My passion in life is helping people bring more strength and balance to their bodies and minds, so they can live a healthier, more fulfilling and joyful life. Here you will find tips on how to improve every aspect of your life through healthy eating, exercise and yoga.
As an ACE-certified group fitness instructor and yoga teacher, I don't just write about health and fitness - I live and breathe it every day. I love getting people off the couch and helping them sweat and stretch their way to good health. Browse my website for the latest in health and fitness news and parenting tips, or join me in one of my weekly classes.
Angela's Blog Posts
7 Tips for Cutting Back on Social Media
Letting Go – Unexpected Sounds and Sensations in Yoga
Why Yin Yoga Is a Must for Type A Yogis
6 Ways to Clear Out the Clutter
How to Overcome Disabilities through Yoga
How to Avoid Those Embarrassing Moments on Your Yoga Mat
ANGELA'S PUBLISHED STORIES
Health Trends for the New Year
Most people start the new year with the best of intentions. They plan to start exercising regularly, yet about 80 percent of Americans fall short of that goal, says Neal Pire, owner of Inspire Training Systems and Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). A simple but powerful…
Adaptogens – Powerful Herbs that Heal Body and Mind
If you’re feeling stressed out or depleted, plant adaptogens can help strengthen your endocrine system and restore overall balance to your body. “At the most basic level, an adaptogen is an herb that helps the body adapt to a wide variety of stressors, be it psychological, physiological, noise, temperature…” says…
Point Well Taken
For thousands of years, acupuncture has been used to reduce pain and create healing in the body. In modern-day treatments, very fine sterile, disposable needles are inserted into specific parts of the body called acupoints. Low electrical stimulation or heat can also be applied after the needle is inserted. According…
Vampire Facelift
The Vampire Facial and Facelift may conjure up images of blood-thirsty monsters, but these cosmetic procedures aren’t as scary as they sound, that is unless you have a fear of blood and needles. The key ingredient in both the Vampire Facial and Facelift is your own blood. Two teaspoons of…
Why Am I Here?
Unlocking Your Purpose When I asked my friend Laura what her life purpose was, the single mom and full-time accountant chuckled and said, “I’m just trying to survive and get through the week. I don’t have time to think about that.” For many of us, the idea of finding our…
Interview with Sage Rountree: Yoga & Athletes
Sage Rountree is a pioneer in yoga for athletes, an endurance sports coach, and author of six books, including The Athlete’s Guide to Yoga, Racing Wisely, and Everyday Yoga. Co-owner of the three-studio Carolina Yoga Company and director of its teacher trainings, Sage also teaches nationwide and online at YogaVibes and…
Why Dudes Dig Broga
Although yoga has exploded in popularity, a lot of men are still wary of walking into a yoga class. They worry about competing with super-flexible women who contort their bodies as if auditioning for a circus act or having to chant in a strange foreign language. “I’ve heard so many…
Riding the Wave of Emotions
You might feel it in a long, deep hip opener like Pigeon pose or in an energizing backbend like Upward-Facing Bow or in a soothing Child’s pose; unexpected emotions start to percolate to the surface as you open up blocked energy in your body. Sometimes the feelings flow through you…
NFL Players Build Flexibility and Focus with Yoga
When you think of yoga, 300-pound linebackers balancing in dancer’s pose is probably not the first image that comes to mind. But today you will find a number of NFL football players, along with many other pro athletes, rolling out their yoga mats with the goal of increasing their flexibility,…
As Stereotypes Fall, More Men Are Falling for Yoga
When Mike Lee first started training as a professional fighter, he had no interest in doing yoga. In a sport like boxing – known for its brute force, speed and explosive power – yoga didn’t seem to fit. “I never thought that yoga would be a part of my training.…
Mood Food: How What You Eat Affects Your Emotions and Energy Level
Need to be mentally sharp for a big job interview or energized to teach your yoga class? What you eat can have a profound impact on your mood. Some foods create more sustained energy and improve mental focus, while others can give you a surge of ready energy followed by…
Why Meditating Can Change Your Life Forever
Now that 2016 is in full swing, many people are adding meditation to their New Year’s resolutions. The reasons for meditating are as varied as the people who do it – CEOs looking to boost productivity and get an edge on the competition, athletes trying to improve their game, patients…
Hydro Power: Train Hard and Stretch Deeply in the Water
Running 40 miles a week started to take a toll on Karen Rooff’s body. She suffered from chronic joint soreness and nagging foot pain from plantar fasciitis. If she wanted to continue running marathons, she had to make a change. “I felt like I couldn’t run on land six days…
Growing Old with Yoga
Janet Rae Humphrey had serious reservations about doing yoga. The 58-year-old had excruciating pain and stiffness from fibromyalgia, she couldn’t kneel because one of her kneecaps had been surgically removed and she became dizzy when she put her head below her waist. “I’d been wanting to do yoga for years,…
Beating the Holiday Blues with Yoga
If you’re suffering from depression, the demands of the holiday season can be overwhelming – from fighting the crowds at the shopping malls to attending obligatory work parties and big family gatherings. Whether you’ve lost a loved one, a job or are struggling with a serious health condition, the holidays…
Bad Habit or Addiction? How to Tell the Difference
Jennifer White* was a 36-year-old avid runner. At first, she started running to maintain a healthy weight, but as time went on, she started increasing the number of miles and days she ran until she was running every day of the year, through rain, sleet and snow and through painful…
Overscheduling and Overburdening Our Kids
Twenty or thirty years ago, playing sports meant running around with the kids in the neighborhood and playing catch, shooting hoops or riding bikes. Usually the only restriction you had was getting home before the streetlights turned on. Today, having hours of free, unstructured playtime is a rare treat. Instead,…
Perfect Body at All Costs
“My thighs are too fat. My abs aren’t ripped enough. My body is too hairy. My face has too many zits.” Comments like these are typical of kids who are going through puberty and worried about fitting in. Body dissatisfaction among America’s youth has become so widespread that researchers now…