Happy, Not Crappy

By Katie McPherson

organize a fundraiser walk for The Legacy House Hospice each year and volunteer at other charitable events around town. Ingrid also does outreach by writing letters so her recipients can get something sweet in the mail between all the bills. These yogis are nothing if not compassionate.

“There is not a day that goes by that we don’t get up, have our tea and do our yoga practice and breathing no matter where we are in the world,” Ingrid explains. “It’s what we love, and we want to share it. We’re always studying. When we go to the ashram, we’re teaching, but we’re also learning, and when we have the opportunity to take a course, we do. The whole lifestyle is a beautiful way to live.”

Andrew and Ingrid believe in the benefits of yoga, for both mind and body. At 76 and 68, they’re perfect examples of its preventative powers.

“Yoga is the science of health and prevention. Medicine is the science of disease. Once you’re sick, you go to the doctor. Taking care of your health is eating the proper foods, doing the proper exercise and thinking in an upbeat, positive way,” Andrew says.

Yogi Andrew and Ingrid Crane live in the quiet Oak Run neighborhood in Ocala. They love the peaceful area; it’s the perfect backdrop for their life’s passion: yoga. Thanks to their early career success in Manhattan—Andrew was a stockbroker for Merrill Lynch, Ingrid was a salesperson for W Magazine—they’re now able to provide the invaluable benefits of yoga to the community for free.

The Cranes have a studio in their home where they teach yoga, Thai massage and reiki healing at low rates, just $30 to $50. On the first Saturday of each month January through April, you’ll find this couple teaching chair yoga at Freedom Library. Also on the first Saturday of each month, from May through October, they’re in Sholom Park offering free morning yoga to anyone who shows up. They provide multiple free classes weekly for their fellow Oak Run residents,

Ingrid

“The Western paradigm of medicine is to fix what’s broken, as with surgery. Yoga is about preventing disease in the first place,” Ingrid says. “When we teach, it’s like a workshop. The breathing we do allows you to take in seven times more oxygen than a shallow breath. I want them to know they’re nourishing their adrenal glands and lowering their cortisol.”

For those considering trying one of the Cranes’ free sessions, there’s nothing to it but to do it.

“I don’t care if you come, sit and don’t do anything. Just come! Don’t be intimidated,” Andrew says.

For more information on classes and free yoga meetups, call (352) 854-7950.

Jamie Caron, RN, CSN, CEN, director of emergency services at Citrus Memorial, explains that tPA is a clot-busting drug best administered within the first hour of arrival to the ER and up to three hours after symptoms begin. With the TeleNeurology service, patients are assessed by a neurologist immediately and treated within minutes.

“It (the TeleNeurology service) is saving at least 30 to 45 minutes to get a neurologist,” Caron says. “It gets the doctor there right now.”

Emergency medical services gets the ball rolling initially. They call in stroke patients as a stroke code to Citrus Memorial, and then the hospital calls the neurologist. Before the patient even arrives, the neurologist is waiting on the screen to perform a quick diagnostic exam.

“The only way to do that is with the assistance of the nurse and ER physician. It’s kind of like Skype,” Caron says.

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