Just combine these four ingredients in a blender, drink, and feel yourself getting healthier. Here is the magical ratio for one big glass or two smaller glasses: 1 apple cored (no need to peel) Juice and zest from 1/2 a lemon 1/4 cup of loosely packed fresh parsley 1 cup of water It's that easy. No juicer required for deliciousness, and unlike juice in this shake you get the fiber from the fruit and herbs as well as the natural sugars. Enjoy!  

Doing Pilates in the morning nearly every day since 2003 has made me a stronger, happier person. It's that simple. The routine below can become as easy to complete as brushing your teeth. It's a morning ritual with massive benefits that only takes about 15 minutes. It feels so good to check exercising off of your list first thing. Pilates can be done on a yoga mat or folded hotel blanket or towel or sarong on the beach sand. I've done pilates right in bed when I travel and the floor is not that exciting to get close to. You can do Pilates on the

There can be many steps in the authentic ritual of making mint tea, but this recipe is simple and delicious and works fine for those of us without culturally-steeped expectations. I have just never had mint tea anywhere but Morocco, so I'll call it Moroccan Mint :) This makes a medium size pot of tea. The number of actual teacups of tea depends on the size of your teacups! https://youtu.be/N5VRkBD2JQQ Cut or break the top 6 inches of the mint plant off with stems Do this for 6-10 stems. Dunk them in cold water to rinse Bring a little more than 1 quart (4 cups)

Lamma Bada Yatathana is a beautiful old song to belly dance to. Lamma Bada is also The Danceable Song for the 9th episode of my belly dance podcast A Little Lighter [visual-link-preview encoded="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"] If you want to sing Lamma Bada, print these: Lamma Bada phonetic lyrics and translation - Aquabella version Lamma Bada Lyric Pronounciation and Translation - Taksim Ithaca Version Lamma Bada is a “muwashsha”, meaning a secular poem which grew out of al-Andalus. This often refers to Southern Spain before Christian invaders came in the late 1400s and kicked out a hell of a lot of great musicians and architects. Muslims and Jews were forced to either