Balanced Athlete

This is where the practice of yoga steps in. Yoga is the science and art of steadying the mind in this moment. We can do this on a yoga mat or in a seated mediation posture. I use both techniques yet find the seated meditation practice to be a more solid ground to understand and [...]

This morning I had coffee with a long time friend of mine that I have lost touch with. His name is Joe. We caught up for a while on the present, then relived the past, and finished up our time together talking about the future. At one point in the conversation, Joe commented that many [...]

So you read the New York Times best seller Born to Run and the barefoot philosophy makes sense. You go buy the Vibram Five Finger Shoes and kick off the $100 cushioned shoes. You go out for a run and start having visions of running in the Copper Canyons with the Tarahumara runners. You feel [...]

A few months ago, I read a book entitled “Born to Run” by Christopher Mac Dougall. Chris is a former war correspondent and contributing editor for Men’s Health. He set out to discover why 8 out of 10 runners are injured each year–he counts himself as one of those 8. His journey takes him from [...]

I am on Day Seven of the Master Cleanse. It is arguably one of the world’s most famous cleansing programs. The Master Cleanse was created by Stanley Burroughs in 1941. Author of “Healing for the Age of Enlightenment” and “The Master Cleanse”, Stanley was renowned for his research into the role of toxemias in disease. [...]