Do you hold tension in your shoulders, back, neck or head? What would you do if I told you that you get some long-term pain relief by stretching your body 5 minutes a day? University of Illinois researchers noted that taking time to loosen the muscles, especially those in areas that notoriously collect tightness (such as the lower back, hips, and neck) will make you feel more mobile, and your overall quality of life will see improvement. Over time, stretching will ease "fatigue, impatience, lack of sleep, and disability while improving function and assist in eliminating the need for medications used...

We all know how stressful life can get. Between picking up the kids from X and dropping them off at Y, running what seems like a million errands, managing a household, a job, a business — a plant that you can never seem to keep alive — it seems almost impossible to find the time to take a second for ourselves to just breathe. Days, weeks, and sometimes months — or longer! — go by without squeezing in a few, well-deserved moments of #metime, and it takes a toll on our bodies and minds more than we realize. My personal...