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Every day that we don’t move puts mind and body in a box. We are talking here about unnecessarily slowing our walking pace and holding back on what are called Primal Movements, the fundamental actions of life. As today’s image represents, we stuff ourselves full of inertia, the inability to generate our own movement, when […]

Do you remember writing reports in elementary school about a recent trip or vacation you had taken? Today’s post describes health and fitness industry insights and personal physical highlights from my trip last week to the Functional Aging Institute (FAI) Summit in Salt Lake City, Utah. 1. My business insight is taken from the full

Is a Song In Our Heart…and Mouth and Ears…good for the Heart? Have we taken a few minutes yet to sing today? Hopefully, we have at least a partially memorized song bank within us. If we grew up in a musical family, or church of any kind, or were part of high school glee club,

June is celebrated as U.S. National Rose Month. Which leads us to William Shakespeare’s line from Romeo and Juliet…”That which we call a Rose – By any other name would smell as sweet.“ If we are able, going for a walk through our neighborhoods will lead us past at least one garden with a blossoming

On Federal Holidays we abbreviate our health and fitness post in order to acknowledge civic unity and the importance of days which have been designated for national recognition. May U.S. Military personnel, first responders and all who lost their lives serving this country and community in some capacity rest in peace. We will do our

The words “In a Slump,” “Slumped Over” and “Slumping” do not bring happy images to mind. Once in a while, though, seemingly out of nowhere, we find ourselves in the downward trajectory of a slump.Positive performance, growth, productivity, the body’s mental and physical joie de vivre enter what feels like endless decline.Whether it is national

One of the warm-up songs from our Zumba® Gold class is titled, I Can See Clearly Now, sung by Jimmy Cliff1 – which relates to today’s topic. Clear Vision about what is important in life can come to us at any time of day – particularly in quiet moments. Yesterday, at the end of Mother’s

Lifestyle Comfort Habits was a phrase that surfaced during last week’s blog. Can thinking about ways to overcome pernicious comfort habits – those gradual, entrenched, subtle, harmful effect behaviors which, given enough time, erode health, fitness and joyful living – overcome them? Can getting rid of pernicious habits become as easy as changing how our

Tell the Truth of Your Experience is a phrase I found in my morning Daily Meditation guide.*The monthly theme was about vulnerability – not most people’s favorite subject. Purpose of Telling the Truth of Our Experience is that honesty with ourselves about any current condition with which we may be dissatisfied, is the first step

What happens when fitness preparation meets real world demand? Does the body hold up in travel’s requirements – hauling luggage, sitting for hours, climbing stairs? Can a slightly aging body pass the Rubber Meets the Road test? Do cardiovascular, strength and mobility training – even a little – give a person capability to schlep bulky