I love reading self help books. Anything about personal growth or maximizing performance and I’m all over it. I like the idea that we always have the opportunity to make things better: for ourselves, for our friends and family, for our community, for the world.
Because of that I’m always down […]
I was thinking about habits and how quickly and easily they can be broken even before my mother fractured her spine and I realized her ability to form and follow through on habits had also been fractured.
Was it a series of mini-strokes? Is it the result of two years of […]
Just in the past several weeks I’ve had many clients come to me with a new diagnosis of either osteoporosis or osteopenia. It’s understandable: my typical clientele is female-bodied folks over 60 and with that group we’ve got a collision of two important factors. One is that female-bodied folks are […]
When I began doing aerials, I suddenly became very vocal when I was working out and training.
Me, playing with a baby hoop in an outdoor aerial rig a few years ago.
When I began doing straps (a type of aerials where you […]
Lots of people want to do some sort of movement or fitness practice at home on their own. It’s a great idea: you can save money, you don’t have to travel anywhere for a class or lesson, you can do it on your own schedule, and you don’t need any […]
My 94-year-old grandmother died last week. She and I had a long and complicated relationship but mostly I’ve been reflecting on how grateful I am to have had so much history with the elders in my family. Many of my great-grandparents lived until I was a middle schooler and a […]
I hope we’re all clear that this is not a real thing. If you are truly injury-proof you are either a) stupendously lucky or b) living a very odd and circumscribed life. Maybe you’re an artificial intelligence with no body to speak of?
Unless those things are true, you (and I) […]
Keeping healthy routines up and running is tough during regular times, but now, hello pandemic and the complete upheaval of everything. Are you trying to add new good habits in place of the ones that have been taken away? Or having a hard time making self care a priority when […]
