Some Tips For Preventing Cancer

Possibly no word strikes greater fear in people’s hearts than cancer. So it is important to employ every possible strategy that may prevent you from ever hearing it in connection with your health.

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Michelle Obama calls for fight against child obesity

First lady Michelle Obama called on the nation’s mayors Wednesday to do their part in combating child obesity, a problem she called an epidemic and an economic threat.

“This isn’t something that will be fixed by just a bill in Congress or an executive order from the president. And I know that the last thing you all need right now is a bunch of commands from Washington or a ton of red tape that makes it hard for you to get anything done at all,” she said to a group of 250 mayors at the National Conference of Mayors in Washington. (more…)

Win a Free 6 Week Bootcamp Pass!

Just in time for that New Year’s Resolution:  Win a free six week bootcamp pass and get rid of the extra holiday pounds!   At Bill’s Bootcamp there is a camaraderie with the group that’s different from being in a class at the gym. You mesh as a group, and the support is phenomenal. There are a variety of shapes, sizes and ages all working together.

All raffle proceeds will benefit the Healing Moves Foundation!  You can purchase one ticket for $5 or five tickets for $20.  The drawing will be held in Reno, Nevada on January 2, 2010.  Winners will be contacted by phone.  There will be two drawings, each for one 6-week bootcamp pass.  For more information, call Bill at (775) 378-9798 or log on to www.billduvall.com.

7 Important Winter Exercise Tips

Keeping up a running regimen this winter? Keep these tips in mind: 

• Consider the temperature, but don’t overdress. Because the body will warm up, dress as if it’s 20 degrees warmer than the thermometer says is. A variety of running clothes are made with light-weight materials that will wick away sweat while keeping the body warm and protected, and will keep out wind and precipitation. 
• Protect the hands, feet and head. As much as 30 percent of the body’s heat can escape from the hands and feet, and 40 percent can escape from the head.  (more…)

Healing Moves Book

Healing Moves - How to cure, relieve and prevent common ailments with exercise.

This is a must-read book, a wonderful resource for us all!  Authors Carol Krucoff and Mitchell Krucoff, M.D. share our passion for helping people improve their lives through the healing power of  movement.  The Healing Moves Foundation is honored to have the opportunity to share the work of these two inspiring individuals.  Carol Krucoff, RYT, is an award-winning journalist and fitness expert.  She is the founding editor of the Health Section of The Washington Post, where her nationally syndicated column, Bodyworks, appeared for twelve years.  Carol is a yoga therapist at Duke Integrative Medicine in Durham, North Carolina.  She has created individualized yoga practices for people with health challenges and has developed the audio home practice, Healing Moves Yoga, available on CD.

Mitchell Krucoff, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.C.C.P., Professor of Medicine/Cardiology and an Interventional Cardiologist at Duke University Medical Center, is internationally recognized for his pioneering research in many areas, including  complementary therapies in patients with heart disease, computer-assisted heart monitoring and new modalities of coronary revascularization.  His clinical trials include patients and hospitals in five continents, and he lectures globally on these and related topics.  Mitchell is the distinguished author of over 100 publications in the cardiology literature and book chapters in medical texts.

The Healing Moves Foundation would like to extend our sincere appreciation to Carol and Mitchell for sharing their expertise and compassion with us!

For more information or to purchase the Healing Moves book and Healing Moves Yoga CD, log on to: www.healingmoves.com.

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