Body Works

Computer Games for The Brain

Crossword puzzles or Sodoku with a cup of coffee has long been our self-prescribed exercise for brain health.  Now, a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health, has found computer games... Read More...

Tips to Keep Your Cool This Summer

It’s been a record-breaking summer and there’s still a long way to go.  If you’re on the edge of heat stroke and getting cranky, you can help cool off the temperature and your temperament... Read More...

Top Five Spas To Long For

Floating in the mineral pool at the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn and Spa, surrounded by lush gardens, soothing yoga-ish music and the gentle waterfall, I thought about how lucky I am to be able to indulge... Read More...

Fit & Fab or Fat & Flab?

It’s the worst time of the year – Bathing Suit Season!

Getting ready for a mini-vacation to visit friends in Florida and the reality of winter has hit. Nothing fits – really... Read More...

5 Exercises to Wake Up The Morning

First my disclaimers:

1) I’m not an exercisologist.

2) I don’t like to exercise.

3) It’s very hard for me to wake up in the morning.

So with the truth stated... Read More...

AvoidingThe Brain Drain

I spent the weekend at the cottage with my two favorite Gal Pals (GPs).  We sat by the fireplace, talked, read, drank wine, played Clue and laughed – a lot … all activities we don’t... Read More...

Butt Tap In 2012

Here’s a great way to start a new year – Butt Taps to firm up you derriere and upper legs. Wish I had started these 20 years ago.

Butt then (no pun intended), there’s no time... Read More...

Mother Never Told Me – The Laws of Gravity

Mother never told me that once you become “A Woman of A Certain Age,” the laws of gravity take over.  The butt and the boobs plummet like Newton’s apple falling to the ground. ... Read More...

15 Minutes Gives Three Years

According to a recent study by the National Health Research Institutes in Taiwan, just 15 minutes of exercise a day – 90 minutes a week – can extend life expectancy by three years.  Not... Read More...

Tummy Tuckers

I’ve never had a flat stomach – best guess is I never will. I remember, many years ago, my mom and aunt Mimi were amazed at an acquaintance who claimed she never wore a girdle. (Girdles... Read More...