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Staying Motivated to Exercise

Staying Motivated to Exercise

Staying motivated to exercise is a common issue for many. Latest research has shed some light of the barriers and paths to being successful. Here’s how to overcome those challenges and maintain your goals.

Meditation is the CURE

Meditation is the CURE

Meditation has gained recognition for having a profound effect on the mind and body, leading to improved overall health and longevity.

Movement is the CURE

Movement is the CURE

Including movement into your day can be the cure to many health issues that plague us later in life. Movement has incredible benefits to overall health and helps promote longevity.

Prevention is THE CURE

Prevention is THE CURE

Amidst a fervor for pharmaceutical solutions, we overlook a fundamental truth: prevention is the cure in avoiding many ailments as we age.

Understanding Upper Cross Syndrome

Understanding Upper Cross Syndrome

Sedentary Lifestyle and Poor Posture are Key Factors in Upper Cross Syndrome In today's digital age, most of us spend hours hunched over computer screens and smartphones or sitting in comfy chairs watching TV. This sedentary lifestyle, combined with poor posture, can...

A Surprising Predictor of Longevity

A Surprising Predictor of Longevity

A Quest for Longer Life In the quest for a longer and healthier life, people often turn to diets, exercise routines, and other wellness practices to maintain their well-being. While these are undoubtedly essential, an often overlooked indicator of overall health and...

Exploring Back Pain Through Cognitive Functional Therapy

Exploring Back Pain Through Cognitive Functional Therapy

Back Pain is Not Always About InjuriesBack pain is a widespread ailment that affects millions of people worldwide. While many assume that back pain is primarily caused by injuries or physical trauma, this isn't always true. In fact, various factors, including...

How to Prepare Your Body for Hiking

How to Prepare Your Body for Hiking

Hiking is quite physically and emotionally demanding. These tips will help you prepare your body for the transition from walking to hiking.

Enjoy Gardening Without Back Pain

Enjoy Gardening Without Back Pain

If you’re prone to back pain when gardening, there are a few simple things you can do to enjoy your hobby without back pain getting in the way.

Channel Your Inner Athlete for Optimal Health

Channel Your Inner Athlete for Optimal Health

We all know that feeling. You're in the zone, entirely focused and performing at your absolute best. Every movement seems to flow effortlessly. Time seems to stand still, and you feel invincible. Athletes call this "the zone" or "being in the flow." It's a state of...

Michael Phelps Writes Perfect Ending in Olympic Race

Michael Phelps Writes Perfect Ending in Olympic Race

It was August 21, 2004. The place was Athens, Greece, the birthplace of the Olympic Games. During the 2004 Olympics, the US softball team crushed the competition with a score of 51-1. Birgit Fischer, a German kayaker, was the first Olympian to win 2 medals in five...

How Chair Yoga Can Benefit Your Health

How Chair Yoga Can Benefit Your Health

Regular yoga practice has been shown to provide a plethora of health benefits. These benefits include improved flexibility, joint function, muscle strength, balance and coordination, and more. Suppose you're looking for a way to improve your health. In that case,...

The Benefits of Yoga

The Benefits of Yoga

The benefits of yoga go beyond improved flexibility. Studies have shown it improves strength, balance, mobility, pain, awareness and more.

How to Get Rid of a Charlie Horse

How to Get Rid of a Charlie Horse

Charlie horses, can occur out of nowhere. These simple tips and practices will help you prevent and get rid of an existing charlie horse.

How Much Exercise Do YOU Need?

How Much Exercise Do YOU Need?

Studies show weekly exercise needs are based on number of minutes of physical activity. Increased physical activity times show a significant reduction in mortality rate.

Depression Can Affect Anyone

Depression Can Affect Anyone

Depression and mental illness in general affects a great number of people. Anyone, including Olympic athletes, can suffer from depression.

Life Expectancy in the United States

Life Expectancy in the United States

Research shows average life expectancy in the United States has dropped. Luckily, there are things you can do to improve your life expectancy while enjoying a more fulfilling life.

Core Strength and Stability

Core Strength and Stability

Core strength and stability is dependent on a number of factors. How we walk and sit are two primary elements that contribute, here’s how…

These Hips Are Made for Walking

These Hips Are Made for Walking

Your hips play a pivotol role when walking. Proper flexibiliby and balance helps your hip movements and prevents walking difficulties.

Proper Walking Techniques

Proper Walking Techniques

Proper walking techniques are essential to keep your body aligned and assure that your muscles work efficiently and effectively.

Health Benefits of Walking

Health Benefits of Walking

The British Journal of Sports Medicine’s research on walking concluded the health benefits of regular, brisk walks contribute to a long, healthy life.

Do you need an MRI for your back pain?

Do you need an MRI for your back pain?

Sending a patient for an MRI has become one of the first tools in the medical doctors’ toolkit, but it’s not necessarily the best option. Decide what’s best for you.

Benefits of Daily Stretching

Benefits of Daily Stretching

Adding stretching into your weekly routine is essential to increase your strength, flexibility, range of motion and to help keep your muscles healthy.

Life, Happiness & Overall Health

Life, Happiness & Overall Health

What’s most important in your life? Is it happiness and overall health? What I’ve learned are the keys to living a quality, fulfilling life.

Working From Home

Working From Home

Our workspace can be the cause of future aches and pains. When working from home, don’t overlook the importance of a proper workspace.

A Choice to Improve Overall Health

A Choice to Improve Overall Health

A virus is disrupting views on traditional healthcare. As more become aware of the benefits, alternative therapy practices are increasing.

Strong Abdominals Help Reduce Back Pain

Strong Abdominals Help Reduce Back Pain

Holding your stomach in creates a number of problems physically. Strong abdominals are key to avoiding those problems and offer many benefits at the same time.

Best Laid Plans of Mice & Men

Best Laid Plans of Mice & Men

Unplanned or unexpected change doesn’t need to be emotionally difficult. Learn to embrace change and stay positive for both your health and your happiness.

Visualize Like Beth Harmon

Visualize Like Beth Harmon

My unique skill when teaching yoga is similar to that of Beth Harmon from The Queen’s Gambit. I am able to visualize and execute in the moment based on the needs and desires of those I’m currently teaching.

Flexible Ankles

Flexible Ankles

It’s important to keep your ankles flexible to help maintain mobility and balance and to reduce the chance of injury, damage or inflammation.

Posture Awareness for Better Overall Health

Posture Awareness for Better Overall Health

Improper alignment, it affects us in many negative ways. It’s important to have posture awareness in order to correct damaging behaviors. Here’s why and also how to identify your own alignment issues.

Posture Corrector

Posture Corrector

A posture corrector is a device useful to a very limited group of individuals. It’s not something to be used by anyone and here’s exactly why.

Meditation Helped Me Heal

Meditation Helped Me Heal

Meditation is an amazing way to reduce both stress and pain. Aside from gaining mental clarity, meditation has been proven to help heal the mind, body and soul.

Fight or Flight – An Extreme Stress Reaction

Fight or Flight – An Extreme Stress Reaction

With a perceived threat or danger, our brain has the capability to trigger a fight or flight stress reaction that allows us to react quickly in a time of need. This can save ours or someone else’s life, but it also has the ability to harm. Find out more.

The Cycle of Stress

The Cycle of Stress

Stress can be self-perpetuating and this cycle develops easily if not properly dealth with. Here’s more about the cycle of stress and how to break it.

What is Stress & How to Reduce It

What is Stress & How to Reduce It

Constant, elevated stress levels carry negative side effects and should be addressed. Find out more about what stress is, why it develops, and discover ways to relieve and reduce your stress.

Conservation

Conservation

Conservation of resources is beneficial to yourself and the planet. Conservation of energy through lack of movement has the opposite effect.

YOUR GEAR: Yoga Props & Exercise Equipment

YOUR GEAR: Yoga Props & Exercise Equipment

As we cautiously resume our routines, buying your own yoga props & equipment is a great safety measure. Here’s a buying guide to help you choose your yoga and fitness equipment.

Reduce Back Pain

Reduce Back Pain

Back pain can be different for each of us. Try some of these tried and true methods to help reduce your back pain and get back to living pain free!

Quad Muscles: How to Keep them Strong and Balanced

Quad Muscles: How to Keep them Strong and Balanced

Quad muscles play an important role in our body, but they can also cause us a lot of discomfort and pain. Use these simple techniques to relieve tight quad muscles and get back to living pain free.

Sciatica: Understanding and Managing Symptoms

Sciatica: Understanding and Managing Symptoms

Sciatica symptoms are hard to ignore as they can be both painful and concerning. Here’s exactly what it is and ways you can manage, lessen and even help prevent sciatica pain.

Recognizing and Correcting Bad Habits

Recognizing and Correcting Bad Habits

Bad habits can often be the reason we develop pain. Recognizing bad habits and taking steps to correcting them are key to feeling better physically.

Now is a Good Time to Break Habits and Routines

Now is a Good Time to Break Habits and Routines

Did you know our habits and routines can be both good and bad? Here’s something to consider to improve your overall quality of life and happiness and why it’s important to take a step back and learn to be more present.

How To Be More Resilient

How To Be More Resilient

Extended isolation is a new experience for most of us. Handling it positively is within our control. Here’s how to become more resilient during isolation.

How Yoga Improves Awareness

How Yoga Improves Awareness

Do you find you complete tasks that you don’t even remember doing? Yoga improves awareness which is beneficial to both the mind and the body. Find out more.

Is Yoga Balanced?

Is Yoga Balanced?

Yoga is a well balanced option for those who need diversity in their regular routine and movements. Find out why this balance is so important for our bodies.

Why Practice Yoga?

Why Practice Yoga?

There are so many benefits when you practice yoga. Some common benefits of yoga are: grounding, stretching, moving, strengthening, reducing pain and stress, and so much more.

Do We Need Cardio Workouts?

Do We Need Cardio Workouts?

You might be wondering if you need a cardio workout in your regular routine. Before heading to the gym, let’s examine how the body benefits from increasing one’s heart rate during a cardio workout.

How to Identify and Reduce Negative Stress

How to Identify and Reduce Negative Stress

Negative stress can be the cause of damaged relationships and emotional turmoil. Next time you’re feeling anxious or stressed, try this to identify, manage & reduce your negative energy.

Ways to Help Reduce Anxiety

Ways to Help Reduce Anxiety

Anxiety is very common in this day and age as we learn to navigate all of life’s stresses. These tips are not only great practice for everyone, but it’s especially helpful for those dealing with anxiety. Try them to find out what works best for you.

Exercises for Bone Health

Exercises for Bone Health

There are two types of bone health exercises that are necessary for building and maintaining bone density: weight-bearing and muscle-strengthening. Here I explain in further detail.

Heart Health: Ways to Keep it Healthy

Heart Health: Ways to Keep it Healthy

Heart health affects the longevity and quality of one’s life.  Why not improve your life by incorporating some of these heart healthy tips in your daily routine?

The Benefits of Movement

The Benefits of Movement

Movement is so important in stretching your joints and keeping them lubricated. Here are some fun creative ways to incorporate movement in your daily life.

How Could Sitting be Bad for YOU?

How Could Sitting be Bad for YOU?

Sitting too long is not healthy for our bodies. With the explosion of technology, many lives are not balanced with enough physical activity.

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Staying Motivated to Exercise

Staying Motivated to Exercise

Staying motivated to exercise is a common issue for many. Latest research has shed some light of the barriers and paths to being successful. Here’s how to overcome those challenges and maintain your goals.

Meditation is the CURE

Meditation is the CURE

Meditation has gained recognition for having a profound effect on the mind and body, leading to improved overall health and longevity.

Movement is the CURE

Movement is the CURE

Including movement into your day can be the cure to many health issues that plague us later in life. Movement has incredible benefits to overall health and helps promote longevity.

Prevention is THE CURE

Prevention is THE CURE

Amidst a fervor for pharmaceutical solutions, we overlook a fundamental truth: prevention is the cure in avoiding many ailments as we age.

Understanding Upper Cross Syndrome

Understanding Upper Cross Syndrome

Sedentary Lifestyle and Poor Posture are Key Factors in Upper Cross Syndrome In today's digital age, most of us spend hours hunched over computer screens and smartphones or sitting in comfy chairs watching TV. This sedentary lifestyle, combined with poor posture, can...

A Surprising Predictor of Longevity

A Surprising Predictor of Longevity

A Quest for Longer Life In the quest for a longer and healthier life, people often turn to diets, exercise routines, and other wellness practices to maintain their well-being. While these are undoubtedly essential, an often overlooked indicator of overall health and...

Exploring Back Pain Through Cognitive Functional Therapy

Exploring Back Pain Through Cognitive Functional Therapy

Back Pain is Not Always About InjuriesBack pain is a widespread ailment that affects millions of people worldwide. While many assume that back pain is primarily caused by injuries or physical trauma, this isn't always true. In fact, various factors, including...

How to Prepare Your Body for Hiking

How to Prepare Your Body for Hiking

Hiking is quite physically and emotionally demanding. These tips will help you prepare your body for the transition from walking to hiking.

Enjoy Gardening Without Back Pain

Enjoy Gardening Without Back Pain

If you’re prone to back pain when gardening, there are a few simple things you can do to enjoy your hobby without back pain getting in the way.

Channel Your Inner Athlete for Optimal Health

Channel Your Inner Athlete for Optimal Health

We all know that feeling. You're in the zone, entirely focused and performing at your absolute best. Every movement seems to flow effortlessly. Time seems to stand still, and you feel invincible. Athletes call this "the zone" or "being in the flow." It's a state of...

Michael Phelps Writes Perfect Ending in Olympic Race

Michael Phelps Writes Perfect Ending in Olympic Race

It was August 21, 2004. The place was Athens, Greece, the birthplace of the Olympic Games. During the 2004 Olympics, the US softball team crushed the competition with a score of 51-1. Birgit Fischer, a German kayaker, was the first Olympian to win 2 medals in five...

How Chair Yoga Can Benefit Your Health

How Chair Yoga Can Benefit Your Health

Regular yoga practice has been shown to provide a plethora of health benefits. These benefits include improved flexibility, joint function, muscle strength, balance and coordination, and more. Suppose you're looking for a way to improve your health. In that case,...

The Benefits of Yoga

The Benefits of Yoga

The benefits of yoga go beyond improved flexibility. Studies have shown it improves strength, balance, mobility, pain, awareness and more.

How to Get Rid of a Charlie Horse

How to Get Rid of a Charlie Horse

Charlie horses, can occur out of nowhere. These simple tips and practices will help you prevent and get rid of an existing charlie horse.

How Much Exercise Do YOU Need?

How Much Exercise Do YOU Need?

Studies show weekly exercise needs are based on number of minutes of physical activity. Increased physical activity times show a significant reduction in mortality rate.

Depression Can Affect Anyone

Depression Can Affect Anyone

Depression and mental illness in general affects a great number of people. Anyone, including Olympic athletes, can suffer from depression.

Life Expectancy in the United States

Life Expectancy in the United States

Research shows average life expectancy in the United States has dropped. Luckily, there are things you can do to improve your life expectancy while enjoying a more fulfilling life.

Core Strength and Stability

Core Strength and Stability

Core strength and stability is dependent on a number of factors. How we walk and sit are two primary elements that contribute, here’s how…

These Hips Are Made for Walking

These Hips Are Made for Walking

Your hips play a pivotol role when walking. Proper flexibiliby and balance helps your hip movements and prevents walking difficulties.

Proper Walking Techniques

Proper Walking Techniques

Proper walking techniques are essential to keep your body aligned and assure that your muscles work efficiently and effectively.

Health Benefits of Walking

Health Benefits of Walking

The British Journal of Sports Medicine’s research on walking concluded the health benefits of regular, brisk walks contribute to a long, healthy life.

Do you need an MRI for your back pain?

Do you need an MRI for your back pain?

Sending a patient for an MRI has become one of the first tools in the medical doctors’ toolkit, but it’s not necessarily the best option. Decide what’s best for you.

Benefits of Daily Stretching

Benefits of Daily Stretching

Adding stretching into your weekly routine is essential to increase your strength, flexibility, range of motion and to help keep your muscles healthy.

Life, Happiness & Overall Health

Life, Happiness & Overall Health

What’s most important in your life? Is it happiness and overall health? What I’ve learned are the keys to living a quality, fulfilling life.

Working From Home

Working From Home

Our workspace can be the cause of future aches and pains. When working from home, don’t overlook the importance of a proper workspace.

A Choice to Improve Overall Health

A Choice to Improve Overall Health

A virus is disrupting views on traditional healthcare. As more become aware of the benefits, alternative therapy practices are increasing.

Strong Abdominals Help Reduce Back Pain

Strong Abdominals Help Reduce Back Pain

Holding your stomach in creates a number of problems physically. Strong abdominals are key to avoiding those problems and offer many benefits at the same time.

Best Laid Plans of Mice & Men

Best Laid Plans of Mice & Men

Unplanned or unexpected change doesn’t need to be emotionally difficult. Learn to embrace change and stay positive for both your health and your happiness.

Visualize Like Beth Harmon

Visualize Like Beth Harmon

My unique skill when teaching yoga is similar to that of Beth Harmon from The Queen’s Gambit. I am able to visualize and execute in the moment based on the needs and desires of those I’m currently teaching.

Flexible Ankles

Flexible Ankles

It’s important to keep your ankles flexible to help maintain mobility and balance and to reduce the chance of injury, damage or inflammation.

Posture Awareness for Better Overall Health

Posture Awareness for Better Overall Health

Improper alignment, it affects us in many negative ways. It’s important to have posture awareness in order to correct damaging behaviors. Here’s why and also how to identify your own alignment issues.

Posture Corrector

Posture Corrector

A posture corrector is a device useful to a very limited group of individuals. It’s not something to be used by anyone and here’s exactly why.

Meditation Helped Me Heal

Meditation Helped Me Heal

Meditation is an amazing way to reduce both stress and pain. Aside from gaining mental clarity, meditation has been proven to help heal the mind, body and soul.

Fight or Flight – An Extreme Stress Reaction

Fight or Flight – An Extreme Stress Reaction

With a perceived threat or danger, our brain has the capability to trigger a fight or flight stress reaction that allows us to react quickly in a time of need. This can save ours or someone else’s life, but it also has the ability to harm. Find out more.

The Cycle of Stress

The Cycle of Stress

Stress can be self-perpetuating and this cycle develops easily if not properly dealth with. Here’s more about the cycle of stress and how to break it.

What is Stress & How to Reduce It

What is Stress & How to Reduce It

Constant, elevated stress levels carry negative side effects and should be addressed. Find out more about what stress is, why it develops, and discover ways to relieve and reduce your stress.

Conservation

Conservation

Conservation of resources is beneficial to yourself and the planet. Conservation of energy through lack of movement has the opposite effect.

YOUR GEAR: Yoga Props & Exercise Equipment

YOUR GEAR: Yoga Props & Exercise Equipment

As we cautiously resume our routines, buying your own yoga props & equipment is a great safety measure. Here’s a buying guide to help you choose your yoga and fitness equipment.

Reduce Back Pain

Reduce Back Pain

Back pain can be different for each of us. Try some of these tried and true methods to help reduce your back pain and get back to living pain free!

Quad Muscles: How to Keep them Strong and Balanced

Quad Muscles: How to Keep them Strong and Balanced

Quad muscles play an important role in our body, but they can also cause us a lot of discomfort and pain. Use these simple techniques to relieve tight quad muscles and get back to living pain free.

Sciatica: Understanding and Managing Symptoms

Sciatica: Understanding and Managing Symptoms

Sciatica symptoms are hard to ignore as they can be both painful and concerning. Here’s exactly what it is and ways you can manage, lessen and even help prevent sciatica pain.

Recognizing and Correcting Bad Habits

Recognizing and Correcting Bad Habits

Bad habits can often be the reason we develop pain. Recognizing bad habits and taking steps to correcting them are key to feeling better physically.

Now is a Good Time to Break Habits and Routines

Now is a Good Time to Break Habits and Routines

Did you know our habits and routines can be both good and bad? Here’s something to consider to improve your overall quality of life and happiness and why it’s important to take a step back and learn to be more present.

How To Be More Resilient

How To Be More Resilient

Extended isolation is a new experience for most of us. Handling it positively is within our control. Here’s how to become more resilient during isolation.

How Yoga Improves Awareness

How Yoga Improves Awareness

Do you find you complete tasks that you don’t even remember doing? Yoga improves awareness which is beneficial to both the mind and the body. Find out more.

Is Yoga Balanced?

Is Yoga Balanced?

Yoga is a well balanced option for those who need diversity in their regular routine and movements. Find out why this balance is so important for our bodies.

Why Practice Yoga?

Why Practice Yoga?

There are so many benefits when you practice yoga. Some common benefits of yoga are: grounding, stretching, moving, strengthening, reducing pain and stress, and so much more.

Do We Need Cardio Workouts?

Do We Need Cardio Workouts?

You might be wondering if you need a cardio workout in your regular routine. Before heading to the gym, let’s examine how the body benefits from increasing one’s heart rate during a cardio workout.

How to Identify and Reduce Negative Stress

How to Identify and Reduce Negative Stress

Negative stress can be the cause of damaged relationships and emotional turmoil. Next time you’re feeling anxious or stressed, try this to identify, manage & reduce your negative energy.

Ways to Help Reduce Anxiety

Ways to Help Reduce Anxiety

Anxiety is very common in this day and age as we learn to navigate all of life’s stresses. These tips are not only great practice for everyone, but it’s especially helpful for those dealing with anxiety. Try them to find out what works best for you.

Exercises for Bone Health

Exercises for Bone Health

There are two types of bone health exercises that are necessary for building and maintaining bone density: weight-bearing and muscle-strengthening. Here I explain in further detail.

Heart Health: Ways to Keep it Healthy

Heart Health: Ways to Keep it Healthy

Heart health affects the longevity and quality of one’s life.  Why not improve your life by incorporating some of these heart healthy tips in your daily routine?

The Benefits of Movement

The Benefits of Movement

Movement is so important in stretching your joints and keeping them lubricated. Here are some fun creative ways to incorporate movement in your daily life.

How Could Sitting be Bad for YOU?

How Could Sitting be Bad for YOU?

Sitting too long is not healthy for our bodies. With the explosion of technology, many lives are not balanced with enough physical activity.