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Point Your Way to Power

Dogs speak but only to those that listen.” -Orhan Pamuk “Bird dogs, also called “pointing dogs”, are named for their instinct to point with their paws or muzzle to communicate with humans. Named for the similar positioning to our furry friends, the Bird Dog is a key exercise for building a strong core necessary to… Continue reading Point Your Way to Power

Summer Training

Look deep into nature, And then you will understand everything better.” -Albert Einstein Hopping off my 14-hour flight to Honolulu, I was excited to spend a couple days relaxing at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort before heading off on our adventures into more remote territories of the Pacific Paradise. Expecting parrots, flamingos, and… Continue reading Summer Training

Mother Earth’s Medicine

“In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.” -Aristotle Spending time in the sacred serenity of nature provides a myriad of salutogenic benefits on wellbeing, performance, and quality of life. While the countless benefits of nature-based exercise are well-documented, scientific understanding of the mechanisms underlying the relationship between nature and heath is… Continue reading Mother Earth’s Medicine

King of Core

The squat is known as the “king” of core exercises because of the high activation levels of the trunk musculature as demonstrated by our electromyographic studies. Squatting is a fundamental movement pattern we learn as babies for our foundation, necessary to stabilize our center of gravity when taking our first steps and all the subsequent… Continue reading King of Core

Finding Center

“Be everything that is you, Deep at the center of your being.” -Confucius Balance is the ability to maintain the center of gravity over the body’s base of support. When all forces acting upon the body are balanced, a state of equilibrium is achieved which is necessary for optimal functioning. Better balance is strongly associated… Continue reading Finding Center

Love Connection

“The most powerful force of all that governs all others- The universal force of love, which has limitless power To give force to life And energy to heal the world.” -Einstein The virtue of love bestows an unconditional, deep sense of care and commitment to yourself, the Universe, and all inhabitants promoting unselfish acts of… Continue reading Love Connection

Gratitude for the Present

Be grateful for your life, Every detail of it, And your face will come to shine like a sun,  And everyone who sees it  Will be made glad and peaceful. Persist in gratitude,  And you will become  One with the Sun of Love, And Love will shine through you its all-healing joy.” —Rumi There is… Continue reading Gratitude for the Present

Go With the Flow

“We shape our life by deciding to pay attention to it. It is the direction of our attention and its intensity That determines what we accomplish and how well.”  -Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Csikszentmihalyi, a Hungarian American psychologist, recognized and named the concept of flow, a highly focused state conducive to productivity, performance, and wellness. Flow is… Continue reading Go With the Flow

Planking into Presence

“If you ever get the feeling that time is moving too fast, Put yourself in a plank position and you will realize That it is not moving at all.” -Sanjay Yadov Life without presence moves fast. In auto-pilot mode of our busy lifestyles, days fly by, as do weeks, months, and years. The perception of… Continue reading Planking into Presence