Category Archives: Fun

14 Oct

Introducing a Little Exercise

The other day I came across a blog post titled “How to Become an Exercise Addict”.  As a recovering “Cheez-It” addict, the title enticed me (not unlike Cheez-Its), and I read the post. Okay, part of the post. There were 21 steps to get to an exercise addiction, 18 too many for me. Turns out it was really about how to make exercise a habit, not an addiction. So even though my fantasy of replacing the Cheez-It addiction with exercise evaporated, I realized I could beat the other blogger by 14 whole steps, offering just 7 steps to make exercise a habit!! That’s a 200% reduction-savings for you, lazy habit makers, and please check my math.

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13 Jun

Why “Mud Lotus” Health?

The Lotus has long been a symbol of enlightenment and a fully-realized human being.  So the “Lotus” part of mud lotus as a symbol for a wellness practice is a no-brainer.  I encountered it studying Buddhism and other cultures/religions in graduate school, desperately trying to postpone my inevitable encounter with adult life and accountability.  After graduate school, I started working for Lotus Software in Cambridge, MA and loved the place.  Those were the days when hippie-nerds really made their mark in the software and business worlds.  They frightened blue-suit capitalists and gave their companies cool names like Apple and Lotus, evoking happy organic stuff to look at and eat, shifting focus away from silicon chips and intellectual property lawyers and caffeine-fueled, sleep-deprived coders.  In any case, Lotus evokes positive memories. razabar / Pixabay

The “mud” part of MudLotusHealth is a little harder to explain, but more important.  Read More →