HEALTH Want The Best Season of Golf You Ever Had?
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- Written by Dr.Scott Rosenthal
Can you smell the warm weather coming? Ready to return to the comfort and serenity of the green fields? Imagine the feeling of the warm breeze caressing your face as you prepare to tee-off. Ready to embrace the club, your palms perspire with excitement. Your ears hunger to hear the sweet swoosh of the iron and the whack when it strikes the ball. During a period of seemingly endless silence, you watch the tiny white sphere sail through the air as it covers an expanse of emerald landscaping. Golf season is upon us. Will your game rise to an all time personal height, or will inflexibility, joint dysfunction and diminished coordination leave you buried in the sand traps?
Stretching & Flexibility Facts and Fiction
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- Written by Joe Stankowski
Myth: Stretching reduces the risk of injury
Fact: In early 2004, the US Centers for Disease Control released a report which analyzed over 350 studies arouond the globe The report’s bottom line: Stretching has not been proven to lower the risk of injury during activity and may even increase your chances of winding up on the sidelines.
Heading South For Spring Break? Get Your Feet In Shape Before You Leave.
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- Written by American Orthapedic Foot & Ankle Society
If you’re among the thousands of vacationers who will soon be trading snow boots for sandals and heading south for spring break, you’ll want to make sure your feet are in good shape before you step off the plane. Maintaining good foot hygiene can make your feet feel better, look better, and may prevent foot infections. According to the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) keeping feet healthy by practicing good foot hygiene is vital to long-term comfort and function of the feet.
Uncover the Extraordinary with Meditation!
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- Written by Dr.Scott Rosenthal
Imagine gazing into your flat screen television. The late night infomercial stops your thumb from dancing like a jackhammer on the remote control. The slick announcer, with his white teeth and radiant tan, pitches bigger than-life promises! He rattles off a string of irresistible hooks:
“Do you want to optimize your BRAIN FUNCTION, have better ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, deep SLEEP, lowered BLOOD PRESSURE, less ANXIETY, reduced STRESS, better HEALTH and reverse THE AGING PROCESS...?”
Yoga Adds Life To Life!
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- Written by Dr. Scott Rosenthal
Many of us walk like stressed out zombies- tensely dragging through a life that's like an over-filled martini glass spewing its mixture of stress hormones and toxins with our every move. Tight from worries about the past and fears of the future, our muscles desperately grip our bones. Adding to the aging process, each daily obligation engraves more wrinkles across our zombie foreheads. Are we too busy to truly live? Is there a way to break the trance of distraction that dominates our consciousness and ravages our emotional and physical health? If we are willing to change our zombie walk and bend our bodies a little, the answer is YES!
Clearing Up the Misconceptions About Kundalini Yoga
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- Written by Ellyn Hutton
I am writing this article to hopefully clear up the misconceptions about Kundalini Yoga. As one of the few Kundalini yoga instructors in the area, I am often approached by persons with a certain amount of caution, hesitation, and questioning. “What is this style of yoga you teach?” and “I’ve heard that people can lose their minds practicing your style of yoga” and even “Are you the sex yoga instructor?” Other yoga instructors will say, “You better be careful. Are you sure that Kundalini yoga is safe?” And then there are others who have never heard of Kundalini Yoga —yet another reason for writing this article.
The following is what I have learned to be true about Kundalini Yoga: it is known as the Yoga of Awareness, it is very safe, it is incredibly healing, and it is not sex yoga, though it does make you feel really good!
Yoga - Learning to Relax
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Everyone suffers from mild anxiety from time to time, but chronic anxiety takes a tremendous toll on the body, draining energy resources and keeping the body in a constant state of stress. The effects of anxiety are magnified when the body is not exercised: tension in the muscles builds, breathing remains constricted most of the time, and the mind has no rest from the whirling thoughts and feelings that feed the anxiety.