health & wellness
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Read time: 6 minutes How do you typically like to start a new year? For many people, the holidays bring more calories and less structure than we’re used to, and by January we’re ready for a change from all that change. This has been the case with me for a very long time. I thrive Read more
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I was talking with a friend once about how certain body parts respond to exercise faster than others. This mostly just has to do with genetics. We soon discovered that we are both cursed with the same particularly annoying genetic issue: our butts don’t respond to exercise like other body parts do, which is very Read more
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How often have you had a “gut” feeling about something? And maybe you did the thing your gut told you to, or you didn’t. Maybe when you didn’t, you thought “dangit I knew that would happen.” These days we have loads of information about the connection between the brain and the gut, often referred to Read more
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What is it like to be healthy? As with many things, we can more easily answer that question when we have experience on both ends of the spectrum. Once we have had a cold or two, we can “feel it coming”. We know the signs that our immune system is fighting something off. Our bodies Read more
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The big problem with a shallow breath is that it doesn’t feed your brain the oxygen it needs to function properly. Shallow breathing is supposed to be reserved for “special occasions” if you will… the fight or flight response. Shallow breathing does not allow you to think clearly or make good decisions. But many people… Read more
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A few days ago I met with a yoga client for the first time. This was also her first time doing yoga at all, so it was a lot of just “put that foot here, and this foot there, and your hands like this, and now you’re doing it!” She mentioned to me afterward that Read more
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Mornings in Vallarta are my favorite time. The air is fresh and the mood is calm as we get our coffee and wake our bodies up gently. It seems like it’s always the same cast of characters: the guy with the Chihuahua who does the funny windmill-ish exercises, the couple who is always walking together, Read more
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This week I’m starting up with a new yoga client, and our focus for her is on a stronger core for better balance. A strong core becomes really necessary as we age, partly because we become more prone to falls so we need a strong core to support the occasional whoopsy-do. When I’m taking on Read more
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The turning of a new year is always an interesting time. Where Christmas finds us packed firmly in the loving arms of family and friends, New Years Eve is the launching point from which we spring from the nest, alone, into a brave new year. A brave new year in which we will do great Read more
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“The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you Don’t go back to sleep! You must ask for what you really want. Don’t go back to sleep!” -Rumi I’m pretty sure I’m a morning person. I naturally wake up very early and my mind starts going – the breezes start blowing – and it suddenly Read more
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