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While completing my daily HeadSpace* meditation on Sunday morning, appreciation for breath as antidote for a whirling, swirling mind showed up. We (I) can lose perspective and forget that the breath came first, the breath goes last and all of life’s ups and downs are growth opportunities in-between. How kind of Mr. Miyagi and the […]

Back to Buns of Steel* workouts? Developing the derriere of an award winning physique competitor probably doesn’t need to be our first fitness priority for happy, healthy longevity. However – in a recent Training the Older Adult Zoom class I attend weekly, the host, Robert Linkul, shared that a survey of women over the age

Distilling this new month of March into movement may be how we counteract reminders that March, 2020, was when COVID-19 entered our collective consciousness. How about if we make these next 31 days the Exercise Dance of Life Month? It doesn’t matter whether the body’s movements are sharp, athletic and precise or blurred due to

President Lyndon B. Johnson, in 1963, designated February as American Heart Month. In addition to adopting the current American Heart Association’s* My Life Check | Life’s Simple 7, we may want a tender heart emotional check-up. The tender heart heals – whereas anger and stress may lead to heart damage. If once-in-a-while we fail the

U.S. Cabinet members “advise the President on any subject which he may require relating to the duties of each member’s respective office.” Shall we, on this Presidents’ Day, preside over our own Healthy Lifestyle Cabinet members (10 shown below) and the duties they perform for us? Current U.S. President Joe Biden intends to establish 23 Cabinet

We have national pastimes, such as the Super Bowl, and personal interest pastimes. As a result of pandemic stay-at-home orders, last year many of us chose to deep dive into previously neglected activities, hobbies and second career projects which had been set aside for “when I have time.” Now we discover that pastimes are gifts

“…you can’t fake your way to a new body.” This half sentence from the book, Golf Anatomy, on fitness and performance, jumped out at me. The truth shone out stark, clear, devoid of flattery. According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) quote found on Study.com “physical fitness is defined as ‘the ability to carry

Remember the Seventies when a new acquaintance would ask “What’s your sign?” Today we’re talking about the Sixth Vital Sign;* the one not measured by your doctor. That Sixth Sign is brisk walking, defined and measured as gait speed. In his book Reverse Sarcopenia: An Easy-to-Follow Program to Keep Muscles Strong and Youthful While Reducing

Little Richard wasn’t thinking about fascia when he adapted and performed “Slippin’ and a-slidin’, peepin’ and a-hidin,’been told a long time ago…” sung by John Lennon in the Youtube clip below. Slippin’ and Slidin’ is a good description of how our fascial connective tissue (click here for 25X video enlargement) contributes to muscles moving smoothly

Just in time to divert our mood, this week we welcome national Rubber Duckie Day, which arrives on Wednesday, January 13, 2021. Rubber duckies represent hope for the future in every home with a yellow ducky balanced on the bathtub rim. Sesame Street Ernie teaches us, as he sings to his Rubber Duckie pal, click