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"We cannot live for ourselves alone. Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads, and along these sympathetic fibers, our actions run as causes and return to us as results."
- Herman Melville
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Home  Featured Columnists Mirabai Holland Moving Free!
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 Mirabai Holland
"Moving Free"®
by Mirabai Holland, MFA ©2008
www.movingfree.com
We are very pleased to welcome Mirabai to our talented group of featured columnists.
She is one of the leading authorities in the Health & Fitness industry, and public health activist specializing in preventive and rehabilitative exercise.
She has designed fitness programs for populations traditionally underserved by health clubs: children, teens, women, new exercisers, baby boomers, seniors as well as exercise protocols for people with special concerns like heart disease and cancer. She created Women's Heart Plus™, a cardiac rehabilitation program designed for women.
Her Moving Free® approach to exercise is designed to provide a movement experience so pleasant it doesn't feel like work. Virtually anyone can ease into the best shape of her life by simply Moving Free® along with Mirabai.
She is certified by the American Council on Exercise (ACE), the Aquatic Exercise Association, holds 2 certifications by the American College of Sports Medicine (A.C.S.M.), and a Medical Exercise Specialist certification from the American Academy of Health & Fitness Professionals.
Send your questions to askmirabai@movingfree.com.
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 February's American Heart Month
February 14th is Valentine’s Day. And since 1963, when Congress and the American Heart Association declared the month of February American Heart Month, the month for lovers has also been the month for protecting your heart against heart disease.
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Top 10 Tips For Sticking With Your Fitness Resolution This Year
Well it’s January again, and we’re all wondering if we can really stick with those New Year’s resolutions. If getting in shape, and staying, there is one of yours, it’s probably not the first time you’ve tried it. I’ve spent a lot of my 30-year career studying why fitness programs succeed or fail and developing methods to help people succeed. So, Happy New Year, here are my Top 10 Tips to help you ward off decrepitude.
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Mirabai Answers Your Health and Fitness Questions Here...
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Staying Fit During the Holidays
Every year at this time people watching their weight and trying to stay fit start to panic. I've begun to get those emails saying 'I really blew it on Thanksgiving and I don't want the holidays to be a total disaster". Most people ask me "what do you do to stay on track?
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Controlling Stress
Q: The holidays are coming up and I'm getting stressed just thinking about it. The mixed emotions, the shopping, the frenzied schedules; I get so anxious I feel like I'm going to pop. Is there anything I can do to calm myself down when I get that way?
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Exercise and Depression
Q: I was watching Bill Mar on TV and he said that a recent study showed exercise was just as effective for depression as Zoloft. Was he just kidding? Or is this real?
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Chemotherapy and Exercising
Q. I am recovering from breast cancer. I finished my chemotherapy a few weeks ago and though I still feel weak, I was wondering if I should start exercising again?
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VIDEO INSTRUCTION - Ease-in System
Mirabai Holland's Revolutionary Moving Free® Longevity SolutionTM Ease-in System Takes the Guesswork Out of Getting Fit.
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Stress Affecting Sleep
Q. I am in a high stress job. I exercise at the gym at work at least 3 times a week. I try not to bring work home with me but I am always tense and I have trouble sleeping at night. My mind is racing. Warm milk hasn't worked, bubble baths make me more tense and I don't want to take drugs. Any ideas? Stressed
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Joint "Popping"
Q. I am in fairly decent shape. I stay active and exercise. What does it mean when I hear my bones sometimes 'crack' when I do some movements? I do not ever feel pain. Will the exercise help and maybe stop the popping?
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Spot Reducing
Q: As I have gotten older my waist has thickened and my tummy tends to stick out a bit in front. Is there such a thing as spot reducing?
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 Running Workout
Q: Now that the weather is getting warmer, I have decided to take my running workout out of the gym and into the great outdoors. I usually run for an hour three to four times a week at about 8 minutes a mile. As the weather gets hotter I have noticed that I'm having trouble keeping up my pace. Is there anything I can do to help me hang in there?
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Exercise
Q. I have just been diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. I have been told that exercise might help. Can you please give me some guidelines to follow?
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