Standing workstations taking over at South Florida firms
The Post's Interactive Projects Editor Jenn Beckett at her standing workstationOffice cubicles and sit-down desks? So 1990s. The latest rage to promote creativity involves an open workplace that makes...
View ArticleChocolate milk, pickle juice and walking benefits in Palm Beach County
Low-fat chocolate milkWhen you work out for more than an hour, what can replenish your body more than a sports drink? Low-fat chocolate milk, says Gretchen Reynolds, a runner who writes the Phys Ed...
View ArticleWhat’s the one exercise to do daily in Palm Beach County?
Priyanka Shanbag Everytime, my favorite yoga teacher, Priyanka Shanbag, says one exercise will help us live longer, I groan. Mostly because I know what she will say next. “Yoga squats.” Then she tells...
View ArticleReading ‘Healthy Habits’ in Lake Worth
'Healthy Habits' Willpower will take a dieter only so far. So says Tulsa, Okla., trainer Wes Cole in his book Healthy Habits. He thinks people need to develop eating and exercising habits to become...
View ArticleFlip-flops not for all-day wear, says West Palm Beach podiatrist
Flip-flops in any color can be dangerous. Flip-flops, a favorite footwear for many South Floridians, are “never safe,” says Dr. Scott Strolla, a West Palm Beach podiatrist. Yes, he actually said,...
View ArticleHip Hop yoga comes to South Beach
Cat Haayen Hip Hop music and yoga don’t go together in my mind. But yoga instructor Cat Haayen thinks they do. She wants to reach all the people who are turned off from yoga because they think “yoga is...
View ArticleLearning about Transcendental Meditation in West Palm Beach
Ondine Constable Relax more? Focus better? Unleash creativity? Use full brain potential? Who could pass that up? That’s why I found myself Saturday afternoon listening to Ondine Constable and her...
View ArticleMixing yoga with therapy in Jupiter
Dr. Kathryn Shafer Meet Dr. Kathryn Shafer: She’s a licensed psychotherapist and a certified yoga instructor, trained in the YogaFit style. Shafer calls her Jupiter therapy practice Limitless...
View ArticleBest running shoes for walking in Palm Beach County
Dr. Scott Strolla Wear running shoes for walking, says Dr. Scott Strolla, a West Palm Beach podiatrist. But never run, he warns. “It’s like repetitive falling with 3 to 9 times your body weight. With...
View ArticleDog walking as exercise in Palm Beach County
John Hirsekorn Meet John Hirsekorn, a professional dog walker in the Palm Beaches. He and his wife Jana run Village Pet Pals out of their West Palm Beach home. Hirsekorn says his wife hooked him on the...
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