Fitness & Wellness Blog

Hiking in Acadia National Park

About a week ago we have the opportunity to visit our son Kieran who was interning in Bath, Maine this summer. We were able to climb, I say climb because hiking would not be the word, as there were no switch backs, Cadillac Mt. in Acadia National Park. We had a great day with Kieran […]

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Life Balance

I wanted to post these words of wisdom from …My Winning Words©. We so many times feel we have to do everything, be in pain when we “workout” and we leave out the balance of enjoyment of movement. Enjoy these words. They them soak into your heart and body. Whatever you do, work at it […]

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August is NOT the end of outdoor activity. Try trekking/walking poles.

Complied from various web-sites August! Finishing vacations…some go back to school… some are glad others are going back to school…end of summer does not mean end of outdoor activities. Try trekking/walking poles to enhance your typical walking or hiking activity. If you have stability issues, medical issues, knee and/hip replacements trekking poles are a wonderful […]

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Holistic Nutrition

Holistic Nutrition Nutrition, from a Western perspective, concentrates on calories and chemical composition. How many calories are in that muffin? Is it fat-free? How many grams of protein are there? How many “points” is that? When we use an approach like this, we reduce the complexity of the human being to numbers on an Excel […]

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Train for Mental Health not just Physical Health

 Training for Mental Health! I see the change in my clients all the time. We are not only building “Muscle” we are building ways to enhance your mental and emotional health.Without mental health, physical health cannot be sustained. READ ON!! Physical activity: enhances physiological health, raises tolerance for emotional stress, increases familiarity with physical stress, […]

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We talked on Greening of the mind last week… This week Blue mind.

We talked about greening the mind last week. This week…Blue Mind “Scientists responded by taking the laboratory outdoors. I met one of these researchers on a 2012 kayaking session in Veracruz, Mexico, where we shared our experiences working with aquatic and marine species and also interacting with people in outdoor spaces. In his new book […]

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Mother Nature CAN Be your Gym!

Greening the Mind-Look what a walk in the woods can do! Think what more a swim or kayak ride can do for our body and soul. Stay tuned for more outdoor activity info on our FB page! Journalist Florence Williams traveled to N.Japan in ’12 to investigate research indicating that walking in a green forest […]

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