HEALTH | FITNESS | WELLNESS
Okay, folks summer is only a couple of months away making this the perfect time to cement that exercise routine you can maintain for life. Okay, I know what you’re saying, my life is just too busy to fit one more thing into my already insane schedule. I get it, real life often intrudes on [...]
There is overwhelming evidence that exercising outdoors, otherwise referred to as green exercise, is better for you - both physically and mentally. This idea isn't new, in fact, the healing power of nature, from the Latin: vis medicatrix naturae is one of the guiding principles of Hippocratic medicine and evolutionary biology and viewed as an [...]
Last night at class one of our regulars commented on the fact that now is the time people start to lose that New Years resolution momentum. It reminded me of this article I wrote last year at this time. Thought I'd repost as a reminder of how to stay on track after the New Year's resolution [...]
Sure, healthy is sexy and beautiful. A strong, fit body looks as good as it feels. But the most valuable rewards of good health and fitness have very little to do with rippling muscles or thin thighs. You’d never know that by looking at both conventional and social media, though. All those sensationalized headlines, sexy [...]
The idea of health and fitness is wildly popular, particularly during this time of year. But becoming a truly healthy person can be a mighty feat to pull off. The 2017 Obesity Update by the OECD placed Canada among its most overweight countries, with 25.8% of the population aged 15 and over considered obese. More [...]
The cruel truth is that modern society is having a negative effect on our happiness. We live in an increasingly competitive, self-obsessed culture which encourages us to pursue wealth, appearance, status and possessions as a route to success. Yet, despite getting much richer as a society, we’re not actually getting happier. In the pursuit of [...]
Adapted from the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley Recently, a critical mass of research has provided what might be the most basic and irrefutable argument in favor of happiness: Happiness and good health go hand-in-hand. Indeed, scientific studies have been finding that happiness can make our hearts healthier, our immune systems stronger, and [...]
