Ironman Ottawa 2026: I completed my eighth Ironman this year and achieved my fastest full-distance time yet: 10:47 and change. Technically, I once finished Ironman Kentucky in 10:36, but that [...]

I was gifted a book named Epic Runs of the World over the holiday, and when I flipped the page, the first thing I saw was the toughest foot race in the world, the Marathon des Sables. I thought, [...]

I had a conversation with one of my clients today who expressed her frustration about feeling slow during her runs and struggling to keep her heart rate below 130 bpm. Despite having completed [...]

Santosh Karmacharya grew up in Kathmandu, Nepal. He lives in Watertown with his wife Sachié and their two boys Ashwin and Syrus. Santosh has a number of roles at the Om Namo Center; owner, [...]

Sally McAlpin grew up on a farm in northern New Jersey. She lives in Belmont with her husband and has three adult children and two grandchildren. Sally has been teaching yoga since 1989! Sally is [...]

Angela Bavuso grew up in Woburn and lives in Watertown now. She has two children and a dog named Pluto. Pluto was named after the lord of the Underworld! Angela has many talents as a massage [...]

In yogic terms, “alignment” often refers to the precise ways in which practitioners enter into various poses in order to harness the “maximum benefit”. Some may also include that true alignment [...]

Children are amazing at asking questions that are difficult or even impossible to answer. They ask “Why?” repeatedly. Child: Why do we live in Belmont?Mom: Because after your Father and I got [...]

One aspect of Chinese medicine is the deep belief in the correspondence of the human body and its environment. When we lose our connection with the day and night cycle the effects are [...]

By Jane Henderson If you are anything like me, you have experienced the full range of feelings when you step into the kitchen over the last nine months. There has been much fun and excitement, [...]