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Following the Signs to Accountability: Why Even Leaders Need Coaches
Even the strongest leaders in the health and wellness profession need accountability. Discover how trusting the signs led me to hot yoga in Bozeman, healing, and the power of mentorship to keep your dreams moving forward.
Four Magic Muscles: Hidden Secrets to Core & Joint Stability
There are many magical muscles in the human body, but here are four that have been on my mind (and bodywork table) during the past couple months. This collection could also be called "missing muscles". When people see me for private sessions, we seek to discover and re-connect with muscles that have gone rogue.
Cultivate awareness of them, their attachments and movement contributions to feel better in your body.
Preventing and Addressing Hand Issues like Carpal Tunnel
Our hands are incredibly precious, yet we often take them for granted until pain or tension sets in. Whether you type all day, knead dough, or ride horses, your daily habits shape the unique mechanics of your hands—meaning no two cases of hand pain or carpal tunnel are exactly alike. In this post, discover a simple 5-step exercise to relieve hand tension right now, and learn how a personalized hand assessment can help restore balance, precision, and harmony to your movements.
Syncing with Your Rhythm: What Are Chronotypes and How Do They Affect Your Energy?
Tired of the afternoon slump? Learn what a chronotype is, how it controls your natural energy rhythm, and how to sync your schedule for better rest.
Following the Footsteps
Early positive connections to feet imprinted something special within me. My impressions could have been polar opposite. My dad could have not wanted me to touch his feet. My dad might have hated his feet. Yet, he was playful with his feet.
But I developed a fascination for the feet that would come to have a huge impact on my own health, life and career.
Beyond Memorization: Mastering the Spiral Line in Anatomy
Stop memorizing and start seeing. Explore the Spiral Line’s function, identify key bony landmarks, and strengthen your anatomical foundation with Beverly.
What’s Your Shoe Story?
Don't forget your feet! They could be the key to what is ailing you and limiting your body from functioning the way it was designed. We all have compensation patterns that develop across our lives. They are easy for me to find and remedy before the pain starts. So, prevention is golden!
Restorative Motion Bedtime Routine - Jaw, Head & Neck
Transitioning our systems from waking to sleep and reverse is so beneficial and something I work on with clients and people in my classes. The right simple practices have a huge impact.
Try this simple yet powerful series before sleep to settle your nervous system and relax a tight or clenched jaw.
My Journey into the Hot Yoga Room
During graduate school in 2005 I led weekly Stomp classes on stair master machines in San Diego. They were intense, but short and putting the music playlists together for them was so fun for me.
After class one day..
Ginger Lime Carrot Soup Recipe
This soup is liquid gold. The recipe found it’s way to my kitchen in 2019 and has become a staple. My son Felix was born that year and he now makes the soup with me each season.
I drink it with breakfast out of a mug, with lunch or dinner. You can enjoy it any time of the day! It’s so warm, hearty and has just the right amount of fruity zest.
Three Stretches that Relieve 15 Cervical Spine Muscles
Practice these three stretches in order to warm up and gradually intensify relieving motions for the cervical spine. For bodyworkers to share with clients and anybody who has a neck with tension!
This Muscle Wants Your Attention
Cueing with - open your chest doesn't always cut it when it comes to mindful movement and relief for muscles like pectoralis minor.
No worries if that's how you cue. It's a starting point. Much like using the ever so common door stretch for addressing chest tightness, it is helpful.
Latissimus Dorsi: Attachments, Actions, Exercises and More
The latissimus dorsi (lat) is a shoulder muscle that connects the shoulder all the way to the hip! It attaches from the humerus to the scapula, ribs, into the spine and hip. It’s a massive mover. Keep reading to learn about lat’s role in Pilates, Yoga, Exercise, Stretching and Massage Therapy.
Rhomboid Muscle: Attachments, Actions, Exercises and More
The rhomboid major and minor are shoulder muscles that connect the scapula to the spine. Rhomboids are active anytime the shoulder blades come together on the posterior body and they oppose pec minor.
Keep reading to learn about the role of the Rhomboids in Pilates, Yoga, Exercise, Stretching and Massage Therapy.
Pectoralis Minor Muscle: Attachments, Actions, Exercises and More
The pectoralis minor is a shoulder muscle that connects the scapula to the ribs, effecting scapular motion and breathing when the scapula is fixed. It is active anytime we need stabilization of the shoulder girdle with the arms in front of us.
Deltoid Muscle: Attachments, Actions, Exercises and More
The deltoid is a shoulder muscle that connects the clavicle, scapula and humerus together, allowing the arm to move freely in many directions. It is active most of the day in most movements that we do - even when walking!