Movement. Awareness.

Mental Health and Illness Explained

2022-11-14T10:25:26-08:00

Lately, it’s been feeling like the energy around the power of the nervous system, healing trauma, emotional well-being and mental health has really been ramping up in the best possible way! But there are definitely some misconceptions out there about the connection between mental (and physical) health and stress responses [...]

Mental Health and Illness Explained2022-11-14T10:25:26-08:00

Anger As Medicine: How to Cure Self-Sabotaging Behaviours

2019-11-22T19:15:51-08:00

“People diagnosed with cancer or autoimmune disease, with chronic fatigue or fibromyalgia, or with potentially debilitating neurological conditions, are often enjoined to relax, to think positively, to lower their stress levels. All that is good advice, but impossible to carry out if one of the major sources is [...]

Anger As Medicine: How to Cure Self-Sabotaging Behaviours2019-11-22T19:15:51-08:00

Interview with Donna Jackson Nakazawa

2020-12-03T16:53:20-08:00

Late this summer I interviewed science journalist Donna Jackson Nakazawa. Her newest book Childhood Disrupted – How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology and How You Can Heal, unveils a piece of groundbreaking research that’s finally seeing the light of day. FINALLY! If you struggle in any way [...]

Interview with Donna Jackson Nakazawa2020-12-03T16:53:20-08:00

The Burden of Childhood Trauma & How to Lift It (Video Q&A)

2021-05-25T11:59:00-07:00

When I wrote this article recently on childhood trauma, I was met with questions... and, a lot of them. It turns out that what happened to us in our youth feels pretty heavy and important now that we're adults. Jen asks: So, what do you do if your [...]

The Burden of Childhood Trauma & How to Lift It (Video Q&A)2021-05-25T11:59:00-07:00

When it’s OK to Eat Lard and Why it’s Important to Look Beyond the Norm.

2019-04-30T13:06:20-07:00

Research shows that having abundant social support trumps healthy lifestyle habits. Malcolm Gladwell wrote about this phenomena in his first chapter of Outliers where he tells the tale of The Roseta Effect. The Roseta Effect is named after Italian immigrants (originally from a town in Italy called Roseta Valfotore) who [...]

When it’s OK to Eat Lard and Why it’s Important to Look Beyond the Norm.2019-04-30T13:06:20-07:00

On the Science and Soul of Movement. Diversify for Optimal Results.

2021-10-23T13:22:37-07:00

A few days back I had a Skype chat with my dear friend and dance teacher Elia Mrak. It was unrehearsed and REALLY FUN! He and I are gearing up for a weekend workshop in Vancouver, BC, we want to give people an idea about our philosophies, our teaching [...]

On the Science and Soul of Movement. Diversify for Optimal Results.2021-10-23T13:22:37-07:00

Why it’s super important to practice getting down.

2019-04-30T13:06:21-07:00

If some higher God-like source were to tell me I could only teach one movement lesson for the rest of my life it would be this: Teaching people how to move from standing on two feet to lying on the ground completely flat on their backs and then to take [...]

Why it’s super important to practice getting down.2019-04-30T13:06:21-07:00

Why I’m Sore. The Good Kind Of Sore.

2019-04-30T13:06:21-07:00

I will admit that this weekend my body has been sore. The good kind of sore. Here's Why I did an intense series of "leg exercises" the other day at the local YMCA. I put leg exercises in quotations because it wasn't a generic squat or machine-driven leg exercise that [...]

Why I’m Sore. The Good Kind Of Sore.2019-04-30T13:06:21-07:00

If you had to run for your life…could you?

2017-01-23T12:10:28-08:00

Not too long ago a good friend of mine said to me, "You know, if I had to run for my life, I'd die." At the time she was struggling with knee and hip issues that were causing a lot of pain. The thought of having to run for a [...]

If you had to run for your life…could you?2017-01-23T12:10:28-08:00

What saving your knee joints and saving the world have in common.

2024-03-11T10:50:29-07:00

It might seem like a pretty big stretch to imagine how these two things relate to one another. But they do. I was working with a person the other day who has not been able to straighten their knee joint for a few years leaving it difficult to walk [...]

What saving your knee joints and saving the world have in common.2024-03-11T10:50:29-07:00