Mindfulness: Why Your Life Depends On It

Mindfulness isn’t just the province of yogis, gurus, and meditators. Being mindful belongs to all of us. It should be a part of our everyday life and movement. Most of us go through our physical lives on auto-pilot. We do a lot of thinking but not about our physical and static moving. Meditating or even… Continue reading Mindfulness: Why Your Life Depends On It

Don’t Blame Running For Your Injuries.

Check Your Alignment (and your hamstrings). At the beginning of one of my yoga classes last month, I asked my students if they had any injuries, aches, or pains that they were currently managing. One student responded that her right knee had been aching, but that it was nothing new. “I’m a former runner,” she… Continue reading Don’t Blame Running For Your Injuries.

Millions of Americans Are In Pain. Why?

The Most Common Pains Are Low Back Pain, Migraine or Severe Headache, and Knee Pain. Each month, one in four American adults suffers non-traumatic pain for at least 24 hours. That pain lasts for a year in nearly 60% of those over 65 and in 37% of those aged 20 to 44. In a 2014… Continue reading Millions of Americans Are In Pain. Why?

How to Move with Grace, Balance, and Control

Learn how to move, climb, run, dance, and fall with grace. Start Out Being Aligned This is where movement, balance and control begin. Doing any exercise, any movement, even just stepping off a curb, or walking down the driveway can be harmful when you are out of alignment. This is fact, not opinion. Make sure… Continue reading How to Move with Grace, Balance, and Control

Avoid Feeling Like the Living Dead After the Marathon

I came across this interesting historical reference to the first marathon that has lead to the highly competitive quest for glory. “Most runners know the legend of the marathon: In 490 B.C.E., after the Athenian army defeated an army of Persian invaders at the town of Marathon, a Greek messenger named Pheidippides dashed off to… Continue reading Avoid Feeling Like the Living Dead After the Marathon

Want to Train Smart & Run A Strong Marathon? Build Your Butt Muscles to Avoid Running Injuries.

  The mechanics of walking and running are not the same, and its especially important to recognize the difference before running a marathon. When we walk, both feet are on the ground 30 percent of the time. This means the hips and upper body have double support 30 percent of the time that we’re walking,… Continue reading Want to Train Smart & Run A Strong Marathon? Build Your Butt Muscles to Avoid Running Injuries.

Using Alignment To Avoid Running Injuries: Part 3 of 3

Parts One and Two of this three-part series for runners dealt with Achilles Tendonitis and Plantar Fasciitis. Part Three reviews Runner’s Knee, an all too common running injury. Don’t own this one. Getting your joints in line, strengthening your muscles, and bringing your movement patterns back to the body’s design will ensure that you don’t… Continue reading Using Alignment To Avoid Running Injuries: Part 3 of 3

Using Alignment To Avoid Running Injuries: Part 2 of 3

Part One of this three-part series dealt with Achilles Tendonitis. Part Two takes on Plantar Fasciitis. This condition is serious. It can take you out of running for months. Plantar fasciitis is a far too common injury, striking everyday folks and runners alike. But, as runners, we increase the impact of the conditions causing it.… Continue reading Using Alignment To Avoid Running Injuries: Part 2 of 3

Using Alignment To Avoid Running Injuries: Part 1 of 3

  Running demands a great deal from joints, bones, muscles, and ligaments. However, if you take just a few alignment precautions, you can avoid common running injuries. Whether you’re on a track, out on the street, or on the treadmill in the gym, running is a great cardio activity that burns calories, builds leg and… Continue reading Using Alignment To Avoid Running Injuries: Part 1 of 3

Teach Your Kids to Walk & Play with Ease!

  We look at our friends and our loved ones, young and old, and we see most of them slouched over, walking with feet turned out, walking on their toes, or not walking at all because they are just too tired to walk. Naturally, we think of our children and how we want them to… Continue reading Teach Your Kids to Walk & Play with Ease!