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Part home remedy and part health tonic, apple cider vinegar has been a fixture in American kitchens since the 1950s when it was popularized by the book Folk Medicine: A Vermont Doctor’s Guide to Good Health. This tart condiment’s claims to fame include everything from killing weeds to treating diabetes.

Feeling more frenzied than thankful? In the days leading up to Thanksgiving, it's way too easy to let travel plans, family drama and other stuff crowd out the really important part: the gratitude.

You know that cliché about life being a gift? Well, we buy it. Every new waking is another chance to appreciate and use our lives, so we're trying to recognize that potential by taking 10 minutes each morning to get ready for greatness. With us?

This pesto is the special recipe of The Well Daily's resident organic chef, Taided Betancourt. Taided suggests serving it on a crostini with some fresh mozzarella or as a dip with fresh vegetables and crackers. Watch her step-by-step video on how to make it!

When your world feels like it's turned on its head and things start spinning out of control, there is no better resolution than a few minutes of legs-up-the-wall pose. Legs-up-the-wall is a passive, mild inversion that is fully loaded with health benefits.

This time of year, dry, itchy skin is par for the course. Soothe your skin with inexpensive, everyday ingredients that can double as natural and effective moisturizers. Try a few for yourself and find your personal favorite.

If you're like us, going apple picking just might be on your list of upcoming weekend outings. You might also be wondering what you'll do with bushels upon bushels of apples once the day is done. We'll be trying these ideas to make the most of our local picks.

Each of us has behavior patterns that inform our individual personalities, habits and thought patterns that stem from deep mental impressions. These conditioned ideas and behaviors have a name in Sanskrit: samskaras. While we tend to think of a habit as a bad thing, though not all samskaras are harmful. But if you've noticed that a certain habit—like a daily doughnut indulgence or relying on the television for background noise—is keeping you from truly living well, know that each of us has the power to replace a "bad habit" with a positive one.

Your alarm goes off. It's 6am, and you'd really like to get to a 6:30 yoga class... but you've only been asleep for five hours. What's more beneficial: an early morning stretch session or an extra hour of sleep? It may seem that getting to yoga will be better for your state of mind, but a full night's sleep is undoubtedly better for your body—and bolsters your brain over the long run as well.

In the routine of day-to-day life, from waking to work to home life, it's all too easy to forsake the present moment for the future and its to-do lists. Enter mindfulness, a practice that is useful in any and every environment. Mindfulness is the practice of developing presence in all aspects of our lives, whether we're working, commuting, gardening, cleaning or having dinner with our families. The goal and end result of mindfulness is to be in a constant state of peaceful presence.