Ute SchaedlerIs Atkins right for you

The Atkins diet is very popular, but is it right for you?
Before you start down the low carb road, you should take some time to decide whether low carb is the right way for you to lose weight. Just because it has been effective for others doesn’t mean it will [...]

Ute SchaedlerAtkins Induction

Atkins diet foods are easy to find and available everywhere.
There are many varieties to choose from, whether you pick prepackaged low-carb diet foods or make your own meals. No matter how you want to do the Atkins plan, there is a solution out there for you.
You’ll need to keep the Atkins food pyramid [...]

Ute SchaedlerAtkins Diet Basics

The Atkins diet is not a new phenomenon. The diet first appeared in the late 1970s and has grown popularity in recent years in response to the low-fat diet craze. As dieters had trouble with low-fat plans, they searched for a new solution and Dr. Atkins’ New Diet Revolution book found a [...]

Yoga for Business People: Workplace Implications

Mind-body fitness, which derives from Eastern philosophies and religions, improves physical and emotional well-being, and has implications for workplace performance.
The overall benefits of mind-body exercise are documented in an increasing number of scientific studies. They include everything from reducing cardiac risk factors to enhancing mood.
‘You’re under stress, but you have [...]

Yoga for Beginners: How to take those first steps into Yoga

Yoga is all around us these days. From Sting to Madonna, to maybe even your next door neighbor, everyone is hooked upon this fitness craze and with good cause. As a form of physical exercise, Yoga indeed is a force to be reckoned with. But [...]

Ute SchaedlerAll Diets Work – No Diets Work

Have you lost weight in the past only to regain it a short time later? Have you followed every diet including Atkins, South Beach, the Drinking Man’s diet, the Peanut Butter diet, or even the Chocolate Diet? All of these diets work, and none of them work, meaning [...]

Yoga for Kids: What Yoga Poses are best for My Child?

Yoga indeed has become a popular, mainstream alternative for exercise and fitness.
Yoga for Kids: Recommended Poses.
1. Sun Salutations: These are a group of poses that serve as a warm up to a yoga session or class. For staying fit, keeping obesity at bay and fun [...]

Yoga For Children And Kids

Children are exposed to a lot of stress factors nowadays.
There is homework that they do daily…
the competition with other children…
TV and computer games…
and even over-scheduling.
And just like adults these kids need something relaxing to turn into and that could be: Yoga.
Yoga for kids helps then develop better body awareness, it also [...]

Yoga For Beginners – Yoga techniques on the loose

If you currently do yoga, or are considering indulging in it then you need to know these techniques.  Yoga is a great way to maintain health in your life.  You can do yoga about anywhere from home to with an instructor in the gym.  But, you must [...]

Kundalini Yoga

The word Kundalini is a familiar one to all students of Yoga,
as it is well known as the power, in the form of a coiled serpent, residing in Muladhara Chakra, the first of the seven Chakras, the other six being Svadhishthana, Manipuraka, A  nahata, Visuddha, Ajna and Sahasrara, in order.
Less is historically known of [...]

Using Pilates for Rehabilitation

It is noted that due to the low impact of the Pilates system, it can be used for rehabilitation.
There are going to be limitations of course and you will probably not see anyone with a broken bone in front of their TV doing Pilates.
It is very important for anyone who wants to [...]

The Meaning of Pilates

Pilates is a way of conditioning the body and building strength, flexibility, and coordination with endurance without putting any extra bulk on your body.
Pilates will also help your circulation and get your blood flowing to every cell of the body.
You will also find that it can sculpt the body and give you [...]

Fitness – Your Weight in Muscle

You probably have heard that muscle weighs more than fat.
Many people notice a small weight gain when they begin lifting weights consistently.  As a general rule, if you lift weights 2 to 3 times a week, you can gain 1 pound of muscle per month for about 6 months.  After [...]

Ute SchaedlerAre you Starving to Lose Weight?

It’s never too late to rethink on your diet plan and make fresh and realistic health resolutions.
It is the right time to take stock of the situation. Ask yourself: Are we being fair to ourselves when we make these strict guidelines of diet and exercise? Most people recoil at [...]

Are Six Pack Abs Sign of Good Health?

Yes you have six pack, killer abs.
Bur are you sure you are healthy?  Of course you can measure a person’s health on their outside appearance, but there are other ways of measuring how healthy you are aside from basing it on the midsection.
Weight of course, can tell is [...]

What You Need to Know about Reiki Treatment

If you have not yet heard of Reiki treatment, then now is the best time to get to know it.
Reiki is an age old healing technique that utilizes energy of different levels to cure and attain the balance that should exist among the spirit, the mind, and the [...]

Getting to Know the Reiki Hand Positions

With Reiki treatment, the energies are balanced so a new kick for life is furthermore promoted. Through all of these, the Reiki hand positions play a vital role.
As the treatment session is conducted, the hand positions are importantly executed. They are able to let the individual feel the strong [...]

Moderate Exercises to Fitness

Have you ever felt tired and stressed out from work and by the time you get home you see your three children running towards you asking you to play basketball with them? You refused and promised them that you will after you take you rest.
Instead of disappointing your children, why not say, [...]

The Great Winsor Pilates

Mari Winsor was a 54-year-old woman with a great physique. She is the founder of Winsor Pilates and her body is like a twenty year old with great tone and flexibility.
Mari Winsor brought her form of Pilates for the use of the public.  It is a modified low impact version of the [...]

History of Pilates

Pilates was designed by Joseph Pilates during World War I to improve the rehabilitation program for the returning veterans. Joseph Pilates had the belief that
both mental health and physical health are essential to one another.
He recommended some precise body movements that control and form to aid injured soldiers. These movements were used to [...]