by Lizzie | Jun 13, 2022 | Nutrition
We’ve all been told that we should be drinking ½ our weight in ounces of water per day to stay hydrated. While that’s not a bad goal since most of us are chronically dehydrated, drinking bulk liquid is only part of the hydration equation. Most of us are familiar with...
by Lizzie | Feb 24, 2022 | Community, Fitness & Exercise, Functional Fitness, Instructors
I spent the first decade of my “adult life” as a Chemical Engineer working in the pharmaceutical industry. While I had the privilege of working with some amazing humans, I felt deeply unsatisfied with the glacial pace of the drug development process and the low...
by Lizzie | Mar 26, 2019 | Community, Fitness & Exercise, Motivation
Those of you who take my class frequently have heard me joke about cuddle parties and eye contact parties (yes, they are a thing). And while we often laugh off those ideas as yet another “weird Bay Area thing”, it’s actually not niche or fringe. Activities like...
by Lizzie | Feb 25, 2019 | Fitness, Fitness & Exercise, Mobility, Motivation, Myofascial Self Massage, Nutritious Movement
Earlier this month, I had the incredible opportunity to spend the weekend at 1440 Multiversity to take a course on Dynamic Aging co-taught by movement and yoga/mobility pioneers Katy Bowman and Jill Miller. While I am still processing all of the juicy content from the...
by Lizzie | Sep 17, 2018 | Community, Fitness & Exercise, Motivation
If you’ve been to an Alkalign Studio, you might have noticed the airy, open feel of our studio space. There are no machines or closets full of equipment. We enhance our practice with simple props like straps, bands, and balls, but really encourage our clients to spend...
