Over the years, I've shared with you what I'm doing NOW to be well, to stay embodied, to find pleasure. It's a meandering path and changes as sure as the seasons. What worked yesterday doesn't work today and what feels delightful now wasn't even on the radar then. It seems to be the natural order of things. So here are some notes about what I've recently been doing for my own health and happiness…
Read MoreI recently went camping alone with my five year old son. This was the first time I camped without another adult and I had a big movement lesson reveal itself to me
Read MoreWhat it would it be like, I imagined, to stubbornly believe in what might be? To stubbornly believe in the big dreams I hold? To stubbornly believe in the inherent physical, emotional, psychic drive to wholeness? To stubbornly believe that God/Universe/Spirit is wanting good things for me?
Read MoreYou ever wake up in the morning and feel like your low back is all stiff or there's a twinge in the mid back? Here's a quick tutorial on how to make it stop.
Read MoreEverything that follows will not only help you restore your outdoorsy wild; it's going help you restore your indoor wild, too, if you catch my drift. ;)
Read MoreIs a desire to "get it just right" interfering with the ability to just "get it"?
Read MoreWhat if better sex was about better connection with yourself?
Read MoreMaybe you hurt, feel scared, or doubt you have what it takes to really start living IN your body. Things aren't working. Maybe you are tired of trying to change. Maybe you are afraid of change. You want to move forward but you're not sure it's even worth it. The other (minimal) shoe is bound to drop.
Read MoreI'm the first person to say that we need to meet ourselves where we are and honor our inner state, be it grief over a miscarriage, fatigue from an illness or total overwhelm from parenting young ones. But when you are ready - and maybe even before you really think you are ready - there will be a tree waiting for you. I hope you give it a climb.
Read MoreFor those times you find yourself stuck in your chair but want to move more and continue to support your whole body health, I offer this video of seated restorative exercises. Go ahead and take 15 minutes and bring some life into that chair pose you're in. :)
Read MoreHow can I allow myself to be truly healthy if it means I'm going to prevent myself from being successful (which for me has a lot of connection with speaking my truth in the world)?
Read MoreI want to riff today on the culture you've probably been raised in, because accepting the messages our culture gives around health and wellness may be your biggest obstacle to actually getting better.
Read MoreI spend a LOT of life reflecting on and exploring in my body what it means to be resilient. What it means to move more and better. What it means to get out of pain, to increase function and strength and health.
Read MoreSometimes it's not just about moving more. Actually, most of the time it's not. If you are moving for health (which enables you to move for pleasure), it's also gotta be about moving better.
Read MoreYou've probably noticed that it can be hard to move more. You want to, you plan to, you know to. But the actual doing doesn't happen. I totally get it. Here are some tips that may help you make headway on meeting your movement needs.
Read MoreIf you have an obscene amount of laundry to fold and want to get in close to an hour's workout for the backs of your legs, this will fit the bill.
Read MoreLet's say that if you want the most ideal health, you might be best served by undergoing a lengthy (read: years) conditioning program in the woods and then be released permanently into nature. But you're not going to do that. And neither am I. How about we work on a Plan B?
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