by Cathy Purnell | Feb 24, 2022 | Community, Fitness & Exercise, Functional Fitness, Instructors, Motivation
I’m Cathy Purnell and I have had the privilege of helping clients work to become the best version of themselves possible for a decade! I came to Alkalign as an injured client/runner where I quickly recognized the value of what and how we teach. I started my...
by Cathy Purnell | Apr 8, 2019 | Community, Fitness, Fitness & Exercise, Motivation
The 10 year Anniversary of the opening of our Menlo Park studio has given me pause to reflect and look back and how my own life has changed since 2009. There are a few more candles on my birthday cake and more “laugh” lines on my face. All a testament to a decade of a...
by Cathy Purnell | Sep 10, 2018 | Community, Fitness & Exercise, Motivation
In 2012 I ran my 7th marathon: Boston. As I crossed the finish line, feeling grateful and delighted to be done, I had the usual aches associated with pounding the pavement for 26.2 miles, but I had a new sensation that ran from the outside of my left hip to the...
by Cathy Purnell | Jun 14, 2016 | Motivation
If you had asked me five years ago if I could see myself becoming a barre instructor, I would have said you were nuts! After my first daughter was born in 1992, I stepped away from my job as a special education teacher. The decision was easy for me. Thankfully,...
by Cathy Purnell | Jul 23, 2015 | Motivation
Today is the day that I FINALLY sit down and begin to write about my experience with “the inner critic”. I have promised myself to begin this process for weeks (ok it’s been months!). What has held me back you ask? That nagging voice in my head that repeats “Who do...
