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…
Taking a Break
- May 18, 2020
- Tagged as: anxiety, coronavirus, COVID-19, exercise, healing, health, laughter, meditation, mindfulness, movement therapy
Well, not really. No podcast episodes for the month of May due to a very bad computer. Naughty as heck. She/he could have reminded me of their age (6 years!) and I would have paid…
Two friends from grade school share their stories of a diagnosis of a neurological condition. Marc has Multiple Sclerosis and Steve has Parkinson’s disease. I have a form of muscular dystrophy called myotonic dystrophy. It’s…
Diabetes? Two personal stories about movement and plant-based diet
- October 24, 2019
- Tagged as: balance, chronic pain, dance, diabetes, diet, exercise, insulin, motivation, movement, nutrition, routine, spinal fusion
Dianna Rowley, diagnosed with diabetes type 1, was a professional dancer. Although she had health issues in her childhood she wasn’t diagnosed until her early 20s when she experienced a major health crisis. Her journey…
Pilates: Core Strength, Alignment, Pain Relief, and Neural Reconnection
- October 6, 2019
- Tagged as: breath awareness, core muscles, exercise, Feldenkreis, foot drop, Franklin Method, hip, independence, mindfulness, movement therapy, myotonic dystrophy, neural connectivity, pain, Parkinson's disease, physical therapy, Pilates, proprioception, PTSD, scoliosis, trauma, yoga
Practicing Pilates can be done on a mat or with any number of devices such as the Reformer. Shannon Knorr, a yoga and Pilates instructor, talks about therapeutic Pilates to help with body alignment, pain…
Self-Care Challenge Anew
- January 12, 2019
- Tagged as: chronic illness, diet, exercise, self-care
Happy New Year! I think it’s safe to greet someone with this salutation for the duration of January. Somewhere, sometime, someone said…”you’ve got the entire month of January to focus on the new year…” …and…
Sometimes I see Facebook posts from high school classmates reminiscing about the “good old days.” I did have some unbridled fun back then but I far prefer my adulthood. Even with a chronic health condition….
If you’ve joined me on this Self-Care Challenge since the first month, thank you! I hope you’re progressing well, learning a lot, and achieving a few goals you may have set for yourself. If you’re…
Nicole Cavales — yoga instructor — was diagnosed with the BRCA1 gene mutation making her a high risk for breast and ovarian cancer. She chose to have surgery and reconstruction. Nicole’s plastic surgeon referred her…
International Dance Day is April 29th. Here in Northern California we have Bay Area Dance Week with all types of free dance classes and performances. As Judith Smith, co-founder of the physically integrated dance company,…
