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It's time for local foods

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By Tom Meade    Email

New England's harvest season is in full swing, so it's time to benefit from foods grown locally. Local food is more flavorful and nutritious because it's fresher than food trucked from faraway places. The Coastal Growers Farmers' Market, open......

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 Tags  Farm Fresh   farmers markets   growers   local food   Rhode Island  

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Time to start walking my butt off

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Dressing for work today didn't go so well. Some of my pants shrunk, or something. Maybe it was the fact that I was goofing off at the beach in New Jersey over the weekend, eating too many bagels and Dom's......

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 Tags  butt   losing weight   Princess Chunky   walking  

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Walk-on adventures in Mansfield

6:37 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

The L.L. Bean store in Mansfield, Mass. offers "walk-on adventures" in kayaking, fly casting, and Global Positioning System navigation every weekend. For $15, the store provides the gear and instruction, and kayakers also receive transportation from the store to the......

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 Tags  fly fishing. fitness   GPS   kayak   outdoors   Rhode Island  

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Working my girlie arms on the bay in N.J.

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Yes, I do yoga -- and pilates -- and I love to ride my bicycle. But my arms still need a little help. So, this past weekend while my family and I were vacationing at my cousins' bayside house......

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 Tags  girlie arms   kayak   paddling  

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How to find a place to paddle

2:37 PM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

The chart may also serve as an inspiration for you to try a new place to paddle. ...

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 Tags  paddle   Rhode Island  

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Don't let 'fear of the Barbies' stop you from taking a class

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Many beginners worry about the "others" in the classes: those gorgeous, experienced yoginis who will make nubies look like uncoordinated shlubs -- or the "Barbies" as I call them....

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 Tags  Barbies   classes  

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Swim and surf safely

8:45 AM Wed, Jul 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

Nearly 172,000 swimming-related injuries, such as fractures, strains, sprains and contusions, were treated in 2007 in emergency rooms, doctors' offices and clinics, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission....

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 Tags  body surfing   diving   injuries   Rhode Island   swimming  

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Cure for the work-a-day aches

9:00 AM Fri, Jul 18, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

As online producers here at projo.com, we spend a lot of our time sitting at our desks, crunched over our computers, and generally getting stiff and achy. Add to that deadline pressures and the stress of launching In Her Shoes,......

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 Tags  aches   cure   stretches   tadasana   work  

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Hatha yoga is often best for beginners

9:00 AM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

There are many different kinds of yoga. The most basic, and the one we think of most when we refer to yoga, is Hatha Yoga. This is the gentle stretching that is often best for beginners. I started my practice......

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 Tags  gentle exercise   hatha yoga  

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Step 1: Breathe

9:00 AM Wed, Jul 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Deep breathing, like the kind practiced in yoga, helps slow down our nervous system and reduce stress. ...

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 Tags  breathe   pranayama   stress relief  

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Yoga takes little equipment

9:00 AM Tue, Jul 15, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Thinking about giving yoga a try? First question always seems to be, "what do I wear?", followed quickly by "What equipment do I need?" Truthfully, yoga can be done almost anywhere in almost any kind of clothing. What you don't......

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 Tags  clothes   equipment  

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Anyone can do yoga, and everyone should

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Journal photo / Ruben W. Perez Pam Cotter does sitting eagle pose. I'm just like you. I'm a busy working mom, wife and daughter, and I find it hard to carve out enough time each day to exercise and......

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 Tags  basics   intro   yoga  

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