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August 4, 2012

Quiz…what is your relationship to food?

Every time I open my email, I receive some sort of quiz.  I can’t help but take the quizzes.  Inside of me lives a student who always wants to excel and not disappoint the auto responder email system.  Anyhow, after receiving yet another diet quiz, I paused and really thought about what does make a […]

August 3, 2012

Quiz…What’s your health status?

The western definition of health is basically the “absence of disease.”  What this means is that you can go to the doctor when you are feeling bad, have a ton of tests run, results come back normal and the doctor looks you in the eye and honestly tells you that they can’t find anything and […]

July 6, 2012

Yoga Fail…Teacher Training

I will start this post with I’m Pitta, it’s 100 degrees in Ohio and I have been getting up at 5 am for the past 3 weeks to teach a 6 am practice.  Now the fact that I am Pitta and it’s 100 degrees in Ohio is out of my control.  I just have to […]

June 28, 2012

Meditation in Motion with a Mala

Indian legend relates many stories about Lord Shiva, also known as “Rudra”. He is famous for being the embodiment of the power of destruction in an eternal cycle of creation maintenance, and destruction. Shiva is also associated with deep states of meditation where thoughts are absent and only silence and emptiness exist. It is said […]

June 12, 2012

95% of People Gain Back Weight Post Diet

95% of People Gain Back Weight Post Diet I guess that statistic shouldn’t startle me, but it does.  95% of the people that lose weight on a diet will gain it back within 3 years.  This is according to many, but I’ll credit Gary D. Foster, PhD,Director, Center for Obesity Research and Education, Professor, Medicine […]