When teaching yoga, it is common to instruct students to “Listen to your body,” but what does that actually mean and why does it matter? It doesn’t mean listening with your ears, but instead listening with your “kinesthetic sense” in order to stretch and strengthen without pushing our body to injury. At all times during
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For many people the word “exercise” brings to mind sweat, going to the gym, lifting heavy things, running, or other things that require strong exertion and may cause misery. What if you could find the Joy of Movement? Exercise can be enjoyable, maybe even fun and doesn’t have to suck. When I talk about “exercise,”
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As a 50 year old woman, I have had a lifelong struggle to love and accept my body. As a child, my weight fluctuated through growth spurts, as any child’s body does. One summer at camp when I was about 7, a counselor would frequently poke my belly and say I was the Pillsbury Dough
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