As the days get brighter and our damp, rain-soaked bodies unfurl hungrily towards the sun, it’s no wonder we’re obsessed about our posture and backs this month – a strong, flexible spine is the foundation that supports you for all your outdoor activities: biking, hiking, tennis, boating, swimming, sports, running and going long for that frisbee! If you missed our …
Moving Meditation: A Qigong Workshop with Monica Rudestam
QIGONG: Moving and Speaking When the sun rises over Sunset Park, the highest point in the borough of Brooklyn, the light is soft, the leaves on the stone path listen, the benches wait, and groups of people practice qigong. They move in unison, reaching arms out, sweeping, lifting, balancing. They move slowly like cranes in a gentle walk along a river, like …
A Healthy Lifeline
Care for your active body starts with a healthy lifeline. Most folks don’t realize how essential chiropractic care is to your overall health. Far too many people still believe that chiropractic care is needed only when one has a severe headache or low back pain. Truth is, millions of folks get adjusted regularly to improve their health and their body’s …
Healthy Back Clinic with Dr. Herold and Pam Blair
Back Pain. We all suffer from it now and then. We can’t get comfortable in bed at night. We bend over–something feels wrong. We stand up–something doesn’t feel right. And so many of us sit at computers all day typing away. By lunch time, the muscles in our mid-back are whispering, “ouchbackpain ouchbackpain.” By 5 ‘o clock, it’s more like …
Dr. Stefan Herold Speaks Out
HOW LONG COULD YOU DRIVE YOUR CAR OUT OF ALIGNMENT? As a chiropractic physician, my job is to be a doctor for the whole body. I do not specialize in just one part of our system, but look at the relationships of all parts witin the whole. If you’ll indulge me, I have an analogy I’d like to share involving …
Happy Feet
Back in spring 2010, I was thrilled to see flat shoes everywhere. Ballet flats, ballet flats, ballet flats. The styles with the little bows were a little too cute for me, but they were flat, heelless. I thought back to the day in 2009 when I wore enormously high heels to an interview. I wanted to be tall and intimidating. …
Massage Benefits: First Impressions
I’ve see people in the halls of Root after a massage. They float, walking slowly, softly, like angles in their white kimono robes. Sometimes their hair is a tiny bit messy, but they don’t seem to mind, and it only adds to their attractiveness, like the loveliness of your children or your partner when they first wake in the morning …
Run
And we run because we like it Through the broad bright land from The Song of Ungirt Runners by Charles Hamilton Sorley …and yoga can help us like it more: http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-241-287–13300-0,00.html
Qi Gong with Monica Rudestam
I’ve been learning about slow. I left New York City, the fastest place on Earth, to take a few deep breaths and maybe a long stroll or two that no one would interrupt with an elbow, briefcase, or soggy umbrella in my side. I’ve been enjoying the space, even if it means if I drop something on the street, there might …
The Qi Workout with Daniel Espiritu LAc
Remember my post about Sunset Park? Well, I’m finally learning tai chi and qi gong, and maybe someday I’ll go back to that high hill in Brooklyn and practice in the early morning like I always wished I could. For now, I’ll just practice at Root. We have three classes in which you can move your qi, get in touch …