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Moving with attention to balance
We tend to only start thinking seriously about balance once we begin to lose it. Here are a few things to consider regarding your exercise and daily activities that can prevent balance issues before they manifest.
Care and feeding of an injury
In this post, I expand a bit on how to care for minor injuries - based on my own experience, beyond the application of RICE.
The movements lives are made of * (part 2)
Continuing the discussion of movement that is relevant to your unique life, here are four movement ‘food groups’ to explore.
The movements lives are made of…* (part 1)
Of all the many great and wonderful exercise regimens we have to choose from, how do you determine which is right for YOU and YOUR life?
Moving toward a squat
You may be a pro squatter, or haven't touched one in years.
In either case, this movement you do a hundred times a day can be improved in such a ways as to save your knees, strengthen your hips and maintain balance well into your elder years.
Put your hips into it
Aligning your hips (or more specifically, your hara) with whatever you’re doing can make a lot of things in your life easier!
7 cool things you can do with a piece of foam
How to use a simple and inexpensive tool to help you move parts that are not regularly moved in our modern environments.
“My knee is crap.”
A commonly-echoed sentiment that reflects how we tend to blame our bodies for breaking down, rather than recognize the inappropriateness of the environments we have to move within.
How to move more…
My personal experiences with figuring out how to move my body more when pain and inertia are obstacles.
Futon: threat to society
Who knew that one’s choice of sleeping material would deem you some kind of counter-cultural freak?