The Healthy Rider: BMW Owners’ News Column Launch
Cover of the May 2025 Digital Edition of the BMW Owner’s News
I know I write about a bit of everything here on the blog, but one of the things I don’t talk enough about sometimes is my love of motorcycling and how it coincides with my passion for teaching people about their bodies, maintaining their health, and improving wellness.
Last summer I presented a workshop at BMW’s Ridin’ To Redmond National Rally. I also gave three free workshops on body-specific training for healthy riding and injury management. In addition, once I realized I had way more to share than I would have time to go over during the rally, I wrote a book to go along with it. Along with the book, which encapsulates both 37 years of nursing experience along with teaching yoga and riding motorcycles, I created a series of nine additional YouTube videos to help people go even deeper. Those can be found HERE.
Starting today, I am also excited to announce I’ll be breaking down a lot of this information in a bi-monthly column for the BMW Owner’s News that will discuss all different aspects of being a healthier rider, from avoiding common complaints to rider-specific strengthening and stretching.
If you’re new here, I am an author, speaker, teacher, registered nurse, motorcyclist, master gardener, and new chicken mama located in the Pacific Northwest of the US, but I also have lived and traveled extensively all over the world and ridden motorcycles in multiple countries.
Above: Riding a Royal Enfield 350 over a suspension bridge in rural Nepal, March 2019
The BMW MOA is a fantastic organization full of amazing people and I highly recommend their website, trainings, and events. If you’re a member, check out the first article in the Healthy Rider series titled: Avoiding Rider Breakdown: Understanding the Mechanics of Low Back Pain in Riders, on pages 68-69. If you’re not a BMW member but still interested in learning about how to become a healthier rider, you can learn more about Motorcycle Rider Maintenance here.
Thanks to Bill Weigand and the team at BMW for welcoming me into their ranks. I’m no longer on social media (you can read about “why” here) but if you want to follow along on my many different types of adventures, both at home, abroad and on the road, feel free to check back here on the blog or check out my free Substack.
Until next time, my friends! Keeping the leather up and the rubber down,
Lynda xoxo
I also wanted to tell you about the free video I recently recorded of a teaching I do on the science of stress. In other words, why is stress so bad for you and what happens to the body during stress? You don’t have to be a member of this site to view the video and it’s completely free. You’ll find the link below.
It was developed to teach cardiac patients about their nervous systems and how fight or flight affects the body, but honestly I feel like anyone and everyone should learn this stuff, so please, if you know anyone you think would benefit from this teaching (and who doesn’t want to become one of my future cardiac rehab patients), please feel free to share the link!
This video will teach you how to understand your body better to help preserve your health and prevent disease.
