Fitness
Stay active and healthy during your whole lifetime! Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned athlete, our contributors provide tips and routines to help you reach your fitness goals. Learn about different types of workouts, the benefits of physical activity, and how to stay motivated. Discover ways to incorporate fitness into your daily routine and maintain a healthy, active lifestyle.
Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport, Symptoms and Causes Beyond Athletes
As practitioners, we never stop learning. Recently, I attended a kinesiology conference where I was introduced to a condition I had never previously encountered: Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport, or RED-S.
How Diet and Probiotics Shape Our Minds
For decades, we have viewed the brain as the undisputed, solitary commander of our bodies, a centralized processing unit sealed securely within the vault of the skull. But a quiet revolution in neuroscience...
Why Sustainable Habits Are the Foundation Your Health Has Been Missing
In "How Curiosity Becomes the Healing Skill You Didn't Know You Had", you are invited to explore your health with curiosity instead of fear. To build a map of what works for your body. To discover...
The Evidence Behind Acupuncture for Knee Osteoarthritis, and Why Diet Matters
Knee osteoarthritis is one of the most common reasons people seek treatment in my clinic. Many arrive believing that knee pain is simply an unavoidable part of aging. They have tried pain medication...
The Art of a Balanced Summer and Ayurvedic Wisdom for Your Body, Mind, Skin, and Spirit
Summer has always been one of my favorite seasons. As a yoga teacher, esthetician, Ayurvedic wellness practitioner, and business owner, summer often brings exciting opportunities: outdoor events...
Nutrition for Longevity and Why What You Eat Matters
We’ve all heard the phrase "you are what you eat," but as we look toward a future of staying active, mobile, and sharp, a better way to think about it is: Your body is a high-performance machine, and your...
How Knowing Your Body’s Signals Changes the Direction of Your Health
In 7 Questions A Curious Questioner Learns to Ask To Give Your Health Direction, you are invited to discover that the questions you ask can change the direction of your health. That curiosity, when it...
Five Steps to Rebuild Your Body From Within When Life Forces You to Stop
What happens when your body suddenly stops you? When breathing, movement, and everyday functioning are no longer things you can take for granted? After experiencing a bilateral pulmonary embolism...
The Role of Acupuncture in Healing Common Pickleball Injuries
Pickleball’s rapid rise in popularity has also brought a quiet increase in overuse injuries affecting the elbow, shoulder, and knee, especially among adults who play regularly. As an active sport that...
How Small Consistent Habits Can Transform Your Health
Sustainable daily habits often yield better long-term results than quick fixes and restrictive diets. In today’s fast-paced world, many people are continually searching for quick solutions to improve...
How Being Born With a Cluster of Veins Affected My Nervous System and Overall Health
Right before I hit puberty, around the age of ten or eleven, I began experiencing excessive sweating under my arms. All it took was anxiety, overthinking, or feeling overwhelmed, and my armpits would...
How to Stop Sabotaging Your Progress Every Time You Travel
In an ideal world, you are already consistent with your fitness routine or finally preparing to start because summer is around the corner. Then suddenly, a trip appears, a wedding invitation arrives...
Raising Talented Female Athletes and the Lies Parents Are Told
There’s something happening in youth sport that doesn’t get enough attention, and it’s not coming from a lack of effort or care from parents. In fact, it’s usually the opposite. The parents I meet are invested...
Why a Judgment-Free Studio is Better for Your Brain
Picture the scene. You've signed up for a gym membership, shown up twice, and somehow never gone back. You're not alone, and it's almost certainly not a willpower problem. Research in behavioral psychology...
How Changing My Diet and Oils Transformed My Sweat and Smell
In my mid-twenties, while working my "nine to five," I'd wake up each morning, shower, and apply my essential oils as always. I was fresh, smelling beautiful like flowers. Occasionally, after lunch, though...
