21 Healthy (and Japheth-approved) Snack Ideas! Snacks can be challenging when you’re gluten-free, paleo, battling newly discovered food allergies, and/or busy. I am a snacker myself, and my daughter eats constantly, so having healthy and easy foods around the house is a necessity. Crunchy, sweet, savory, we love them all! Here are 21 ideas that…

Paleo? No, I love bread too much. Going paleo was difficult for me. I loved bread. And pasta. And cereal. And you get the picture. I was one of those people who responded to the mere idea of a grain-free diet with “No, I like bread too much.” Can any of you relate? And I…

108 Sun Salutations The Spring Equinox, or the first day of spring, has always marked the transition to my favorite time of year. Not only does springtime conjure up images of blossoming flowers and trees, birds singing, and maybe even a little Julie Andrews spinning on top of a mountain, but it also represents a…

So I left the globo gym environment for a martial arts academy and was having a blast. Before my Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu class, there was a class of men and women who did a kickboxing class. But this was no ordinary kickboxing class. This was Muay Thai: equal parts sport fighting, self-defense, and incredible workout. I…

I had been working out at gyms for a long time and was getting bored. Hmmm, the gym offered some cool classes maybe I should try those. I’d always wanted to try some martial arts classes, but the gym didn’t have many of those. A friend of mine decided on a whim to try a…

Have you trained in MMA before? No but I watch it on TV! Watching sport fighting is fun and a fantastic way to appreciate the amazing skills displayed by those professionals. But to truly appreciate the subtlety of their skill, we need to practice it ourselves. We need to challenge our bodies and minds and…

If you were ever in a self-defense situation, what would you do? I sincerely hope you never need to find out. But the truth is that most of us don’t know what to do. I’m amazed to see how unaware most of us are of our physical surroundings. We are buried in our cell phones,…

My Yoga, Your Yoga, It’s All Yoga! I began my journey with yoga years ago when I first took a class at a YMCA and realized “Hey, I’m pretty good at this.” Having taken years of dance lessons when I was much younger, I found that I still held onto some of that natural flexibility…

“I just want to get more flexible, I don’t want all that mind stuff.” This is what we hear from many people. Does this sound familiar? Yes, practicing yoga will make you more flexible. Yoga includes one of the most effective flexibility enhancement systems in the world. Western experts like physical therapists, chiropractors, and doctors,…