by Barbara Horsley | Aug 25, 2014 | Alignment |
“Watch your habits, as they become your posture.
Watch your posture, for it creates your boundaries.
Watch your boundaries, for they restrict your growth.
Watch your restrictions, for they create immobility.
Watch your immobility, for it becomes your illness.”- Katy Bowman
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by Barbara Horsley | Aug 14, 2014 | Alignment |
I offer digital alignment screening reports for my Restorative Exercise™ (RE) clients. The screening report will give you information about your structural alignment and be extremely helpful when designing an exercise and movement program tailored to your individual needs.
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by Barbara Horsley | Jul 6, 2014 | Alignment |
Here I demonstrate how socks compress the toes. It’s well known that tapered shoes smoosh your toes together and negatively affect foot health, but have you thought about how traditional socks affect the foot? I didn’t consider the impact socks have on my toes because I figured socks wouldn’t compress my toes like shoes do. But, they do in fact squeeze my little piggies into a very small holding pen.
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by Barbara Horsley | Mar 18, 2014 | Alignment, Happy Belly, Happy Uterus |
Squatting regularly is important for pelvic floor health if done properly. Ideally, you would maintain a lumbar (low back) curve while getting in and out of a squat. But because we have been sitting in chairs since first grade through high school or college, and then commuting to and from work in a car, sitting in chairs for meals, sitting on a toilet, and then sitting on a couch in the evening, our bodies are no longer able to get into a weight-bearing squat without tucking the pelvis under.
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by Barbara Horsley | Feb 13, 2014 | Alignment |
No time for squats? If you have time to sit down and stand up, you have time to practice your squats. Katy goes into detail about the vertical shin in the video below and demonstrates the Maui Squat. Alignment Snacks: Hips Don’t Lie, They Sit, Frankie Says Relax, All... READ MORE
by Barbara Horsley | Feb 6, 2014 | Alignment, Bladder, Happy Belly, Happy Uterus, uterine position |
Anteverted uterus and anteflexed uterus: the body of the uterus and to a lesser extent the cervix press hard against the bladder, increasing bladder pressure at the expense of sphincter pressure.
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by Barbara Horsley | Jan 7, 2014 | Happy Uterus
The Amethyst Richway BioMat offers far-infrared heat, negative ions and amethyst crystals for a deep soothing heat. Far infrared heat penetrates into the body about 7 inches! The amethyst crystal channels are laid over 17 different bonded materials that work to conduct a soothing heat and block EMF’s. I have the full-length size (28″ x 74″) on my massage table
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by Barbara Horsley | Dec 16, 2013 | Alignment |
Today (December 16) is my birthday. I’m 45 years old today and wanted to do something at 45 that I couldn’t do at 25. That something is a chin-up without having to use my pull-up assist thingy (or crap my pants in the process). If you have seen my... READ MORE
by Barbara Horsley | Dec 5, 2013 | Alignment |
“For every inch of Forward Head Posture, it can increase the weight of the head on the spine by an additional 10 pounds.” -Kapandji, Physiology of Joints, Vol. 3 The image below is an x-ray of my neck. The blue line is where my head is supposed to line up, the red... READ MORE