Tune Up Fitness® Self Care Blog

This article is part of a series on how to maximize the benefits of massage therapy. Read the rest of the series here.  Six years ago this month, I began rehab from a complicated knee surgery (after three months spent in…

We’ve all been there: when a task feels just beyond our grasp and we shy away rather than dig deep. But the philosophy of Yoga Tune Up offers a different choice – break it down into achievable stages in order to…

I taught a class this week on a skill that I continue to find challenging – Body Surfing. Bumping up against a real lack of success, I’ve avoided practicing and teaching it for years. Confronting it in class was scary and…

In my last article, I discussed the foundational Yoga Tune Up spinal bracing technique known as tubular core. Now that you know how this concept influences your body, it’s time to serenade the spine and awaken the Tubular Core orchestra or,…

A six-pack obsession is in full swing – with a smorgasbord of “magic bullet” recipes for rock hard abs, the truth of core strength can leave one perplexed, without results, or even worse with an imbalance resulting in a global deficit…

In my last article, I wrote about how we can calm and soothe the nervous system, respond more effectively to the stressors in our lives and manage our emotional states with our breathing. More specifically, I mentioned that the vagus nerve…

As reassuring (or sometimes annoying) the suggestion to “just take a deep breath” is, especially when you are in a moment of panic, there is a fundamental truth to this advice on how we can calm ourselves and sooth our nervous…

Meet Trina Altman, a member of our teaching team who teaches Yoga Tune Up® at Equinox Santa Monica and Equinox Palos Verdes, Pilates Deconstructed™ Reformer classes at The Moving Joint in Mar Vista, and YTU Teacher Trainings nationally. How did you discover…

[Shoulder Tune Up Part 3] If you spend any amount of time sitting at a workstation during the day, the muscles of your upper back, especially the ones between the shoulder blades, can become overtaxed and loaded with tension. Hopefully, you…