Meditate Meditation is more than just taking a few deep breaths. It’s the practice of centering yourself in the present, not the past or potential future. Learn to meditate daily with an app like Head Space, which offers guided meditation sessions via your smartphone. With consistent practice, you’ll be able

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You get to go to different watering holes on a floating couch, it’s pretty magical. This isn’t about giant brewers with international distribution, it’s about visiting local breweries that make their beer in-house.  Beer that is brewed freshly on the premises and then goes straight to the tap and into your glass.

As the navy bean became the alternative to sweet potatoes when baking pies, whiting became the alternative catfish; a prohibited food in the Nation of Islam’s diet.