by Mirabai Holland, MFA © 2014 | Health and Fitness
Nearly 30 years ago when I was in school, I wrote an exercise physiology paper on exercise and osteoporosis. At that time there wasn’t much research available. But even then, the studies I found on tennis players, astronauts, and bed rest pointed in the...
by Marie Wilson | Health and Fitness
“I forgive, I forgive, I forgive,” says a recent client whom I will refer to as Sue. She was telling me how her life changed after she began forgiving the people in her life who had wronged her. “I did the work that you recommended, which was to...
by Swami Saradananda | Health and Fitness
“When your body is cleansed, your mind purified and your senses are controlled, you experience the joyful awareness that enables you to realise your inner self.” – Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra 2-41 Hatha yoga is often misunderstood to be a cult of...
by Carolyn Dean | Health and Fitness
Heart health expert Dr. Carolyn Dean talks about how you can improve your heart health, avoid heart attack and live a healthier life. Coronary heart disease (CHD) causes about 1 out of every 5 deaths in the United States and in 2009, according to the American Heart...
by Dr John Amaral | Health and Fitness
When it comes to chronic pain, most people either try to ignore it, numb it with drugs or push through it with sheer will-power. Whether they’re using pain-killers or alternative methods their goal is the same: Get rid of the “annoyance” and keep on...
by Jim Sniechowski and Judith Sherven | Health and Fitness
Nearly everyone does battle with that pesky voice of self-judgment and sabotaging put-downs that chatters away in our heads. And, in response to a recent teleseminar we gave titled “The Fear of Being Fabulous” we received a request from a participant who...
by Cheryl Tallman and Joan Ahlers | Health and Fitness
Asparagus derived its name from the ancient Greeks. But it was the Romans who were hooked on this vegetable. They documented detailed growing instructions, they enjoyed eating it in season, and they were the first to preserve it by freezing. Fast chariots and runners...
by Healthy Wealthy n Wise | Health and Fitness
Cantaloupes, as part of a healthy diet such as the Mediterranean Diet, provide us with a delicious way to have healthy eyes and good vision while they help us protect countless body functions. How can they do that? By being high in beta-carotene, a compound our body...
by Chick Moorman and Thomas Haller | Family
Are you at all interested in raising a thirty-year-old Nintendo player who lies around your house all day eating cold pizza and sucking up Diet Pepsi? Probably not. If you’re like many of the parents who attend our parenting workshops, creating a thirty-year-old...
by Healthy Wealthy n Wise | Health and Fitness
By now it is probably clear to most consumers that eating out is not the healthiest choice. Yet, all the marketing hype projected by restaurants can sound quite convincing. Restaurants and fast food chains are pitching everything from fat free, no carbs, low calories,...
by Dr. Warren Willey | Health and Fitness
Would you like to stay motivated and use that gym membership for more than three months? Gym memberships seem to be the easy answer to losing weight since money will be withdrawn from our accounts whether we show up or not, we’ll formulate a habit of exercising...