Category: Healthy Living

When fighting cancer or a chronic illness, it is easy to see how people sometimes forget they have choices. It seems as if there are only two options, battle or give up. Today, however, this is simply not the case. Sometimes, after months or years of receiving disease-directed care, treatment fails to have the desired effect and reduces a person’s quality of life to a point that is undesirable. In a situation like this, palliative care could be a good option, but because palliative care has a negative connotation, people sometimes fail to look into it. Palliative care, sometimes known simply as supportive care, exists to help people live as long and as comfortably as they can. Palliative care is not about giving up or hastening death, but rather about managing pain and improving a patient’s quality of life. In the past, the term palliative care was conflated with hospice and generally understood as the care given once a patient had exhausted all of the treatment options available. However, it’s been expanded. It goes beyond the care given at the end of life and seeks to combat the emotional and physical effects of illness at any stage. There are more […]

In ancient times, dance was an essential part of life. Dance was part of every civilization. There were dances of worship and dances to bring life. There were dances to protect warriors and to request a good harvest. No celebration was complete without dance. Long before dance was recognized as a form of exercise and whole body wellness, there was dance. In modern society, dance is an art form. It is a beautiful way to express emotions and feelings. Done correctly, dance can convey a story or message to the audience. This experience of becoming one with the performance is the powerful draw that brings people back. Dance For Physical Fitness There are dances that are specifically designed for physical fitness. Zumba and Jazzercise are perfect examples. These dances are designed to help the dancer lose weight and build muscle mass. These dances have the same results on the body as aerobics. Some dances are not created for weight loss but the physical demands they put on the body results in weight loss. Hip Hop is one example. When you are performing a dance that has a fast pace, you will burn about the same number of calories as you […]