Category: Health
Thank you to everyone for all your kind words via YouTube, Twitter and here on the blog for Bluey and myself.
There have been so many good suggestions, people sharing stories of losing their own pets and well wishes. It means a lot! I’ll post a letter I received on YouTube because it made me smile!
Bluey is taking 3 medications:
I haven’t had time to research these on Google yet because I’ve been so tired.
That’s right. The little dog you know and love, who’s been in my life for 8 years, isn’t doing so well.
Sometime after the 1st of January, she passed out going up the stairs. She fell over and her feet sort of pawed the air. I rushed to her side to comfort her. She came to but I could tell she was dazed like, “What happened?”. I started carrying her up and down the steps, thinking about why she passed out. It happened again last weekend and I could see her tongue turned blue so I made a vet appointment. This just isn’t normal.
This is Bluey Friday night, January 7th, 2011, around midnight. Her breathing is very labored:
The following videos document Bluey’s health over the last few days: Read More…
Sipping my Genmachia tea with hot milk, I write this post after returning from my second time going to the gym. Loved it and I’ll tell you exactly why!
My goals in signing up for my very first gym membership include:
I always thought spin classes were dumb. Who wants to go to a class where someone yells at you like a drill sergeant? My friends in Minneapolis who did spin also went at ungodly hours like 6:25am! Blech!
I love spinning! By myself. Today and Monday I spent 15 minutes on the bike. Today was amazing. I varied the pace and after checking Wikipedia, understood how to adjust the seat’s height and forward positioning based on my height. Wikipedia said the seat should be at your hips and forward enough so your knee is over the ball of your foot with a slight bend.
I completely lost myself in the bike today and could feel it working my thighs and butt. Wonderful feeling! After that, I went over to the elliptical machine for 10 minutes. Read More…
I used to proud of how much sugar I could put in my coffee. People would say, “would you like some coffee with sugar?”.
I even went to the doctor to ask if I could cause the early onset of diabetes simply by using too much sugar in my coffee. He said no so I continued to pour on the sugar without a care in the world.
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I created this video earlier this month for The Red Pump Project who is working hard to raise awareness for the upcoming March 10th, National Women And Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
The goal is to get 500 blogs in the 50 days leading up to March 10th, 2010.
I found out about this day of awareness and prevention through education via @LuvvieIG who is the most crazy fun person in person, on Twitter and abundant blogger I’ve ever met! She is full of positive energy and truly puts her heart into this work.
She started The Red Pump Project with Karyn and tirelessly works to raise awareness how women can have fun yet stay safe when being sexually active. I attended a fundraiser last year for The Red Pump Project and had a great time!
In 2006, teenage girls (yes someone between the ages of 13-19 years old) represented 39% of new AIDS infections. I can’t even begin to imagine what it’s like to be told that you have contracted a virus that can kill you at what should the the start of the rest of your life. Can you?
Of that number, 69% were Black and 19% Latino.
This needs to change and I support the Red Pump Project as decisions drive behavior. Let’s help these young women make better choices that will help to secure a future for them without the pain, shame and burden of being infected with a lifelong virus!
Please join in by visiting the post and adding the badge to your site to show your support!
I’m not sure how to start this blog post so I’m just going to start writing. Today I’m not writing about technology. Today I got a card and a couple of gifts from my sister, Gwendolyn. I haven’t talked to her since 2008.
I love my sister. It brings me much pain to realize how our childhood has affected her as an adult. I know that I always seem happy, excited, optimistic and ready for the next challenge that life brings my way. Unfortunately, her life and thoughts have been very different.
She suffers from depression. I didn’t really understand what this meant. I thought depression was something that was temporary. I thought it could be cured if things in life got better for you. I thought medication helped make life better if you have depression.
I know it took a lot for her to muster up the courage to do this.
Whenever I think of depression, that commercial with the cloud comes to mind where that’s sad person is always followed by that sad cloud. Then I think of the more happy, parody version MadTV did:
Pretty much 99.9999% of the time, I am happy, joyous, grateful, full of energy about life! Sometimes, I have felt guilty that I am just so excited about being alive while others seem to find the world a horrible place to exist.
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I Loved the massage provided by Kelly today and after lunch, connected
with Lori for my first ever spa facial.
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It feels good once I start a class. I begin to forget my worries and start to feel parts of my body relax. Yoga has lasting postive effect on both my mind and body hours after I have finished. Pretty good investment for 20 minutes of my time. My productivity shoots up as well. It’s one of the first things I do in the morning and when I skip it, my entire day often falls apart before my eyes. I know yoga is a good thing because you see many of the poses in nature.
Yoga Center of Minneapolis
212 3rd Ave. N, Suite 205
Minneapolis, MN
Phone: 612-436-4700
Email: register@yogacentermpls.com
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Tip: My friend attends this one and received his yoga instructor certification here
Minneapolis Yoga Workshop
2637 27th Ave South, Suite 207
Minneapolis, MN 55406
Email: mplsyogaworkshop@hotmail.com
Phone: 612-253-5115
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Tip: Coupon for one free class
Core Power Yoga in Minneapolis
2930 Emerson Avenue S
Minneapolis, MN 55408
Phone: 612-822-9642
Email: membership@corepoweryoga.com
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Tip: One week of free classes
Note: Please let me know if you enjoy these places or have any problems.
You can subscribe to free yoga classes through iTunes with Chaz.
Many yoga poses have animal names like “downward dog”. These sorts of names are easier to remember, especially for children learning yoga. In most classes I’ve been to, the instructors repeat the names several times throughout the session so you have time to pick things up.
Nature reflects yoga as an essential survival tool. Watch your dog or cat and every time they wake up, they strech. We could be a lot healthier if we made notes.
Humans weren’t meant to sit in a chair for 8+ hours a day so techies often suffer from repetitive stress injuries, back pain, neck pain, weight issues, eye strain and pulled muscles. I think people trapped in the Matrix had better exercise programs than most techies.
How many people do you know who work on their laptops like this?
or this?
And yes, I’ve heard leaning back is actually better than hunching forward but I’m talking about yoga today. I’ll save Ergo posture for another post.
Thankfully, there’s relief from the pain and aches and it’s not in a bottle of ibuprofen or whiskey. By spending 20 minutes on yourself, you will start to experience that “inner calm” so many yoga folks seem to possess.
The act of yoga is very centering. It helps bring you back down to earth when everything seems to be rushing and swirling around you. I still remember the amazing feeling I had after my first yoga class. My entire body felt like it was “glowing”. I wanted more of that. Not every session will be great so give it at least 5 sessions to feel the effects.
Yoga is a very social activity. You can travel just about anywhere in the world and find folks doing yoga. Once you get familiar with the poses, you can break out a yoga mat at home, in your hotel room, on the beach or at a gym and no one will give you a second thought.
What if you’re very ill or you’ve been in a car accident? Yoga is still for you! Many people think you need to be young and fit to do yoga when in fact, there are many poses that address these concerns. Always talk to your doctor before starting an exercise program. There, that’s my disclaimer.
I turned to yoga after a sprained ankle and bad ergonomics at work had my entire body jumbled. What started out as one month on crutches turned into horrible back and neck pain. I couldn’t even turn my head to check traffic for lane changes.
It turned out my body had started to compensate for the sprain. My work chair and desk height were also contributing to the problem. After seeing a chiropractor and physical therapist, I realized that although I was thin, I wasn’t healthy at all. I failed many of the tests the physical therapist gave me which tested my strength. My legs and back were weak and my arms had a limited range of motion because I spent my workday typing away.
I decided to incorporate yoga to build my core body strength. I started out with classes at the local YWCA which I enjoyed. After a few months, I began to explore other yoga options in the city and eventually found Chaz’s YogAmazing video podcasts on iTunes. He is an upbeat yoga instructor and his videos were nice an short. He started a website as well to sell his yoga video collections and I always recommend his videos.
