Proper walking posture is now the exception rather than the rule.  While, before, sitting was the posture most prone to slumping because of the activities we do while sitting (i.e. reading), cell phones have now made us a world of hunched over walkers. Take a look next time you are out: people barely looking where…

The occipital release: Devote 5 minutes to your neck every night to improve your experience with a tight neck The occipitals are a small collection of muscles at the base of your skull which often go unaccounted for when it comes to stretching. They become overly tight because of chronic forward head posture, sitting too…

The office is a destructive habitat for the human: it can have a debilitating effect on almost every part of the upper body including the crucial structure of your spine which will degrade over time by itself, let alone with the aid of a poor workplace set up and equally poor posture. What’s worse is…

Deskercise You know sitting all day is bad for your health but what can you do? Dough must be earned, and at the end of the day, sometimes you just feel like kicking your feet up and doing something relaxing. Fortunately, there are a plethora of ingenious little movements and stretches you can do to…

What’s for breakfast? For many people, breakfast is the most challenging meal of the day. Pressed for time, we often run out the door with nothing in hand and end up scarfing something like a doughnut from the drive-thru. While experts disagree as to whether the empty calories, sugar and fat content of that doughnut…

Stress Stress has a way of infiltrating every corner of our body: besides a boiling brain, a common side effect of stress is muscle tension. You can truly feel stress manifesting in your neck, shoulders, lower back and toes. When stress starts to boil over, the first thing to remember is to breathe: deep breaths…

Circulation is important at any age, especially for your brain!  The brain uses up to three times as much oxygen as the other muscles of the body. With a brain so hungry, it is important to protect and enhance cerebral circulation, which refers to the movement of blood through the vessels that supply the brain.…

Microexcercise How many seconds pass you by in a day? Micro-exercise is about redefining 60 seconds, or 10 minutes and turning them into seconds of benefit for your body and brain. If you are someone who thinks they don’t have enough time to exercise, take this as a challenge. After all, as we age, we…

Excercise as a ritual Traditional exercise is not for everyone. Think about it this way: most people would gladly exert themselves if there was fun involved, i.e. a game of pick up basketball, or a hike to be rewarded with a beautiful view. But the thought of 45 minutes on a run, even with the…

Warming up is of paramount importance during winter Think of your muscles as a rubber-band ball- tightly wound. Now think of that rubber-band ball sitting in a refrigerator! While this is a slight exaggeration, your pre-workout muscles are tightly wound and they start colder during the winter time. If you initiate a vigorous work out…