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 alkalign | Jul 6, 2022 | Fitness & Exercise, Functional Fitness, Instructors, Mobility, Motivation
You all know and love our master instructor Cathy P! She came to the studio over a decade ago with an IT band injury. Back then, she was running a ton and was not stretching or cross-strengthening. Soon after embracing Alkalign regularly, her IT band was feeling much...
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 | Mar 8, 2020 | Fitness & Exercise, Mobility, Myofascial Self Massage, Podcast
Rolling. Self-massage. Myofascial release. There are various terms for what we do in our Recharge format: use Yoga Tune Up Therapy balls to release tension from muscles, work out knots or sticky spots, and help the body move better. As part of our celebration...
by Marlene | Dec 10, 2019 | Community, Fitness & Exercise, Functional Fitness, Mobility, Testimonial
The reasons people walk in the doors of our studio vary from person to person, but the reasons they stay are powerful. We love hearing about the reasons our clients choose to keep coming back and how it has impacted their life. Our client and friend, Champa, recently...
by Marlene | Oct 25, 2019 | Fitness & Exercise, Functional Fitness, Mobility, Motivation, Nutritious Movement
As a product of our ‘hardcore’ society, we’ve been conditioned to believe ‘No Pain, No Gain.’ This could not be further from the truth, but moving past that mindset requires you to re-evaluate the way you’ve been trained to think...
