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This week a Pineapple Express strong rain storm with high altitude snow is battering Southern California, where many of our readers live. A quick internet search reveals that if wet weather causes your joints to feel a little stiff, it could be that changes in barometric air pressure, which happens before rain starts, can allow […]

At the beginning of my Friday, 1:30 p.m., Essentrics® Aging Backwards classes at the Seal Beach Senior Center, students often hear me say…”Less Is More” when describing how to move through the flowing stretch and strengthening exercises unique to Essentrics®. “Less Is More” makes sense because movement that initially feels good can be overdone. In

Some of our earliest learning relates to RULES for self, home, school and community. Following Rules, until they start to feel stifling or oppressive – and we start to Reason “Why do this?” – generally leads to positive outcomes for what we want to accomplish. Rules can mean a sequence of activity such as in

As regular readers know, Federal Holidays mean a day off from our regular weekly health and fitness topic emails. Today we republish last year’s tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – who exemplified courage and faith throughout his public ministry. The general public first heard Dr. King’s famous speech on August 28, 1963, at

Rather than standard New Year desires and resolutions… Shall we consider New Eyes this year? When it comes to our health and fitness, is there a whole new way to envision Vibrant Longevity? Or have we been on the right track and just need to keep doing what we were doing? Philosophers as far back

We made it. Another year. Ups – Downs. Happy – Sad. Per our Annual Tradition…shown below are our Ten Tips for a Happy Healthy Life, with graphics obtained years ago from Google Images. Practicing the Ten Tips when possible yields benefits in every area of life. Also how about if we declare a paraphrased statement

Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, happens at 7:27 p.m. Pacific Time on December 21, 2023. Many diverse cultures living north of Earth’s equator celebrate Winter Solstice with light-themed festivals. Recently Look On The Bright Side Day was cast as an informal holiday for the Winter Solstice. Why Not? Why not look for

Every year December 5th is observed by the United Nations as International Volunteer Day (IVD.) IF EVERYONE DID…is the International Volunteer Day theme for 2023. In addition to benefitting society, Volunteering can be good for mental health and fitness because it takes the mind off circumstances of our own lives. It can be easy to

For the New Year’s resolution folk among us, the Monday after Thanksgiving represents the beginning to successful launch of any health and fitness behavior change. The diligent within resolution’s ranks dial back their New Year’s launch to the day after Halloween – foregoing (or minimizing) holiday sweets, pastries and abundant feasting. Researchers James O. Prochaska

This week we borrow the phrase “In All Things Give Thanks…” from 1 Thessalonians chapter of the Bible. The sentence originally caught my eye because it does not say FOR All Things…; but IN All Things… Whatever our Health and Fitness state this Thanksgiving week, let’s take a step back, look at it and say…“I