Pilates was originated in Germany in the early 20th century by Joseph Pilates. The purpose of Pilates is to focus on the core all while working on controlled breathing and correct spinal alignment. According to some of those who practice Pilates, the central goal is to create a bond between the mind and body.
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A Beginner’s Guide to Pilates
Often times we get so caught up in our favorite style of training that we don't leave room for any other training modalities to enter into the picture. Personally, I find it's a great idea to expand your weight loss and fitness horizons by trying out a few different exercise methods and allow each unique program to help you to become a more complete and healthy person
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Complete Training Program
Some common names we think of when it comes to yoga include Ashtanga , Bikram , or Vinyassa, but Raja yoga is not one that quickly comes to mind, unless you’re Deepak Chopak or a devotee of this ancient spiritual practice. So exactly what is Raja yoga? Here is a basic overview of this transforming and meditative style of yoga.
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An Introduction to Raja Yoga
Boxty on the griddle, Boxty in the pan, If you can’t make boxty, You’ll never get a man. – Traditional Irish poem – Anonymous Is the recession over? YES! (7/25/09) NO – The recent upswing is due to the stimulus package (1/6/10) YES – But we won’t see job growth for a few months (1/30/10) NO – No new jobs, low GDP growth (2/1/10) NO – Find a comfortable seat; this is going to take a while (2/17/10) If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my short life, it’s not to trust the media.
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Recession Cuisine – BOXTY
Since I have made up my mind to start Medifast, I have been binging. At first, I wasn’t really paying attention to it. But then yesterday, I realized what I was doing.
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Over food.
well i guess i will start at the begining. i am 17 and come from a large family. i have been fat all my life and have finally reliezed what it is doing to my health.
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My Journey So Far
“Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.” –Pablo Picasso Fellow yogi John Calabria turned me onto an amazing artist and musician (and yogi, of course) — Aaron Jones. Check out his video below: What I love about this video (besides the awesome music that accompanies it) is how Aaron challenges us to see something new where there was once something else
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Life Imitates Art
EATING DISORDER AWARENESS Thanks for all the great comments and emails about the post on compulsive overeating yesterday. That was much scarier for me to admit to doing than emotional eating. Everyone emotionally eats a little bit (I firmly believe this) and it’s okay on a small scale. But food addiction? Compulsive overeating? Feeling voids with food? Scary to admit, scary to talk about. Why is it so scary? No one wants to be negatively judged. But when people who deal with it but never talk about it, it just makes others who deal with it feel alone. And that gets us nowhere. And apparently this week (Feb 21 -27) is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (thanks to Jody for bringing this to my attention!). Cooly enough there theme is: It’s Time To Talk About It. Their mission?
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Eating Disorders, Running, and Weekend Plans
This is the second post in a series on the issues ( the first was on emotional eating ) that led me to overeat and develop bad habits that caused me to become obese. In these posts I try to examine the problems and issues I had with food in the years when I was becoming obese. One thing that caused my obesity that I’ve never told anyone about was my problem with compulsive eating. It’s hard to explain compulsive eating to people who don’t do it. It’s something I feel like a lot of people don’t understand. Although I’ve moved on from it for the most part I’m not even sure I understand why I did it or what caused me to develop this particular disordered eating habit.
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Why I Became Obese – Compulsive Overeating
A European hypnotherapy technique, “gastric mind band”, uses the mind to facilitated weight loss in obese people by guiding them to imagine the gastric band procedure.
