I love this time of year in New York. The holiday lights are so incredible. Add a few snowflakes and I can't help but smile. Yet the days are colder and shorter - a natural time of year to "turn inward." Hibernate in a sense, much like the animal world. But what does that mean? [...]
Walking in the woods, riding a bike, breathing, stretching...no matter what type of movement I chose, it always seems to ground me and bring me back to me. I'm learning, however, this is such a delicate balance between moving and falling into that space where NOT moving seems so much easier to handle physically and emotionally. [...]
With my sincere thanks to you, my clients, friends and family, for a life full of abundance. May you enjoy a peaceful holiday, a quiet and nourishing relationship with your body and movement that makes you joyful. Stay connected to yourself through breath and take a few moments to slow things down if it feels [...]
Things are picking up with the holiday season underway! I find my breath is challenged to find a quiet pace in the midst of the craziness of the holidays rapidly approaching. Inhale...exhale..repeat. Find my feet. Feel the earth. That's about all my body can handle in this moment. And that is the workout! Good luck! [...]
Ugh...it's 40 something degrees this morning and my body is so unhappy. The change in time over the past weekend seems to have also thrown me a bit. Now what? Go with the season! I have been waiting awhile for the weather to change in order to accomplish my "inside projects." It's a wonderful time [...]
You have such amazing qualities - the ability to listen to your intuition, nurture others and multi-multi task. Yet how many times do you feel like you're out there doing it on your own? As I move along in life and career, I am well aware there are women ahead of me who have "been there [...]
The Upper Peninsula or "U.P." as the local women call it. The most northern tip of Michigan that juts out into beautriful Lake Superior. No cell phone service on my Verizon wireless and a log cabin with a closet of firewood for my fireplace. Truly one of the most magnificent places I have seen in [...]
The IDEA Personal Trainer Institute Conference was held in Orlando last Thursday-Sunday. I had the wonderful opportunity to present with two other women on Women's Issues and my own Somatic Experience session. Whether it's weight issues, pelvic floor, leakage, lack of sex, food or movement, size sensitive health professionals want and need to hear from [...]
There was a great deal of outdoor activity for me last week which is always a healing contrast to my urban life. My Yorkie, Champagne, turned 17 and to celebrate, we went rowing in Central Park. The weather was beautiful and as I rowed the boat I kept linking the activity to exercises I do with my [...]
"The Tipping Point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire." (Malcolm Gladwell, 2000). Could this be true for my health as well? I had known (on some level) for a long time that alcohol did not work well for my body. The delightful beverage [...]