… asked a coordinator of the City of Toronto activity programs (and a yoga teacher) after my demo Essentrics® class at a North York community centre. My answer was “A full body Essentrics® workout”. “They have a knee pain and you recommend a full body workout?”, in disbelief asked the coordinator. The answer was, and […]

“Joy of Movement” was the first choice for the name of my company. This phrase so well reflects how I feel after an Essentrics® class, and is a reminder of being grateful for my health and mobility. Then I discovered that this phrase was already taken by other websites and book titles. This is when

By 2030, 23% of Canadians will be over 65 years of age. Two in five of these individuals will be diagnosed with cancer, and one in four will be affected by frailty. Frailty is scary, and the fact that one in two seniors over 85 years of age is affected by frailty, puts things in

The cover of Christine Avanti’s book “Skinny Chicks Don’t Eat Salads” caught my eye almost immediately when I walked into an Indigo store in the summer of 2009. While I never had a goal to be skinny, keeping my wight under control was a challenge, despite the fact that I ate healthy (or so I