Tag: health tips

Kick the Crud with a Fresh Air Fare Face Steam

One of the best healing techniques to kick a “cold” with congested crud, flu, or respiratory infection is to do a face steam.  These are powerful unto themselves to moisturize, heat and open up the bronchial system, yet adding just one drop of Fresh Air Fare™ kicks the effectiveness and healing action way up! How […]

Hydrogen Peroxide to Swimmers’ Rescue (Part 3 of the Swimming blog series)

Many times when I suggest lap swimming to clients as a great fitness practice (Lap it Up!), they quickly come back with “I can’t take the chlorine.”  I understand the concern because exposure to chlorine (whether topical, airborne or ingested in drinking water) poses many health risks.  I do everything I can to avoid and […]

Lap it Up! (Part 2 of the Swimming blog series)

In Water Baby, Part 1 of the Swimming blog series, I talk about my introduction to the water and how it got me through a grueling restaurant server job and boosted my health and fitness.  During the last couple of years, I’ve been craving (and pushing myself) to get back into the pool and I’ve […]