Tune Up Fitness® Self Care Blog

Sometimes you feel invincible. Despite having had two surgeries on my spine, my body felt so great at the time, I decided to take a kickboxing class. Turns out that wasn’t such a great idea (and that I’m not invincible after…

On Wednesday, I told you the story of growing up with “turned in legs”. I discovered many years later that the pain and weakness in my hips and knees I’d experienced as a child was mostly due to a very weak,…

I’ve always been active – and now as I reflect back, I’ve also always had trouble with my knees, hips and feet. It was something I never really thought about until my 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training two years ago when…

Earlier this week, I covered some unwelcome consequences of losing your awareness of a neutral pelvis and promised a tip for peeling away the head of the femur bone from the front rim of your hip socket. This practice has allowed…

Right now, I’m pelvis obsessed. My pelvis is top of mind lately whenever I’m walking, sitting or standing – all because I’ve lost neutral. This is no small problem in the world of healthful posture; I’m driving my awareness into the…

In my last article, I alluded to the problems of “positive” heeled shoes and most of the time I practice what I preach,  shoeless at home and at work – and often “barefoot” shoes when I’m not. I’ve also been dancing…

Me: “This next position is called ‘bird on a perch.’  Place your arches on the bar and gently wrap your toes over while you reach your heels under.” Student: “Okay…oww, wait, my toes are cramping…” Me: “That’s actually pretty common, shake…

On Wednesday, I talked about how my meditation practice and anatomy studies have deepened my understanding of the body and mind in ways I didn’t anticipate. One of many ways the two practices complement each other is through the body-sense of…

I’ve been practicing meditation as long as I’ve been teaching yoga – ten years this year. On paper, my two passions appear very closely linked yet I’ve mostly felt that they were separate. The type of meditation I practice is from…