Posted by: brookeyool on: October 25, 2011
OK. You caught me. I was a bit absent last week. Mea culpa! But I orchestrated a big event, for me: I rented a neighbors’ cabin out at a lake, invited 6 friends (one of them being a yoga instructor), and we held our very own yoga and hiking retreat. I planned and cooked all [...]
Posted by: brookeyool on: August 24, 2011
As practitioners and teachers of bodywork (Pilates, yoga, massage—it doesn’t matter which modality) we frequently remind our clients to enjoy the present moment, to let go of the stresses of the day (can’t change the past) and not to worry about what lies ahead. Though I often speak of this, do I really walk the [...]
Posted by: brookeyool on: April 3, 2011
Happy Sunnnnnnday! What’s going on? (I see you, lying there on the couch in your pajamas, trying to muster the motivation to do anything other than hit the button on the remote. And I’m not saying that I don’t have many, many days like that–I’m human, too!) So if you’ve hit a Sunday–or any other [...]
Posted by: brookeyool on: January 9, 2011
We made it through the first week! How are your goals holding up? I’ve been doing great eating my 5-a-day! Here are a few great posts I’ve found over the course of my surfing this week… Benny The Irish Polyglot writes a great guest post at Location 180 about Sticking To New Year’s Resolutions. I [...]
Posted by: brookeyool on: January 4, 2011
This time, I mean it literally! Many of us live in locations which will be lightly or heavily blanketed in snow and ice in the coming months. How many times have you stepped outside, only to find yourself slipping and sliding, trying to regain control? It’s these times that we’re grateful for our sense of [...]
Posted by: brookeyool on: October 17, 2010
Since I got good feedback before on this format, why not continue onward? Twice a month, I’ll be bringing you a few recent links that I found and liked, with content relevant to You Can Get Fit. I’m always happy to read your links, too—bring ‘em on if you got ‘em! Passport to Prana If [...]
Posted by: brookeyool on: August 17, 2010
There are still a few days left in summer to expose our arms and shoulders, right? What’s that you say—you’re embarrassed by your Olive Oyl arms? Well, one good way to fix that: Push-ups. Waaahh. We dread them, yet they work. Isn’t it true that the exercises we need the most are the ones that [...]
Posted by: brookeyool on: June 15, 2010
Whenever I practice yoga in a room with mirrors, I plop my mat down as close as I can to the mirror. Lest you, or the others in the class, believe I have vanity issues (ok, I have been known to tuck a stray hair back into place), I’m mostly concerned about my body alignment. [...]
