Watch this video by Dr. Mike Evans “23 and 1/2 hours: What is the single most important thing you can do for your Health?” The answer is exercise, especially walking. My take on it is we have to think of our body as our boss (our real boss) and our ‘job’ is to keep moving. It doesn’t matter what we do, whether it is walking, running, biking, fitness class, tennis – but whatever it is, it is important to find...

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I think I am in love with organization systems! A year living in a RV gave me a taste for ‘organizers’ and even though we now live in a (relatively) spacious condo, I havn’t lost the taste, that feeling that I could gather up whatever I am working on, or is currently close to my heart, put it in my backpack and be on my way.  When it comes right down to it, do we really need so much? Ask yourself what you would take with you...

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What is one thing dancers, models and finishing school students have in common? Beautiful posture. It is interesting that most of us don’t know what proper posture really is. We habitually round our shoulders and collapse our chest; when we stand in line, we one let one hip jut out or slump against the nearest available surface. We carry heavy bags that pull our shoulders out of alignment or have the telephone pinched between our neck and...

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It will be my one-year Nia White Belt Anniversary this weekend. At first I thought that teaching Nia would be like any other new teaching credential I’ve taken – a lot of preparation time involved to be sure – but it soon became apparent that my new ‘credential’ was offering me much more than a new teaching gig. I could write pages about the insights teaching Nia has given me; Let me just say it is deep and it...

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If ever there was a sacred treatment, I would have to say it was massage and the art of ‘touch’. The concept of massage therapy goes back thousands of years, although I daresay the art of healing touch is, as a primal instinct, as old as human kind itself. In India and the Orient, touch was practiced to release chi (or energy) that was trapped in parts of the body through some sort of injury or stress, so the body was free to heal...

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A backache now and again when you’ve been out mowing the lawn or painting the house is understandable.  However, intense or long-term back pain could be a signal that something is wrong with either the structure of your back or your general health.  One of the main reasons to consult a professional  about your back pain is because it can be caused by things other than the run-of-the-mill suspects like injury, strain, exercise, or...

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