Do you get up in the morning waving your pom poms? Do you thrive to do the very best you can? Or do you suffer quietly with anxiety and worry? I can honestly say I am a combination of all three. Most of the time I’m waving my pom poms. My dedication to my work [...]

I’m reading Rory Vaden’s book “Take The Stairs – 7 Steps to Achieving True Success.” (Penguin Group, 2012). Rory is a member of the National Speakers Association. He writes about the fact that we are an ‘escalator society’ – we want everything quick, now and no effort. We ‘take the escalator’ and are not so [...]

The croissant shop was SCREAMING for me as I climbed the subway stairs from the 77th Street #6 train. My body lurched in the direction of the warm scent of freshly baked bread. It’s an assault on my senses, but this croissant was screaming for me long before I even got to 77th Street. I [...]

I absolutely love NYC, but ever since the smokers have been banned from EVERY establishment here, the sidewalks have become a colossal nightmare. I tend to move along at a rigorous pace, my sneakers smacking the pavement, body slightly angled forward (my Alexander teacher would have a fit!), breath moving in and out. And then [...]

My grandmother, Eleanor Hill, passed peacefully at 94 years young. As many of you may know, she is my mother’s mother and was always a great inspiration for me when it came to movement. She did her last dance recital at the age of 80 to “Hello Dolly” with her fantastic red boa. She was [...]

For the first time in many years, I quietly let the New Year roll in. My usual routine is a host of rituals on New Year’s Eve: incense, painting, writing and smashing an egg symbolic of the things I want to let go of in 2012. But I did nothing this year and I was [...]

I picked up the phone and heard his slow, steady, calm Maine accent. Instantly, I was 16 again spending summers in Maine and driving around in a Dodge Charger singing “Margaritaville.” Jerry is a dear friend and had called to tell me about a very interesting “small world” story. But what struck me so profoundly [...]

With the change of the season comes a change of activities.  Now is the time to get outdoors as much as possible before the dreaded Northeast summer heat and humidity.  Walking, biking, hiking through nature…all of these are excellent activities that get you outside and get you moving! At some point, you are going to [...]

I love finding movement opportunities in NYC and the places I travel.  I was thrilled to find this French sport, Pétanque, similar to the Italian Bocce, is right here in Bryant Park! I find many women still believe ‘working out’ is an all or nothing event.  Creating a “Buffet of Movement (c)” is a very [...]

Whew!  It’s been a whirlwind of a month!  Perhaps you feel the same with schedules, work, meetings and what time is left trying to fit in your health and wellness program.  But how do you stay the course when life speeds up?  Here are a few secrets I learned… 1 – Use the movement throughout [...]