Ideas for the Desk Bound
One of my friends works on the computer all day. She asked my opinion on a video going around that had a nice upper body loaded/twist exercise as a 30 second quick fix-it for the desk bound. While the...
View ArticleTransitioning to a Minimal Bed
All my friends know about my penchant for things Japanese. I love the stores Muji and SouSou and this song. I love their rain boots and Japanese literature old and new. I love anime movies,...
View ArticleShoe Review: Lems
I was sent a gratis pair of Lems shoes recently, much to my surprise. I actually thought the email was spam and was about to trash it, but a quick search for company staff led me to believe this was on...
View ArticleFeet and the Pelvic Floor
I just finished another foot workshop. I love doing them because they are literally your foundation and also the foundation of all the work that follows, typically the pelvic floor. So yes, next up is...
View ArticleWhy you want to come to the Pelvic Floor Workshop
Wouldn’t it be nice if when you delivered a baby, the midwife or the doctor handed you the manual for the body that would map out your entire life so that you could prevent many illnesses and optimize...
View ArticleSnack Homework!
Over there on the bottom right of your screen is a link to the Restorative Exercise Snack’s page. This means I’m an affiliate and every time someone uses that link to buy a Snack, I get a kickback....
View ArticleHanging for Shoulder Health
Shoulders are particularly poor in health in our culture. We use arms and hands and shoulders a fraction of their potential. Arms are usually internally rotated as the default norm, which means the...
View ArticleSnack Homework part 2
As promised, here are the remaining 10 snacks with a brief description. Read about the first 12 here. Don’t forget to use my affiliate link if you care to support my work. I appreciate it! Just use the...
View ArticleThe Mysterious Pain
I had a client come this week with low back pain among other things. She dutifully pulled out her latest MRI results for me to study. I had to tell her that: a) I’m not medically trained to interpret...
View ArticleHow to stretch your Quads
Everybody is familiar with the stretch known as the standing runner’s stretch, or quad stretch. The one where you stand on one leg and hold your foot behind you, to feel a nice stretch down the front...
View ArticleClamshells my ass!
There’s an article in the September Issue (Vogue baby!) called “The Bottom Line” that is all about, well, bottoms. Apparently, the “trifecta of hindquarterly perfection” of Beyoncé, Kim Kardashian and...
View ArticleStair Climbing 101
This is a video posting that will hopefully illustrate how most people (and some cats) climb stairs and then a more mechanically optimal way to climb stairs, or any grade really. If you really slow...
View Article2015 Gift Giving Guide
Welcome to The 2015 Gift Guide, curated by yours truly. If you were wondering what to get for me your friends and family members, look no further! (find last year’s guide here.) I know commercialism is...
View ArticleA Time for Reflection
This is traditionally the time when we all make amends for having way too much fun eating and drinking over the holidays. This is a way of thinking that permeates our culture – that of making amends...
View ArticleDeveloping a Prenatal Practice
I’m about to embark on my first prenatal class! I feel confident in my abilities to address a pregnant clientele – for one thing I am a mother and have gone through it all two times. My daughters are...
View ArticleThe Alignment REScue helps the Little RES Q!
People think of casts as a plaster casing that holds a bone and its associated joints in position, usually for the purpose of allowing a bone to heal if it’s been broken. The idea is that if the bone...
View ArticleRES Week #3 – Sequim WA
I just returned from my third week of training with Katy Bowman and her merry band of teachers (and merry they certainly are!). I’m thrilled to announce that I have joined that band of teachers, and I...
View ArticleUltimate Guide to the Bunion
Have you got a Bunion-in-the-Oven? Most people who sport a bunion have no idea how it got there. They do know they didn’t just wake up one day to discover a bunion has sprouted from their foot...
View ArticleSequim Training Long Weekend
I just spent a long weekend at the Nutritious Movement™ Center Northwest – NMCNW with Katy Bowman and my colleagues. We’ll be teaching at the upcoming “RES weeks” – which are the culminating week after...
View ArticleREPORT: Gait Assessment and Optimization Workshop with Tom Myers Nov.’16
I attended a workshop with Tom Myers, well known author/anatomist/Rolfer last week with two of my colleagues and about 47 others in downtown Toronto. I’ve done workshops with him before, in NYC in...
View Article