“Yoga Now and Then” an Interview with Vandita Kate Marchesiello
One of the things I love most about yoga is that it remains as fresh and health enhancing today as it has for thousands of years ago. In the tradition I follow – Kripalu Yoga – students and...
View ArticleMeet Your Future – A.G.N.E.S.
What would it be like to age 10, 20 even 40 years or more in a few minutes? How would it change your view of the unsteady senior blocking your path in the grocery store? A little slow on spotting the...
View ArticleMusic To My Ears
In the family where I grew up, music was looked on as something of real value. It was a part of daily life just like going to school, family meals, or chores. It was always around, like a long-time...
View ArticleAgeless Yoga
It’s getting to be that time of year again. Back to school, back from vacation, more routine, less goofing off. For me it’s when I start gearing up for the start of Fall yoga classes. I think about...
View ArticleRemember when?
And what about remember what, or where or why or even who? It’s very interesting to listen to conversations among people of a “certain age”. A common theme seems to be complaints about how mental...
View ArticleWhat’s in the bottle?
No matter how much of a “natural” person you are, we all think about the effects of aging. After all, don’t most of us contemplate our reflection in the mirror once in a while? Beauty may be only skin...
View ArticleThe Travelling Tiara
Diane turned 50 this past summer and along with the excitement of meeting Adam Sandler in Martha’s Vineyard and having him wish her a Happy Birthday, she received the beautiful and soon to be coveted...
View ArticleAging and Exercise
The January issue of Harvard Women’s Health Watch newsletter had a very interesting short article entitled, “Exercise protects against age-related brain shrinkage.” In it, it states, “If you’re looking...
View ArticleWhat is old ?
Nothing stays the same. Seasons come and go. We get sick, and we heal. We gain and we lose – money, weight, friends, jobs. And we age. As many different people as I’ve seen in my life, I’m always...
View ArticleForget me not
Norman Thayer was used to being a clear-thinking, competent, “in charge” kind of guy. Now enjoying well-deserved retirement, he continued to believe that he called the shots in his family...
View ArticleHow to avoid becoming a skinny fat person
One of the most important tools for achieving optimal wellness and aging gracefully is building and maintaining muscle. Muscle burns calories exponentially more efficiently than fat, and of course, it...
View ArticleThe telomeres of a teenager
Last weekend we were blessed with a couple of “bonus days”. Abundant sunshine, warm enough to be comfortable, a light breeze and fresh air. I just couldn’t get enough of it. Winter will be here before...
View Article..And the Timex keeps on ticking
Resilience. The word brings the image of a trampoline. Up and down the jumper goes. The harder they land the higher they jump. Resilience. In a New York Times article Paula Span writes that the word...
View ArticleThe eyes have it.
At first I thought my glasses were dirty. Then it was the beautiful, but distracting auras around lights at night. Finally I got fed up with the struggle and visited my doctor. The verdict: cataracts...
View ArticleBe a yogi, not a bhogi
Thought you had at least a passing familiarity with the usual yoga terminology? Well, bet you one down-dog and raise you one cobra you may not know this one: Bhogi. The first time I saw it in an...
View ArticleHow to avoid becoming a skinny fat person
One of the most important tools for achieving optimal wellness and aging gracefully is building and maintaining muscle. Muscle burns calories exponentially more efficiently than fat, and of course, it...
View ArticleFile cabinet reflections
Moving through life, clocking in days, years, and even decades, perspective begins to shift. I’ve noticed that there’s less anticipation of the new and unexplored, more “looking in the rear view”,...
View ArticleWhat’s in a name? –“Age-Friendly”?
All too often we use a words that sound correct, or have a nice ring to them, or as an short- cut way of communicating a laundry list of other words. Think about things like “sustainable”, or “eco...
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