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November, 2007

Body-Mind Meditation Boosts Performance

A team of researchers from China and the University of Oregon have developed an approach for neuroscientists to study how meditation might provide improvements in a person’s attention and response to stress. The study, done in China, randomly assigned college undergraduate students to 40-person experimental or


Yoga for Back Care

Up to 85% of American adults experience back pain at some point in their lives (Andersson 1999). No doubt some of your clients are among them. Why is the back so prone to injury? As we age, ligaments and tendons shorten and joint range of motion (ROM) decreases. Disks lose their ability to absorb shock, muscles weaken, and


Helping Older Adults Cope With Loss

Working with a group of older adults offers many unique challenges and innumerable rewards. Designing a safe, appropriate and enjoyable wellness program for this special population takes specific training, experience and planning that go beyond the physical aspects of the workout. Older adults face losses of many kinds


It’s Tea Time

Did you know that after water, tea is the most commonly consumed beverage in the world? This ancient drink is as popular today as it was hundreds of years ago. Iced or hot, tea is in high demand. In the United States alone, more than 50 billion servings (that’s a whopping 2.25 billion gallons) of tea were consumed last year, according to trends data provided by


Pilates for Obese Clients

In a previous issue of Inner IDEA Body-Mind-Spirit Review, we asked: What types of challenges do you face when working with overweight or obese Pilates clients and what solutions have you found?


Getting to the Core of Your Identity

Have you ever looked at a colleague and thought: “Boy, she really knows who she is, what she believes in and where she’s going.” More important, can you say this about yourself?


Insomnia and Alternative Therapies

More than 1.6 million U.S. adults are estimated to use complementary and alternative therapies to treat insomnia, according to the results of a national survey published in the September 18 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, a theme issue on sleep.