Setting aside some quiet time alone allows us to gather our thoughts and reflect on personal goals. Unfortunately, hectic schedules and endless to-do lists dominate many lives, often causing the sacrifice of personal time in order to get ever more tasks ‘accomplished’.
This Christmas I want you all to EAT MORE, and I want you to DRINK MORE, AND most importantly I want you to MOVE MORE… and I know if you commit to following these 3 little steps, you won’t have the Christmas weight gain blues.
How Yoga Calms the Mind and Body Leta Koontz-Stuyvesant What’s the difference between a cheerleader and a yogi practicing backbends and splits? From a distance, the two would appear to be doing the same thing. But if you looked a bit closer, you might notice that the yogi is breathing more smoothly, slower, and more [...]
Exercise Advice for the Beginner The strongest advice I can give the beginner is to exercise often. Lots of articles in magazines state that maximum benefits are obtained by exercising three times a week, an hour each session. Such statements are misleading. Moderately fit people can do fairly well with such a schedule, but not [...]
Binge eating. Do you do it? Do you know someone that does? I wouldn’t call myself a binge eater. More along the lines of a sweet tooth craver. I try and limit myself to one cheat day a week. Usually a Sunday. I thought it would be interesting to keep a track of what I [...]
I have been an avid snowboarder for the past 11 years trying to make it to the mountains at least 2 days a week snow permitting. The great thing about snowboarding is the constant challenge of the varying terrain, the surrounding scenery is a bonus. Being involved in fitness I started to wonder about the health [...]
As family structures and priorities have changed over the years it is only recently that I have been introduced to research supporting an activity that was once taken for granted. I now know that those special meal times played a role in my development as a healthy adult.
Let me start by saying to those who skoff at yoga and call it “sissy stuff”… I challenge you to a Power Yoga class. Power Yoga is not for the faint of heart. It is a vigorous, fitness oriented approach to a Vinyasa style of Yoga. A combination of traditional yoga with dynamic exercises, it places [...]
