Hey Reader, I just got back from vacation with my family and I discovered that no matter where we go or how chill our plans are, daily movement is a challenge. Despite the fact that I am a movement professional, I still find it difficult to keep up my daily movement practice when on vacation. I brought my running shoes and managed to run 3 days out of 6 days we were there, but the other 3 days were tough. Part of it was being away from home and in a space that is not my own. Part of it was...
10 days ago • 3 min read
Hey Reader, Back when I was in my early twenties, I lived in New York City. After graduating from college I interned at Rolling Stone a few days a week, worked at a doggy day care during the other days of the week, and worked as a cocktail waitress a few nights a week. I had a lot of time on my hands and living in NYC was expensive. But in between all of those jobs, I also went to the gym. I mostly did cardio, practicing my new yoga moves (I’d just started doing that, too) on the thick...
18 days ago • 3 min read
Hey Reader, Before I had kids, making time to move my body was relatively easy. It helps that I don’t work a traditional 9-5 job and before kids, I didn’t either. But setting that aside, I could decide to go to a yoga class an hour or 2 before it started, without having to negotiate childcare with my partner. I could go for a run at 7am and not have to worry about making anyone’s breakfast except my own. When I had kids, all of that changed. My time was no longer my own and if I wanted to...
25 days ago • 3 min read
Hey Reader, A few months ago, I did something silly and got injured in the process. I was playing kickball at a costume party. I was wearing cowboy boots and a sparkly mini-dress — not typical kickball attire. On my first time at the plate, everything was fine. I kicked the ball and it went far, so I didn’t have to run hard. But the second time at the plate, I had to sprint to make it safely to first base. As it turns out, cowboy boots are terrible for sprinting. My left hamstring muscles,...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Can you take 2 minutes and fill out my 6 question survey? It’s anonymous and will help me build programs that better support you. Link here. Hey Reader, When I was younger, I believed that the only good workouts were ones that made me sweat. I thought the longer I exercised, the better I was doing. I believed that my yoga practice should be full of difficult poses. I pushed my body hard, often without really listening to what I needed. This was influenced by diet culture, for sure. But it’s...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, One of my students shared something really powerful with me after she came to class. She told me that coming to live classes on zoom 3 times a week is better than daily meditation. She said to me, “meditation is still too hard. I can’t get out of my head. But movement and meeting up 3 times a week for your classes is the only thing that gives me a break from constantly worrying about the world falling apart." Yes, of course it feels good to hear that. But it’s not just my classes....
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, It’s been a long year so far and we’re only 6 weeks in. I don’t know about you, but I know I am exhausted and overwhelmed most days and that’s just from parenting 3 kids, while also trying to do 2 paid jobs (teaching movement for my online studio and writing, for those wondering). It’s been an absolute deluge of one awful thing after another. This is intentional. It’s meant to make us feel hopeless and beaten down and ineffective. It’s meant to immobilize us. So one of the ways...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, I'm going to keep this quick because likely you've heard a lot from me this week, thanks to my Daily 5 program which started yesterday. I never want to be an unwanted or unhelpful presence in your inbox. My intention is to give you useful tips, brief movement practices, and encourage you to get moving a little more often, with a little more ease. I believe movement is a radical act. It doesn't matter to me so much how you move your body. My particular areas of expertise are yoga,...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
quick note: I have an upcoming program called the Daily 5, which I'm promoting for the next week, through February 1st. That means I'll be sending out more emails than usual. Don't want to see the Daily 5 bonus emails? Click here and you'll only receive Movement Snacks this week on Friday. Hey Reader, Last weekend, I taught my annual Winter Retreat. It was, as it usually is, a phenomenal weekend of movement and writing and connection and creativity and conversation. I always come away from...
2 months ago • 3 min read