Japan: Kyoto, Hiroshima & Miyajima
This is blog part 3 of our 3 week trip to Japan written by husband. If you missed the first (Tokyo) and second (Kanazawa) posts, you can find them here and here. Follow along on the final phase of our trip here. And if you have any questions about traveling in Japan, ask away!
Read MoreJapan: Kanazawa
Blog #2 of our 3 week trip to Japan, written by my husband! If you missed part one, you’ll find it here. Follow along – the next part of our trip is documented here. And do be in touch if you have any questions about traveling in Japan!
Read MoreJapan: Tokyo
My husband and I took a 3 week trip to Japan. Interestingly we had a bit of a role reversal – he did all the blogging while I gave myself an e-vacation! Enjoy sharing our adventures with us! Part 2 of our vacation (Kanazawa) is blogged about here.
Read MoreBreaking up with diet culture: From Body Shaming to Body Positivity
I’ve been doing some writing on my experience of body positivity for Popularly Positive. The piece below is about breaking up with diet culture for the dangerous and destructive path it led me down. It shares my experiences with body shaming and my discovery of body positivity.
Read MoreDance breaks are great breaks!
Why take dance breaks?
Why not? Everybody can move to music and there are a TON of benefits!
Dance can:
* Promote comfort among employees
* Build relationships through trust and bonding
* Foster interaction and cooperation
* Promote positivity and confidence
* Reduce Stress
Movement breaks not only help us physically, but did you know they help our learning and well-being as well?
Read MoreNia Jam in Toronto featuring the latest routine – Wild
We held a Nia Jam in Toronto yesterday where we shared Debbie Rosas’ newest routine Wild.
Read MoreChallenge your mind and body with Nia MOVEit
Do you challenge your mind and body? How often does your body (and brain!) encounter something totally new? Something never ever experienced before? Something that taxes or increases the demands on your body and brain? Regularly? Great! Often? Fantastic! Rarely? Let’s talk about the benefits of mind-body challenge. Nia is a challenge! It sure…
Read MoreDancing Through Life With Pleasure: Nia Student Stories
I love Jenn’s approach to her Nia classes – ensuring everyone feels comfortable in taking the routine only as far as their own bodies can go that day – without judgement, without goals, other than to enjoy the movement.
Read MoreReflexive Conditioning: Keep your brain and body healthy
Reflexive conditioning helps us to optimize the nervous system by stimulating a very specific neuromuscular function. By training our reflexes, we are enhancing the health and responsiveness of our nervous systems so that they can react as necessary.
Read MoreOn mitochondria and thoughts on aging
The subjects who did the interval workouts showed increases in both the number and health of their mitochondria — this finding was particularly pronounced in older subjects.
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