Living Roundup: Yoga Love Connection, Curb Your Cravings & More

Every week we highlight the best articles, blogs, news, videos and interesting Web tidbits to help you live green, be healthy, and connect with your sense of spirituality. Read our roundup for info that just helps you live better.

Love Connection: Yoga teaches couples to love better

Finding love through the yoga community makes perfect sense, according to Meredith Haberfeld, a life coach and Esalen Institute retreat leader. “Once you begin the journey of self-awareness, you become more open to possibilities,” she says. “You open your heart and clear your mind with yoga, so it stands to reason that you’d be attracted to another who is experiencing and embracing the same thing.” (Yoga Journal)

12 Practical Steps for Learning to Go With the Flow

No matter how much structure we create in our lives, no matter how many good habits we build, there will always be things that we cannot control — and if we let them, these things can be a huge source of anger, frustration and stress. The simple solution: learn to go with the flow. (Zen Habits)

How to Green Your Rental

Greening your home is one of the most important steps you can take towards living a greener life, yet so much of the advice on sustainable homes is written with the home-owner in mind. What about those of us who rent? Installing insulation, erecting solar panels, or replacing our windows is almost certainly not an option. So what can we still do to lessen our impact? (TreeHugger)

The Advantages of Closing a Few Doors

The next time you’re juggling options — which friend to see, which house to buy, which career to pursue — try asking yourself this question: What would Xiang Yu do? That’s what MIT students had to do when they took part in a study about eliminating excuses we usually have for refusing to let go. (New York Times)

Curb Your Cravings

Even the most health-minded among us falls prey to the occasional craving, whether it’s because we’re bored, stressed, or we think that our energy levels need a pick-me-up. Giving in to a craving doesn’t just wrack us with guilt and shame, however, it also leaves less room in our bellies for healthier fare come mealtime. Here are some suggestions on how to resist temptation. (Planet Green)

It’s a Wash: A review of six green laundry detergents

You may think you’re in the clear, but every time you use your conventional, chemical-filled detergent, you could be affecting your health — as well as the health of waterways downstream. That doesn’t sound so clean, so Grist tested six green laundry detergents to find out which one performs best. (Grist)

The 5 Most Environmentally Friendly Presidents in U.S. History

While Iraq is by far the biggest issue in the 2008 U.S. presidential elections, the candidate’s environmental stances are more important this year than in any election preceding it. (Environmental Graffiti)