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We learn how to breathe.

MOXIE COSMOS SAYS…

“Look, Ma, no splash” got some comments, including one from a Certified Nurse Assistant.  Not  many people in health care know about Aqua Therapy.  This morning I asked my instructor why that is, and she said it wasn’t until the Aquatic Therapy & Rehabilitation Institute got started about four years ago that the

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Look, Ma, no splash!

Carolyn Rashti at 80 – Aqua Therapist

MOXIE COSMOS SAYS . . .

My therapy of choice is water.  I’ve always liked swimming, but aqua therapy is soooooo different from vigorous exercise.  We walk into the body temperature pool in silence, with an 80-year-old guiding us away from the stresses on our minds and bodies, and

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Stranger danger is for kids.

MOXIE COSMOS SAYS . . .

Last night my husband and I had the best time at a party thrown by Carolyn Rashti, a Graham-trained dancer, and now a certified aqua therapist, soon turning 80.  We were going into a crowd of people we didn’t know and had to wear funny hats.  That’s just not who

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A moving experience without the tears.

MOXIE COSMOS SAYS. . .

Elder sleuth Sophie George rarely complains about joint pain.  She’s in the “good half” of the over-65 population.  The other half suffers.  They don’t walk around Dorado Circle twice every day.

Elder Carelink featured an article by Dr. Kate Smith, Geriatric Care Management Consultant, about the loss of mobility leading to loss

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