Like many other folks, I am cleaning out some files at the end of the year. It really feels good to get rid of stuff, doesn’t it? It makes the impending new year feel more like a clean slate. In tossing out old medical files, I came across the discharge packet I was given when
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I have added a new workout to my weekly regimen. Rather than swimming laps in the pool at the YMCA, I now drive down to Waikiki at about 6:30 a.m., walk around Kapiolani Park once or twice, and swim “laps” at Kaimana Beach. It’s so therapeutic! It’s good for body, mind and soul. When I
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No matter how varied your exercise routine may be, it never hurts to change it up a bit. That’s why I recently added a Bollywood Dance class with Willow Chang to my weekly regimen. Bollywood is just plain fun and puts me in touch with my feminine side, unlike weight training, which I perform almost as a
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Sometimes it’s fun to do something different and unexpected. So when I read that Pacific Roller Derby was sponsoring a round robin style tournament at Palama Settlement’s gym, Jerry and I decided to go. I have written a story or two about roller derby for The Honolulu Advertiser, so it wasn’t altogether unfamiliar to me.
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There seems to be a deep, primal need for humans to dance, and the more stressed we become, the deeper the need. In its myriad forms, dance crosses all cultures and ages. In Honolulu, dance seems to be the exercise of choice among an increasing number of women and men. Whether it’s hula, salsa, Zumba,
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