Health Coaching Is The One Resolution Worth Making

Behavior change is not for the faint of heart! Making a commitment to achieve a healthier weight, more organized office, or better work-life balance is an excellent first step. But most people make two fatal errors in their quest to make permanent lifestyle changes: They take action for the wrong reason. Metrics such as numbers on a scale or vague …

What Mom Didn’t Know About Posture

Do you throw your shoulders back in an effort to improve your posture? How’s that going? Contrary to years of admonishments from our mothers and other elders to stand up straight, achieving healthy posture is way more complicated than simply pulling ourselves into an erect stance. A variety of elements go into the way we carry ourselves, including heredity, structural symmetry, …

Spring Retreats – It’s ON!

Thanks to all who participated in our poll regarding your interest in a springtime Walking and Yoga one-day retreat. My partner-in-walking-crime Stephanie Harding and I both got a lot of feedback from you with a fairly even breakdown between May and June preferences. Given that, AND that we found more fabulous walks than we can possibly host this year (hint hint on 2017), we’ve decided …

The Essential Low Back Program

A science-backed program for chronic back pain Six Tuesday Evenings: September 13 – October 18 6:30-8:30 PM This course covers the most common low back dysfunctions, including hypo- and hyper-mobility, S.I. destabilization, pelvic misalignment, scoliosis, and lumbar-disc conditions. Via lecture, adapted postures, supportive breath work, and other self-management tools, participants will learn to alleviate pain and cultivate strength and stability. Tuition …

Next 3-Day Yoga And Walking Retreat October 21-23

Please join me and my colleague Stephanie Harding for our third annual fall celebration Embrace Autumn!  This retreat will be held at the fabulous Stony Point Retreat Center, where we will enjoy exclusive residence of the Gilmore Sloane House, a 150-year-old Victorian mansion with period furnishings. All the rooms have ensuite baths & accommodate 2 people. Meals are included, prepared with …

How’s Your Sleep?

The CDC has declared insufficient sleep – inability to fall asleep, inability to stay asleep, lack of restful sleep, early wakening – a public health epidemic. “Persons experiencing sleep insufficiency are also more likely to suffer from chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, depression, and obesity, as well as from cancer, increased mortality, and reduced quality of life and productivity.” …

Using the Tools of Yoga to Cope with Chronic Pain – Saturday, October 18, 1-4 PM

There’s a famous Buddhist saying, “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” For people living with chronic conditions such as CFS, CPS Fibromyalgia, Back Pain, Neuropathy and the like, that’s easier said than done. In addition to physical debilitation, chronic pain can invade every aspect of daily living, interfering with work, relationships, and our very enjoyment of life. Chronic pain can …

Let’s Take a Walk – Sunday, October 5th!

Join me and my Viniyoga colleague, Stephanie Harding on Sunday, October 5th from 9 AM – 4 PM for a day of yoga and walking. Mountain Lakes Camp is a secluded, wooded park in South Salem, New York, about an hour north of NYC that’s filled with lakes and hiking trails. We’ll provide lunch, snacks, water, an invigorating morning practice to get …