Body in Balance....

Always grateful to Lisa Mancini Johnson, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS
Founder and Director, Body In Balance ....

for many things... including gifting Strength for Life with a home for classes on Thursday evenings from 6- 7 pm.  We started off with 7 in our first class of 2011...one or two to join the mix next week.  Awesome representation - and the vibes are good in this facility.  Two newcomers and a few ol'timers always make the class entertaining  - to say the least.  Yeah!!!

Again, if your know a cancer patient/survivor who will benefit from our free and entertaining classes - please have them visit the website and contact us before next week.  We are asking for an 8 week commitment - or join the next session. 

Loving every minute of our classes...Life is Good!

Make the most of yours!

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"Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live."

~Jim Rohn

Let the new classes begin....

Oh, let it be known how we enjoy these classes.  They are a gift for all.  It was a little like old home week last night with some, away for 1 1/2 years, to come back to us - YEAH!

Exercise is 'not fun' but we try our hardest to make you forget that fact.  And, trust me, we make them work - ball squats to terminal knee extension - not an easy pairing to stationery lunges - yup we have fun....

We are careful with the risk of lymphedema to perform upper body ( no more than 2 exercises) followed by lower body exercises...it works, we have been successful with our clients. 

If you know of a cancer patient/survivor who will benefit from our fun and free exercise classes,  please have them contact us before next week.  After week two - we ask them to wait until the next 8 week session.  Everyone needs to commit to attending for the entire session....

"If I had my way I'd make health catching instead of disease."

~Robert Ingersoll

March 12 is planned for the next Wellness Weekend Retreat.

Learning to dance in the rain......

"Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass....

It's about learning to dance in the rain."

~Vivian Greene

Having just spent two of the saddest days with my "closest to family" childhood friends who suffered a tragic loss - I needed to read this. My dearest friend's God-daughter, Alyssa Ann Seaman, after living on this earth for a mere 22 years, was taken from our human life. Alyssa, who lived with epilepsy since she was 5 died in her sleep from the complications of an epileptic seizure.

Alyssa had her big life (as we know it) ahead of her. A graduate of the Fashion Institute - she just found that job that allowed her to design - her passion was accessories.  On New Year's Eve she spent the night dancing and celebrating with her friends - friends she loved and dancing was absolutely what she loved to do.

Donald, her father, a man I always remember with the greatest faith, was looking for the positive through this tragic loss with his storm so present. Please, everyone, keep this family in  your prayers. I know, from hearing her friends and family talk of Alyssa, she would definitely want us to "learn to dance in the rain."

Attracting what you truly desire....

"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."

~Lily Tomlin

I read this quote today and smiled...OMG how true.  Some of you have heard this story - so bear with me.  Soon after my divorce, I joined a divorce/separated group for support.  On day one - they asked "where do you see yourself in 5 years?"......I really wasn't thinking five years in advance, I was just trying to make it day to day.  I answered "living on the water or a golf course" because who wouldn't want to live near the bay or ocean and I love golf - so answered.

Well 5 years later, after the sale of my home and the purchase of a condo , I remembered this- (and honestly it was 5 years)......I live right behind an executive golf course and on a pond....

Lesson learned - be more specific!

A post or two ago - I noted the following quote:

"What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve."~ Napoleon Hill

Think BIG, my friends! 

Trust me on this!  

Twice in a day....thought I would share....

How do you want to be remembered?

It is perfect way to align yourself with your true desires, values and purpose. If you are not presently achieving your authentic self - think of how you can make the changes possible...and begin.  

No resolutions - just focus and goals, and honor of who you truly are.

"Until you make the unconscious conscious,

 

it will direct your life and you will call it fate "

~ Carl Jung

Words to live by.....

"What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve".

~ Napoleon Hill

Think BIG, my friends!  

 

 

“Be the change you want to see in the world.”

~ Mahatma Gandhi

Happy New Year....

"To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream;

not only plan, but also believe."~ Anatole France

May your plans and dreams come to fruition in 2011!