by admin | Apr 8, 2022 | Spotlight
Greetings to you who are part of Mary’s community and to anyone thinking about joining Mary’s extraordinary work to foster their physical and mental well-being. My name is Robert Brammer (nickname Bram). I tune in and attend Mary’s livestreamed...
by admin | Mar 25, 2022 | Healthy Aging, Wellness
Falls can have very serious consequences as we age. According to the CDC, each year, more than one in four adults age 65 or older have a fall and 3 million are treated in emergency departments for fall injury. Fall Risks The risk of falling in older adults is usually...
by admin | Mar 8, 2022 | Spotlight
Hello! My name is Judy McClure, and I’m a Midwesterner—born in St. Louis, lived in the four central states until we moved to Cedar Rapids when I was in 4th grade. I attended Iowa State and have been in Des Moines since the mid-1970s. I live in an 1895 late Victorian...
by admin | Feb 23, 2022 | Yoga
Sometimes, in our quest to do things “the right way,” we get so caught up in how we look that we forget why we even stepped on the yoga mat in the first place. We get into the habit of performing and doing, and we forget to practice being and becoming. Unfortunately,...
by admin | Feb 9, 2022 | Spotlight
My name is Dawn, and I live in West Des Moines with my husband, John. We have two adult children who both live in the DM area. I am a hospital pharmacist at UnityPoint, where I’ve been for more than 25 years. Outside of work, I love being in nature, bicycling,...
