Category: Gym News
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Solcana Book Club (with Sally Foster)
Hi everyone, my name is Sally Foster and I’m a book addict. No, for real. I average 2-3 books a week and will soak up pretty much any book recommended to me or that I can get my hands on. Knowing about my love affair with books, Hannah approached me last week and asked me…
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Nutrition Coach Lucia Hawley, NTP
What are your health and nutrition credentials? I am a certified nutritional therapy practitioner, with reiki level I training and my graduate degree in social work, clinical mental health. What inspired you to start studying nutrition and wellness? So many little instances in my life have lead to this passion! I always knew I loved…
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The Enlightened Hedonist
By Craig Nelson, MS, DC The Perfect Steak Enough with the enlightenment. It’s time for this blog to get to some serious hedonism. What better place to start than with steak. No single food is so closely associated with decadent pleasure as steak. It’s the most commonly requested last meal of condemned men. And it…
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Olympic Lifting Coach Jenn Hsia
What inspired you to start studying Olympic Weightlifting? I was mainly doing CrossFit which incorporates a lot of the movements of weightlifting. During one of the Open workouts from 2013, I was frustrated that I wasn’t able snatch 75 pounds. I realized that without proper movement patterns, I was never able going to actually snatch…
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Upcoming Events, The Open, + a little House Keeping
I always love a blog post about exciting things coming up, what an excellent way to start the week! But first, we need to cover a few important housekeeping items. There are a couple of housekeeping things we need to get out of the way, to keep everything around here running smooth as ice. No-shows:…
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The Enlightened Hedonist
By Craig F Nelson, MS, DC In this final installment I’ll examine several more false Doctrines that inform our healthcare decision making. Introduction Part III: The Homer Simpson Principle One of the great tragedies of our times is that we have come to fear the pleasures of good food. Over forty years ago, we began…
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Week 6 of WholeMe
It is the last week of the WholeMe challenge! Good job everyone, the finish line is in sight. Now is a great time to check in with yourself and think about how far you have come over the last 5 weeks. This has been a great journey, and has yielded wonderful results. Just this morning…
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Some Enchanted Evening: Friday Partner Yoga Workshop!
Hey everybody! Sally here. As you all know from the piles of stuffed pink bears in the corners of every CVS in the city, Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. Normally this is a holiday full of a) red wine, b) chocolate, and c) resentment (“WHY ARE WE COMMODITIZING FEELINGS?” or “WHY CAN’T WE GET…
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Upcoming Meditation Workshop With Emma!
HI EVERYONE! So great to see you here. I’m here to tell you all about the meditation workshop coming up on February 7th at Solcana at 2:00pm, hosted by yours truly. Meditation is spreading like wildfire and there are SO MANY REASONS for that! It’s incredible and has been the reason for beautiful shifts in…
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The Enlightened Hedonist
By Craig Nelson, MS, DC In Part I of this Introduction I explained how our failed intuition and bad science will lead us to wrong answers about health and healthcare. In Parts II & III I’ll discuss some of the false doctrines that have resulted from these failures. Introduction Part II: Early Intervention, The Therapeutic…
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