This Simple Pelvic Alignment Exercise Will Surprise You
I’ve come a long way in my personal alignment journey over the last decade. I can totally relate to the challenge and awkwardness that goes along with changing not-so-great habits we’ve unknowingly built into our body. For example, I used to walk and sit with my tailbone tucked underneath me and this felt completely normal and […]
How to Activate Your Core Correctly with the Drawstring Technique
In the last post we touched upon some of the negative impacts of habitually sucking or holding your stomach in. So now you may find yourself asking, “Well, then how am I supposed to find my abdominals in Pilates, or any other ‘core workout’ without just pulling my belly button in toward my spine?” This […]
How to Find Your Hidden Mobility with a Twist
Habitually holding, or sucking your stomach in is common in our culture. This chronic holding pattern creates limited mobility in the waistline and has a negative impact on the intra-abdominal pressure needed for healthy internal organs and a healthy pelvic floor. Today’s exercise is going to help you assess how much true mobility you have […]
Release Tight and Painful Pectoral Muscles with This Stretch
At first glance, this exercise looks a lot like a spinal twist, but looks can be deceiving! Your ribs move along with your pelvis in this stretch and, because of that, it’s not so much a spinal twist as it is a full body roll that includes an awesome pec and arm stretch. This one […]
The Double Calf Stretch
Today’s video takes the recent Calf Stretch and Hamstring Assessment videos and combines them into a single ultra-effective exercise for the back line of your body. Your muscles and soft tissue respond to the position you spend most of your time in by shortening and/or lengthening. This is one of the reasons it’s so important […]
How to Assess and Lengthen Your Short Hamstrings
Your hamstrings are located at the back of your thigh and are made up of three muscles that attach to the bottom of your pelvis at your ischial tuberosities, or sitting bones, and run down the back of your leg to the top of your lower leg. The main movements your hamstrings help with are […]
