Arch Enemies
Bend over backwards (literally) to combat forces that misshape the spine’s curvature Do you remember as a child how you could press yourself up from the floor into a backbend? Or maybe you were the kid on the block who…
Get Hip – Looser joints help physical and emotional stability
Although achieving a tight butt may be a primary reason for physical exercise, the same cannot be said about our hips. Tight hips are the nemesis of modern society where most of our day is spent sitting at a desk,…
Big Muscles, Big Responsibility
Did you know that quadriceps means “four heads”? This term of reference includes the four front thigh muscles
Get Grounded — Healing qualities start with femur and pelvis
If you are a gardener, you know the personal benefits of grounding, that is, connecting your hands and feet to the Earth’s soil. Because we are bioelectrical beings, direct contact with our electrical planet provides us with an energy infusion…
Every Breath You Take
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press Are you aware of how you breathe? Did you know most people are chronic shallow breathers because of stress in their lives and tightness in their bodies? It takes a deep breath to…
Worlds Collide: Yoga teaches strength and flexibility, keys to a healthy body structure
We all know weightlifting is not just a young man’s sport. In fact, growing strong bones and muscles is a primary means for slowing down the aging process and heightening our immune systems. In an earlier Free Press article (May…
Find Your Emotional Voice
Recently I read a sad story about loneliness, which as a mortality risk factor is currently ranked as high as smoking. Many diseases are either caused or triggered by loneliness — Alzheimers, obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart and neurodegenerative…
Reflections on Awareness
Everything that irritates us about others [or our circumstances] can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. Carl Jung The above quote by Carl Jung reminds me of our human ability to constantly change and evolve. In essence,…
Points of Personal Power — People, Places, Present Possibilities
One of my greatest discoveries was realizing I could heal myself merely by paying attention to what was arising within me as well as around me. Everyone, everything, every moment is a clue revealing the path toward healthy, happy living.…
For Truth, Beauty and Goodness, Engage with the Earth
As I spend my delicious summer days gardening winter’s ice from my veins, I feel utterly embraced by nature’s beauty, truth and goodness. All personal worries and other warts fall away with each weed picked and blossom admired. The earth…
Seeding Spirit’s Network
For the past seven years, I’ve written weekly about transformation whether within an organization, a team or my own personal being. As I say to clients and friends, there is no more captivating a subject. Such a statement might indicate…
To Believe or Not To Believe
My favourite Wiki dictionary defines “belief” as an idea one accepts as likely being true or real with or without there being empirical evidence to prove that something is the case with factual certainty. In conversation with friends, we probably…