Gardening Causing A Pain In Your Back? RELAX!

I am excited to say that I have planted my garden this year BEFORE Memorial Day! Can’t remember ever doing that before; hope that means an early and fruitful harvest… May is the month for gardening in the Berkshires. And, once again this year, most of my friends and neighbors are walking around with stiff…

Alzheimer’s Prevention Strategy!

  A while back I wrote about a study that showed aerobic exercise increased the brain’s hippocampal volume in older women, which increased memory performance. Now, another study has confirmed that meditation is good for your brain. This Harvard study used MRI scans to document, for the very first time in medical history, how meditation…

Ready For Shorts and Tanks?

Yayayyyyyyyy! Sunshine and blue skies! Just went for a walk between my classes and I am soooooo enjoying this sunshine. Summer will be here in the blink of an eye (I hope). Are you ready for shorts and tanks season? According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 36 percent of…

Take Care Of YOU!

With all the excitement this month of Irish festivities, preparing for Easter and spring hiking/biking starting earlier this year, please remember to take care of you. The more I teach, and the more clients I see, the more important I realize self-care is. So many people – especially women, forget how important their own health…

Eat Fat To Get Thin!

I am happy to announce my friend and colleague Dr. Mark Hyman’s new book, Eat Fat to Get Thin. Yes, you heard that right. Mark is talking about the “good fat,” however, not twinkies and triple layer chocolate cake! In addition to rising rates of obesity, cancer, and diabetes, millions of Americans are suffering from what…

Goals, Resolutions or Intentions?

This is the time of year when we look at our goals from last year, see how we did, make new ones for the new year, and then formulate a plan for making it all happen. I’m very glad to have this process, especially this year. Last week I thought I hadn’t done very well on…

Prepare For The Holidays? NOT!

Now that Halloween is over, the rest of the holidays will come sliding in at a speed to rival a tornado in the midwest. Hold on to your hats!  When people ask me if I am ready for the holidays, I cringe; I’ve never met anyone who is ready. We cannot be “prepared for” the…

Coloring For Grown-ups!

The other day on my journey to teach Gentle Therapeutic Yoga, I was visited by a flock of turkeys – well actually, a family of them. I saw mom, dad, and several younger ones. Dad was attempting to cross the road and was nearly hit by the car in front of me. He stayed on…