Health and Fitness

[caption id="attachment_32590" align="alignright" width="300"] Karl Straub[/caption] Too aggressive in your yoga practice? That was Karl Straub's story until he met his eldest teacher, Swami Bua, who told him not to struggle because "Yoga is a gentle art." At the 6th annual Telluride Yoga Festival (Thursday, July 11 –...

[caption id="attachment_32384" align="alignright" width="300"] Madhuri Martin in "Dragonfly"[/caption] Where does shaman come from? Not the priest or priestess who can divine what is hidden. The word itself. Its root is "sham," the origin of which yoga teacher and scholar Madhuri Martin assigns directly to the northern...

It’s June in the San Juan Mountains. The trails are dry, the mornings are warm and it's time to ride. But for many Telluride cyclists, June is also the month of pain.  It’s the beginning of the season. We simply don’t have time in the...

[caption id="attachment_31535" align="alignright" width="166"] Wellness Counselor,Bridget Taddonio[/caption] This week, the Telluride Medical Center (TMC) announced new Wellness Counseling services for Primary Care patients dealing with obesity, high cholesterol, or diabetes. Wellness Counseling initiatives, like the one now offered at TMC, are on the rise as national obesity...

The Telluride Medical Center (TMC) announced this month two new doctors to the Emergency and Primary Care teams, Dr. Simon Kotylar, MD, and Dr. Heather Linder, MD. Dr. Kotlyar, board certified in emergency medicine, brings 10 years experience working in a high acuity Level-I trauma center....

Kale is not a traditional breakfast food. There’s a good reason for that—when you set up a breakfast buffet with eggs benedict, bacon, waffles, and kale, you can probably guess which thing won’t end up on someone’s plate. So the first day of the cleanse, when...