Have you been told to keep your core engaged? Maintain some activation? Pull your naval to your spine? Maybe for spinal stability or to build abdominal strength?
Read MoreMaybe you are really, really tired of feeling like your body isn’t working the way it should. You've turned to a bunch of resources and nothing has helped. Or nothing has helped long term.
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 MoreWhat do you do if you know that your usual way of doing "nothing" just makes you feel worse? What options exist other than lying on the couch all day where you know you're just going to end up feeling tight and sore and more sluggish.
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 MoreI wonder what you envision when you imagine becoming healthier? What you imagine it will require from you? More specifically: what’s stopping you?
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 MoreI've heard it over and over again. Your feet just don't feel great. Especially in the morning, when you first wake up. Here are three steps to get you moving in a different direction.
Read MoreWhat would it be like for you to imagine that your problematic pelvic floor or your arthritic knees or your bunions or your tense upper back is a reticent cat?
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 MoreIn this video, I offer you a way to explore your lateral hips while lying down so that you can really key in on the area you want to be working.
Read MoreEven in the midst of all these difficulties, I can feel myself walking out of a dark time and into a lighter time. I've undergone immense internal change.
Read MoreI will never be or do or say things that are pleasing to everyone. Or if I am, it's probably because I'm not being or doing or saying much at all, an experience that is its own kind of death.
Read MoreWomen are coming away from birth confused and horrified by what has happened to them. We tell them it was their provider. We tell them it was their lack of education. We tell them it was their trauma. This is not the whole truth.
Read MoreWhen I started a more aggressive treatment for my digestive issues, my doctor handed me a document that outlined the two month approach she was recommending. The first order of treatment was this: Stress Reduction.
Read MoreBy now, you may have gathered that so very many of our daily habits have us in hip flexion, where the thigh is coming forward in front of the pelvis. In this video, I show the many ways I modify the iliacus release, depending on what I or my clients need.
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