How to Get the Benefits of the Squat without Squatting

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Have you ever seen a child squatting down checking out rocks, ants, or some other little critter crawling around on the ground and felt amazed by the ease and flexibility in their little body? And then, when it’s time to get up, they pop right up with no effort at all. Do your knees hurt […]

A Surprisingly Simple Exercise for Your Pelvic Floor and Low Back

Your pelvic floor muscles are located at the very bottom of your pelvis. You need them to go to the bathroom, keep your internal organs healthy and inside your body, AND perform a vital role in maintaining your spine health. There are everyday chronic habits like holding in the stomach, tucking the tailbone under, and […]

The Healthy Way to Binge-Watch Your Fave TV Shows

When it comes to feeling good and moving freely in your body, movement variety is the key. To make sure I move in more ways than just the sitting-to-type position, the standing-to-prepare-food position, and the helping-with-homework position, I have a few exercises I do every single day without fail. My secret to consistency is associating […]

A Simple Way to Ease Wrist Pain and Build Hand Strength

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Do you ever have wrist pain when you exercise or feel like your wrists are weak? If so, I have a simple solution you must try. Tightness in the hands and forearms affects hand alignment, especially in exercises requiring you to be on your hands and knees or quadruped position. This tightness can make it […]

Pulling in Your Stomach for Core Strength? Try This Instead…

I used to pull in my stomach all the time. For a while, I couldn’t even relax my abdominal muscles because I’d been holding them in so much it was an unconscious habit. Pilates is known for building core strength, and there was a time when I mistakenly believed that improving and demonstrating core strength […]

Got Computer Slouch? There’s a Simple Fix That Feels Fantastic…

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  If a rounded upper spine or computer slouch is on your mind, you definitely want to check out the exercise in today’s video. A primary reason the upper spine slouches forward in the first place has a lot to do with arms—what’s done with them, and more importantly, what’s NOT. When’s the last time […]