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Recovery Days When Training for a Marathon
Muscle Recovery Race season is upon us! And I’ve seen a lot of runners out there pounding the pavement. In order to get the most out of your workouts, muscle recovery has to be a part of your routine. We ask a lot of our bodies that challenge our abilities throughout our lives. Training for…
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9 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Workout and Avoid Injury
Whether you are a runner, Pelotoner, Crossfitter, a heavy lifter, a yogi, or just out there getting your sweat on.. A good pre and post-workout routine is essential to maintain overall health and stability. Plus, it’s a great way to prepare and reset your nervous system, as well as boosts your body’s resilience factor. Putting…
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What is Fascia? Why It Matters
Ah, Fascia.. it’s the fabric of our lives.. literally. For many years (decades and centuries actually) fascia was considered just mere connective tissue. Its importance in our body was overlooked, med school teachers and students learning anatomy would toss it in the trash when dissecting cadavers! That was until a couple of years ago, when…
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Let the Wild Rumpus Start: A Calm Before the Storm
A rare moment of calm and reflection before the wild rumpus starts. I’m proud I got this shot (even Watson looks surprised!). Usually neither of my kids sit still long enough to capture a moment like this. So I name this a victory for today! Here’s to all those small little victories that remind us of…
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Pso-What? The Psoas Muscle and Why It Matters
What is a Psoas? The Psoas (pronounced: So-as) is a muscle that attaches to our lower spine (transverse processes of the lumbar vertebrae), stretches down into our pelvis and inserts into the inner top portion of our thigh (lesser trochanter of the femur). It is one of our most deep, most core muscles in our body. The…
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7 Steps to Having an Empowering Birth Experience
There are so many things that can happen in the course of a labor and delivery. While we can’t always control the way our babies come into this world, there are steps we can take and preparations we can make to make sure that we are happy with the result. Educating yourself and being open…
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Self Care for the Soul: A Slow Dance with You
In a world where we are constantly on the move, when we’re rushing around from point A to B, its easy to forget how to slow down and move with fluidity and purpose. Sitting all day, lifting heavy bags, chasing after rug rats, shlepping luggage in and out of airplanes… life takes a toll on our…
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Know Your WHY: 24 Affirmations for Your True Purpose
Often in this busy hectic world, we find ourselves lost and veering off our true path or calling from time to time. For me, taking a moment to remind myself of my WHY is crucial to staying on my path and accomplishing the goals I’ve set for myself. Knowing our WHY is one of the most powerful influencers and motivators when setting…
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14 Benefits of Regular Prenatal Massage
For the ten months of pregnancy, a women’s body goes through an amazing transformation. Our bodies evolve and change to accommodate a growing baby in our belly and as our center of gravity shifts forward, so do our muscles and the rest of our body as it attempts to compensate and accommodate a growing baby. …
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Key Questions About Your (Prenatal) Care by Penny Simkin
A woman in labor is one of the most amazingly powerful and yet vulnerable beings in the circle of life. Birthing a human being is one of the most exhilarating experiences. It can also be one of the most traumatizing of our lives if we feel our power was taken from us. Being an advocate for ourselves (as well as…
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7 Benefits of A Regular Foam Rolling Routine
Why Foam Roll? It seems as if Foam Rolling is all the craze these days. Every gym or health club I’ve been to, there’s almost always someone rolling and often with a grimaced look on their face. Foam Rolling has been around for quite a while. But as more and more information about fascia, we…
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7 Ways to Naturally Induce Labor
Not much compares to the anxiety and frustration that comes with an overdue bun in the oven. Counting the days…. oh who are we kidding?!?… the minutes! Wondering when this baby will show up. And if you’ve planned for a natural, unmedicated birth, it can be even more nerve racking. For those mamas out there…
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My New Year’s Resolution: Sweat the Small Stuff
I love the New Year. It’s chalked full of opportunity and potential. Throughout the course of a year so much can happen. Some years are marked with wonderful milestones while others remind us of the most vulnerable times in our lives. Some years, Ive been flying high, floating on air, feeling as if I’d accomplished…
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It’s a Girl!!!
We are so excited to announce that we are going to be adding another girl to our family!! As week 18 creeped around the corner, we began to prepare ourselves for the possibility of adding a boy to our family. We discussed the necessity of a teepee and all the yellow and green onesies we…
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7 Ways to Support Your Recovery: A Postpartum Checklist
Growing a human is a lot of work for our bodies to experience gracefully. And BEFORE you’ve gone through the whole birthing process and come out on the other side, it’s important to find adequate support and self care tools in order to nurture and take care of your body after baby arrives. Why is…
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Slightly Sweetened Soft Granola
I love granola but I don’t love how sweet and fattening most store bought brands can be. Once promoted as a “healthy” snack, most granolas are anything but that. So I decided to make my own without all the fat and sugar added in. It’s still sweet but not overly so with most of the…
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7 Essential Self-Care Items for Postpartum Moms
We all know in our heads that we need to take care of ourselves, but we often allow other details of our busy lives and schedules stand in the way of what we know is best for our own well being. I am not an exception to this and have found it challenging to find…
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Aah!… We’re Expecting (Again)!!
I went back and forth for a while about how I wanted to kick off this site. I knew I wanted to share the process as our family (and my belly) grows, but I wasn’t sure how much and when I would be ready (or have the time!) to share the process of having another…
