[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”2220″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]In this 200th anniversary year of the birth of Henry David Thoreau, each of us can increase our health and well-being by applying his guidance to our regular exercise activities. Thoreau, one of the United States’ greatest writers, naturalists, and philosophers, not only walked the length and breadth of Concord, his …
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”2215″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]In baseball, hitting for the cycle means that a batter hits a single, a double, a triple, and a home run during the same game. Hitting for the cycle is a rare baseball event, occurring about as often as a no-hitter by a pitcher. Certainly, a great deal of skill is …
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”2208″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Comparisons between the inner world and the outer world have been frequently drawn by philosophers, nature writers, and visual artists. For example, “seeing the universe in a grain of sand” is a well-known aphorism. The number of neurons in your brain has been compared to the number of stars in the …
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”2204″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Mindfulness programs and practices frequently describe a process of locating your “center.” One’s center may be conceived as a focus of energy, both spiritual and physical, by which all activities may be grounded and from which all activities flow. Similarly, ballet teachers and gymnastics instructors enjoin their pupils to “work from …
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”2198″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Whether we’re driving a car, riding a bike, or trying to record a spare at our local bowling alley, our musculoskeletal system bases its decision-making on past history, that is, what it has learned before. Drawing on years of experience, recorded deep within our muscle memory, we’re able to avoid an …
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”2192″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes applied himself to a difficult case, he famously utilized his powers of deduction. Holmes assembled and examined the facts before him and employed a scientific method of analysis to arrive at a solution that took into account of all the elements of the case. …
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”2187″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Healthy knees require continuous motion. However, our generally sedentary lifestyles are at odds with the maintenance of robust knee joint architecture. Left motionless throughout large portions of the day, over time knee cartilage will break down and knee ligaments will become lax. These chronic changes are frequently associated with other degenerative …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In early winter, whether we’re celebrating Hanukkah or Christmas, both or nothing at all, families and friends gather to share food and drink and give thanks for a year successfully completed. We send up a rousing holiday cheer and share delicious holiday cheer in celebration of our accomplishments and to honor our cherished relationships. It’s …
