Sit Up — Take Care of Your Tailbone
The tailbone, or coccyx, is a small, triangular bone located at the bottom of the spine. It measures less than one inch (2.5 cm) in length and curves like a hawk’s beak — widest where it meets the sacrum and…
Matters of the Health — New Discoveries
Last week, I taught a mindful meditation session to employees in their workplace. Even though their self-admitted greatest challenge was to quiet their minds, the relaxation and relief at the session’s end was apparent on their faces and in their…
Universal Principles of Change
As you may have reasoned from reading past blogs, my mind constantly seeks to draw out of life what I call universal principles. It’s my way of seeing the world from a simpler, less busy perspective. As an example, when…
Sins of Omission & Sins of Commission
Even in childhood I recall I understood the basic difference between right and wrong. I might not have been able to articulate my experience, but I could feel the sensation of guilt if I did not do what was right…
Complex Priorities Demand Simple Discernment
When priorities appear to compete with each other for moral high ground and resources, how do we process these complex challenges into meaningful decisions? Complex priorities: • equal rights for women versus selling arms to Saudi Arabia • a healthy…
Proper Sitting Crucial
Although sitting with an erect and fluid spine is the goal for pranayama and meditation (two of the eight limbs of yoga), it is also vital for most people in the workforce who spend upwards of three to five hours…
The Back Door to Health
Yoga practitioners often hear from their teachers, “You are only as old as your spine is inflexible.” Body and energy workers would agree that the more supple your spine, the healthier and more youthful your overall constitution. The key to…
Politics, Poverty, Planet, Peace — What’s Your Vote?
As Manitobans head to the polls for the April 19 provincial election, I think it is fair to say party politics locally and across Canada are going through major upheaval. At the federal level, both Conservative and NDP parties are…
Emotional Drama — Stumbling Block & Stepping Stone
As this April spring unfolds around us (LOL as huge snowflakes have just begun to fall), I am witnessing significant emotional drama playing out on our global, local and even personal stages. What I refer to as emotional drama is…
Big Muscles, Big Responsibility
Did you know that quadriceps means “four heads”? This term of reference includes the four front thigh muscles that join at the quadriceps tendon to attach on to the kneecap. Quadriceps are some of the largest muscles in the body.…
Collaboration — Do You Express Anger Positively?
It has been a long journey from World War I and II where competition and compliance were the reigning values and skills of the day. As I wrote last week, community living and collaboration (living and working alongside each other…
Flex Excess — Keys to avoid or fix hyperextension
Until we experienced a yoga class, most of us never considered a person could be too flexible. In hypermobile bodies, ligaments and tendons can be too loose to prevent excessive movement of the joints, which can result in serious injury and,…