Cari Shane

Breathing is the basis upon which the body’s health is built
Breathing supports everything we do — from exercise and sleep to our overall health and wellbeing.
“The base stone of that pyramid that leads to being healthier and stronger,” says James Nestor, who wrote Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art. “If you’re doing that wrong, it doesn’t matter what else you’re doing,” he says.
The Art of Wellness sat down with the New York Times bestselling author to understand how and why breathing pro...

The middle of the night is the hardest for Scott Freed — that time after the night owls have gone to bed and even the early risers haven’t yet risen. It’s an awful few hours for him because he’s often desperate for someone to talk to; but, in the wee hours when his psychologist isn’t available and he doesn’t want to intrude on a family member or friend, he’s also afraid to dial 988.

Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, RTC has helped increase the number of trails from 1,000-miles in 1986 to more than 42,500-miles of trails today, almost as many miles as the federal highway system; 26-thousand miles of trails are rail conversions. All these miles of trails pump $887 billion in annual consumer spending into the economy, support 7.6 million American jobs and generate $125 billion in revenue. Trump Administration has called trails ‘hostile’ to cars and is clawing back grants for future trail expansion throughout the U.S.

Programs around the region are using groceries to help treat conditions such as heart disease.

It was an odd sight. At Bogus Basin, a ski area just outside Boise, Idaho, a massive pile lay slanted on a hillside, a bright white dome against the backdrop of spring’s ground cover—mountain browns dotted with white patches of snow. As the green of summer grew around the dome and the weather heated up, it morphed, looking more like a loaf of bread as the sides began to...

Becoming paralyzed from the neck down hasn’t stopped Ian Mackay from hitting the open trail. Instead, it’s challenged him to set records

Altitude sickness is an equal opportunity ailment; it doesn’t discriminate by age or level of fitness. Also called “acute mountain sickness,” it can ruin a mountain vacation.
Because there is less oxygen in the air at higher elevations, less oxygen is absorbed into the blood when breathing. That leaves many people struggling, especially those coming from sea level to North America’s favorite high-altitude ski resorts and hiking destinations. Altitude sickness can sideline the susceptible for ...

Lara Atella’s hot Pilates Barre Sculpt class is so intense, students often forget to breathe.
Despite the name of the Washington, D.C.–based studio, the class at Hot Yoga Capitol Hill is a lot less like yoga and a lot more like calisthenics with weights in a really hot room. Set to 100 degrees and 40 to 50 percent humidity, both of those numbers creep higher when the popular class is packed.
“This class is designed to challenge you — perhaps at times to the point of exhaustion or muscle failu...

A newer trend, only a few ski resorts globally are stockpiling and storing snow -- some saving it until the following ski season.

Miniature streetscapes, bike-friendly traffic gardens help children practicing road rules

Holistic experts weigh in on how to manage anxiety before it cripples you
“I felt trapped in my head … overwhelmed with everything,” says Jen Lancaster of the anxiety that plagued since she was a child. “I couldn’t control the racing thoughts, because I didn't know racing thoughts were a thing.”
While one-third of Americans will have an anxiety disorder in their lifetime, anxiety will affect nearly two times more women than men, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.
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“When the first horse and skier came down the street, I thought I was going to have a heart attack,” recalls Jeannie Ralston of Asheville, North Carolina. “The thundering horse in the snow, the skier trailing behind, zigzagging from one side of the street to the other, taking jumps, collecting rings on her arm. … It was pure disbelief,” says Ralston, one of 25,000 spectators who lined the streets of the historic mining town of Leadville, Colorado, in March to witness what many call the “Grand...

“I was struggling with a weight problem. I was on medication, cholesterol medication. My diet wasn’t right. Just eating. Eating and eating and eating a lot of junk food,” says Kenny Joyner, a United States Marine Corps veteran. He consumed four ice cream sandwiches a day, he says, and little to no produce — maybe an apple once a month.
Joyner was living with chronic pain. After joining the Marines at 17, he’d spent years carrying 100-pound packs on his back; decades later, a degenerative disc...

For those with an adventurous spirit, a new social club and hotel, Gravity Haus has emerged on the travel scene. It has found a home in Southeast Utah, right on Main Street in Moab — a high-desert town known for its iconic red rock views and limitless desert playground. In Moab, art and culture mix easily with mountain adventure: bouldering, hiking, white water rafting, fishing and more.The hotel group calls itself an “adventure-centric hotel and membership club” offering “curated adventure e...

The phrase “you are what you eat” is getting a reboot as research continues to draw a connection between nutrition and health outcomes. The phrase’s evolution comes courtesy of an approach to chronic diseases called Food Is Medicine (FIM). “Patients are tired of taking medicines (and) it’s costly,” says Dr. David Dungan, an internal medicine physician on the American College of Culinary Medicine’s advisory board. “What we eat is actually the No. 1 driver of poor health in the U.S.,” says Devo...