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MOVEMENT
To Lose Pandemic Pounds, Aim to Gain Strength
The right snacks and plenty of sleep help, too
If you gained weight last year, you’re not alone. Studies show that, in America, more than half of us put on unwanted pounds. Chalk it up to a combination of […]
BODY/MIND
Cultivating Ease With Yoga Nidra
A way to spend a while outside the mad rush
Western culture urges us to create lives that are outward facing. We measure the progress of our existence by external gains. We work, attain promotions, have families, perform chores; we […]
MOVEMENT
Buff Up Your Rotator Cuffs
Four moves to strengthen those small but essential shoulder-supporting muscles
Rotator cuff troubles. We hear about them all the time — everyone from famous pitchers, to house painters, to Aunt Myrtle seems to have them. What is the rotator cuff, […]
BODY/MIND
Good Is Better Than Perfect
All you need to do to begin a home yoga practice (or anything) again
Spring is on the way. Covid is on the way out. And many people I know are in the grip of a tense kind of anticipation that is equal parts […]
MOVEMENT
Lay Your Shoulder Burdens Down
Strength and stretching to keep your most mobile joints in shape
Truly, our shoulders are overworked. They bear burdens, carry chips, and provide places upon which others may cry. If you have, at any point this winter, looked in the mirror […]
METAPHYSICS: PERSONAL HISTORY
Ending Where You Began
A journey without travel: irony and contradictions
…I am waiting to get some intimations of immortality by recollecting my early childhood and I am waiting for the green mornings to come again youth’s dumb green fields come […]
BODY/MIND
How Breathing Control Can Improve Your Health
It’s as plain as the nose on your face
There is much that we can’t control. This has always been true, of course, but it’s never been more apparent than now, in both our personal sphere and in the […]
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Yoga for Better Bones
Exercise is part of the treatment for osteoporosis
We tend to think of the skeleton as an inert frame, but it is actually dynamic, living tissue. Bone cells are constantly breaking down the old and building up the […]
METAPHYSICS: THE LONG VIEW
Lessons of a Horrible Year
2020 taught us much about grief, self-deception, and hope
TRURO — Philosophy trains the mind to take the long view of things. You try to take yourself out of the picture and see things as they truly are, undistorted […]
MOVEMENT
The Real Elastic Fantastic
Use resistance bands to make your muscles work in new and different ways
Surprise, surprise: working out at home is predicted to be one of the biggest fitness trends of 2021. Already in this year, finding strength training equipment has been a challenge. […]
BODY/MIND
Wrist Watch: Warm-Ups for Overworked Typists and Yogis
Developing your active range of mobility is good for your joints
Wrist pain. Every yoga teacher hears about it, and from all kinds of students — seasoned athletes and deskbound writers alike. I’ve had it, too. I think we’ve all paid […]
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Put Your Best Foot Forward
Your hooves work hard; it’s time to give them some love
Feet are unsung heroes. They carry you for thousands of steps a day. And when you walk or run, every time your foot hits the ground, it’s loaded with an […]
BODY/MIND
Mapping Your Center
Get grounded by drawing an imaginary line between your body and the Earth
I’ve been sitting on the couch a lot, looking at my phone, and balancing my laptop on my knees. In the past, I probably would have felt bad about this, […]
MOVEMENT
Plan Your Cold Weather Workouts Now
It takes grit and gear to keep going through winter
Although we’ve had a lovely fall, winter is surely on its way. If you find that with the first brisk breeze you’ve already started giving in to the idea that […]
