
Alissa Lastres has a graduate degree in Mental Health Counseling. She practices yoga daily and loves writing about wellness because she feels that we all harbor so much power to create a life of happiness and love. She is inspired easily, thrives on new experiences, and believes traveling is good for the soul.
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Lifestyle
Alissa Lastres | February 13, 202115 Simple Yet Powerful Ways to Improve Your Relationships
We are social beings, so we should always strive to create healthy relationships. Here are 15 powerful ways to improve your relationships.
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Yoga
Alissa Lastres | April 25, 2018Crack Your Heart Open With These 7 Heart Opening Yoga Poses
Heart openers are yoga poses that focus on opening up the heart center and the chest. Practice 7 heart opening yoga poses to balance your heart chakra.
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Lifestyle
Alissa Lastres | April 4, 20165 Fun Tips to Mentally Recover from Winter
Here are a few tips to help you make a mental shift out of winter isolation to embrace the beauty of spring:
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Lifestyle
Alissa Lastres | November 11, 2015This Is One Social Media Challenge Everyone Should Do
How do we accept ourselves in this social media world where everyone’s lives have passed through a filter turning sweat into glow? Have we fallen victim to losing sight of all we have to be grateful for because our photo didn’t get 350 likes?
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Yoga
Alissa Lastres | November 5, 2015Use This Ancient Quote to Enhance Your Modern Yoga Practice
Ancient wisdom can
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Lifestyle
Alissa Lastres | June 11, 20154 Simple Ways to Start Living a More Positive Life
Negativity ages us, it pains us, and it brings us down. These 4 simple suggestions will help you start living a more positive life today.
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Lifestyle
Alissa Lastres | June 4, 20153 Yogic Steps to Keep Your Cool When the Going Gets Tough
Life might knock us down, but the trick is in what comes next, in how we respond. You can keep your cool when things get hard by gaining control over your reactions to stimuli. You have the power to put space between you and the catalyst.
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Yoga
Alissa Lastres | May 15, 2015Taking Mountain Pose Off The Mat and into Your Life
Mountain Pose. Picture it: you’re standing in mountain pose, grounding yourself into the mat and the earth beneath it. You spread your toes and press into them, into your heels,allowing the arches of your feet to rise. You send energy up your legs and place attention on keeping them strong and steady. You draw in your tailbone, hold in your stomach, and breathe your shoulders back into place.
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Mindfulness
Alissa Lastres | April 30, 2015Preparing for Peace – From Savasana to Your Life
Once we recognize how much control our minds and thoughts have over our entire existence, we can begin to work toward finding inner peace.