Life changes incredibly when you start living with chronic pain, and it often is a very lonely journey. Today’s conversation is about pain management, but in a roundabout way. Let me explain. I will do my absolute best to keep this post short enough so that it can be...
Do you get cold + flu blues kinda often? The other day I saw one of my friends post this “You get a cold. Everyone gets a cold,” picture on Facebook. School has started just a week ago, and already I hear a great number of my students and clients complaining about the...
So I went for my routine 5k walk this morning… You probably just glanced out your window and thought me crazy (for those of you who are not in GP – we have a wicked storm complete with torrential rain and gusty winds blowing through.) I might be a little strange; but...
Comfort is ….. This post seems like a fitting conclusion to previous weeks’ foray into wellness routines – a little bit of motivation, all backed up by solid science. What does comfort mean to you? When I first arrived to Edmonton in July of 1994, Canada seemed like a...
Here is, as promised, the missing link for Super-Charge Your Wellness worksheet. Last week I said, “I saved the best for last.” The truth, of course, is slightly more complicated than that. These last two pieces of the health puzzle are both the beginning and the end...
Two weeks ago I wrote what turned out to be a conversation starter – a blog post entitled “Super-Charge Your Wellness Routine,” in which I talked about my take on improving one’s health trajectory. Well, the questions never stopped coming; and the biggest one of them...
A week ago I met for lunch with a loooong – time friend of mine who now lives out of town. Being a medical doctor and a fellow Chopra Center teacher, he understands and shares my passion for healing. “I just went to see a naturopath,” I said casually as we were...
Waivers filled out, mats unrolled, and, just like that, the first week of spring yoga classes are already behind us. One’s very first yoga class is a combination of many things… especially when you’ve registered for a 10-week long session. There’s a sense of...
What does your posture and habits have to do with the cardio-vascular disease in general, and high blood pressure in particular? Quite a lot as it turns out. Supposedly cardio-vascular disease (including high blood pressure) is caused by plaque in the arteries, right?...
Valentine’s weekend is looming ever near; matters of the heart are on everyone’s mind these days, and for a good reason - February is a Heart Health month. Unless you’ve lived under a rock (I wish I have!) for the last 20 years or so, you believe that diet, exercise,...