Day 1,453 of my road trip. The stars have aligned and both children are sleeping. I have nothing cohesive to offer, but I do have some random thoughts. Thought: I see the world in terms of alignment — alignment being the term for how pieces relate to each other and the forces that these relationships create. Alignment can be between…read more →
Hey! I’m in California, getting ready for a certification week with our soon-to-be-Restorative Exercise grads from all over the world.Which is why I am very excited to have Restorative Exercise Specialist™ Chris Altman contribute today. One of the many things I love about Chris is her attention to detail. This is a fabulous blog post for musicians, parents of musicians…read more →
I was talking to a dear friend on the phone the other day when I mentioned I was breastfeeding my oldest kid, 21 months. “You’re still breastfeeding him? Because I listened to a very good doctor’s workshop who said that the eruption of a child’s incisors was the signal to stop breastfeeding and that to continue to do so is…read more →
Once upon a time (in 2007) this blog was written for about 20 people who had taken my certification course, as a way to answer questions, continue education, etc. Then, somewhere along the way, it became popular with people I’d never met. In places I’ve never been. Like Wisconsin. And Bulgaria. Which was both weird and extremely cool. Writing this…read more →
We talk a lot about muscular boundaries and maintaining your skeleton *just so* when doing a stretch to apply tension to the appropriate tissues (like muscle) and keep from over loading the inappropriate tissues (like ligament). But sometimes, we WANT to load a tissue that goes over multiple joints, like fascia, to undo the additional implications of our positional habits….read more →
