Written and published in HV Parent – October 2011 Most people who practice would agree that yoga offers countless physical and emotional health benefits including but not limited to improved flexibility, strength, postural alignment, and overall stress reduction. For teens, the benefits are similar; but at an age where the body is a changing and [...]
It’s 2011 and you can pretty do most things via the Internet…order your groceries, purchase your entire wardrobe, work from home, watch you favorite programs, and WORKOUT with a personal trainer too! Yes, you can hire and work with a personal trainer virtually. Many skeptics out there are probably thinking, how can working with a [...]
After a lot of planning and trial runs – I am ready to roll out my StrollerMama fitness classes next week! StrollerMama is an exercise class specially designed for moms and their babies. I created this class to help moms rejuvenate and tone their post pregnancy bodies, bond with their babes and meet other moms [...]
These days it seems I am being pulled in many different directions on a constant basis. Caring for and entertaining LLB takes a lot of time and energy. But there are a lot of other things I want and need to get done in a day. Setting aside eating and sleeping, there’s my fitness training [...]
I really put myself to the test with the Shed the Layers Challenge. It started February 14th, I moved March 1st and then proceeded to go on a 5 day vacation! Sometimes I wonder about myself…can we say spreading oneself very thin??!! Well, the good news is I have managed to stay consistently active. People [...]
One week has passed since the start of the Shed the Layers challenge. How is it going?? I am doing pretty good considering how full my plate has been. We are in the final week before our move back the New York…I’m working, packing, chasing down our wild little toddler and trying to find the [...]
After countless holiday parties, followed by New Years Eve, followed by blizzard induced cabin fever, followed by the Superbowl…the eating, drinking & hibernating is over! Spring is upon us and soon we will be putting on less clothing, perhaps even a bikini. It’s time to cut back on the 12 oz curls, put down [...]
This past Sunday morning, I ran the Falmouth Road Race on beautiful Cape Cod and let me just say…it was PHENOMENAL!! The weather was perfect, not too hot, and the scenic course was breathtaking! I ran 7.1 miles (a 10K plus a little extra) in 1:13…not too bad…just under a 10:00 mile!! Not only did [...]
In a few years time I have gone from a sassy singleton, to a feisty fun adventurous married couple, to a mommy…aka a no-shower having…hair-in-a-bun, yoga-pants-&-nursing-tank, spit-up-&- breast-milk wearing…Yo-Gabba-Gabba singing…not-so-fabulous feeling mommy! To top it off, its wintertime in the Northeast. It’s cloudy, cold, grey…Ick! You might think I’d fall deep into the dumps from [...]
Most people including myself at one time or another have obsessed about diet: no carbs, no fat, no meat, no solids, no FOOD! As a trainer, I am always being asked, “what should I do to lose the weight?” My first response is, I am not a registered dietician and therefor cannot prescribe specific nutritional [...]
