Take Tiny Steps to Achieve Your Ultimate Pilates Body
When it comes to Pilates Tonic and my personal goals, I have grand plans. And as you might imagine, with grand plans can come grand mental blocks. Here’s how I get through the blocks… It’s easy for me to get so wrapped up in focusing on the end result and the million things that have to […]
How Pointy-Toed Shoes Led to Healthy Feet
Slave to Fashion I’ve always been a fan of fashion. I’ve been expressing myself through the clothing and shoes I wear for as long as I can remember. And before discovering my passion as a movement educator, I was a hairstylist for fourteen years. I’m acutely conscious of the shoes I wear now, but that […]
Two Things That Are Probably Missing from Your Fitness Program
Recently I attended another fantastic Fascial Conditioning workshop with Divo Müller and Thomas Myers, two of the founders of the Fascial Conditioning protocol. It’s a very exciting new field of study, and I’m grateful I can participate and learn so much since it’s directly applicable to the work we do at Pilates Tonic. Since the field […]
Why Weird is Beautiful When it Comes to Your Shoes
Four years ago I started wearing some interesting looking, if not downright ugly, shoes and I’ve never been happier with my choice of footwear. I used to have collapsed arches and pronated ankles, especially on my left side. And though doctors and foot specialists like to say that there is nothing you can do to […]
A Pain-Relieving, Solo Hip Flexor Stretch You’ll Really Love
Whether you run long distance, sit in a chair all day, or find yourself somewhere in between those extremes, today I’m going to show you a key stretch that is going to make you feel fantastic! Our challenging modern lifestyle pretty much guarantees we’ll need to stretch our hip flexors if we want to relieve […]
A Simple Low-Back Pain Solution
If you suffer from a chronic dull ache in your low back, I’ve got a simple solution that could help that ache go away forever. But before I get to the solution, take a second and check out how you’re sitting as you read this right now. Is the majority of your weight on the […]
