by admin | Oct 22, 2019 | alignment, alignment training, Anatomy, Anatomy in motion, Bodywork, bones, Breathing, core, deep core, diaphragm, Efficiency, embodiment, foundation, functional movement, Functional Patterns, Gait, Human Movement, Human Optimization, Intrinsic stability, Joint control, Joint health, Kinesthetic, Muscle Association, Muscle balance, Personal Training, Physical medicine, Physical therapy, psychosomatic, Spatial Medicine, Spiral, stamina, structural integration, Tensegrity, tissue health, Train Rugged, TVA
What is Structural Integration? Structural Integration (SI) is a therapeutic process that uses various techniques and modalities of manual therapies to help bring you into an improved, more efficient structural and functional balance. SI aims to optimize the body you...
by admin | Oct 15, 2019 | alignment training, Anatomy, awareness, behavioral health, Biomechanics, bodymind, circulation, Conditioning, diaphragm, Eating, Efficiency, exercise, Growth, health, Health Coach, Human Movement, Human Optimization, Human Performance, Mental Health, preventative care, psychosomatic
What Determines the Shape of Our Body? Jobs, lifestyles, mental frameworks, emotional states, the way we exercise, all of these things one way or another effect how our bodies adapt. As we age, our bodies mold to the environments that we put them into. In the modern...
by admin | Nov 20, 2018 | aerobic work, alignment training, Breathing, Center, core, diaphragm, Functional Patterns, Joint health, Kinetic Chain, movement, Muscle Association, muscle function, Posture, Rugged, Spiral, structural integration, sustainability, Train Rugged
Train Your Heart Aerobic training is often classified into the ‘cardio’ category of training. We automatically think of running, step classes, swimming, basically any activity that is longer than 15 minutes of continuous movement and work. These are all...
by admin | Jun 19, 2018 | alignment training, Anatomy in motion, Anatomy Trains, Back to center, balance, Biomechanics, Body Care, Breathing, Center, Conditioning, core, diaphragm, Efficiency, elasticity, endurance, Finding center, Nervous System, Optimization, Physiology, Posture, running, Spatial Medicine, Stability, structural integration, sustainability, training, Training with purpose, TVA, yoga
MAKING YOUR HEAD SPIN So the last post seemed anything but simple. I talked about your heart rate, arteries, and all the moving systems that are involved on a daily basis. My hope is that by the end of this post you have somewhere solid to start that you can then...
by admin | Mar 8, 2018 | alignment training, deep core, diaphragm, posterior chain, Postural correction, Restorative, Rugged, Scapula, TVA
This one is a burner. Difficult to do alone, but incredibly effective for assisting in postural tensioning between the shoulders and the hips. Seriously, I have clients do this and they sweat, they shake, basically it is way harder than it looks. WHY DO IT: Because...
by admin | Feb 28, 2018 | Breathing, diaphragm, Efficiency, elasticity, fitness, Physical medicine, Restorative, Spatial Medicine, sustainability, Tensegrity, tissue health, Train Rugged
Apposition defined: the positioning of things or the condition of being side by side or close together. The zone of apposition refers to the relationship of the diaphragm to the pelvic floor. So essentially, the ribcage to the pelvis (though there are other...