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If you like the idea of starting a roof garden or bringing some life to your windowsill but have yet to begin, herbs are a fantastic place to dive in. Fresh herbs will spruce up your home cooking and, thanks to their healing properties, your health as well. Most are easy to grow, even in a tiny apartment, and you can even grow several herbs together in one large pot to save space. Read our guide to getting started, pick from these summer herbs and get growing.

Each time we practice yoga, we begin by setting an intention. In the same way, we can be purposeful about directing your energy throughout your day. Start with these simple steps.

What do you do when you're starving but barely have time to get where you're going, let alone prepare and eat a decent meal and give it a chance to digest? A nutrient-packed smoothie is the perfect solution. If you keep the right stash of ingredients at home, you can prepare a healthy, energizing smoothie in a flash.

If you have just one minute to recenter with yoga before a big meeting or a critical phone call, what pose should you do? Ideally, you want a pose that will stretch your spine, relieve shoulder and neck tension and get your head below your heart—without having to roll out a mat or take off anything but your jacket.

When I want a protein-packed snack or a quick breakfast, I whip up a warm batch of these Quinoa Banana-Nut Muffins. Quinoa is a low-fat source of protein, rich in essential nutrients and my favorite alternative to white flour. I add ginger for flavor and spice and dark chocolate chips for a melt-in-your-mouth dose of antioxidants. Bananas offer a potassium kick and low-fat yogurt gives a calcium boost and keeps the muffins moist.

A rich body scrub can help revitalize skin in preparation for warmer weather, but forget pricey, overly perfumed store scrubs with dubious chemicals listed on their labels. All you need are a few simple ingredients and knowledge of your dosha, or constitution, to mix up the perfect body scrub for you.

Meditation is a difficult practice, and life's distractions often make it a challenge to focus. When you want to relax or de-stress, controlled breathing is a great solution—you don’t even need a yoga mat. It’s called Pranayama, one of the 8 limbs of yoga, and although it sounds very obvious to breathe, sometimes it’s easy to allow the breath to become erratic or short, especially when you are in a stimulating or even chaotic environment.