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What Are the Various Stages of Dating?
From the moment you lay eyes on that special someone until the day you decide to spend the rest of your lives together, your relationship progresses through several stages. Identifying the dating stage you are in can help you pinpoint problems during the process, as well as provide insight as to where your relationship is heading. According to “Human Communication” author, Joseph DeVito, the following stages represent stages of all interpersonal relationships, whether they develop face-to-face or on the latest social networking site.
What Is the LA Weight Loss Diet?
The LA Weight Loss Diet Center began operations in 1994. It has since expanded internationally to include over 400 centers. Its motto of “Lose the weight, not the lifestyle” refers to its philosophy that fad and extreme diets do not work. The counselors that serve clients at the LA Weight Loss Diet centers assert that the only way to successfully lose weight and keep it off is through behavioral changes in a person’s approach to eating and nutrition. Through education, interviews and weekly private meetings, counselors provide guidance in how to plan menus that are healthful and less fattening. The program is enormously popular, with clients featured in “People” magazine’s “Half Their Size” issue.
Raw Organic Diet Tips
The raw food diet has quickly moved from the fringe to a major trend. It only make sense that a large portion of the uncooked fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and grains in a raw diet would also be organic, because raw foodists are concerned with how the body absorbs nutrients without taking in toxins, preservatives and chemicals. Before embarking on a raw organic diet, consider some of these tips to make the experience more beneficial and raise your chances of successfully sticking with this major lifestyle change.
Benefits of Pilates Exercises
The Pilates Method Alliance (PMA), a not-for-profit professional organization for Pilates, points out that more Americans are practicing Pilates as a way to condition their bodies and improve their physiques. Pilates, a low-impact exercise program appropriate for women of all ages and fitness levels, involves a succession of smooth movements, which integrate both stretching and breathing exercises. Developing a pattern of slow, deliberate movements along with controlled breathing increases blood flow to the muscles providing a number of fitness benefits.
Effects of Music on Infant Development
For generations, adults have soothed and entertained babies with music and song. Many of them never realized that sound, set to rhythm or music, has a stimulating effect on an infant’s developing brain. The added benefit of a baby having human interaction makes musical play a bonding experience as well. You need not be Pavarotti or even Raffi to inspire musical enjoyment and development in your infant.