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GreenStreet Merges Wellness and Work with June 10 Opening of Life Time in Downtown Houston | State

Melody G. Gillette

HOUSTON, June 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — At a time when consumers are reshaping how they live, work and play with a renewed focus on health, Life Time, the nation’s premier healthy lifestyle brand, today opened its newest luxury athletic club and premium coworking space at GreenStreet.

For the first time, Downtown Houston will have healthy living, entertainment and experiences, combined with a high-end coworking space intentionally designed to promote a healthy and fulfilling work life as part of Lionstone Investments and Midway’s mixed-use GreenStreet complex encompassing four city blocks.

“Life Time GreenStreet will be an urban country club for Downtown Houston, meeting the changing needs of consumers and their live, work and play lifestyle,” said Bahram Akradi, Life Time Founder, Chairman and CEO. “The Midway team has done a phenomenal job of reimagining what urban living can be with culture, creativity and innovation at GreenStreet. Coupled with

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Navigating summer outings with unvaccinated children

Melody G. Gillette

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Navigating summer activities with unvaccinated kids

In this week’s Healthy Living, Dr. Drew Oliveira with Regence BlueShield discusses the importance of talking to your kids about social distancing and wearing a mask.

When it comes to our kids, there’s still a lot of uncertainty because our children are unvaccinated. 

Parents, grandparents and even older siblings may have already gotten their shots, but kids are open to exposure to COVID-19. 

“Children may be asymptomatic but many of them are getting very sick and being hospitalized so we need to keep our guards up at all time,” Dr. Drew Oliveira with Regence BlueShield says. 

The good news is cases are going down and vaccinations are going up. More than 55 percent of Washingtonians are fully vaccinated, but we need to reach

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Human Condition: Live for the now, and you just might reach 99 | Entertainment/Life

Melody G. Gillette

Do I fear death? Yes.

Have I ever faced death? Yes.

I have been in car crashes and motorcycle crashes, floods and fires. I’ve been in hurricanes and typhoons and part of a combat zone. I spent decades traveling the world, working in shipyards under all kinds of conditions. And for five years, I worked in the most dangerous environment I had ever seen at that time, the offshore oil industry.

In these days of forced restrictions and coronavirus panic, I am reminded of an event in high school that led to a philosophy that I try to live by. Here is my story about the fear of death:

It was the mid-1960s, a time when we were just starting the physical fitness kick, eating better and exercising more. The family of a school friend were all involved with healthy living, avoiding sugar, eating more fruits and vegetables, drinking milk

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How to balance Ayurvedic doshas for healthy and radiant skin

Melody G. Gillette

Ayurveda is the science of life, comprising a vast body of information about healthy living and treatment of ailments. In fact, when it comes to skincare, a lot of people swear by Ayurvedic treatment and remedies. These treatments are based on doshas and offer a holistic approach to manage skin problems. 

What are doshas?

Dosha is a combination of three elements, which are known as:

  • Vata (air and space)
  • Kapha (water and earth)
  • Pitta (fire and earth)

These elements are present in your body and are considered to be responsible for a person’s physiological, mental and emotional health. According to Ayurveda, in order to maintain and restore healthy skin, the doshas need to be balanced. Each individual is said to have a unique ratio of each dosha and they define their Ayurvedic constitution.

Linkage between Ayurvedic dosha and skincare
1. Vata dosha

Vata is made up of two elements:

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