Need to take a break from cannabis and not looking forward to it? This post from Green Flower shares four tips for you to easily and effectively manage cannabis withdrawal. I was bitterly excited upon New Year’s Day. I was holding the letter saying I’d been accepted for a paid, summer internship with Anheuser-Busch. Excited! At the bottom of the letter read, Please ... Continue Reading
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6 Ways Cannabis Affects Your Yoga Practice
Thinking of using cannabis to relax, calm your thinking, and ease some aches and pains before you practice yoga? This post from Leafly shares 6 best practices for pairing yoga with cannabis. As a yogi and someone who enjoys cannabis, I am interested in the benefits of using it as a way to enhance my yoga practice. It is exciting and exhilarating to develop and explore yoga ... Continue Reading
Smoking Weed Could Derail Adolescents’ Brain Development
Bad news if you lit up in high school. A recent study found smoking weed could wreck adolescents’ brains. This post from Esquire discusses the findings of the study and four ways early adopters can still boost their mental powers. How bad is pot for your brain? The jury's still out on how it affects folks who take their first toke during adulthood. But a study recently ... Continue Reading
Drugs: Another Means toward Altering Consciousness?
In this article from The Huffington Post, Sam Harris presents a holistic point of view on ingesting drugs, drug policies, and our responsibilities as a society toward drug use. Everything we do is for the purpose of altering consciousness. We form friendships so that we can feel certain emotions, like love, and avoid others, like loneliness. We eat specific foods to enjoy ... Continue Reading