A couple weeks ago we sent out an email advertising a workshop using the picture to the left. Almost immediately we received 3 responses letting us know how intimidating this picture was. It’s true…thinking about bending backwards can invoke fear. We are frontal creatures, we generally do not see our back side except in a [...]
Author Archives: janine
More on juicing…
Hey all! Since our post last week on Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead we have had many conversations revolving around juicing, and of course eating and food! The general consensus…none of us are JUST juicing, but we have added it to our daily menu. We all also noticed how making this change has created a heightened awareness [...]
Posted in SloBody, Uncategorized Leave a comment
Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead
Hey ya’ll – we watched an interesting documentary this week…Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. It tracks the journey of 2 men, both are overweight, one of them almost off the chart obese, with horrific eating habits, virtually no exercise routine and taking lots of prescription drugs, transform into vibrant, healthy guys who now are inspiring others to change their lifestyles [...]
Posted in SloBody 4 Comments
Stay sunny when it’s grey outside!
It has been a week of dreary, rainy, windy and chilly weather in Seattle, and this time of year when you are just ready for winter to go away it can be a bit disheartening. So, instead of getting depressed because this is just how it goes out here in the PNW, I choose to [...]
Posted in SloBody, Yoga Leave a comment
Daily dozen refresher: Revolving Triangle
The fourth position of the Daily Dozen. It certainly provides a worthy challenge as it’s rewards are great… Tones and shapes the legs. Strengthens the core – remember this includes the hips all the abdominals. Releases tension in the back – including the low back Improves balance.
Posted in DD Refresher, SloBody, Yoga Leave a comment
Another Schmekel Exposed in the Yoga World
Big news in the yoga world the past month…John Friend, founder of Anusara Yoga has been outed as home wrecker and a good old fashioned cheat – yep, yogis can be scumbags too! (to read the drama check out the links at bottom) It’s not the first time we have heard about a “guru” wielding their power [...]
Posted in Yoga 5 Comments
Maintaining Space in the Joints
Space: it’s what my mom just had surgically inserted into her degenerating disks along her spine. Space: it’s what was lacking when we first attempted to build a roaring fire out in the woods upon moving to the PNW. Space: it’s what you see me helping my 90 year old grandmother create and maintain so she can [...]
Posted in SloBody, Yoga Leave a comment
Next time your legs are burning…
It’s always this time of year that we hear stories from our clients about how they avoided a weather related injury or how they are performing beyond expectation in their winter activities. Either they started sliding on a slippery sidewalk and were able to correct their balance before a full on splat. Or, they did totally bite [...]
Posted in SloBody, Yoga Leave a comment
How are you setting yourself up for 2012?
Even though I’m not much of a resolution setter, I generally take time to assess and take note of a few behaviors I’d like to hone, improve or possibly get rid of as the year turns over. I notice myself and others moving with a restored vigor motivated to establish new habits. So often our resolutions have a physical component [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment
Daily Dozen Refresher: Child’s Pose
Child’s Pose – the first position of SloBody’s Daily Dozen. An awesome way to start a practice or workout as it gently begins to open the body, folds us in on ourselves blocking out the rest of the world and makes our breath more evident. At this time of year when the holidays can make life more hectic [...]
Posted in DD Refresher, SloBody, Yoga 1 Comment
