Back Magic the effortless way to restore your lumbar curve

I am so thrilled to have found Back Magic. This brilliant little, patented device is the simplest way to allow your lower back muscles to relax. It is in the relaxation of the muscles that attach to the spine that the vertebrae can realign, return and stay where they belong.

AeroPilates is the smart and intelligent way to retrain your body, mind and soul. It is an all encompassing method of Pilates that focuses on the whole body. Primarily, it is concerned with developing correct posture and efficient movement patterns.

Since no clinical studies have ever been performed on a reformer we decided to put our AeroPilates system to the test.

The goal of the study was to thoroughly examine AeroPilates, an exercise program that combines Pilates Strength Training with supine Cardio Rebounding; which can be accomplished by a majority of people, and to determine whether there are significant fitness and weight loss effects.

Pilates is renowned for its unique multiple plane movements and is well touted for the wide array of benefits it provides including Improved Strength, Mobility, Endurance, Flexibility, Core Stability, Proprioception, Control and Coordination as well as Mind/ Body Stress reduction. It has long been used for rehabilitation and is typically performed on a reformer or on a mat on the floor.

I have prepared a short summary of our findings but if you care to read an in depth discussion of the study performed by Neil Wolkodoff, PhD, Sue Peterson and Jeff Miller, PhD. Click here to read the study.

There is nothing more important for our respiratory health than to breathe clean, pollutant free air.

While we have little chance of affecting the outside air, we can however control and alter the nature of the air inside our homes.

Obesity is an ever growing problem about which we should all be extremely concerned. Our children are now also suffering from it and the associated high cholesterol and pre-diabetic conditions. Those who are over weight have religiously tried every diet from counting calories to starvation. The only thing that truly makes a difference however, is to eat less. The following article is written by registered dietician, Meredith Luce who specializes in weight control and digestive disorders and has used her years of experience to develop a system of eating that I truly believe can forever change the way we eat.

Research shows, and experts agree, the best way to help prevent disease is to eat a diet loaded with fresh fruits and vegetables.

Frederick Mathius Alexander was born in Australia in 1869. He was an opera singer who, in an attempt to heal an inexplicable hoarseness that left him unable to sing, discovered that misuse of the neck muscles was the cause of his throat constriction.

My entire life I have known that nature always provides a cure. As a young child I was sickly, suffering every malady in the pediatric index even though I ate only natural, unprocessed food and was raised by a mother, who was a nurse, and took great pains...