today’s tip
Intro to Ayurveda: Grounding Vata
Hi friends! Happy almost-Friday. 🙂 We are back from the hospital (wahoo!!) and starting to get in the swing of things. Thank you again for all of the lovely wishes this week, and hanging in there while we’re getting settled as a family of four (six with the pups!). This week, I have some special posts…
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What to do about knee pain?
Hi friends! Thank you so much for all of the kind comments and love surrounding baby P’s arrival, and for sharing in our joy during such a special time. We’re still getting settled, and I have some very special posts going up this week. I’m excited about today’s post because it was written by my…
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The best workout tights
Hi friends! How’s the morning going? Latest on the Family page is up here. Here is your latest squat challenge if you’re following along the Squatember calendar: 15 squats, 15 jump squats, 15 plie squat jumps, 30-second wall sit, 45 seconds of sumo burpees. Let me know how it goes! So, all of my years…
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La Jolla Faves
Hi friends! How’s the afternoon going? Hope you’re enjoying the day! New post up on the Family page here, and heads up: all info about the lotus tanks for an awesome cause will go out tomorrow! This morning, I had an awesome acupuncture appointment. It felt extra relaxing, and my acupuncturist doesn’t think I’ll make…
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Creating habits you can, and want, to keep
Hi friends! Happy humpday! Are we halfway through the week already?! So happy you’re excited about our Squatember challenge. 🙂 I did the barre burner last night after teaching, and the legs are a liiiitle sore today. New post up on the Family page here! So lately, I’ve been sucked into the “Check out this…
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Wasting workout time
Hi friends! Happy humpday! This morning’s subject for The Skimm was “Whooaaaa, we’re halfway there” and now Bon Jovi will be stuck in my head all day. Here’s what’s been happening around here and then I have some tips to help you stop wasting time at the gym! Today’s Happenings What are you up to today??…
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How to make workouts low impact
(without decreasing the intensity!) Hi friends. 🙂 Happy almost-Friday! I’m so glad the weekend is almost here. One step closer to our Tucson trip -I’m seriously itching to get out there- and lots of fun events coming up this weekend. I’ve been on a cooking roll lately! (Bumpin’ in the kitchen. I made an insane…
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Prenatal yoga modifications
Hi friends! How’s the morning going? Hope you’re enjoying the day so far! I’m really excited about today’s post because it’s something that took me a while to learn, and is also a popular reader’s request. When I ran my blog survey, so many of you expressed interest in more prenatal and postnatal workout tips…
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Why and how to meditate
Breathe in, breathe out. Wait, if I’m thinking about breathing, I’m not really mediating. Shoot. Silence. Think of silence. What are we having for dinner tonight? Oh yeah, lasagna. Stop, be quiet. Meditate. Om shanti. I love when they sing that at the end of yoga class. What time is yoga tomorrow? Be quiet. Meditate.
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photoverload
(I was going to name this post something like “Let me find my crafting scissors” or something like that, but I couldn’t even think of a *tool* I could insert into the title. Let this be a testament of my non-craftiness.) Hi friends! How’s the morning going? The day is going well over here! I’ve…
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Reader’s request: What’s the difference between traditional strength training and endurance training?
and do you need both? Hi friends! How’s the morning going? Hope you’re enjoying the day so far. It’s barre time for this girl, and I’m also trying to figure out when to take my gestational diabetes test this week. There’s never a *good* time, so I might as well get it over with as…
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Get more out of your core workout
Hi friends! How’s the day going? Hope you’re having a great afternoon. The NBA draft is tomorrow (!) so this basketball nerd has ESPN on non-stop. Arizona has four players in the draft and I can’t wait to see what teams I’ll start caring about haha. Today, let’s talk about the core! Summer is officially…
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