May 18, 2012

How Hormonal Imbalances Affect Weight During Menopause

How Hormonal Imbalances Affect Weight During Menopause

Losing weight is almost never easy, but during menopause, it can be particularly difficult to lose weight. Genetics and lifestyle can both play a role in weight gain that happens in the years leading up to and during menopause, but hormonal imbalances can contribute to weight problems as well. Of course, you can’t change genetics, [...]

Activities to Increase Mobility as You Age

Activities for Elderly

Are you finding it harder and harder to get around as you get older? Join the club! The good news is that having limited mobility should not keep you from being active. There are many ways to be active, exercise is critical to maintaining your heath as you age. If you’re having issues with mobility, [...]

Benefits of Meditation Seniors Can’t Do Without!

Benefits of Meditation Seniors Can’t Do Without!

Benefits of Meditation Seniors Can’t Do Without! Relaxation, calm, peace of mind and overall feeling of wholeness, of being ‘together’ The word ‘meditation’ tends to scare people away as so much has been said about it but really nothing has stuck, except possibly the image of a person sitting in a lotus posture (that few [...]

Fitness Tips For Men Over 40

Fitness Tips For Men Over 40

Life, they say, begins at 40.  So does fitness, if you haven’t worked out for the most part of your life.  It’s never too late to start pumping iron or working those glutes.  You may never have had the chance to look even a tad bit like those Lou Ferrigno posters on your bedroom wall, [...]

Top 6 Exercises That Bring Most Benefits to Seniors

Seniors Exercises

For seniors, exercises are most rewarding and important as when our energy does not flow it it just stagnates and illness develops -  and we tend to be less active in older age. That’s an easy image and concept to understand, similar to ‘rolling stones gather no moss’. And it’s very true for all forms [...]

10 Ways to Keep your Mind Active Well into Retirement Age

keep your mind active

Our brains are like muscles – we must use it or we lose it. It is just as important to exercise our minds to keep it active and healthy, as it is to exercise our bodies. We aren’t much good if we have one but not the other. Studies have shown that as we age, [...]