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You Can't Trust Yourself (Video)
I’m in your head. I know you think you can’t trust your body and yourself.
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.
5 Steps to Reconnecting With Your Pelvis
Almost EVERYONE I work with has something going on in the pelvis. It can be the bigger injuries (like prolapse) or the really frustrating inconveniences (like sneeze pee) or the everyday disappointments (like not orgasming). Often there’s fear, anger, resentment and shame. At the very least, there’s a general disconnect. In this video, I walk you through five essential steps to reconnect with your pelvis.
Help for Upper Body Tension While You Drive
I can do a crazy amount of exercise in the car...when I'm in the passenger's seat. But in my 30+ hour solo drive this last week (#movetochange!), I had to get a little more innovative and work within the obvious limitations that come with being the driver.
Calories, Cramps & My Sedentary Life
I 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
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.
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.
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.
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.