Ease Your Neck Tension with this Surprisingly Simple Solution
Today’s video is inspired by a class I taught in my Active Alignment mat class last year. Three women in class shared similar issues: As they described their experiences and what they’d tried for relief (chiropractic care, massage, ibuprofen, stretching, etc.), it occurred to me I’d never gone into detail about how breathing affects the […]
How to Relieve SI Joint Pain with Your Breath and the Pilates Roll Down
A common cause of sacroiliac joint dysfunction is a lack of movement and one of the most powerful, yet overlooked tools for relieving back and SI (sacroiliac) joint pain is your breath. A common cause of sacroiliac joint dysfunction is a lack of movement. When you inhale and exhale, this innate action […]
How to Fix Shallow Breathing with a Simple Exercise
Did you know that breathing provides you with your very own, built in massage therapist and chiropractor? We usually think of breathing as the unconscious process that moves air in and out of the lungs twentyfour hours a day, seven days a week. It’s one of the most basic requirements to keep us alive. […]
Mindful Breathing for Health, Posture and Pilates
Recently I had the pleasure of spending time with my grandmother. She’s 85 and in great health. Like me, she has scoliosis and sometimes suffers from back pain that gets pretty severe. We were sitting outside on a beautiful day. The subject of back pain and stress came up. She looked at me and […]
