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Despite our best intentions with keeping a routine, life comes up. Traveling for pleasure can derail your movement habits and traveling for sad events, like funerals, can come with added stress. Body care for me…
Book Excerpt: Rethink Your Position
I am very excited to announce I have a new book, Rethink Your Position: Reshape Your Exercise, Yoga and Everyday Movement, One Part at a Time. As our sedentary culture progresses toward even less movement,…
Get Stronger Doing Half of an Exercise
What if I told you that you could get stronger by only doing half of an exercise? As usual the devil is in the details. In this case, I’m talking about eccentric contractions. Muscles get…
Focus Your Movement Resolution
I’m a fan of making regular resolutions that address areas of my life where I’d like to see change, and I’m also a fan of being specific and methodical. My resolutions (and you can read…
Exercise Advent Calendar 2022: A BUTT for the Holidays
I love movement and I love celebrating, thus I always strive to create movement-rich celebrations. For years, I’ve done a movement advent calendar at the end of the year as a thank you to my…
The Pumpkin Spice Workout
Made you look. There is no pumpkin spice in this workout, but there are pumpkins. Just like seasonal lattes, pumpkin workouts are seemingly everywhere so I thought I’d whip up a few pumpkin moves because…
Make Sure Their Clothes are Recess-Ready!
Kid-movement needs cultivation but sometimes that requires simply getting things out of the way. In my book Grow Wild: The Whole-Child, Whole-Family, Nature-Rich Guide To Moving More, I break down how a lot of typical…
You Are The Thigh Master
Let’s talk about the muscles of your inner thighs. The adductor group or “adductors” are muscles that connect to both your pelvis and either your thigh or lower leg bones. When they are short and…
TRAVEL WELL: Do This For Your Low Back Once You Arrive
Whether by car, plane, train, or on foot (she types, looking at her backpacking gear), traveling often involves a lot of hip flexion (found in both sitting and hiking), carrying heavier items than usual, and…
10 Exercises To Do With Your Half-Roller
Most of you are using our 12″ x 6″ x 3″ half foam roller for calf stretches taught in our books, online studio classes and DVD or video programs, but there are more exercises you…
Hugs Make Great Shoulder Exercises
How do your arms spend most of the day? Quick, see if you can quickly scroll (get it?) through all the positions your arms will assume today. Chances are your arms aren’t coming even close…
Pick One Move
There are many ways to approach moving more. One of those ways is to pick one movement or movement habit to work on. This approach can be helpful if you’re easily overwhelmed or simply like…