Two simple exercises for improving your posture, gently
When someone comes to me wanting to work on their posture, I view this exploration through a fairly wide lens.
Let’s dive in.
When someone comes to me wanting to work on their posture, I view this exploration through a fairly wide lens.
The power of accepting where we are and acknowledging it to ourselves can be brutally obvious medicine.
It took me many, many years to understand and accept that I am human (what?!), and being alive during this time is bringing that back up (some days/hours/minutes, way up) for healing and love.
Studies and impacts that have long been explored by many pioneers in the field are now finally bubbling to the mainstream surface.
These last several months have opened up my perception of how the body can change, specifically the female body!
At a time of year when expectations and stress levels can sometimes run high, I hope you’ll let this be a window into harnessing deeper self-awareness and self-compassion.
Foam rollers helped me through my professional dance career, alleviating muscle soreness and tension so I could get through classes and rehearsals (though I no longer roll out my poor IT bands. Yeow!).
You lifted too much. Bent too far. Stretched too long. Went too hard. Sat too long.
Part One: Getting the right physical care for YOU.
If I had a dollar for every time someone comes to me because their last massage therapist went too deep, or heard they hurt somewhere and proceeded to grind away at that area for the better part of a session, I’d be a millionaire (well, almost).