyn spent ten years in the yoga industry working for successful yoga teachers, attending yoga conferences and retreats, teaching yoga, and managing yoga studios and businesses. This last year, she helped launch a women’s holistic health center offering acupuncture, massage, esthetician services, therapy and naturopathic consultations. Along the way, she founded a freelance writing business focused on the yoga, health and wellness worlds: Outside Eye Consulting.
These days, Joslyn writes full time and publishes several wellness-related blogs. She contributes frequent submissions to the local trip guide web site Trazzler, and has had suggestions published by Daily Candy.
Joslyn is also the founder of the skincare line SimpleBasic: healthy products for your skin made from only the highest quality local, food-grade ingredients. She is highly in tune with eating and shopping locally, in season and organically.
The key to health is balance and knowing your own body's needs. Joslyn helps her readers find their own sense of wellness through the many varied options available, and offers them suggestions for exploring their own versions of health and wellness.
Latest Articles
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Eating Healthfully and Avoiding Shenpa
Shenpa is the Tibetan Buddhist term for the attachment and craving that can keep us hooked in a pattern of overeating, particularly during times of stress.
Nov 2, 2009
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What the Slow Food Movement is Really About
Slow Food International is a movement that arose to combat our growing propensity for fast food eaten mindlessly. It's also about slowing down in general.
Oct 11, 2009
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What Ahimsa in Yoga Really Means
Ahimsa means 'nonviolence' or 'non harming'. It instructs us to practice compassion, a preaching of every religion, and certainly a foundational element of yoga.
Sep 28, 2009
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Meditation vs. Simply Sitting Still
Meditating is a practice that can seem overwhelming and esoteric to the novice. The first step is to simply learn to sit still for a period of time.
Sep 26, 2009
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Yin Versus Yang Yoga
A yin yoga practice is a powerful tool for cultivating a calm center in our lives. It's also a great complement to a yang, workout-based asana practice.
Sep 15, 2009
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The Basics of Skincare
The road to healthy skin doesn't have to involve pricey products or elaborate routines. Support the health of your largest organ with a few practical lifestyle choices.
Sep 14, 2009
- Joslyn Hamilton
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Peppermint Oil for Topical Healing
Not just a delicious flavor and an herbal remedy, peppermint essential oil has powerful healing properties when applied directly to the skin.
Aug 25, 2009
- Joslyn Hamilton
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Skincare Right in Your Kitchen
It's easy to whip up moisturizing balms, exfoliating salt scrubs and calming bath salts right in your own kitchen with a blender and a simple trip to the farmer's market.
Aug 13, 2009
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