by Erin Paruszewski | Mar 22, 2023 | Community, Environment, Fitness, Fitness & Exercise, Mental Health, Mobility, Myofascial Self Massage, Myth-Busting
Originally published in the Los Altos Town Crier on March 21, 2023 Does the idea of slowing down to smell the roses, sip your coffee or, heaven forbid, meditate make you feel uncomfortable? That twitchy, anxious feeling you get when someone suggests you slow down to...
by Erin Paruszewski | Nov 15, 2022 | Community, Fitness & Exercise, Functional Fitness, Instructors, Mental Health
Dear Blue Crew- As I write this, I am currently taking some time off from Alkalign to Recharge with my family. I don’t know about you, but the Covid years were INTENSE and I’m feeling a bit burned out. We spent years in a fight or flight state, pivoting and adjusting...
by Erin Paruszewski | Sep 2, 2022 | Community, Fitness, Fitness & Exercise, Functional Fitness, Instructors, Mental Health, Motivation, Myth-Busting
Have you ever thought about why you workout? Some common responses include: To lose weight To keep weight off To earn or burn what I eat and drink To look a certain way (aka “thin”) These were all the reasons why I started running in 7th grade and continued...
by Erin Paruszewski | Aug 31, 2022 | Community, Fitness, Fitness & Exercise, Mental Health, Motivation
Dearest Blue Crew, Hope you’ve enjoyed your summer. I was grateful to get away for my first real vacation since my honeymoon 15 years ago. Little did I know when I started a business at the age of 30 that I’d put so much on hold to invest every ounce of my being into...
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 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...
