Families, people, and friends sprinkled across the U.S. are taking this post-pandemic time in history to reflect on holiday traditions, values and their importance.

We’ve all been through it… wake up in the morning, stretch your arms and something, somewhere cracks. Sometimes it feels like you’ve relieved tension & other times it just hurts! Should you be worried about this noise that makes people think they’re falling apart? 

Happy birthday to the Sagittarius people! When the sun is going through the constellation of Sagittarius, things tend to lighten up, our hearts become lighter, and we tend to laugh more.

When NYS awarded the Colden Elementary School $12,000 through its ‘Creating Healthy Schools & Communities’ initiative, the school’s Wellness Committee proposed a walking path behind the school.

November is a great time to get your winter fitness in motion, because before you know it, the snow will fall and you will find yourself trudging through/shoveling snow.

We live in a whirlwind of a society that is constantly telling, reminding, and reaffirming us that we are just not enough. Whether that “not enough" storyline be: not smart enough, not wealthy enough, not skinny enough … the list just goes on.

Daylight Saving Time (DST) ends in the US and Canada on Sunday, November 6, 2022.  It’s a time period that I - like countless others - dread.

It’s Scorpio season now as the leaves fall off the trees, the air becomes brisk, and things go barren. It’s night time for the year; as things go to sleep, they repair & rebuild just like we do when we sleep.

You’ve had it!  You’re tired of feeling like crud every day, and you are determined to get into shape - mentally a& physically.  Chances are something has happened in your life that has put you into this state of readiness. 

A southern California native, Adam Joseph Wesley, has found his way to Ellicottville on a journey for meaning and self-awareness. Adam is here to share a few discoveries he has learned.

There is a physical deformity crisis that has been developing for years.  I refer to it as ‘Schlumpiness’.  That’s right, schlumpiness, which means posture befitting our prehistoric predecessors.

Everyone has a story … from the time you take your first breath, you begin to accumulate experiences and lessons. Your world is shaped by so many factors from family values and world morality, love and loss, prosperity and despair.

When humans live through and survive something stressful or stress inducing, it is normal for our cores to jumble or experience shock. Remedies that can bring us back to equilibrium is the practice of mindfulness and meditation. 

When I get a new client, especially one who is unfamiliar with strength training, I begin by teaching some basics like form, tempo and breathing.  Probably the hardest of the three to teach is breathing.  

While I enjoy training a variety of people with various fitness goals, one issue stands out between both my female and male clients: how to reduce and/or get rid of belly fat.

During the hot and humid days of summer, I have found that drinking water alone has not been able to quench my thirst.  So I started researching and discovered numerous articles about the benefits of adding sea salt to your water. 

The Ride for Roswell took place earlier this summer, raising $5,603,901 and counting. This event is particularly important to our small community in which we rally around our residents suffering from this disease.

Several community members, along with mental health therapist, Laura Widger, have joined forces to launch a therapeutic support group, currently running from July-December bi-weekly.

Millions of Americans suffer from back pain on a routine basis. This problem increases with age, as bone mass diminishes, muscles stiffen, and discs begin to lose fluid and flexibility.

It’s hard to get through life without straining a muscle, spraining a ligament, suffering a headache or wrenching your back. But, when something hurts, what will make it feel better - ice or heat?