Eunis WildFire! Christensen

Continuing with February’s heart health theme let me introduce you to  Gil Hedley, Ph.D., founder of Integral Anatomy Productions, LLC, and Somanautics Workshops, Inc.. Mr. Hedley is self-taught in human dissection. (He works with cadavers to instruct professionals from a variety of disciplines in intricacies of human anatomy.) Warning: if seeing pictures or videos of […]

Presidents’ Day thoughts for a healthy heart: Beware stress levels during Presidential candidate debates. Stress is known to increase heart disease and other ailments. Be thankful for past , present and future U.S. Presidents. Bless them. Their job is harder than ours. WF!

Yesterday’s Super Bowl #50 half time show ended with a colorful, rousing chorus of “Getting It Together.”  Sometimes impetus for getting it together in physical or emotional health habits requires a decision. Complete change may not happen instantly – as is suggested in our graphic below – but if we repeat the feel better decision again and again

As you know, February is American Heart Month. We can start advocating for a healthy heart lifestyle by wearing red this coming Friday for National Wear Red Day – February 5, 2016. To set an optimistic tone for the month, though, it seemed that You’ve Gotta Have Heart from the musical Damn Yankees might be in order. Enjoy. WF!

Most of us have heard of Body Mass Index – BMI – the indicator of a person’s healthy weight as measured by a height and weight multiplier. Only thing is that BMI does not inform us of potential heart disease risk, which can be based on where fat sits on our body, e.g. “apple shape” bodies. An alternative to BMI

As many of you know, Martin Luther King, Jr Day has been called a National Day of Service, with volunteer events happening around the country. Research shows, that volunteering increases health, particularly for those over age 60. However, a Harvard University blog indicates that volunteering as a contributor to longevity must be done with the recipient’s

One of my granddaughters gave me The Meditation Coloring Book and a Zen Garden kit for Christmas. Thoughtful presents for a grandma who runs her days at high octane pace.1  Adult coloring, though, has become an anti-anxiety relaxation technique designed to help de-stress mind and body. If heavy El Niño rains keep us indoors – after

Did you eat black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day for good luck and prosperity? If not, you still have 362 days (remember 2016 is a February 29 Leap Year) to consume plenty of black-eyed peas, beans and other legumes. Research tells us, according to Johannah Sakimura, Registered Dietitian, that including beans as a regular part of our

Welcome, this final week of 2015, to recent Zumba Gold® and Essentrics™ Stretch class attendees whose e-addresses finally were entered into WildFire!’s Monday Morning Vitality Tip blog e-list. Each week you’ll receive a health-related email which can be read in under a minute. If desired, you can unsubscribe by scrolling down to bottom of the email and

Winter Solstice occurs tonight at 8:49 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. The December Solstice is the moment the Northern Hemisphere tilts farthest away from the sun and measures shortest day of the year. Even though we look forward to our days becoming longer, temperatures may stay cold into January. The coldest day of the year generally is