Improving Your Breathing Can Improve Everything You Do

Most of us take our breathing for granted and never give it a thought. After all, the diaphragm is an involuntary muscle. We breathe just enough air to function but perhaps not enough air to clear out toxins.

For the past month I’ve been paying attention to my breath once a day and journaling about my observations. When under a work deadline, I tend to hold my breath. During the pain of a tough workout or [...]

Being A Boy Scout Leader Is One of the Best Things I’ve Ever Done

After nine years, last night was our last Cub Scout meeting. I’d spent eight years in uniform with five of them as Pack Committee Chairman, a position I often referred to as “Leader of the Leaders”. Since I spoke without any notes last night, I don’t know exactly what I said. This was a very happy but extremely emotional night for our family. Our youngest, who moved to Boy Scouts with an Indian [...]

Can Your Body Do That?

 

People are born with extra ribs and vertebrae and fewer of both. Men and women’s bodies are not created equal. Underneath our skin lies a world of limitations and possibilities.

One size does not fit all when it comes to the human body. When a man comes into a yoga class and immediately realizes that his knees stick up toward the ceiling in a seated position, while every woman’s knees rest much closer to the floor, [...]