Did you know that almost all biological tissues are viscoelastic? What’s that mean? In simplistic terms it means we are soft-matter beings. It also means we are highly adaptable creatures. Our bodies are built to be resilient. We are soft, round, and squishy for a really good reason. Think of a squishy toy that you […]
Benefits of Balance
Did you know that improving your balance can also boost your mood, decrease pain, improve cognitive function and prevent injury? I’ve always been a fan of balance exercises, but when I started learning about functional movement and proprioceptive training exercises, I started to appreciate exactly why they make you feel so good! What is proprioception? […]
The Fascia-Pain Connection: How Adding Pressure to your Yoga Practice can Unwind your Pain
Did you know that you can train your brain to perceive pain differently? As a mindful somatic therapist, and a self-proclaimed fascia nerd, I’ve spent years researching and experimenting with myofascial tools like balls in yoga. I’ve discovered some surprisingly effective and innovative techniques that go beyond just self-massage. In this article, I’m going to […]
The Power of Gentleness
My personal chronic pain journey has led me to appreciate the power of being kind and gentle with my body. I just finished watching a video from the Fascia Research Congress on fascia and pain, and it was fascinating! Research is telling us that fascia is actually much more sensitive to pain than muscles are. […]
Balancing your inner landscape with tensegrity
Balancing your inner landscape with tensegrity: September 13 at 7:00pm mountain time will be the next live meditation on applying the principles of tensegrity to our mind and emotions. I’ve been experimenting lately with using tensegrity in my meditation practice as a way to reconcile the struggle of opposing forces. It’s so amazingly powerful! […]
Befriending the shadows
As we move through the darkest days of the year, I often find myself wondering why it’s such a struggle for so many of us. Today I decided to try a sunrise hike on the solstice to celebrate the return of the lengthening days, and it hit me that at this time of year the […]
My journey up Mount Temple
I heard about Mount Temple when I first started hiking two years ago. The mere mention of the place sent an instant ‘zing’ in my body, and I just knew—with a deep powerful feeling—I had to find a way up there. I heard from various experienced hikers that it is “doable,” but at 3544 meters […]
Mindfulness based yoga therapy for athletes
Why is fascia awareness and mindfulness relevant to athletes? So many reasons, but here are two of the big ones: 1. A mindfulness-based movement practice is shown to boost executive function more than meditation and aerobic exercise alone. This means that for sports (like hockey) requiring quick anticipation and adaptation to continuously changing situations, athletes […]
Unapologetically Wild
There are times I struggle with feeling contained, like I’m just too big to squeeze down into a human body. There are times where it feels like everything in society is shouting at me: manicure this! tighten up that! polish more of this! melt that cellulite! tighten those wrinkles! bleach out those age spots! lose […]
Mountain Top Enlightenment
Spiritual evolution is often likened to the journey up a mountain. So often in this metaphor, the story ends at the top of the mountain, as if when we reach that final peak it’s The End, roll credits, happily ever after. As if somehow we can freeze time on this beautiful peak and stay in […]
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