In my experience, the pelvic floor has always been a sort of mythical unicorn, especially when it comes to yoga and fitness. I’ve had countless yoga teachers tell me to engage my pelvic floor, without really explaining how or why. In yoga teacher training we gloss over the idea of mula bandha (aka pelvic floor…
The other day I was talking with a new client who finally had what I like to call the “eff this I’m done moment”. It’s a magical moment when you decide that you no longer want to spend your life perpetually pursuing intentional weight loss. I had this moment for myself a little over two…
Awhile back I posed the question: If I start including more workout how-to blog posts, what would you like to learn how to do? The responses I got were varied. How do I start lifting weights for the first time? What can I do about wrist pain during certain yoga poses? How can I combat the…
Confession: I’m a yoga teacher and my meditation game is NOT exactly on point. There. I said it. I know I’m supposed to be all enlightened and present and $hit. But the truth is, I still find meditation really difficult at times. I can barely sit still for long enough to watch a 3 minute…
I got a text from a friend the other day. She had left a party (one we had both been at) early, because another friend of hers questioned what she was eating not one, not two, but three times. As in “Are you REALLY gonna eat that?” In her own words, she “pretty much had a…
Confession: I am pretty much a giant child. I have a blue bicycle named Betty with a Disney princess bell. My husband and I have no kids, but still go to the pool on Saturdays and ride the waterslides by ourselves. And I REALLY like to play at the playground. NO joke. I wish there…
The other day I was getting ready to teach a group fitness class when one of my regular students came up to me. She wanted to give me a heads up that if she seemed a little “off” or looked like she wasn’t trying it was because she was trying a new “lifestyle change”: intermittent…
Last weekend I was pulling weeds in my yard. As I bent down to pick weed after weed, I realized that I was basically doing a deadlift every single time. This instantly got me excited about gardening, because as much as I hate pulling weeds, I LOVE me a deadlift. I realize that my idea…
Yesterday I was working out at the gym where I’m also a personal trainer, when I overheard a conversation between two of my male co-workers. One of them made the observation that whenever he sees women working out on their own, all they ever seem to want to do is lower body work. Or as…
To say that I have a strong dislike for the scale would be putting it lightly. I haven’t owned one for at least 3 years. When I go to the doctor, I request not to be weighed, and if they insist, I face backwards. If I hear someone mention getting on a scale I have…