intelligent movement
Essentrics™ is a full-body rebalancing program. The goal of Essentrics™ is to help you reach your full range of motion. This style of movement is mindful of the tiny muscles we don’t often engage, so it works to strengthen and lengthen ALL our muscles. Think…
Given how fast we move each day and the pervasive feeling of needing to “get it all done,” many of us find ourselves stressed, anxious and feeling constantly overwhelmed. By making the effort to be mindful, we can focus on what matters most.
Want to Jump Start Your Health? Mindful Essentrics stemmed from my own need for better health. Joint pain hit me early in life, but grew worse after fifteen years of sitting for a living. The absence of movement took a toll, as did other lifestyle…
When we’re young, we don’t give our bodies a thought. They do as we wish, and all is well. It’s one reason why watching kids play makes us smile. We long to be that free and easy!
As a kid, I wasn’t taught about relationships or how to care for my body. I’ve since been a yoga therapist, raw food chef, Pilates instructor and couple’s counselor. For fifteen years, I was a mindfulness-based, experiential therapist.
These days, I teach balance.
That’s because modern life is not kind. It has us living out of synch with nature and subjugates our bodies to a range of insult. We sit for inordinate amounts of time and are addicted to health-depleting foods that are making us sick.
Some families weave wellness into their way of life. I love it when I hear it. Either way, it’s our responsibility to care for the bodies we’ve been given. That’s where I come in.
This website is full of articles on what has influenced me over the years. I hope they’re helpful for you, too.
Johann Hari’s book “Stolen Focus” is must-reading for parents, educators and anyone else who cares about the future. Our ability to be present is slipping away.
Technology was suppose to make our lives easier, but all it’s really done is make our lives busier. We’re in the midst of a giant social experiment that our nervous system wasn’t designed to handle.
Twenty minutes a day isn’t much effort to be rewarded with a strong, balanced body that uses energy efficiently and allows us to continue doing the things we love to do without pain or injury.
Our muscles are encased in a web of tissue that weaves in and around our body called connective tissue. Like a silk stocking, it literally is what holds us together and gives our body shape.
This life force is known by many names. The yogis call it prana and activate it through breath and postures. Acupuncturist call it qi and balance its movement through a network of pathways.