Apparently last year, and the year before, I didn’t blog or do a podcast episode relevant to Thanksgiving. I want to make up for that…because…I am grateful for a lot! I often express gratitude in…
Maybe you were part of last year’s inaugural May Movement Challenge? Here’s a video showing the highlights from a month-long array of free, accessible online movement classes. This year we have several of the same…
Transitioning: Mobility Challenges + Nature = Next Chapter
- September 17, 2021
- Tagged as: accessibility, mobility, nature, neuromuscular disease, pandemic, stress
The Pandemic has brought many changes; for me, it’s ushered in the next chapter of my life. Perhaps the final chapter? With mobility challenges, it was one of two choices: home modifications or move to…
- Alternative Healing Modalities
- Coping
- Disability Rights & Accessibility
- Laughter
- Music and the Arts
- Nature
- Podcast Episodes
- Relaxation
Celebration!
Believe it or not, this episode has nothing to do with the recent U.S. election. We’re celebrating the 100th podcast episode of the Glass Half Full. But feel free to celebrate our right to vote…
That is me; I still have my hands, says the 4-year old girl after waking up in the hospital and being told by her mother that she had lost her legs. The little girl grew…
- Aging
- Alternative Healing Modalities
- Autoimmune Disorders
- Movement
- Nature
- Podcast Episodes
- Technology
Hug A Tree & Live Longer
This month we have both Earth Day and Arbor Day so it’s high time to be amongst the trees. Even if you are hunkered down in the safety of your home during the pandemic, you…
- Alternative Healing Modalities
- Autoimmune Disorders
- Coping
- Mental Health
- Movement
- Nature
- Podcast Episodes
- Relaxation
Coping with a Coronavirus: Trees, Yoga, and Essential Oils
A retired nurse, physical and yoga therapist, and mental health professional offer strategies for coping with uncertainty, anxiety, and all those other emotions caught up in this season of the pandemic. Verla Fortier, author of…
One yoga teacher’s health journey. Katrina LaShea was able to ease her back injury and subsequent ankle injury pain through a yoga practice. What once worked as a treatment, later became her passion. Today Katrina…
In the continuing series, Food=Medicine, Cooking with Love explores different interpretations of how love can be a vital element in the food we eat. Whether it’s part of the mission of a local organic farm,…
What is Nature and how is it beneficial to our emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being? Bonnie Lewkowicz (Program Manager, Access Northern California) and Lori Gray (Adventures & Outings Program Coordinator) both work for the Bay Area…
