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Pelvic floor problems? Try these essential movements.
Sneeze pee? Incontinence? Lack of orgasm? Prolapse? In this video, I offer powerful essential movements to help you address the problems you’re having with the functions in your pelvis.
Want core strength? Start here.
Here are a handful of resources to help you start thinking differently about HOW you use your body in ways that do or don't support your desire for more core strength.
My Go-To Exercise For... Most Things :-)
Where do you start if your back is bothering you? If you sneeze when you pee? If you have TMJ? If your quads won't ever relax? If your hips feel wonky? If you're digestion is off? If you have low energy?
Get Too Big for Your Britches (aka Work Your Glutes)
Sure, I don't have the potential to have something big and round on my rear. But I do have the potential to have something modest and round, something other than flat. For my whole-body health, it's essential that I exercise that potential.
Breathing Tips
Most of us, due the the lifestyle habits we have - anyone on a device right now?! ;) - have limitations in our shoulder girdles, chests and backs that alter our breathing mechanics. The good news is that we can start working on that immediately. I made you a quick video to help you get started:
Quad Stretch Makeover
What's your purpose for doing the classic runner's quad stretch? Quad lengthening is what most of us are after. But what if your quad stretch isn't really doing that? Come explore in this video post.
Should You Be Activating Your Core?
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?
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.
Lateral Hip Love
In 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.
Hack the Iliacus
By 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.
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.
Traffic Cop Your Shoulder, Arm & Hand Tension
Here's a little something to help you unwrap your shoulder, arm and chest tension, whether it's holiday induced or not.
Relieving Menstrual Cramps
I used to get terrible menstrual cramps. In college, I remember thinking that my neighbors who shared a wall must be sure that someone in my apartment was having loud sex. But no, the bed banging against the wall and the moans weren't pleasure-induced. It was just me, having gotten my period.
Open Your Hips, Open Your Heart
After a few minutes of hip opening stretches, what had previously felt like rage now seemed practically innocuous. I was seeing red, flooded with bitterness and self-righteousness. I hated the world.