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The pelvis and its movements are complex. It’s difficult to learn about them on an exercise blog—almost as difficult as it is to try to teach in this format—so I’ve started with a basic(ish) model,…
HOW TO MOVE YOUR BREATHING PARTS BETTER
This seems like a really good time to talk about breathing and how the amount of oxygen you take in is affected by your musculoskeletal system. If you know you’re driving into a storm, you…
KEEP MOVING IN PLACE
A lot of my work is about the idea that even though you’re IN PLACE, you don’t have to be NOT MOVING. Now is a good time to embody a practice of increasing the movement…
Move Your Upper Spine
Photo of me by Chris Eckert I write a lot for work, which means I’m on the computer a lot. One way I’ve found to stay productive is to regularly push back from my computer…
DO WE REALLY NEED CARDIO?
I’m writing about cardiovascular health, partly because February is Heart Month, but more importantly because the American Heart Association in its 2019 update notes that 48 percent of all adults in the United States have…
Five Upper Body Moves
Last month I taught a week long, 5-class series at the Nutritious Movement Center Northwest called ‘Your Upper Body.’ Like the core moves I shared from last month’s series Your Core Classes, I wanted to share…