the mechanics of barefoot the beauty of walking on uneven surfaces is that it gives even more opportunity for our arches and fascial system to their job - if we’re using our feet as they’re designed. there’s a path of fascia called the deep front line that attaches at the toes to the inner thigh to the hips. when we push off with the ball of our big toe, at the end of each step, the deep front line is triggered. this collective gives us more power, balance hip stability and hip mobility. the...
9 days ago • 1 min read
refining your fasciathis fall enter fall in michigan, with all the awesome outdoor activities….fall festivals, apple orchards, trick or treating, nature walks to soak up the color of the changing leaves. what’s something all of these activites have in common?? you guessed it - walking on uneven surfaces. but what’s that got to do with fascia? well our fascia is reinforced from the tiny micro movements we do day in and day out, like walking. walking on uneven surfaces changes the activity just...
16 days ago • 1 min read
when the brain + body forget they're besties the brain and body are besties who are designed to work seamlessly with each other so that you can be as efficient as possible but like all good friends sometimes when there’s a little distance in the relationship, things can feel a bit awkward, clunky or effortful. and in any relationship worth keeping its necessary to do the effort to build that communication back up. once that effort is initiated, it doesn’t take long for the brain and body to...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
you're not lazy,you're super efficient you’re not lazy, you’re designed to be super efficient. we are naturally geared towards easier movements, not because we are lazy, but because we programmed to. our brain prioritizes keeping us alive and one of the ways it does this is by reducing our energy expenditure wherever it can. when it comes to moving and doing things the brain is going to use the movement patterns that are already built into auto pilot because that saves energy in two ways:...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
the diaphragm + psoas are besties the psoas and diaphragm are besties inside our bodies. They are directly connected to each other, overlapping at their shared connection on the mid spine…yup they’re both back muscles 😉 there’s a substantial fascial connection at this central spinal location that not only strengthens their relationship but also extends it down the low back and into the hips and pelvic floor. this means that when you release one you’re automatically releasing the other and...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
how we're designed to breath I wrecked my posture and pelvic floor not core.dinating my breathing and it’s taken me years to finally feel confident in my breath and body. a good chunk of that time was me hesitating to buy in on the impact of breath for pain and posture. but I’m here to shout it from a mountain top: breathing in 4D is vital to feeling good, moving well because it’s how we’re designed to breathe. breathing in 4D is also known as diaphragmatic breathing - but that’s a mouthful...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
9/10 people are breathing in micro tensions I don’t have actual stats but I believe borrowing movement to breathe is more common than breathing how we are designed to [ai says 9/10 people aren’t breathing ideally 🙃] when it comes to borrowing for breath there are some specific areas of the body that we tend to use. that’s the chest neck shoulders belly upper ribs the more we rely on these muscles to help us breath, the more micro tensions we’re putting into our system. that’s because we’re...
2 months ago • 1 min read
breath, our event core.dinator our breathing is more than getting air in to live - its a pressure management system every activity we do and every move we make we are putting force on the body in some way. even when we are sitting still, the body is having to adjust for the pressures of gravity in some way. our muscles, bones and fascia are built to take the force but the breath is the one determining which muscles and bones take the load. imagine the breath being an event coordinator you...
2 months ago • 1 min read
treat your breath like your budget having your wallet to buy something isn’t the same as having money in your wallet. breathing works the same way. simply being alive + breathing doesn’t automatically mean your breathing your best breath. remember, our brains love to be efficient so it will borrow movement where ever it needs to in order to get some air in and move on to the next thing. although breathing is so much more than getting air in to stay alive. breathing how we were designed is...
3 months ago • 1 min read