Tag: backpain
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April 17th, 2024 Decrease Wrist Pain: Tips for a More Comfortable Practice Yoga and Pilates are practices that bring physical and mental benefits, but for some, they can also bring wrist pain. To this day, I still need to focus on how I distribute weight on my hands. A broken wrist a few years back…
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Body Alignment and Pain Imagine your body as a machine, with each part finely tuned to maintain equilibrium. When misalignments occur, they set off a chain reaction that can lead to pain and discomfort. With our spine as our central pillar, any deviation from its natural curve can result in stress on surrounding muscles, nerves,…
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The Pelvic Clock Face Throughout November, we have been and will continue to talk about the pelvis and how we can enhance mobility and stability. When dealing with low back and hip imbalances, the most important thing is to learn to position your ‘clock face.’ It is a crucial key to finding your way out…
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How many Summers are left? I don’t know about you, but my summer flew by! Every year, time seems to pass faster. You’ve probably heard the quote, ‘You only live once,’ YOLO. I’ve used this phrase in the past. Typically, it’s used just before someone does something out of the ordinary or extreme compared to…
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Do we need to Exercise? Exercise is a relatively modern concept in our species. It really wasn’t that long ago that we had to move our bodies to survive. We didn’t live a life at the click of a button. We didn’t have cars, computers, indoor plumbing, reliable water to drink, electricity, and grocery stores.…
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How to Find Perspective. Perspective, defined as, “a true understanding of the relative importance of things; a sense of proportion.” A particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view. In life we use our perspective to make decisions and interact with the world. Normally we feel that our…
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The Stress Response Your reaction to a situation that you find a bit threatening is your stress response. This is your survival mechanism that has helped us avoid dangerous situations for thousands of years. Remember The Fight or Flight response? Well there are 4 main stress responses, Flight, Flight, Fawn, Freeze. You can check out…
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What is Vipassana? On a country side road there was a man on a horse galloping full speed. A farmer was on the side of the road tending to his field. He yelled at the man on the horse as he flew by, “Where ya heading?” The man on the the horse replied, “I don’t…
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Home/Travel Practice – Part 2 I heard the Buddhist monk, Lopon Tashi of Pescadero, Baja, once describe how to find meaning in one’s life. He had an interesting analogy. Finding meaning in your life is like becoming an alcoholic. If you want to become an alcoholic, you can’t just go to the store, buy a…
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Creating a Home/Travel Practice – Part 1 The season is flying by and some of you may be thinking about your Summer plans. That’s why for the month of March we will be focusing on how to create a home/travel plan. Every week we will be discussing ways to help continue your practice after leaving…
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What kind of Yoga is this? A couple weeks ago someone asked me, “What type of Yoga do you teach?” Well, it’s a great question. In a nutshell, my hope is to offer 2 things. I want to offer a yoga and pilates that we can do throughout our entire life. ~ Functional…
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The Breath As we begin to understand and feel the connection between the breath and movement, you may notice a rhythm. On an inhale you feel the body’s ribcage and belly expanding. The breath lifts the chest and we elongate the spine. On an exhale, the body compresses, cueing us to support the pelvis and…
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Tai Chi & Qi Gong Back in 2016 when I was traveling internationally with my partner we were fortunate to receive a 3-day visa for China on an extended our layover. 3 days is not enough to see much of China, but we did our best to explore the city of Guangzhou, the country’s 5th…
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Lower Back Health In my classes I strive to give you space and freedom to explore your body. Your capsule for living on this Earth. It’s the only one you have. I want you to take the information you learn each week and use it. Apply it to other times in your life and not…