With aging parents this has been on my mind a lot lately. And it's something I've been talking a lot about in class: prevention. When we're doing our exercises in class I think about all the ailments we're preventing that we will never know we might have had.  Things I hear about all the time like frozen shoulder, back aches and tight necks (and mental cognition). We tend to take our exercising for granted but rest assured that there's no doubt we are  preventing ailments we will never know...

Time for a Check-In. While the holiday season can be a wonderful time of good cheer, it’s also easy to get caught up in the frenetic energy of preparing, over-stressing, and over-indulging. We often focus on everyone else and forget to take care of ourselves—especially moms. So let’s do a little mid-season check-in. Are You: Overeating?  Remember—be choosy. Be picky. Eat the good stuff. More is not better. Over-stressing?  This time of year makes it very easy to slip into a constant state of...

Why Ying the Yang of course! For me, part of a good life is eating delicious food. The key to enjoying it is to feel good. That means eating with some moderation and balance. I like to “ pre-pay ” for my indulgences and/or Ying the Yang the day of and/or following a “feast” so there are as few repercussions as possible. Here is what I do: PREPARE   The day of the event: I always start the day (and every day) with a big glass of water before I do anything else. It wakes me up and gives me...