Wisdom in Motion

05/18/2022

I give all my 1:1 clients and my students links to a series of videos teaching CARs. If you’d like to check them out then shoot me a message, and I’d be happy to send them to you!

02/02/2022

Normally on Wednesday mornings I teach a stellar group of mostly seniors some yoga and movement basics. They’re a hoot, and we have a blast together. Plus they move better than most people their age and even many who are decades younger. Spinal waves in all fours are a staple and part of how we practice spontaneity, intuition, and a fluid understanding of posture and alignment. This exercise essentially sets the framework for everything I teach that involves hands on the ground. Today we’ve got a lot of snow so I’m hanging out at home with Mabel 😊 It’s a wiggly world out there so don’t forget to move.

11/19/2020

Healthy shoulders do shoulder things.

11/04/2020

The time I spend outside and in nature is my saving grace and my sanity. Her voice reminds me of how insignificant the trifles of the human realm are. She feels peaceful and present and as if everything is right in the world. And yet, there are also times and places where she’s lashing out in anger, struggling to breath, and begging for our help...

Whether it’s a global pandemic, climate instability, deforestation, our reliance on fossil fuels, mass extinction, mass pollution, the fallout of capitalism, factory farming, corporate greed, the wealth gap, lack of access to healthcare, social injustice, systemic and blatant racism, human trafficking, the threat of nuclear war or a negligent, ineffective, or even malicious political regime, it’s quite easy to feel hopeless, frustrated, angry or scared with the way things are going. I know what it feels like to want to give into despair. I know with the weight of all of this it can feel as if it’s all going to hell. And it’s right that it raises concern.

Early on in my yoga practice, I had the feeling that if we could get everyone to just slow down and be still then all of our problems are solvable. We have the time, the technology, and the Human Resources. We just have to organize and get into action. If we could agree on what we deem important and what kind of society we really want to build (which to me seems pretty straightforward) we could plan, organize, and grow in a way that’s smart, strategic, and will benefit everyone. Perhaps this is a little naive, but I still believe that so many of the issues we face can be resolved through the simple understanding that we are one race, one world, and one thing, and by ensuring our political and economic policies reflect that.

11/03/2020

So much of what you see within health and fitness focuses almost solely on external appearances. Not only are aesthetics a really shallow understanding of what it truly means to feel and move well, this preoccupation with appearances deters and excludes a lot of people who don’t identify as a fitness person but who do have a desire to take care of themselves.

FRC & Kinstretch on the other hand are all about underlying integrity which is a goal everyone should find worth striving for. I’m building this community to teach people how to assess their joint function, improve their range of motion, and build a self-care practice that works for them. The best thing is it translates to and complements any sport or activities you enjoy, it preps you for whatever life throws your way, and it’s something you can do at home. Consider pre-registering on my site if this piques your interest!

10/11/2020

04/03/2020

Throwback post quarantine when I got to spend some more time with to ask questions, give some insight, and work on tissue specific training to help her human better. We’re meeting up for a virtual session this weekend, and I wanted to extend the same offer to the rest of everyone close to me. I unfortunately can’t be in the studio to teach for quite some time now, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want to continue to do what I’m passionate about. Let me know if there’s anyway I can support you while you’re spending more time at home. I love and many times prefer my home practice, and it’s something I’d love to help you build for yourself!

12/18/2019

Attending an FRC seminar was perhaps the best investment I’ve made in my life. It’s impacted the way I look at movement, the way I teach, the way I train, the way I practice, and it’s given me both a system and a thought process to help almost anyone and everyone develop and maintain better joint health and quality of movement. Here you can see me bring through a comprehensive routine that isolates every joint in the body and then some hip specific work since she’s a badass silks artist and actress with goals to get even more badass with more range, more strength, and more control.

This is not about forcing yourself to exercise, this is not beating yourself up to look a certain way, this is looking at the human body, your human canvas, and understanding from scientific principles what it means to best take care of you, in line with your goals, whether that’s competitive performance or just being able to get through everyday in comfort.
People NEED and DESERVE to know this, and I so want to help you. If you’re interested in scheduling a one-on-one or want to find a provider near you then please message me.

12/17/2019

It’s been two years since this moment where I got to lead one of my best friends and the person I admired most within the yoga community through a little snack of a sequence. I can still vividly remember and feel all the quaky emotions that were rattling inside me as the time drew near when I would have to speak. Despite all my doubt and fears leading up to it, the looks on their faces say more than I can hope to, and the words I received after quieted my nerves and softly, perhaps silently elated me.

It’s been two years since this moment. It’s taken awhile for things to crystallize. I have so much I want to share so I hope you’ll stay tuned. @ Pondok Pitaya