SBN is absolutely right - Gumby is my stretching hero!!  & sometimes there are some stretches that are best done with a friend!  Respectfully  cgn Harris

*from fbook page*

Day whatever of stretching for 15 min. Somewhere in there I missed one day - only one. Yup. Can clearly tell. No longer so stiff when I get out of bed in the am. No longer cringing as I make the first trip across the room .... use of tylenol and ibuprofen way, way down .... so - if you are someone who…

  1. Eat MINDFULLY. Eating without paying attention causes you to eat the wrong things and/or too much food. Doing either (or both) could, as they say, “take the shine off your shoes.” Heart disease, diabetes, and all sorts of ailments await the person who doesn’t practice…

As we are turning the corner from spring to summer, and this weekend it may even be 80 degrees, I'm refreshing my goals, and wondering about yours!   We are seriously interested in hearing, knowing, and helping you reach your goals.  So, for this Five Friday --  list five of your goals.   big, or small.   Lets be bold.   Make a statement, hold ourselves to the fire, dream bigger, and…

Maya Angelou says:   courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently.  You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.  Being a leader takes a certain kind of courage, that requires a person to wear many hats, to achieve many goals personally and especially with helping others reach their goals.  This person accompasses that challenge everyday, and as a side note has been…

From my fbook page:

"K. People where I train are doing amazing things - some have set weight goals, some have set attendance goals, and (of course), belt goals. So, mine is about stretching. I used to be reasonably flexible. I can be that again. For my health, I need to be that again. This book is amazing. There is even a chapter on martial arts and stretching for people over the age of (cough, cough, mutter .....) 15 min. a day.…

This post is as a congratulations to two of my living heroes for their recent recognitions of their breakthrough work in the detection of blood cancers.   Denise Wells M.D. and Mike Loken PhD --  your work has changed medicine, and your lives have changed mine.   Bravo! 

this is a video that is so great -- and I know the reason that they work so hard, is for these kids, and so many others.

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As I am working to recover from a pretty serious back injury, have been doing some research on stretching, and wanted to share this article (citation at the…

 I just need to confess.   I am getting so excited about the Olympics, and especially TaeKwonDo competition this year in London.   So we are going to be working on a lot of Olympic style sparring, the rules, and how it works.   Here is a really fun video to check out with some outrageously cool…

- Always wear a helmet and make sure it fits comfortably and does not block your vision or hearing.

- Wear shoes that fit properly and cover your feet completely.

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- Never hitch a ride with a car, truck, or moving vehicle.

- Look over your play area for hazards…

My dear older brother, we’ve watched each other grow up since… well the day we were born! Although we had our bumps growing up with our seven year age difference, you have always watched over me. When you came back from college, both of us were a bit older and a bit wiser, and we practically became friends, and not…

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  I’d like to share that Nicholas Kristof, op-ed columnist for the New York Times, is sponsoring a teen essay contest about bullying and how teens think we should address it. See the details …

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