...or How I Discovered that Movement is My Medicine When I was in high school, I ran-walked the mile in the Presidential fitness test in just over fourteen minutes. I played on the tennis team where our conditioning drills amounted to a few suicides and a run around the backstops of the three softball fields [...]
To know if you’ve hit bottom, you don’t have to be the cokehead who drives to your dealer’s house with your kids in the backseat. Bottom is a unique destination for everyone. And you don’t even need to have a harrowing experience to get there. Whether you’ve got the disease of substance abuse or your [...]
During summer here in New York, if you’re standing on the subway platform for more than four minutes, you’re sweating. Despite the fact that I usually need a shower from my commute, it’s not a “real sweat.” The real sweat comes from activity. If I haven’t really sweated, the day doesn’t seem worth it. As [...]
Today I call up the clean, clear energy of renewal. I breathed in mountain air. I released a thousand tears. I open up and clear all that is blocking the purest of energy from flowing through me.
Patricia Moreno is a fitness motivator and a spiritual warrior. She founded The intenSati Method, which is a physical and spiritual training that pairs positive affirmations with exercise. She has written a book on the practice and she launched Sati Life Warrior Training as a complement to the fitness class. All members of the All [...]
...or Why I Love intenSati In the decade during which I was a dedicated Weight Watcher I never realized what I really wanted. I thought a number on the scale would finally make me feel free. Little did I know…kind of like Dorothy…the power to be free was with me all along. I only [...]