How one awesome woman lifts more with one hand than many do with two

How one awesome woman lifts more with one hand than many do with two

In the gym, Jacqueline Pryndik is like anybody else. Sweating. Grunting. Succeeding. “I enjoy the challenges my gym life has to offer,” Pryndik says. “I’m no different than the next person struggling for the last rep.” Even so, there was a time when it was difficult for Pryndik to tie her shoes and zip up her coat, much less lift a 20-pound dumbbell. Pryndik, a professional caregiver who lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, was born without fingers on her right hand. Fetal alcohol syndrome thwarted her skeletal development in the womb As a result Pryndik’s hand stops just past her...

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A tale of two sisters...and how yoga changed their lives

A tale of two sisters...and how yoga changed their lives

Yoga changed the lives of sisters Frani Assaf and Lisa Kanne – and made their relationship stronger.  The sisters, who grew up on a farm nestled in the rolling hills of Vail, Iowa, are respected leaders in their yoga communities. Frani a popular instructor at The Sweat Box in Seattle, Washington, which she also manages; Lisa owns Karma Yoga in Omaha, Nebraska, where she also teaches.  The sisters, and their respective practices, live 1,000 miles apart. Even so, yoga has strengthened their bond with one another, taught them both about self-love and helped them become happy, healthy and whole. Frani’s Story...

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From lupus to love and back again, H2W style

From lupus to love and back again, H2W style

Erin Story was exhausted and her hair was falling out. She would break out into a horrible rash when exposed to the sun – even though she wore sunscreen. A doctor assumed the 36-year-old Missouri woman was a hypochondriac or had some old-school version of female hysteria. But Story knew her body better. Something was horribly wrong. Story was tested for systemic lupus erythematosus, an autoimmune inflammatory disease where the body’s immune system attacks its own healthy tissues – but the test came back negative. At the advice of a physician friend, Story saw another doctor who ran the test again....

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