Health & Fitness
Frequency vs. Duration
Another semester has started at Cleveland State University and once again I am blessed with the opportunity to teach yoga to students, f...
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University Yoga Students "Anec...
[caption id="attachment_2603" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Breath Awareness in Crocodile[/caption] As I am gearing up for Spring semester at Clev...
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"Proof" that Yoga is Beneficia...
Over the course of the Spring 2015 semester I had the pleasure of teaching yoga to nearly 100 students at Cleveland State University with classes mad...
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30 Yoga Nidras in 30 days
We have finished the second week of classes at Cleveland State University and the yoga classes I am teaching this semester are in full swing. My expe...
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A Valentine to Miami and the G...
Friday Night Skate down Ocean Drive-Great EsSkate 2014[/caption] So it is almost a week since I returned from the sunshine and warmth fi...
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The Elusive 100
Two weeks ago I finished my 3rd attempt at 100 push-ups. This time I managed 70 non-stop. And last week marked one year ( and my 45th year o...
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Still "Pushing" for 100
About this time last year I embarked on my first attempt to reach 100 pushups through the "7 Weeks to 100 Pushups" program. After comp...
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Lengthening the Bulk-Yoga for...
Chakrasana (Backbend) Over the winter an old inline skating friend of mine, Adam Steer and his business partner Ryan Murdock asked me if...
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Half Way is Okay
Although because of "life" it took me more than the prescribed 7 weeks to get here, today was the day that I would see if I could really do 108 push-...
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Make it a Mala Instead
Just about the first comment I received in regard to trying to accomplish 100 push ups in 7 weeks was from my yoga teacher Swami Atmarupa. She...
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"Drop and Give Me 100!" Push-u...
My husband, always looking for fitness inspiration and apparently I am not enough, found this book "7 Weeks to 100 Push-Ups" by Steve Speirs...
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Sun Salutation-A "Mini" Study
Surya Namaskara ( Sun Salutation) Prayer Pose Two weeks ago Dr. Ken Sparks of the Cleveland State University (CSU) Health, Physical Education, R...
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Hydration & Fuel
With the summer heating up, it is important to remember to be properly hydrated and have enough fuel stores to get through your skate. Proper sports n...
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Life Beyond Your Comfort Zone
"The following is something that I wrote about 10 years ago when I was the inline skating ""guru"" for a website called "My Sports Guru."The post has...
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Mini-Study Part 2: "The Skate...
To complete the study that was conducted a few weeks earlier on some of the benefits of sun salutation, efforts were turned toward skat...
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