Nothing can take the wind out of the sails of a breath and body practice faster than urinary incontinence. I remember the first time I experienced this. I was at the gym in the middle of an aerobic workout when, “What the F?#**@? My first response was pure denial. This must be some sort of freak accident. Then it happened again, with jumping jacks and running. This doesn’t make sense. I am in good shape. I...
Blogging is its own field of writing and to get good at it you have to do it. Blogging though can be lonely. You don’t always get feedback when you start out and it’s tough figuring it all out on your own. One of the best decisions I made for my personal blog was to blog for Yoga Health Coaching. I love it. It’s a fun opportunity to write on health and wellness to expand my...
I was born with scoliosis. It never seemed like a big deal until I hit my mid 30’s when I found out that I had bone spurs in my thoracic spine and arthritis that was comparable to someone twice my age. In other words, I had the spine of a 60 or 70 year old. Not to mention over 13 years ago, I was in a car accident that caused spinal stenosis and complete degeneration...
Have you ever experienced a wake-up call? Maybe the wake-up call involved your relationships, or perhaps the direction you were heading in your career, or maybe you became ill and it really shook you up. Over a year and a half ago I found myself dealing with my own wake-up call. At that time, I had considered myself fairly healthy, I ate a lot of veggies and very little meat. I exercised regularly and...
In this Coach of the Month interview, Cate chats with Suzanne Lynch about her personal evolution path from yogi to Catholic chaplain to yoga studio owner and finally to yoga health coach. Suzanne began studying Iyengar yoga in her 20s, but found herself struggling mentally and emotionally. She began meditating and describes the experience as going from seeing her life in black and white to seeing it in color. Meditation improved her family life, and she...
I’ll do it myself. I don’t need any help.These were my childhood mantras. Embracing life’s challenges solo was my MO. Oh the challenges of a 6-year old...