This morning there was a great question on our Aligned and Well Facebook page: I’m active in a pregnancy group here on Facebook, and it’s so sad to hear all these women having problems with…
Lectio Divina
The coolest thing I ever learned via Catholicism is a meditation process called Lectio Divina. This is Latin (d’uh) for reading divine, or divine reading for those who don’t talk like Yoda*. When you think…
Garage Sale Props
I love garage sales. One of the benefits of moving to a retirement community is that no one really works around here which means there are always garage sales during the week. On Thursday (Thursday!)…
A Health Quiz
Just for fun, see how you do! Try it WITHOUT google-ing the answers, yo! Geez. 1. How many muscles flex the elbow (think bicep curl)? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 17 2. How…
The Eyes Have It.
I wrote a while back about the muscles of the eye. I’ve said it before, but that rarely stops me from saying it again. The length of your muscles create physiological states in the body.…
Things I find very scary.
1. Mannequins. Not because they are painfully more fashionable than I, but because they are good at reflecting the status quo. And right now, the status quo looks like this: 2. The fact that one…
Year of the Upper Body
I’ve decided that 2012 will be the year I dedicate to unprecedented upper body strength, of course knowing that upper body strength requires middle and lower body strength, which requires a suppleness to all tissues,…
ROLLING OR THUNKING LIKE A BALL?
This article from 2011 was edited and updated with new photos and resources in 2020. To find more healthy pelvis information, check out this list of Our Best “Healthy Pelvis” Resources. I’m trying to write…
Be a Biomechanic!
This post from 2011 was edited, updated, and expanded in 2020. This is one of a handful of our favorite articles on walking, including topics covering what various “walking parts” do as well as other…
Walking or Bouncing?
This post from 2013 was edited, updated, and expanded in 2020. This is one of a handful of our favorite articles on walking, including topics covering what various “walking parts” do as well as other…
About This Blog
This blog was originally set up for students and graduates our whole-body alignment/biomechanics course at the Restorative Exercise Institute. Back then, everyone reading it already had a certain amount of information — at least 7…
Snapping Psoas, Hidden Tiger
This post was updated February 2020, to include new images, updated resources and some editing to make it more clear (I’m a better writer nine years later. Maybe.). Have you ever gotten up from a…