Wellness Blog: Jennifer Kries

Your New Year's Fitness Resolution!

Jennifer Kries — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:02:26 GMT

What do you love about your body? What do you want to change or improve upon? How will you find the motivation to get started?
Well, the first question you should ask yourself is "what do I love to do that makes me feel most alive and best about myself?" Close your eyes and take a few deep breaths and listen closely to what your inner wisdom tells you ... we all have an inner voice and it will always speak the truth if you stop to tune in and really listen.

How do you fall in love with exercise and make it part of your life?!

Jennifer Kries — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:30:19 GMT

I only know a small handful of people who really love exercise and have made it an integral part of their lives ... it's a real challenge in today's world to make time for ourselves--all of those demands! Our job, our marriages, our primary relationships, our kids, staying in touch with our friends and the list goes on.
What do you do when you feel stressed or frustrated? What kind of outlet do you have?

Our Planet isn't the only thing that's overheating!

Jennifer Kries — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:47:04 GMT

In today's world, with industrial toxins, genetically engineered foods, reduced ozone and mineral depletion in our soils, cell phones, blackberries, new adjuncts to our ever-expanding technologically dominated world, there are myriad sources of distraction and as a result, increased stress. Our excessive multi-tasking, over-ingestion of caffeine, alcohol, fast foods, and sedentary lifestyles lead to a condition in Chinese medicine called "excess heat," which leads to indigestion, heart disease, headaches and chronic joint conditions such as arthritis and early on-set osteoporosis, and the list sadly goes on and on. So like our beautiful planet, we are suffering from a microcosmic version of global warming. What we need is "cool." We need modalities that literally help us to leave the world of intense distraction and multi-tasking, stress and heat-producing activities behind. We need to engage in mind-body movement that both heats the body and then cools it. We need balance. We need to learn to live defensively and to find modalities that increase our ability to cultivate a new kind of consciousness and enable us to live more holistically.