How often do you think about creating your third act? If you are my age, days ago turning 76, you might think about it more often than not. You’re comfortable now, and yet, you somehow feel that there will be a few adjustments or changes in your future. After all, this is your third act, […]
Mental Self-Defense after 60
The idea that you can retain the power to stretch your mind after you hit 60 and still have the ability to mentally defend yourself against the negative influences that often pervade your consciousness powerfully increases your sense of self and well-being. Mind stretching is the process of teaching the brain a new way of […]
4 WAYS TO FIND YOUR CENTER
Since the popularity of the modern yoga and meditation movement several decades ago, specifically the late 80s and early 90s, practitioners and gurus have focused on creating a stronger connection between the mind, body, and spirit. The mind, body, spirit connection defines your center, your true self. By knowing and understanding your center, you discover […]
5 Ways To Manage Your Expectations
As women who have lived for over five decades, we already know that central to most problems in the human condition is the idea that you create expectations for many situations in life. It’s an emotional sink hole, highly difficult to maintain. An expectation is an assumption that something in the future will happen, or […]
5 Simple Techniques To Naturally Boost Your Energy After 60
How many of you need an energy boost? Do you think coffee or a diet coke will boost your energy and jump-start your day? How many of us wake up with a fuzzy brain and mindlessly think a shot of java will do it for them? A Morning Boost of Coffee When your energy level […]
5 Ways to Create Lasting Positive Change in Your Life
If you want to create lasting positive change in your life in the healthiest and most instructive way, let go of the negative. What is your usual go-to attitude when something adverse happens to you? How do you respond when it’s time to make difficult changes in your life, when it’s time to forgive a […]
Yoga: It Only Takes One To Practice
Yoga is not only a physical practice, but it is a spiritual practice as well. It is through my yoga practice that I am more able to stay present, to stay internally balanced, and to enjoy good health and a lean body through the principles of breath, alignment, and movements. I am now in the […]
Yoga For Seniors: It’s A State of Mind
Seniors are taking up yoga in droves. They are finding the practice of yoga and meditation to reduce stress and bring more joy into their lives. Because yoga is designed to bring balance and health to the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of the individual, people of all ages are finding the practice to enrich […]
Are You a Victim of Your Thoughts? Meditation Can Help
As Published in Sixty and Me Have you ever been a victim of your own thoughts? If you are not sure, just think about the one or two or 50 nights when you were plagued by thoughts and constant thinking and you couldn’t shut down your mind and get to sleep. Or, you woke up […]
Stay Positive When You’re Feeling Down
As published in The Huffington Post Staying positive when you’re feeling down takes grit, fortitude and tenacity. We all like to think of ourselves as the woman warrior, the indomitable female the can-do girl who lives every moment with intensity and attention. But, alas, we are human and we have our down days and up […]