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| The Healthy Boomer Body Expert |
Kathi is an author, coach, popular speaker and talk radio show guest, writes monthly columns for the South Shore Senior News, Life After 50, Boomers Forever and Retirement Living Magazines, produces her own TV show called To Your Health" in the Berkshires and owns the Healthy Boomer Body Studio in Otis, MA. Her programs combine good fun and humor with simple yet powerful techniques that fit easily into busy schedules. |
| Kathi Casey - Teaching Baby Boomers how to take better care of themselves |
| Kathi Casey is known as “The Healthy Boomer Body Expert”. Her powerful yet easy techniques blend Western science with Eastern health practices for total mind/body programs that build stamina, increase vitality, strengthen core body, lower blood pressure, reduce chronic pain, and enhance the immune system. Kathi's easy tips include a simple breathing technique that helps you achieve a longer and more restful sleep.
She is currently teaching, training, coaching and speaking all along the East Coast. She has also developed her own Golf Conditioning Program and her clients rave about the improvements in their game and their over-all strength! Look for Kathi's newest book "Get Off The Couch, Potato!" to hit the Amazon Best Seller lists on August 25 th . True to Kathi's methods this book is 30 days of powerful and fun exercises that you can do lying on your couch watching your favorite TV show and they are demonstrated each day by her whimsical "Couch Potato."
Kathi is an Experienced Registered Hatha Yoga Teacher; a Certified Acu-Yoga Teacher (Acupressure Points combined with Yoga Poses); and a Certified Pilates Instructor and Certified in Ayurvedic Physical Healing. In addition, she has taken numerous advanced courses in Pilates, Yoga, Somatics, QiGong, Healing Touch and more.
She's been teaching Baby Boomers how to take better care of themselves for the past 7 years.
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Eating Fish Reduces the Incidence of Colon Polyps
When I looked into what events in March to write about this year, I couldn't help but wonder how so many “awareness” events had ended up on our calendars! Among the many this month are: Registered Dietician Day, Women's History Month, National Nutrition Month, Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, National Doctor's Day, National Reading Day and my favorite - National Goof Off Day – We all need a break! (Oh yes, we do!) |
What Boomer Women Should Know About Breast Cancer
The American Cancer Society expects that 230,480 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in 2011, 57,650 new cases of CIS (the non-invasive form of breast cancer), and that about 39,520 women will die from breast cancer. That's too many! What should Boomer women know about prevention? |
Making New Year's Resolutions Stick
Happy New Year!
January is a month of new beginnings. We “resolve” to start a new fitness routine or diet plan, or to write that book we've always wanted to write, or start a new business doing what you love like cooking or antiquing. Or maybe this is the year you plan to sell your home and downsize. Whatever new path you decide to tread this year, the best way to stick to your resolution is: |
5 Fun Tips For Enjoying A Long And Healthy Life
Maintaining a healthy heart is the best way to age well. Combining Fitness and Fun makes our hearts sing with joy and good health. I plan to continue this combination until I leave the planet! |
5 Easy Steps To Creating Better Heart Health
Now is a good time to discuss Heart Health. “Heart disease” covers a multitude of medical problems like High Blood Pressure, Stroke, High Cholesterol, Heart Attack – the good new is that it's preventable. Taking care of your body is important if you want to enjoy every bit of this wonderful life we're living. |
Melt Away Holiday Stress And Enjoy Macy's Parade And Your Thanksgiving Pie!
The Holidays can be a stressful time for many people. You may be worried about getting the H1N1 flu or recovering your financial losses from the recent economic downturn. Maybe it's your first Thanksgiving without your spouse, or it's your turn to host the entire extended family. Whatever your reason for being anxious – have faith, help is on the way! |
Spring Has Arrived - Beware of Baby Boomers Out Walking the Streets!
Ahh, Spring! Do April showers really bring May flowers? This Baby Boomer hopes so!
It's that time of year again when we begin to see our daffodils and tulips, and that makes us want to open the windows and let the fresh clean air in and the stale winter air out of our homes. We enjoy getting outside to smell the flowers. Most of us |
Summer Heat Safety Tips For Baby Boomers
Summer is here at last! After the long, long winter of 2010, I wondered if the summer heat would ever get here, and now that it is, let's talk about safety tips for all of us Baby Boomers out there exercising, working, or enjoying other outdoor activities... |
Baby Boomers Are Setting A New Paradigm For Aging Well
There is a ton of propaganda on the web, and in print and TV advertisements on treatments available for diseases and the aches and pains associated with the aging process. They haven't learned yet that we Baby Boomers aren't interested because we've decided we don't intend to age at all! Well not very much, anyway. We want to keep our vitality and good health until we leave the planet. |
New Fitness Trends For Baby Boomers
I am so delighted with all of the new fitness ideas surfacing these days. From Nia to Zumba to Wii-Fit and Cardio Cinema – innovative ideas just keep on coming! Many of the new crazes involve dance, and as a former dancer myself, I'm thrilled to see these rise in popularity. Zumba is a combination of fitness and... |
Baby Boomers are leading the pack for Weight Loss and Healthy Aging
September is Healthy Aging Month and it's great to see the headlines filled with Baby Boomers like John Goodman and Drew Carey leading the pack! Both of these men were aging badly and wanted to stop the clock. They've lost significant weight, reduced dangerous heart disease symptoms and now feel energized and sexy. Drew says he is now completely medication free and no longer has type 2 diabetes. John Goodman is looking forward... |
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
As I sit here on this lovely fall day with all my windows open, a warm breeze blowing in, I'm reflecting on all there is to be grateful for in my life. Among the many, is the blessing that my Baby Boomer sister and I have kept Breast Cancer out of our bodies. And, while we both have lost friends to this disease, we know many more who are survivors. Most of these brave women are thriving now, after having undergone painful and invasive treatments in the past. |
November is National Alzheimer's Awareness Month and Caregivers Month
Alzheimer's disease – is there anyone out there who is not aware that this disease exists? Probably not anyone over the age of 20. Research is continuing in the hope of finding a cure, but there are a lot of things we can do right now in the way of prevention. Here are a few tips to start you off on your way to healthier brain cells! |
Is Valentine's Day One Of The Causes Of Heart Disease
February is American Heart Month. Once again the shops are filled with boxes of milk chocolates shaped like hearts, the bakeries have red velvet cakes shaped like hearts in the windows, and restaurants are advertising special Valentine dinners that include red cheesecake deserts. I'm struck once again by the dichotomy of this month. |
How To Improve Your Golf Game
As I drove past the golf course the other day I found myself wondering how the only green grass in town is always on the course – and WOW! Is it green! The houses all around still have mud and brown lawns, as do I in my yard, but the greens on the course were like Emerald Isles in the middle of a sea of brown. I know that all of you golfers out there are anxious to get back into the “swing” of your favorite season, so this month I'd like to give you a couple of tips that will insure that you have your best season yet, without strain or injury! |
5 Tips To Help Prevent Holiday Weight Gain
December is the one month each year that almost everyone I know gains a few pounds. Holiday cookies are on everyone's desk and at all the water coolers; neighbors send gifts of fruit cakes, snack mix and other delectable delights; and oh, the holiday parties! Family traditions abound during this time of year, like my favorite - my daughter-in-law and I have a cookie baking party each year, and then we share what each of us bakes. It's so much work that we hardly taste any of the little treasures when we're done, but we really enjoy the camaraderie and the glass of wine while we're baking! All of these traditions in one month means extra fat and calories are consumed. |
Baby Boomers – Prevent Those Golf Injuries
August is National Golf Month, so I've put together a few recommendations to help you avoid what some doctors call “Boomeritis,” injuries specific to our Baby Boomer generation. Since golf involves severe twisting of the spine and rotation of the hips and shoulders, it stands to reason that when we don't take the necessary pre-game steps to avoid injury, and keep a daily routine for flexibility up ALL YEAR ROUND, injuries are likely. Like many of my friends and family, I played a lot of golf when I was in my teens and early 20's. Then children and career became more important and there was not enough time to include golf. Now that our kids are grown and on their own, many of us are picking up the sports we loved, and golf seems |
More information can be found on her web site:
www.HealthyBoomerBody.com
My newest book, "Get Off The Couch, Potato!" is in Amazon now and there is a gold mine of healthy, fun tips in there as well. Here's a link to some of the exercises – Enjoy and Best Of Health!
E-mail Kathi Casey - "The Healthy Boomer Body Expert"
info@KathiCaseyPilates.com
You may also phone Kathi Casey at: 410- 303-9306 or 413 -269-0075
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