by Ruth Ann Penny | Jul 17, 2022 | Resources
I have loved Audrey Hepburn all my life. There are many reasons to love this beautiful human – as an actor, a humanitarian and philanthropist, a survivor of wartime hardship. But I also love her exquisite neck. It is the neck of my dreams, long, supple as a...
by Ruth Ann Penny | Jul 3, 2022 | Resources
I just got back from a trip to Portugal – it was terrific to travel and explore again. We walked a great deal, on the tiled streets and sidewalks so typical of Portugese cities and towns, on beaches, on dirt roads and woodland paths and on good old...
by Ruth Ann Penny | May 8, 2022 | Resources
Sit Up Straight! When I was young, I heard those words hundreds of times. I was a bit long-limbed and gangly, at times awkward, not very sporty, a little shy. I was happy curled up with a book. I sometimes slumped. My mother was a classical singer and performed...
by Ruth Ann Penny | Apr 24, 2022 | Resources
I am an anatomy nerd. This post may feel like it’s aimed at my anatomy nerd friends only, but it’s not. So please stick with me for a moment. There’s this very cool muscle deep inside the very centre of your body called the Ilio-Psoas (silent ‘p’) muscle. As all...
by Ruth Ann Penny | Apr 10, 2022 | Resources
Definitions like the one below, out of medical journals, are a little disheartening, don’t you think?: Sarcopenia is a progressive and generalized skeletal muscle disorder involving the accelerated loss of muscle mass and function that is associated with...
by Ruth Ann Penny | Mar 21, 2022 | Resources
What does that actually mean? Of course I breathe. (I admit I can find advice to “just breathe” a little condescending.) But breathing is a miracle. The body just breathes. Even more miraculous is the fact that we can feel and change the way we breathe. And we all...
