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Stop Waking Up With Low- to Mid-Back Pain
You 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.
3 Ways to BLP and Become More Resilient
Is a desire to "get it just right" interfering with the ability to just "get it"?
Why I Stopped (& Then Re-Started) Climbing Trees
I'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.
Restorative Exercises for When You're Stuck in a Chair
For 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. :)
Help for Stiff, Achy Feet
I'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.
5 Tips to Move More
You'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.
The Hard Part
When 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.
Can You Wiggle Your Kneecaps?
Being able to stand with a vertical leg and a kneecap that is relaxed down is not only an important movement to be able to execute, but is essential everyday alignment. In this video, I talk a little about the ability to wiggle the kneecaps and help you find your way there.
How to Fold Laundry (and Work Your Hamstrings)
If 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.
Cold Extremeties + How You Move
It rained cats and dogs yesterday and, intent as I was on getting off pavement, I found myself having to navigate some seriously soppy patches of trail. After a mere half mile with water through my socks, my toes were screaming in pain.
Tools of the Healthier Living Trade
Let'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?
I'm No Imelda Marcos
Clearly the feet need lots of love. So what do we do? We buy them shoes! Imelda bought her feet lots of shoes. Unfortunately, the foot is best served by freedom. The less shoe, generally the better.
RE in the Real Life
Restorative Exercise™ in the real life doesn't always look like a traditional workout. Not only is it nearly impossible to undo several decades of poor alignment and chronic stillness without incorporating RE principles throughout the day, it's also not always easy to find a solid hour or more to work out.