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Global Wellness Day
Global Wellness Day is a day to encourage living well. This year it’s on June 13th. The meaning behind it isn’t to celebrate living a high-cost life; it’s to bring attention to living a life of balance...
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Emotional Benefits of Walking Outdoors
Are you lucky enough to enjoy outdoor walks? Do you live in an area conducive to walking? Do you live where you can see the blue sea? What about the blue sky? In addition to all the physical benefits...
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How Do You Relax?
Do you think relaxing is part of a healthy, active life? For some, relaxing is the opposite of activity. For others, it’s congruent with it. Maybe it just depends on how you define “relax.” I know many...
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Decrease Stress Now
Have you ever had a terribly long, stressful week where you are busy every day, all day, yet feel like you got nothing done? That’s been my week. Normally I have various relatives in town who help me...
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The Perfect Getaway: The Oaks Spa in Ojai
Do you ever have the desire to go to a place where you can do nothing at all except relax, or perhaps do something active and enjoyable all day long? If you’re in California (or headed there), you may...
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Top 7 Tips to Get Fit in 7 Weeks
A 56 year old reader asks how to quickly get back into shape in time for a two-piece vacation: Parasail Your Way to Hawaii Dear K and A: I’ve gotten fluffy in the last year. I need to be bikini worthy...
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5 Ways Yoga Reduces Stress for Women Over 50: Guest Post from Randi Ragan
Breathe deeply and excitedly because today you get to hear from qualified yoga teacher, holistic wellbeing expert, midlifer herself, Randi Ragan. And she’s so cute to boot, don’t you think?! Get...
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Small Steps Lead to Big Changes
Alexandra Williams, MA By now, you probably know our mantra of “Small Steps lead to Big Changes” if you’ve read our past posts or attended any of our conference presentations. This phrase applies to...
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Do You Have to Work Harder and Faster as You Age, Just to Stay the Same?
Dear Twins: At age 71, I find that fitness is a race between the body’s downward slope and the effort to work faster to stay fit. I’d love to have help with how to stay fit at this age. What I find is...
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Too Tired To Start Exercising?
Hi Alexandra and Kymberly: I am frequently exhausted and ache. I don’t know where to start to build in a sane way. Weights, (brief) high intensity intervals, gentle cardiovascular like walking? Just...
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Loving Kindness Meditation: Easy and Accessible
Easily Meditated Have you heard of loving kindness meditation? It’s the simple practice of directing good thoughts and wishes to others. (Except that one guy who is so irritating especially when he...
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Over 50? Create the Best Workouts Possible: Part 3
The Hills are Alive with the Sound of Moving Key Exercise Principles to Consider if You’re Over 50 Over 50 and wanting workouts designed specifically for your active aging goals and body? Whether you...
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Can Meditation Lower Blood Pressure?
Meditate to De-escalate, Maybe Lose Weight, but not Elevate: Can we lower blood pressure that’s dangerously high via meditation, not medication? Handy trick: rest your hand on the Omron monitor...
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