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MELT STORIES: How MELT for Pilates was born

MELT Stories

MELT STORIES: How MELT for Pilates was born

Hallee Altman first became aware of MELT at the Jewish Community Center on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Sue Hitzmann’s MELT Method class was o...

nutrition

How Juicing Saved My Marriage

Problems in Love and Marriage I love the man, but getting married means marrying the person and any underlying issues that they come with, aka bag...

self-care

Sue's 7 Self-Care Tips

It's a new year! Stick to your new self-care resolutions with seven easy tips from Sue Hitzmann.

Feet & Ankles

Hazards of High Heels

As I’ve said in trainings and even on TV, “Sometimes I like wearing high heels. I won’t give up my Jimmy Choos, but I don’t want to pay the price o...

Science

The Science of Holiday Gratitude. Sue’s 10 Tips to have your best holiday season.

The holidays are a season filled with emotions. Some call it emotional turmoil. Some call it emotional exuberance. I like to call it emotional over...

nutrition

Crazy for Cranberries

Living in upstate New York when I was younger, I fell in love with autumn and the transition to winter. The changing leaves, the scent of burning w...

The Body

Do bones play a role in memory?

The human skeleton and our bones are often times considered mere spacers and the stuff fascia connects to as a way to leverage force and motion. Bu...

self-care

The benefits of aromatherapy

Aromatherapy is the use of essential oils from plants (flowers, herbs, or trees) as a complementary health approach. It’s said to improve physical,...

MELT News

Reflections from the road

Three years ago my book “The MELT Method,” published by Harper One, hit the bookstands. Although I knew the information I was about to share was vi...

Fitness

Fall fitness tips

Oh man, is summer really over? Actually, it’s been over for a while, I’m just in denial over the colder weather that’s now upon us. I know it will ...

nutrition

How to enjoy Halloween candy without going overboard

Oh it’s Halloween time again. As a kid I used to look forward to dressing up in a costume… not once but three times so I could go around our block ...

The Body

Reflexes, patterns and reactions, let it all develop naturally

From birth through infancy, the initial creation and then progression of organized movements ultimately create a walking pattern. We develop reflex...

self-care

A natural treatment for when you have issues "down there"

Antibiotics are overused. They are overprescribed for a range of sicknesses from a sore throat to a bladder infection. And when things go wrong dow...