“Stressful living, inadequate exercise and poor nutrition make it easy to gain weight and hard to take it off and keep it off,” declares Ilchi Lee, president of the University of Brain Education (South Korea). He adds, “A large part of the problem and solution is what is happening to our digestion, and therefore our health. Most people experience a build up of waste in their intestines, which negatively affects all our vital functions — including the brain — even leading to an unfavorable emotional impact.”
Lee recommends the following seven strategies for a diet that can deliver greater health, happiness and peace:
1. Eat mostly natural and organic food, especially raw and whole foods grown locally, such as seasonal fruit and vegetables.
2. Drink five to eight glasses of water a day, but not for 2 hours before or after a meal.
3. Eat smaller amounts of food at each meal — less than 10.6-14 ounces (300-400 grams).
4. Take small bites and chew each one at least 30 times.
5. Eat only when your body tells you it needs food.
6. Cook your own food.
7. Make eating into meditation — with a peaceful and grateful mind — in order to derive greater energy from your food.
For more information, visit dahnyoga.com
April 5th, 2008
Eve St. John has launched a trio of new age interactive fitness DVDs unlike all others.
A sought-after class leader and personal trainer for over a decade, St. John developed her signature techniques by mastering a slate of different training techniques, including Pilates, Tai Chi, Kick Boxing, Yoga, Power Flex, Resist A Ball, and of course, stalwarts such as Aerobics, Step and Personal Training. But it is the way she pulls the most effective aspects of each discipline and combines them into a focused fitness strategy that is so unique.
Three DVD’s inspired by specific needs: Eve St. John, who has been asked for years by her clients to make a DVD, resisted for quite a while. Then she decided to make a group of DVDs, and the result is a trio of stand-alone discs that are fun, challenging, and most importantly, that get results:
A mother of two, St. John got the fitness bug when she was shedding her pregnancy weight. Although she had a business degree and a background in human resources, the demands of two small children made a typical office job impractical, so she got certified to teach an occasional aerobics class. As her kids grew, St. John increased her knowledge of cutting-edge training techniques, took on private clients and began teaching a roster of diverse classes at renowned area gyms. Now a single mother, fitness is her full-time job and her passion.
For more information, visit evestjohn.com
April 2nd, 2008
Seniors face the life challenges of declining physical health, mental capacity and even social communication — all prime factors in making life worth living. But an increasing number of seniors in the Honolulu area are happily discovering that these declines can be softened and life quality enhanced by regular and gentle yoga exercises.
Among Honolulu-area seniors, the retired Yashimas — Sue, 59, and Wallace, 74 — are contributing to a “yoga boom.” The Yashimas are recognized volunteers of the Dahn Foundation, which shares Dahn Yoga body-brain fitness expertise with the community.
Each week, this couple jointly teaches 270 elderly, ages 55 to 92, at five senior centers throughout the Honolulu area. The classes consist of 95% women. (Men say that they are too shy to take a class with so many women.) With most facilities provided by the Honolulu City and County’s Board of Parks and Recreation, the Yashimas teach two one-hour classes, four mornings a week.
Here is what the seniors get from Sue and Wallace’s yoga classes:
1. Feeling good about themselves.
2. A comprehensive physical workout.
For more information, visit dahnfoundation.org
March 29th, 2008
Los Angeles-based YAS Fitness Centers, known nationwide for creating the hottest Yoga hybrid in the fitness industry, is franchising.
“A job is just a job unless you are doing what you love, what you are passionate about,” says Kimberly Fowler, YAS founder. “I’m looking for entrepreneurial spirits who want to make a difference in people’s lives.”
Based in Venice, California, the fitness capital of the world, what makes YAS unique is it’s “New Spin on Yoga.” The YAS class mixes indoor cycling with Fowler’s signature Yoga for Athletes® class, which was called “Zen on Wheels” by Self magazine. YAS Fitness Centers have been featured in numerous fitness and women’s magazines.
Yoga itself is a $4-billion dollar industry and yoga hybrids are the fastest growing aspect of the yoga industry. As a trend-setter, Fowler and YAS Fitness Centers are at the forefront. But it’s not only about making money.
For more information, visit go2yas.com
March 26th, 2008
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