4 Benefits of a Regular Walking Program

Have you been meaning to start walking but have yet to begin? Do you see people out walking as you do your errands and think to yourself, “That should be me?” You are not alone. The intent to exercise is a common mindset. It is easy and it feels good to believe that...

Getting Active: Jump into the Deep End

I read an article recently about The Daniel Plan, a wellness program designed to encourage healthy living through the interrelationship between food, fitness, focus, friendship and faith. What I like about this program is the attention to a deeper principle for the...

Back Pain: 3 Helpful Tips

What do you do when you have back pain? Do you exercise? Or stay in bed? How do you know what the best thing to do is? Often times when we are in pain, we want a health care provider to fix it as this can help get over the hump of acute pain. However, if you find...

Exercise and Brain Function

I recently heard an interview with Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., cell biologist and pioneer in mind body medicine, who spoke about the art of resiliency. She defined resiliency as not only the ability to deal with life’s twists and turns, but the ability to come out of them...