Stan Cohen - Intuative Fitness
Blog URL chimanstan.wordpress.com
Located Port Murray, New Jersey USA
Tags fitness, tai chi, senior exercise, senior living, flexibility, meditation, breathing
Throughout my life people have told me I should be teacher. Becoming increasingly comfortable with the slow, gentle and expressive flow of body movements, My desire to teach others began to build.
Latest Blog Posts
- Play Ball – Seniors catch the motion on Jun 3, 2009 in Attitude and Approach Fitness for Older Adults chair exercise co-ordination Older Adult Exercise senior fitness
Who says you can’t enjoy a good game of catch from a chair. During Tuesday’s class at Bentley Assisted living I incorporated a session of coordination and balance movements with various size balls. The seniors were a bit leery when I...
- Talking with my seniors today after exercise class on Apr 23, 2009 in Fitness for Older Adults balance breathing chair exercise co-ordination determination fitness flexibility Older Adult Exercise range of motion senior fitness seniors standing
Today was a small class. Those who did come worked hard. We did 30 minutes of standing leg strength and balance movements. Then 25 minutes of seated flexibility work. We discussed after class the reasons that we are all there. I explained tha...
- How do you deal with injuries as you age? on Apr 13, 2009 in Attitude and Approach Fitness for Older Adults age related injury cautious injuries injury muscle strain neck ache pain sore muscles sprain turned ankle
I used to heal quickly. As a cross country runner through fields, farmers roads, over and around obstacles, I would injure myself on a regular basis. A strain here, an ankle twist there. Within a day or two I would be back on the road. Eventual...
- Wondering how my body will react to the work spring brings on Apr 7, 2009 in Attitude and Approach Fitness for Older Adults Tai Chi energy balance ranger of motion Older Adult Exercise quality resolution fitness determination aging health hard work
Each year come springtime I have the same feeling. This years work will be more overwhelming than the year before. For no other reason than being a year older. I remember when we first moved to the property next to my in-laws, my 80 year old fa...
- Sometimes you just don’t care on Mar 30, 2009 in Attitude and Approach bad day caring frustration mood out of sorts relection shields smile
Everybody has these days. You wake up, feel a bit out of sorts, and no matter how bright the sun shines, you feel like hell. The worst part is, you just woke up in a bad mood. Seems like you didn’t have a choice about this being a good...
- Exercise and Brain Fitness is not a new phenomenon on Mar 23, 2009 in Attitude and Approach Fitness for Older Adults Tai Chi brain fitness co-ordination dementia meditation Older Adult Exercise qigong repetitive motion seniors slow movement
Over the last few months I have seen day after day links to blogs and articles about an amazing discovery; exercising the brain increases cognitive functions. Are we supposed to be surprised at this? Back in grade school I was taught that the brai...
- Every day is a fitness test on Mar 19, 2009 in Attitude and Approach Fitness for Older Adults Tai Chi energy balance Yoga Stress seniors fitness determination exercise senior fitness health physical
Every night when you go to sleep you know how you felt during the day. There is a frame of reference from how you felt in the morning, as you went through the day and how the day moved along. You should assume that the next day should be similar,...
