All Bodies Yoga Pilates Cold Spring and Garrison

12/01/2023

I think we can all relate to this! I always feel a delicious full spine stretch during cat pose; the look? Meh. 😉

That's me when I started to practice Pilates in the year 2000. After many years of Football I was super stiff, my hamstring were blocking my flexion and my hip flexors were blocking my pelvis. a total disaster. Pilates has been a super struggle to me, very frustrating. One sentence my Master Ron Fletcher always told me, kept me challenging myself until now: "Intention is Everything". I wasn't able to do many movements, my my intention was there. Now that I'm fifty my body is definitely healthier than when I was 20. I'm sure many of you know the feeling :* Please share your experience if you feel like :*

06/05/2023

Yep, we should all aspire to do the best we can with our genetics, and try to maximize our potential with good habits. Keep moving!

“You’re slow, buddy,” a man shouted at Martinus Evans during the New York City Marathon, adding an expletive to indicate just how slow. “Go home.” Evans tried to ignore him, but as the bystander repeated his taunt, Evans got angrier — then inspired. He created the Slow AF Run Club, a community for back-of-the-packers. And this month, he’s releasing his first book, “Slow AF Run Club: The Ultimate Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Run.”

09/26/2018

Come and meet the terrific candidates running for local offices-all women by the way-please join us at this meet & greet.

08/23/2018

If I’ve climbed a mountain, I feel like sitting. Otherwise I rarely feel good being forced to sit, and I am nearing 60!

It’s curious to me that we need ‘proof’ that children are better off moving, when left to their own devices, they move, tumble, fidget, etc. Probably desk heights should be adjustable to allow for sitting & standing.

I know some of you are passionate about this! Can’t wait to hear your 2 cents.

Movement stimulates the brain and may help students become better learners.

08/01/2018

A clear explanation offering some of the reasons manual assistance isn’t helpful in yoga—or pilates. I’ve been unlearning this habit the last decade!

Ahh, yoga pet peeves. We all have them. As someone who studies movement science and also loves her yoga, I admittedly have a few. One of my biggest gripes is when teachers touch me without asking. Out in the real world, this (thankfully) isn’t a problem, but in the yoga room, it’s strangely rare...

06/29/2018

I never post ads, but this picture is ever so compelling! And, wearing zero drop shoes ( choose any brand that pleases you), changes the way you stand and walk, just like Mother Nature intended!

Any easy step towards muscoskeletal health: barefoot or zero drop shoes for life 🙏🏼🧘🏼‍♂️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏽‍♂️

04/02/2018

A beautiful morning in the studio! We’re moving inside with a beautiful spring snowfall outside ❄️🌺

04/01/2018

The teaser!

03/23/2018

I agree that a lot of joint tightness is a result of joint weaknesses. I tend to have tight hips, and looking at these hip strengthening exercises is enough to make me sweat!
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Many people think they have tight hips. But is it tightness? Or is it something else?

02/27/2018

Terrific article on body mechanics & how to ‘bend properly’.

Come learn & play in the studio! Thank you Kacie Chang Grossman!

No, we're not talking about squatting. We're talking about a way to bend over that has nearly disappeared in our culture.

02/08/2018

"Today, three-quarters of adults are overweight or obese, according to the country’s health ministry. Officials have been particularly alarmed by childhood obesity rates that are among the world’s highest, with over half of 6-year-old children overweight or obese."

Bravo Chile! Trying to fight the obesity epidemic by highlighting the adverse effects of sugar, banning the use of logos to attract children to sugary foods, restricting advertising during the day, black labels on sugary foods, and more!

The economic cost of obesity? Paying for early onset diabetes, earlier heart disease, orthopedic problems from joint stress........I wish we had an 18% tax on sugar products.

New regulations, which corporate interests delayed for almost a decade, require explicit labeling and limit the marketing of sugary foods to children.

02/06/2018

“I am always surprised when people say they find walking boring. Walking defines us as a species. It is not a luxury. not a bonus. It is not ‘optional’. Walking is a biological imperative....the inability to walk without pain...is-a huge, red, waving flag calling attention to the state of other parts and processes necessary to perpetuate our humanness.”

From “Move Your DNA by Katy Bowman.

02/03/2018

“I can’t even outrun a squirrel”

Humans are poor athletes compared to many animals!

From “The Story of the Human Body”, Daniel E. Lieberman.

01/31/2018

I love it when science explains something we feel: regular cardiovascular exercise helps your gut work better!

Lean people were especially responsive to exercise’s effects on the bacterial makeup of our guts.

01/25/2018

Science showing what we feel through steady practice: certain poses shared by Pilates and Yoga are the path to back health!

BU study finds it’s as good as physical therapy for relieving lower back pain

01/05/2018

Some of the benefits of mindful breathing, as an exercise and while exercising. Good breathing skills will propel one’s exercising to a different realm. A beautiful change to feel, and a beautiful thing to see as a teacher!

Experts who usually specialize in extreme exercise are noticing that breathwork can help with endurance and recuperation. And stress, of course.

01/05/2018

Looking forward to class at 9:30 tomorrow! Lots of snow shoveling, and some wunda chair today—need some springs and push thru bar tomorrow!

Special requests welcome. And one spot available if you’re free!!