Tune Up Fitness® Self Care Blog

When we develop mindfulness practices and allot chunks of our days to them, we are quite careful about what they entail. In yoga practice, we move with grace and alertness toward the precise placement of our limbs. We sit properly for…

When I was tasked with teaching yoga to children in a homeless shelter deep in Queens, NY in 2017, I was dizzyingly excited to share my knowledge with a group of people who likely were not familiar with a practice that…

Last week, I talked about the Yogic Complete Breath in Yoga Tune Up® Savasana and its affect on reducing anxiety. In this section I am going to discuss proprioception, another major component of Yoga Tune Up®, and how it relates to…

It’s almost poetic the way the diaphragm parachutes its way through our torsos. Floating and sheet like, it is the transverse plane’s sweetheart. (panoramichealth.com) For the 15 years that I have been an actor and yoga teacher, I have often been confused…

Last week I shared with you how receiving my first self-care toolkit and learning to etch my EmbodyMap at the therapy ball training was the start of me knowing this body of mine, this vessel that envelops me, a little bit…

According to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, there are more than 80 autoimmune diseases and more than 23.5 million Americans are affected by them. Unfortunately for me, I am one who stands among that crowd. I not only have…

Any type of training has the potential to result in over- and underuse of your tissues. The best way to avoid this is cross-training, and making sure that you incorporate exercises that address both strength and mobility, as well as different…

Regardless if you prefer long bicycle rides on scenic country roads, or challenging yourself on a mountain bike trail, the experience is probably associated with a sense of freedom and simplicity. A feeling that can easily be interrupted by a flat…

Two years ago I had a psychic tell me “I see you teaching.” My first thought, immediately, was “this woman is off her rocker crazy…” I was a massage therapist, and have been since 2003. Aside from the apprenticeship I did…