by Erin Paruszewski | Aug 26, 2022 | Diversity, Fitness, Inclusion, Instructors, Mental Health, Motivation
The last 2 years of Covid challenges that individuals and businesses are facing has offered us a good opportunity to reset, re-evaluate, and re-prioritize what it means to BE — to Live Present and with purpose, to do something each and every day that we are passionate...
by Erin Paruszewski | Aug 23, 2022 | Community, Fitness, Functional Fitness, Motivation
Alkalign is a small business. We are not funded by VCs. We are no longer buoyed by government relief. We must operate “in the black” to keep our lights on and our doors open. As our accountants advised us, now is the time to 💩 or get off the 🚽. A...
by Marlene | Jun 23, 2022 | Community, Fitness, Fitness & Exercise, Functional Fitness, Instructors, Mental Health, Mobility
1 Year. 52 Weeks. 365 Days. Not that I’m counting. 😉 It’s been a year since my complete achilles rupture while playing pickleball on a super hot summer day. I look back at that day with regret because I didn’t listen to my body. With a...
by Marlene | Jan 15, 2021 | Community, Fitness, Fitness & Exercise, Motivation, Nutritious Movement
Originally posted on Smart Bites by Zing. January is a time of resolutions. By now, most people have made one or two…or 10! We make them with the best of intentions, relying on willpower to overcome past behaviors we don’t like and turn them into something positive....
by Erin Paruszewski | Apr 14, 2020 | Community, Fitness, Fitness & Exercise, Franchise, Functional Fitness, Motivation
It has been an amazing, and lately crazy, journey and one that I’m grateful to be on with all of you. Five years ago, in April 2015, we taught our last 3 classes as a barre studio and closed Sunday for Easter (and some serious studio renovations). Monday, we re-opened...
by Erin Paruszewski | Oct 8, 2019 | Fitness, Fitness & Exercise, Motivation
Long ago, before the days of fitness apps and trackers, in a land without SmartPhones or Siri, there were Excel Spreadsheets. And I loved them. Part of it was my banking profession; the other part was my super-charged, Type A+ personality. By day, I lived in a...
