Jan 10, 2014
Karen, good morning to you and everyone at Giving Back!
I am a kinesiologist from Athens, Greece. I have been following your excellent and inspiring work for some time, bought your book and I am using it in my sessions. I would love to have the opportunity to meet you in person at some point.
I wish to thank you for your greetings and mostly for the inspiration you have been. Your vision and how you made it happen is so heart warming and so real. I suggest your book to everyone I meet that works with elders and I believe it can make a real difference to the prejudices we have about how active our elders can be. They have amazing wisdom to share and they can give so much when given a chance. Your program gives them and the rest of us a chance to grow, share and connect
I wish you all the very best. M.K.
Sep 12, 2013
Living Now Book Award Winners Inform and Inspire Readers of All Ages
(Traverse City, MI – Sept 12, 2013) – Experts tell us it’s a great time to be alive. More people today are living better than ever before, in part because of easy access to information. How can you find the keys to better living? Read more books! (more…)
Jun 1, 2013
A nicely packaged, highly original instructional guide for seniors that blends exercises for body and mind. There are countless health books that target the aging American population, but this book takes a decidedly different approach. Peterson, an expert in kinesiology—the study of human movement—has created a program that she says “brings integrated new ways of moving to the elders” by combining movement with cognitive skills. The author points out that, as people age, they may experience cognitive decline as well as a loss of balance, and she notes that “falling is the leading cause of injury-related death among people age 65 and older.” Her program employs a coordinated combination of sensory exercises and movement activities to “challenge the brain and body simultaneously.” After a brief, easy-to-understand explanation of the overall concept, Peterson suggests a one-hour session that includes a warm-up and two series of exercises to “bring the senses into harmony.” She then presents each “movement” as a menu of discrete exercises from which the participant may choose. Every exercise has a meaningful name; “The Owl,” for example, is a neck-and-shoulder activity that releases tension and promotes focus and concentration. Peterson includes an explanation of each exercise’s purpose and step-by-step instructions for completing it. She also provides high-quality, full-color photos of happy seniors doing the exercises and having fun. The book is well organized and well written, and Peterson supplements the text with a website, www.site.movewithbalance.com,which features videos of each exercise. She also provides independent evaluations and outside commentary regarding her program at the end of the book. An engaging, useful guidebook for seniors who want to maintain their sense of balance—and balance their senses. See the original press release article here.
May 20, 2013
Five Stars (out of Five) from Sarah White. She concludes with: “Move With Balance is a handy guide for seniors and those who care for them. Peterson offers what appears to be sound guidance to elderly people that encourages them to make deliberate moves to help improve their balance, cognition, and lives in general. You can read the entire review Here.
Mar 21, 2013
National magazine selects “Move With Balance: Healthy Aging Activities for Brain and Body” in its search for the best indie books of 2013.
Traverse City, MI, March 13, 2014 — Today “Foreword Reviews” the only review magazine solely dedicated to discovering new indie books, announced the finalists for its 16th Annual Book of the Year Awards. Each year, Foreword shines a light on a small group of indie authors and publishers whose groundbreaking work stands out from the crowd. Foreword’s awards are more than just a shiny sticker on the front of a book; they help connect the best indie books to readers eager to discover new stories written by previously unknown authors. (more…)
