Strength, Grace & Mobility
You’ve heard it before: move your body, manage stress, eat better and hit the sack early. There is a reason exercise, relaxation, good nutrition and sleep are called the Four Pillars of Health. While these essential practices help keep your body running strong, they also do wonders for your emotional well-being.
The basic gifts of nature – water, sunlight, rest, movement, healthy foods and air – are the fuel for life. Without having to read it on-line or in a book, our grandparents were intuitively connected to these wellness building resources. Unlike our elders, we can…
[Spoiler Alert: This is a rant against sugar based on the doc “Fed Up.”] Watching the documentary “Fed Up” got me fired up about sugar – again. Even if you’re a health food junkie, “Fed Up” will change your views of why we are getting…
Did you know about the importance of magnesium? This little mineral is used by every organ in the body. Inadequate intakes have been linked to various forms of depression as well as PMS. Magnesium levels can also be lowered by prolonged stress, heavy menstrual periods,…
“What is health?” During internship my supervisor would ask me this whenever I got stumped. As a former body worker and whole foods chef, it was the perfect guiding question for a budding mind/body therapist. Take a moment and ask yourself what health means to…
I used to laugh about being addicted to sugar, but the fun drained when I realized it wasn’t a joke anymore. Sugar has the same addictive properties as tobacco and alcohol. The more you eat, the more you crave. And the withdrawal, which includes irritability…
As soon as sugar hits the tongue it sends signals to the brain which activate a series of electrical and chemical pathways known as the reward system. It’s a complicated network that helps us answer a simple question: “Do I want more?”
This will come as no surprise. Sugar is addictive. What may startle you is that according to a study by James Cook University refined sugar is more addictive than cocaine – one of the most addictive and harmful substances currently known. An astonishing 94% of the rats…
Don’t wait for the research to confirm what you intuitively already know. Health is about restoring a state of harmony. The more we are able to flow with nature, the greater our grace and vitality.
As we grow older, it becomes clear that balance is the key to health. The hope is that our inner and outer worlds gradually come into alignment and whatever emotional healing that needed to occur to live happy, productive lives will have happened. At least,…
Positivity is not about putting on a happy face. It’s about resilience. Positivity consists of a range of emotions from appreciation to love, amusement to joy, hope to gratitude, and then some.