If you’re the parent of a college-bound student or graduate, I am guessing that your knees weren’t the first thing to hurt! Speaking for myself with one of each, I would say that my pocketbook and heart (not in that order) took more of a beating. But even if you and your pocketbook have not suffered college, I bet you have at least experienced a home or job re-location, or even a change in marital status? Because those, too, can wreak havoc on the knees. At this point I have…
Do VisionBoards Really Work?
You may look at a VisionBoard and think does this really work? Can I just look at a picture of a new sports car, or a new closet, and it’ll magically appear? Well, no – not exactly. However, visualization does, in fact, work and there’s plenty of science to back it up. Your brain is incredibly powerful and, everyday, you make subconscious decisions to make it work for you or against you. Several studies have shown that your brain can’t tell the difference between a real memory and something you…
Stop the Mercury in Retrograde Freak-Out!
You may have heard about the frustration that Mercury in Retrograde brings – appliances going haywire, computers crashing, arguments cropping up, contracts falling through – but what does this phenomenon really mean? About 3 or 4 times a year, Mercury goes retrograde. Essentially, Mercury “laps” us in its trip around the sun. For a couple weeks, it looks as if Mercury changes its path and goes backward. Astrologically speaking, Mercury controls communication, and during this time, anything related to communication usually goes wacky. However, it’s important to note that not…
How Can We Prevent Yoga Injuries?
Yoga is growing – since 2001*, the amount of people who practice yoga has doubled! However, so has the amount of yoga related injuries. I recently published an article in Granby Living about this after wondering how we can practice and teach yoga safer, and I learned that most yoga related injuries are due to: Practicing too long at a time. Practicing too much without rest between practices. Practicing too hard causing excess strain on specific joints. Practicing what is contraindicated for your specific body. Overall, however, yoga is a…
Putting YOU First
Fill in the blank: I feel so much better after doing______________. I don’t know why I don’t do it more often. How many times have you uttered those words after a day of golf, fishing, yoga, or curled up a with a good book? Then, you wait another six months before doing it again. Why? I know you’re going to say that you have too much to do, but I’ve got a different theory: most of us aren’t used to feeling good. We are, however, used to feeling run down,…