How to Turn On Your Creativity
Artistic pursuits are more than just a form of self-expression — they can also be a health- supporting addition to a balanced life.
The Power of Community Gardens
Community gardens offer a wide array of benefits: beautifying the landscape, fighting food insecurity, helping people come together, and more.
Instant Pot Pipián Pork
This fork-tender pork in green mole sauce can be made in a slow cooker as well.
A 5-Move, Lower-Body Workout for Strength
Go through this base-building routine on your next lower-body day.
A Field Guide to Potatoes
Learn the features — and nutritional benefits — of five types of potatoes: French fingerlings, Peruvian purples, red potatoes, Yukon golds, and russets.
How to Improve Vagal Tone
Getting a massage, chanting, breathing deeply, and taking a cold shower can all help stimulate your vagus nerve.
How to Meet a Workout Partner — and Be a Better One Yourself
The benefits of finding your fitness community, how to meet friends to exercise with, and tips for being a supportive workout partner.
How to Free Yourself From the Cycle of Rumination
These seven tips can help stop obsessive rumination and cool down your body and mind.
PUMPING IRONY: On Memory and Forgetting
Concerned about my septuagenarian friend’s sudden memory lapse, I was comforted by new research suggesting that a little forgetfulness may not be a bad thing.
The Problem With Dams
Locks and dams are artifacts of the 20th century that we will have to pay dearly to maintain or have removed in this century. But restoring our rivers could pay off in myriad ways.
The Beginner’s Guide to Sprint Interval Training
An eight-week sprint interval training (SIT) program that newbies can use to reap the benefits of this intense exercise method — or to prepare for taking your first Ultra Fit class.
The Science of Sprinting
Sprint interval training (a.k.a. SIT) can boost your fitness and transform your body at a cellular level — and Life Time is putting it to work in its Ultra Fit training class.
Pipián Verde (Green Mole Sauce)
This bright-green mole sauce includes pepitas, tomatillos, spinach, cilantro, and chili peppers.
Which ARORA Class Is Right for You?
Learn more about Life Time’s collection of fitness classes designed for healthy aging — and find the one that best fits your goals.
How Does EMDR Work?
No one is exactly sure how eye movement desensitization and reprocessing helps treat trauma, but here are three working theories.
Piece by Piece
Two years into the pandemic, Experience Life's editor in chief reflects on the importance of tending to one's mental health.
This is Your Vagus Nerve on Lockdown
Here’s how a lack of social interaction and fear of COVID contagion affects your vagus nerve.
From Status Quo to Flow: A 3-Minute Guided Visualization
Use this mental exercise to focus on areas of your life where you feel like you’re processing change or encountering challenge.