06/04/2026
WHAT'S HOLDING YOU UP?
For a number of weeks now, we’ve been working on building strength in our base—predominantly our legs.
Strong legs underpin so much of our overall sense of wellbeing. They give us balance. They allow us to trust our bodies to carry us, to move us through our everyday lives. Something many of us take for granted… until we stumble or fall.
A strong base is also what we build up and out from. If it’s solid, it becomes a tether. An anchor. A place from which the rest of us can expand. It gives us the power to go further, to go deeper.
On a physical level, if that foundation isn’t strong and we reach for something more challenging, other parts of the body step in to help. The problem is, they’re not designed for that role and so they don’t do it particularly well. They tire. They compensate. They take shortcuts. And often, they end up injured— as is frequently the story of the bad back.
But strength in our base isn’t just physical.
It’s also central to our sense of grounding. That intrinsic feeling of being safe, rooted, secure. From there, we can let go a little. Be more open in how we meet the world and the people in it.
When we feel flighty—up in our heads, with life swirling around us—it often suggests that our feet aren’t fully on the ground. That we’re not as rooted or as balanced as we might like to be. That can leave us on edge. A little guarded. It shapes how we show up, and how we relate to others.
Grounding practices—like the ones we begin each class with—help. But so does the steady work of building strength in our base: our legs. Over time, that sense of grounding becomes something we feel more in our every day.
