Eunis WildFire! Christensen

Before we leave last week’s hippo subject, you might want to know why the Disney movie Fantasia‘s Hyacinth Hippo is my soul mate. I was 50 pounds heavier when first discovering the transformational magic of cardio dance fitness. My footwork was clumsy. I was neither lithe nor lean. Yet something in me soared. In an instant I became […]

The other day as I was shoveling forkfuls of green, leafy salad into my mouth, it occurred to me that my eating behavior was not unlike that of a hippo.                                                  

As we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, here is a quote we can apply to our physical and spiritual selves, our family, friends and community. For Dr. King’s life, we are grateful. WF!

Today our hero is The Little Engine That Could. When it comes to magazine perfect health, many of us battle with physical, mental or emotional “Owies” that prevent our attaining media’s idealized health and fitness image. No matter. We’ll set our minds to doing what we think we can do. Before we know it… Choo,

Yeah! San Diego’s weather is warming up to why we live here temperature. With the thaw setting the New Year on its proper course – let’s carry forward in our mind’s eye the no limit spirit of the picture below.  Whether we experience good or bad in 2015, we’ll be okay. Our soul soars with joy.

Since week 52 happens only once a year, let’s take a few minutes to look back through 2014 with grateful thoughts – even for those events which felt disastrous at the time.  Life is on our side. The future holds many blessings, if we give it a chance. In fact the lead magazine story, Feeling

Hold the Fort represents a phrase used throughout American history. For our purposes we are holding the fort this week against too much feasting. Yes, we very much enjoyed cookies from around the world which were brought to last Friday’s Zumba Gold® class. Today is a new day, though, and thanks to Snoopy our Defenses Are Up Against

   Hanukkah gatherings, Christmas parties and other December celebrations can mean over-indulging in Holiday feasts.    The upside to these events is sharing ourselves with family, friends and co-workers.      Social connectedness has been identified in The Blue Zones* book as contributing to longevity in a community. So this month we’ll be careful about what we

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,                             Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.                              All the king’s horses and all the king’s men,   Couldn’t put Humpty together again.

If during this Holiday Season we find ourselves over-busy or lonely because family members do not live nearby, let’s cheer ourselves up with Uncle Remus.*  Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay. My, oh my, what a wonderful day. Plenty of sunshine headin’ my way. Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay. That way people will ask why we have such a huge smile while