Rain, Rain will go away and sun will be here to stay! When the sun is out and on cloudy days – we need to wear sunscreen. “There are over five million cases of skin cancer diagnosed every year in the United States making it the most common cancer. About 90 percent of non-melanoma skin
A Walk in Nature, The football coach, accountant and teacher. This past spring break, I eagerly prepared. Post-it-notes covered my kitchen counter with all the pre-trip to dos; “arrange for Ollie’s boarding (that alone created at least 10 post it notes!), drop off Cake – our guinea pig at the pet store, stop the mail,
This past month, I took myself out of my “life” and traveled to Arizona for 4 days of health, wellness, fitness, nutrition and spirituality — all things I LOVE and aspire to live with on a day to day basis. This wasn’t easy for me— to leave my kids, husband and work behind. I hesitated and
LOVE & your BREATH There’s lots of messages around Valentine’s day about “loving oneself” and while I believe loving ourselves is imperative to healthy living — instead of just saying it — let’s do something that’s easy, doesn’t cost money, can be done any and at all times — and gives us the love
Happy, Healthy and Joyful 2019 to everyone! I am excited for a new year — lots of opportunities to live our healthiest and highest selves — even when circumstances do not set us up for this! Last month, you didn’t receive a lot from me — as far as blogs and emails. I’ve been
We kicked off week 1 of our November FITFORLIFE series today with gratitude — and where it all starts — with ourselves. That’s right — we infused thankfulness about something or (somethings) we love and and feel thankful for about ourselves into our workout. More often than not – we are doing the opposite; judging, criticizing or
We wrapped up our October 4 week series of FITFORLIFE at Neshama Yoga Studio in Wilmette with the theme: Shine YOUR LIGHT! Our next class meets Wednesday, November 7th 12-1pm and continues the 14th, and 28th. You can come to all 3 classes in November OR come when you can. Contact me for
In FITFORLIFE Week 3 — we continued our yoga, meditation and mind + body strength training — while thinking about and fusing into our body and mind the notion of letting go. Easier said than done — however — worth the practice! As the leaves fell from trees — we were tested on “letting
Another great week for FITFORLIFE, where we continued to hone our mind & body strength thru gentle yoga, resistance band training and meditation. We practiced the correct way to access our “neutral spine” so that when we exercise and go about our daily activities we do so with a strong posture that sets us up
“Yogi tradition tells us that when we control the breath then we can one day control the mind.” FITFORLIFE started this month and — wow– have we covered a lot of ground! Not only have we worked several muscle groups -but we started our dive into the mind and body connection. Week One’s theme was: “notice”. We took