Summer’s here. This means extra time with kids, lazy days at the beach. Why not give them some books on the themes that yogis hold dear? We Are Like the Sky by Elisabeth Rose Wilds was inspired by the author’s own mindfulness practice and her work at a youth homeless shelter in Manhattan, where she has set up a healing arts center.  “I felt that there was a real need for children and youth to see the world through the eyes of love and learn to open their hearts,” she says of her first book, illustrated by Brian Dorr (also the illustrator of her current book.) Recently, we caught up with WIlds:Q: Tell us how you became a children’s author using spiritual themes? Want to know more?

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You stretch, you run, you lift, you exercise every day, yet something doesn’t feel quite right. Maybe it’s a nagging pain or stiffness in your joints that won’t go away.

Whatever the problem, maybe it’s time to see a physical therapist.

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“We help with motion — whether that’s in sport, in activities, or at work,” says Mary Ann Wilmarth, DPT, chief of physical therapy at Harvard University Health Services.

Physical therapists (or PTs for short) are trained to treat muscle and joint problems, back pain, and other ailments that can make moving difficult. They also hel

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Weight management is a life-long effort, so we must be prepared to deal with challenges along the way and be in it for the long haul. To help us stay on course, it is important for us to know and constantly remind ourselves of our motivation(s) for losing weight.

All doctors and health carers would love to hear that their patients want to lose weight for health reasons and to be better able to care for their children and other dependents. Such motivations tend to be better drivers than more superficial ones, such as for aesthetic reasons, but we maintain that there is nothing really wrong with the latter as long as the pursuit of a better-looking body leads to the achievement of a healthier body.

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James Fox began teaching yoga to prisoners at San Quentin State Prison in California nine years ago, where he founded the Prison Yoga Project. Recently, he’s been traveling around the country training others how to teach in a prison setting. We caught up with James before his June 18-19 training in New York City, “Working with Incarcerated Communities,” where he’ll instruct people about how to teach yoga in prisons, addiction recovery facilities, halfway houses, and other rehabilitative facilities.Are your trainings just for yoga teachers? They are for serious yoga practitioners. Want to know more?

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