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You Inspire Me

November 30, 2010 MotivationalRhea2 Comments

This post goes out to every student and client I ever had. I appreciate your support and I have received much gratitude from you for my teachings. So I just want to let you know that you absolutely and truly inspire me to be the best that I can be. You motivate me to come in every day and make something of myself. Every time I see a mom or dad taking care of their health and being a great role model of health for their child, I am inspired. Whenever I see people work hard and change their bodies…

Why women should strength train

November 29, 2010 FitnessRhea4 Comments

“Why should I strength train? I don’t want to get big.” I hear this misconception over and over again. Many women are so fearful of increasing muscle mass that they miss out on the benefits of strength training. Some never get the results they want. How can you change the shape of your body and fight flab if you don’t strength train? We live in a society obsessed with size. Women want to be really small and men want to be really big. The awesome presence of some body builders intimidate women who want to get in shape but do…

Seven laws of success

November 29, 2010 Motivational, YogaRhea5 Comments

I was so inspired by Deepak Chopra’s Seven Law’s of Success that I broke down the laws for my students to read: Law 1: The law of Pure Potentiality: “We are, in our essential state, pure consciousness. Pure consciousness is pure potentiality; it is the field of all possibilities and infinite creativity… When you discover your essential nature and know who you really are, in that knowing itself is the ability to fulfill any dream you have, because you are the eternal possibility, the immeasurable potential of all that was, is, and will be.” Practice silence: water ripples example. “In…

Empowering and Disempowering Beliefs

November 29, 2010 MotivationalRhea8 Comments

The longer I train and teach others, the more I realize how greatly our personal beliefs and attitudes affect our results. “Do you know the story of the four-minute mile? For thousands of years, people held the belief that it was impossible for a human being to run the mile in less than four minutes. But in 1954, Roger Banister broke this imposing belief barrier. He got himself to achieve the ‘impossible’ not merely by physical practice by constantly rehearsing the event in his mind, breaking through the four-minute barrier so many times with so much emotional intensity that he…

Are you still living in the dark ages?

November 29, 2010 FitnessRhea7 Comments

As a fitness professional, I have to renew my certification every two years. During those two years I am going to conferences, learning new formats, getting more certifications, or studying more books. I am constantly updating my knowledge with the latest studies and findings. I find, however, that many people are still living in the dark ages in terms of keeping themselves healthy. This can be a real problem as what we don’t know can hurt us. In this article I will address many popular misconceptions regarding diet, exercise, and food supplements. THE FOOD PYRAMID HAS CHANGED Most of us…

Demystifying the Chakras (from a hormonal perspective)

November 29, 2010 Motivational, YogaRhea17 Comments

The practice of opening the chakras is a great mystery to many people who are curious about yoga. Most people are told that the chakras are spiraling energies or bright lights that run up the spine or the shashuma. In western medicine, we do not think of the body as a series of energy passages or meridians. We see it as a biological machine that is run by protons, electrons and energy reactions. In this article, I will attempt to explain the biological, physical and emotional significance of the chakras. I hope this will help demystify their reputation. Learning about…

Yoga and the Eight Fold Path

October 24, 2010 Motivational, YogaRhea44 Comments

This post is a very general overview of the Eight Fold Path as represented by the Yoga Sutras which were written by Pantanjali about two thousand years ago. I plan to write more in depth posts on the deeper aspects of the Sutras in the future. Raja Yoga, the Eightfold Path, the Sutras Pt. I These are the eight limbs: 1) the Yamas 2) the Niyamas 3) Asana 4) Pranayama 5) Pratyahara 6) Dharana 7) Dhyana 8) Samadhi The first two limbs (the Yamas and the Niyamas) are broken down into subcategories. The yamas mean “restraints” The niyamas mean “observances” I have…

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