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 […]
Do You Believe in Miracles?
Do ever stop in your tracks and just stand in awe? Does it take your breath away in those moments when you realize that you are living in a vehicle that is nothing short of a miracle? Every day, I get to work at the best job ever invented. My job is to remind people […]
Fat is Not a Feeling
I’m so over ‘fat talk’. I work in the fitness industry, and for 30+ years, I have been listening to women berate themselves for what they perceive to be too much fat. Seriously. It doesn’t matter if she is a size 18 or a size 2. It’s the norm for a woman to […]
IDEA World 2013…Be The Inspiration!
“Just Be You. Don’t try to be anyone else. Be authentic, and share what it is that only YOU can share. Be present. Do what you came to this earth to do.” I’m coming home from a week of sensory overload. For six days I’ve been surrounded by loud music, bright colors, people with more […]
Yoga for your Thyroid?
I have just discovered yet another reason to begin a yoga practice if you haven’t already…yoga is helpful for thyroid problems. I was diagnosed with hypothyroid 10 years ago. That means my thyroid doesn’t function optimally. The thyroid gland produces the thyroid hormone which is responsible for metabolism. According to James Norman, MD, “The estimates […]
Which Way Do You Roll?
Our feet are our foundation, our base, our connection to the earth. Yet many of us are standing on unstable ground. If you tend to roll inward on your feet it’s called pronation. Rolling out is supination. Either one will create an imbalance that brings the knees inward and brings the pelvis and spine out […]
A Weighty Issue
We’re on this journey, not only for ourselves, but for those who share our lives. We owe it to them to be as healthy and full of energy as possible. To take that one step further, we can help our nation, and even our planet by being a part of the solution to the health care […]
Balanced Body Wheel
On July 29, Darlene Braden joined Danny, Vanessa and I on the Home Team. She introduced her Balanced Body Wheel and I think it’s a valuable tool we can all use. You can’t fix a problem until you know what it is. Her wheel helps you learn where you are stopped in fitness. What Stops […]
Build-A-Bone Program at the U of U
My dear friend and neighbor, Glo (pictured here with her handsome and very sweet husband Steve) found this program after being diagnosed with osteoporosis. In her words,”The Build-A-Bone program has shown me just how much I can do in weight lifting. The balance and strength training has helped me to again have confidence about my […]