15th September 2009
As we age, our bones become increasingly porous and brittle, even for those of us who are disciplined about our calcium and vitamin D intake. Unlike our parents we benefit from extensive research concerning osteoporosis, diet, exercise and supplements but...
15th September 2009
A cancer diagnosis knocks you flat and before you can get up off the floor, you are swamped by a tsunami of strange medical lingo, perpetual appointments, costly medications, dreadful treatments, possible surgery and an uncertain future. Everything moves ...
07th September 2009
Improve your endurance, conserve energy, prevent wear-and-tear arthritis, optimize respiration and look younger and more confident than you actually are. Take control of your bones because a postural mistake quickly becomes a permanent problem that result...
31st August 2009
What you are taught to do, what you are paid to do and what you were designed to do, have very little in common.
When you were three years old you ran, bouncing up and down with arms and legs flailing. Movement is joyous to a small child. Around age ...
31st July 2009
Who is the one person who always raises your blood pressure, causes you to mumble to yourself and always darkens your otherwise beautiful day like a shadow across the sun?
WRITE the name of that person on a scrap of paper. No, it isn't enough to simpl...
28th July 2009
Beware the hawker who promises to sell you a “secret” formula to raise your IQ ten additional points for a mere $19.95! But wait! There’s more! If you order within the next hour the hawker will throw in a free cheese grater!
Know that you ALREADY...
18th July 2009
You begin each workday as a graceful, sharp, creative, energetic, intuitive employee. Kiss all that goodbye by about 2:00 in the afternoon when you begin to feel like a rumpled laundry bag with the energy of a sloth. As the hours drag by and challenges ro...
18th July 2009
Sound trumps logic! The QUALITY OF YOUR VOICE hits your listeners with more impact than does the quality of your argument! I have absolutely no doubt that you are capable of formulating a sensible, clear, logical, passionate statement or response.
It...
28th June 2009
As a smoker living in a democratic society you have every right to fill your lungs with smoke. Notice that I said YOUR lungs. Your lungs, throat and mouth are your own personal property and only you have the last word as to how that living tissue will be ...
27th June 2009
It is natural to tense against pain, or even the anticipation of pain. When we are hit with the shock and surprise of pain, our primitive fight-or-flight defense kicks in, but we are often in a situation where it is impossible either to fight or to run. U...
26th June 2009
You have two voices. The first of the two is the natural relaxed one that Mother Nature gave you at birth. The second and more familiar voice is an encumbered and distorted version of the first. For the sake of discussion let's refer to these as your "tru...
22nd June 2009
Consider that the basic blueprint of your physical body has changed little over hundreds of generations. You still have more or less the same lungs, the same heart, the same feet and the same spine as did your early ancestors. Improved nutrition has made ...
19th June 2009
Why should you, an experienced breather, invest your limited time, money, and energy in the study of mindful breathing? The movement of your breath, thus far, seems to have been as dependable, as automatic, as the arc of the sun and the flow of the tides....
16th June 2009
Report for the procedure wearing clean underwear and trying hard to appear cool. Fasting is such a nasty business. Strip down. Suit up. Did she say this clown-gown ties in the front or the back? It’s a joke to call this faded elephant bib a “gown.” ...
