When teaching yoga, it is common to instruct students to “Listen to your body.” What does that actually mean and why does it matter as we age? It doesn’t mean listening with your ears, but instead, listening with your “kinesthetic sense.” We listen to be able to stretch and strengthen without pushing our body to
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Yoga Asana practice (the physical practice of yoga) is a symmetrical practice where everything you do on one side, you do to the other side. Yoga also moves the body through multiple planes of movement, creating a balanced practice that benefits most bodies. Many sports and activities, while fun, cause physical imbalances since they aren’t
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In my 3 previous posts, I went over 9 strategies relating to self-care during the holidays: Movement, Sleep, Meditation, Hydration, Nourishing Foods, Self-Compassion, Planning, Knowing Your Audience, and Breathwork. This final post in the series is about two practices: Journaling and Gratitude. Both of these practices support your return to what matters, help you know
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So far we’ve discussed self-care relating to moving your body, sleep, meditation (post from 11/7, part 1), hydration, nourishing foods, and self-compassion (post from 11/14, part 2). This week is Thanksgiving (in the United States) which can be overwhelming for many people. Visiting family, travel, an overabundance of food, and other things can really increase
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Last week I gave you 3 self-care strategies to make the holiday season a bit less stressful. If you haven’t read it yet, click here! Here are 3 more ways to feel your best when your to-do list overwhelms you. 1. Water Here in the Northern Hemisphere, we are approaching Winter. Right now it’s supposed
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The holiday season is coming. You can hear it on the radio, you can see it in the stores. There are so many different holidays that people celebrate between November and January, and one thing they all have in common is families getting together. This can be a joyful or dreadful experience, depending on your
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Balancing strength and mobility is one of the best things you can do for your body. Maintaining strength as we age keeps us from giving in to sarcopenia (muscle loss) and osteopenia (bone loss). It’s also important to maintain mobility so that we can continue to move our body and do things like put on
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Nothing makes us feel older than having an “aching back,” and the stats don’t look good. 80% of adults will experience back pain at some point in their life. According to a report by the Health Policy Institute at Georgetown University, back pain is the 6th most costly condition in the United States. Clearly having
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Despite the fact that my teenager has me constantly massaging his neck, he doesn’t believe that poor posture has anything to do with his neck tension and pain. Sadly, he is sorely mistaken. Posture has everything to do with how your body feels. If you slouch one time for a minute, it’s no big deal,
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Having a body can be challenging for many reasons. First, the body has basic needs: sleep, food, water, exercise, sex, shelter, clothing. On top of that, the world tells us all sorts of things that our body “should” be: bigger, smaller, faster, smarter, thinner, more muscular, bigger chest, smaller waist…the list goes on. It can
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