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Blast Off for Strong and Powerful Legs and Ditch this Modern Convenience
We all love modern conveniences because they make our lives easier and hopefully better. Here is a modern convenience that you may not need if you keep up your Yoga practice. The muscles that get you in and out of your favorite chair are your "muscles of...
Exploring the Temple, Our Bodies Uncovered
Justine Shelton and I spent 5 days with Tom Myers of Anatomy Trains and Todd Garcia, Director and Dissection Master of the Laboratories of Anatomical Enlightenment in Boulder, CO. In those 5 privileged days, we saw more than one could ever expect to see inside the...
Seriously? It worked! Working with your Weakest Link
It's your weakest link that speaks to you first when you are tired, rundown or getting sick. It's that part of your body that maybe had a previous injury, surgery, or is just not quite 100%. You might feel it ache, get tight or tense, or even give way when you are...
When Pondering a Hip Replacement
I share what is happening in my Yoga life with all of you so that we can learn together! And what I learn, I know others could benefit from that knowledge as well. We all grow smarter together when we share! So, I spent 12 days with my parents (now 87 and 88) in Ohio...
Functional Fitness vs. Physical Acrobatic Fitness
"Functional Fitness". This phrase keeps popping up all around me. And I think it is a good one when we talk about teaching to the over 50 Yoga student community. A student handed me an article from our local newspaper entitled "Functional Fitness should be Big for...
Birthday Reflections on turning 63
Today is my 63rd Birthday. Not a milestone of any sort .. bit it still makes me pause and reflect. Back when I was in my 20's and 30's, I'd be thinking 63 was so close to official "retirement" when I could sit around and do nothing all day long! But reality is that...
Balancing Letting Go and Holding On
This month of August 2018 is a month of letting go for both Justine and I. And it's scary and exciting at the same time. I always recall this phrase when I am going through changes that require letting go..... We can either live with clenched fists or open hands. What...
The Unveilings of the Camino de Santiago – A Time Untethered
The Camino de Santiago in Spain is a Pilgrimage plain and simple. As I came to find out... people trek this path for physical, spiritual, cultural and social reasons. Or a combination of those. I wanted my trek to be primarily spiritual. I wanted insight. I wanted...
Aging Study Results are In! Best Exercise for Aging Well
Looking for the Fountain of Youth is a lifelong quest for many. Some find it through healthy eating, some through cosmetic surgeries, some through exercise, some through meditation... but the results of this Aging study was a bit of a surprise. My guess is movement...
Yoga for Depression and Anxiety – Why it Works
In a funk, feeling low, feeling blue, out of sorts? These are all descriptions of just not feeling yourself. And when our mood is not quite up.... we can feel unmotivated. We all get like that sometimes because we are humans. But, staying in that funk for too long can...
A Perspective on Aging in the 21st Century
Somewhere I read an interesting statement that put my mind in question about the aging process. "We are living in a time where we might actually have to choose to die." We can get our joints and organs replaced, get new limbs or aids for seeing and hearing, and even...
Why we Need to Vary The Vectors of Our Movements
Yes, I KNOW I do alot of Yoga in a chair! It's the "Prop" I use most often to teach and educate because it is accessible to almost everyone. No matter if you can stand or not, if you can sit with or without support, or if you can run circles around a chair.... the...
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