Use This Technique to Save Your Neck and Strengthen Your Arms

    It might sound dramatic, but what you’ll learn in today’s post would’ve saved my hairstyling career twenty years ago. Doing hair requires holding the arms up—a LOT! Add to it unconsciously lifting your shoulders with your arms for hours on end while holding a professional-grade blow dryer, brush or scissors, and you get […]

This Unconscious Shoulder Habit Could Be Causing Neck Pain

  Milestones like New Year’s come with pressure to change old habits—like, say, eating microwave popcorn with M&M’s while binge-watching Letterkenny and The Witcher at night… To new ones—like eating an apple and going to bed at 9 pm instead. Snacking at night and staying up late are some obvious habits, but what about the […]

This Mysterious Connection Will Save Your Neck and Shoulders

photo Sydney demonstrating mid-back / arm connection on the mat - hands and knees - teal top

  If you’ve struggled with tension in your neck and shoulders, today’s video might be just what you need. There’s a connection I’ll share with you that saved my neck and shoulders from pain caused by constant overwork. It might have even saved my hairstyling career if I’d had it back then. This is a […]

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…

Got Computer Slouch Featured Image

  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 […]

Do Your Shoulders Sneak Up on You?

Have you ever caught yourself holding your shoulders up for no apparent reason? You might be driving along in your car or typing on your phone (hopefully not both at the same time), and all of a sudden, your shoulders have snuck up to your ears like they have a secret to whisper. Mine sneak […]