While today is Mother’s Day, I prefer to focus instead on the fact that it is finally spring. You see, my mother has been in a nursing home for the past 20 years, and now has advanced dementia to the point where she doesn’t recognize me anymore. She is also in hospice care, showing the [...]
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Two Great New Fitness and Pilates DVDs from Boston-based Pilates Pilates teacher, Lisa Johnson Social media has been one of the most effective Pilates networking tools I have ever used. In the past I joined professional collectives, forums, and training organizations to meet other trainers, and none brought me as many solid, practical, and talented [...]
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Two Great New Fitness and Pilates DVDs from Boston-based Pilates Pilates teacher, Lisa Johnson Social media has been one of the most effective Pilates networking tools I have ever used. In the past I joined professional collectives, forums, and training organizations to meet other trainers, and none brought me as many solid, practical, and talented [...]
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Yoga for Flexibility – a guest post by by Dr. David Kulla If you consider yourself inflexible, you might shy away from yoga, thinking that you just do not have the sort of body that can bend into poses and hold them. In fact, yoga is a great way to increase your flexibility and train…
I don’t take a lot of supplements beyond a basic multi-vitamin (since I do believe that we get less nutrients out of our food that is either grown in depleted soil or has been fed nutritionally-deficient plants), some calcium, and Adapten-All, and adrenal support herbal blend. But I do take fish oil supplements and niacin [...]
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Testosterone Boosters – Good or Bad? With the recent news headlines regarding renowned sports figures Oscar Pistorius (the blade runner) and Lance Armstrong, you would think people would question the use of illegal steroid hormones and hormone boosters (substances that artificially boost your body’s production of that hormone). Armstrong used a potent cocktail of hormones,…
Our Bodies Need Water to Function Sometimes it is hard to picture ourselves as the intricate biological machines that we are. Similar to any machine, we run on electricity (our nervous system) and, like any electrical system, we need water to run prope…
As an educated, junk food eating consumer, you must have this book. Andrea Domsky and Randy Boyer, founders of NaturallySavvy.com, have outdone themselves with their handy reference book, Unjunk Your Junk Food. Seriously, I was not expecting to love th…
Are you tired? Do you drink enough water? You may be dehydrated. I learned about dehydration the hard way when we first moved to the Caribbean. In the first incident, my chef husband was frying chips and passed out in the restaurant kitchen right next to the deep fryer. Not a good place or time!…
My February 18 Favorite Things I received some fabulous products for review this month, and I can’t wait to tell you about them! 1. Essence of Vali Essential Oils I like to consider myself somewhat of an essential oil snob. My first aromatherapy experiences were with Young Living Oils, then I continued with Bach essences, [...]
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Crucial reading for any Pilates or Fitness teacher working with osteoporosis or osteopenia (low bone density) patients! Learn more about osteoporosis, which exercises not to do, and which Pilates mat exercises are helpful to build and maintain bone density.
If you teach Pilates or Fitness and teach Golfers you must buy this manual! Learn more about the game, swing faults, and golf-specific Pilates exercises.
