Intelligent Movement for Boomers: Teaching Fitness and Yoga for Healthy Aging
INTRODUCTION The first of the Boomers are turning 80 this year. I am at the tail end of the wave, so the youngest of us are in our early 60s. The Baby Boomer generation represents one of the most diverse populations currently participating in yoga and fitness. I teach to an older population. Within any […]
Yoga for Back Pain: Healing, Prevention, and Empowerment
Yoga for Back Pain: Healing, Prevention, and Empowerment (Earn 1 CEC) Back pain is one of the most common complaints I hear from students, and I have had my own battle with a serious back injury and resulting chronic pain. It’s no wonder that we are suffering — modern life often has us sitting for […]
Weight Management or Healthy Weight?
It’s all in a name, isn’t it? We have been talking about weight management for decades, and clearly it’s not appealing, and thus it’s not working. How about a name change? Instead of spending one more minute trying to manage weight, how about if we start using the term finding my ‘Healthy Weight’? And yes, […]
Nutrition for Women Over 40 (CECs Available)
“When you become CEO of your own wellbeing—your whole life will begin to flourish.” ~Kris Carr This photo is on my desktop to remind me of the stages women go through as we age. My sister Tiffany was 40, I was 60 and Mom was 80 when this was taken. I am so lucky. Mom […]
May Day!
May Day! May Day! I can think of no better way to start this message. You’ve all gotten used to my game face. Today, you get to see my RBF. *Google it* I really don’t like to complain, or focus on the negative. It’s not good for my physical, mental or emotional health. And it […]
Yield
I’m free.. it took me my whole life I got the keys to the cages I’m ready for bright light I’m free… I came here for the fight I’m front row in Las Vegas And there’s a big one on tonight ~U2 Atomic City Happy March my friend! We’ve just returned from seeing our absolute […]
The Power of AND
No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up. ~Regina Brett This has been the motto of my life for 6 decades. Get up, get in action, make shit happen, an object in motion, yata yata… It’s so interesting to find myself in a place where that isn’t always the best thing. […]
I am content and…
“Searching outside ourselves for happiness in any form, whether it be substances, people or possessions, just leads to yet more searching” ~ Ekhart Tolle I find so much peace on the islands. Hawaii makes everything easier. I came here to lead a yoga retreat, and spend time with my family. I am leaving with a […]
Choices and Change
Quiet friend who has come so far, feel how your breathing makes more space around you. Let this darkness be a bell tower and you the bell. As you ring, what batters you becomes your strength. Move back and forth into the change. What is it like, such intensity of pain? If the drink is […]
This is Sixty
Happy Birthday to me! I had planned to send out a photo of me doing a yoga pose showing that sixty can be strong, flexible and hot-for-60. And then… Over lunch, a student, who is a photographer, showed me a photo she wanted to post for my birthday. She thought it was beautiful, and really […]