Balance

Coaches Beware... Flat Feet Can Affect Your Players Balance

Dr. Steve Rosenberg | Posted 05.15.2012

Dr. Steve Rosenberg

In my practice the first thing that I determine when I'm evaluating a player is what their feet are doing when they hit the ground. If the player's foot is flat it can lead to balance problems.

Fiscal Consolidation: Striking the Right Balance

David Lipton | Posted 05.08.2012

David Lipton

There is no getting around the need to reduce debt levels. High debt leaves countries exposed to interest rate shocks, limits their capacity to respond to future shocks, and reduces long-term growth potential.

The Miracle Of Motherhood Your Way

Christiane Northrup, MD | Posted 05.12.2012

Christiane Northrup, MD

Even though I had spent much of the five years prior to my daughter Annie's birth delivering babies and marveling at how infinitely varied were the ways in which their mothers responded to them, I was completely unaware of what my own response would be.

How To Use Your 'Dark Side' To Your Advantage

Lauren Zander | Posted 05.04.2012

Lauren Zander

Guess what? You have a dark side. Everyone has a dark side. And that dark side is talking to you and filling your head with nasty, mean, dark thoughts on a daily basis. Are you surprised? Most people are.

The Balanced Life

Paul Spector, M.D. | Posted 04.25.2012

Paul Spector, M.D.

How can we understand our relationship with excess? How do we continue to believe that more money or cars or shoes or food or sex will make us happy? Why are we the only animal that can be made ill by our appetites?

How Do We Move the Needle on Women's Leadership?

Bonnie St. John | Posted 04.22.2012

Bonnie St. John

Our journey to understand women's leadership was a collaborative process -- which, when you are talking about a mother and a teenage daughter, means we argued about everything.

Mind and Meditation

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar | Posted 05.29.2012

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

A regular meditation practice can transform the quality of your life by culturing the nervous system to maintain peace, energy and expanded awareness throughout the day. You become capable of accommodating different challenges in life without any conditions.

Fear of Falling

Richard W. Besdine, M.D. | Posted 05.16.2012

Richard W. Besdine, M.D.

A month ago, I almost became the subject of one of my own medical school lectures, after an episode that illustrated one of the most serious health problems facing older adults and their doctors: falling.

You Don't Have to be Rich to Seek Well-Being

Annie McKee | Posted 04.28.2012

Annie McKee

When we are at our lowest point, hope is most powerful. When we are most stressed and troubled, finding peace within is the most rewarding. When we are most in need, small gifts are most precious.

Achieving Balance With Ayurveda

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar | Posted 04.27.2012

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Ayurveda is the study of life. Ayur is life and Ved means to know. According to Ayurveda, life or existence is not a rigid compartment, but a harmonious flow. Even the five elements of which the whole universe is made of are not tight compartments of defined objects. They flow into one another.

Changing the Work-Life Balance Game

Pontish Yeramyan | Posted 04.07.2012

Pontish Yeramyan

When I examine my life, there's much more than work to be balanced.

Taking a Permanent Vacation

Jennifer Hamady | Posted 03.19.2012

Jennifer Hamady

There is nothing like a vacation. The to-do lists go away, the nagging "should" voices quiet, and time seems to slow down.

Foot Supports in Baseball Cleats Are the Keys to Staying Balanced

Dr. Steve Rosenberg | Posted 03.11.2012

Dr. Steve Rosenberg

Spring is just around the corner and all the high school and college teams are getting ready to put on their cleats and play Americas favorite pastime, baseball, once again.

Flexibility Fixes for Golfers and Tennis Players

Stacey Nemour | Posted 03.10.2012

Stacey Nemour

Regularly playing a one-sided sport that for the most part uses a single side of the body, such as bowling, baseball and racket sports, can cause one ...

How To Find Inner Freedom

Sandra Ingerman | Posted 02.28.2012

Sandra Ingerman

For many of us on a spiritual path we go back and forth between separate states of consciousness and divine states.

Giving Back and Getting Balanced

Linda Novick O'Keefe | Posted 02.28.2012

Linda Novick O'Keefe

If we do not change our habits by 2020, children today will have a shorter life expectancy than their parents. It would be the first time that this has happened in 200 years.

7 Simple Life Tips -- From Mexico's Huichol People

Brant Secunda and Mark Allen | Posted 01.04.2012

Brant Secunda and Mark Allen

The Huichol people don't wake up bummed that they have to work, or worried that they're overeating, or exhausted because they couldn't sleep. What's their secret? What can the Huichols teach us about balance?

Motherhood on an Inhale

Kate McIntyre | Posted 12.21.2011

Kate McIntyre

It is amongst the daily chores, to-do lists, dentist visits and parent-teacher meetings that I breathe, listen, remember and use the skills yoga has given me to find that peace and balance I'm looking for.

WATCH: Balance-Improving Exercises

Posted 12.17.2011

Better balance can help you excel in any number of other fitness activities as well as build core strength and improve posture. As we age, it's especi...

Why Comfort Is Actually Bad For You

Joe Robinson | Posted 11.14.2011

Joe Robinson

Our core psychological needs are satisfied not by how comfy we feel but by breaking out of the force field of routine.

Giving Up On A Run, What I Got In Return

Mina Samuels | Posted 10.29.2011

Mina Samuels

Last week I set out with my partner to do a 20-mile trail run in the South Yuba River canyon, from Little Washington to Purdon Crossing.

Why Are So Many Baby Boomers Splitting Up?

Tamara McClintock Greenberg | Posted 09.18.2011

Tamara McClintock Greenberg

You may have been hearing about rising rates of divorce among married, heterosexual baby boomers. While I am an advocate for any adult couple choosing...

The 4 Best Ways to Balance Emotions

Maria Rodale | Posted 09.18.2011

Maria Rodale

By guest blogger Mao Shing Ni, DOM, PhD, ABAAHP, Lac; doctor of Chinese medicine, antiaging specialist, and author of Secrets of Longevity: Hundreds o...

What Is It About the Italians?

Jinny Ditzler | Posted 09.12.2011

Jinny Ditzler

For a country with ostensibly similar values to the US, Italy is a world away from the hustle of home.

How to Stay on Top of your Game: Better Balance Equals Maximum Performance

Dr. Steve Rosenberg | Posted 09.11.2011

Dr. Steve Rosenberg

Whether you play baseball or softball, in order to be on top of your game your feet need to be in balance. Feet are the foundation to creating better balance in your game whether you are hitting, fielding, running or pitching.