by Alexandra Ellis | May 31, 2013 | Main Blog, Uncategorized |
This is the total opposite of how you should stand. The way you carry yourself says more about you than you realize. It not only reflects how you feel about yourself, but also affects how others see you. I spend many moments throughout my day thinking about how I am...
by Alexandra Ellis | May 22, 2013 | Main Blog, Uncategorized |
I wonder if Cleopatra ever felt fat. Or if Amelia Earhart ever thought that her bomber jacket was a bit too tight. Have women always yearned to be something they’re not? Or is that just the cultural norm? As women, we are always comparing ourselves to others,...
by Alexandra Ellis | May 21, 2013 | Main Blog, Uncategorized |
Inspiration has been just out of my reach lately. I have been incredibly involved with many EXCITING things the last few weeks, at the expense of having the time to sit down and write as much as I want to. While I seem to be at a lost currently for life lessons and...
by Alexandra Ellis | May 15, 2013 | Main Blog, Uncategorized |
The BF and I went to a Dodger game last night (go Blue!). They won, thankfully, as he is not in the most chipper of moods when they lose. :) While most people probably sit there and watch the game and drink their beer in brain wave silence, I was completely absorbed...
by Alexandra Ellis | May 8, 2013 | Main Blog, Uncategorized |
What motivates you to do the things you do? Is it for you or an external someone/something? We all have a driving force that keeps us on our path, but are you on board with what is happening? While we can get bogged down with the day to day, I think it’s very...
by Alexandra Ellis | May 3, 2013 | Main Blog, Uncategorized |
One of the many things I took home from my dissection is how we are not very special. As a living, breathing, thinking human, you are an amazing piece of machinery and mechanics, but when you think of the physical matter that comprises your form, it is not that...
by Alexandra Ellis | Apr 30, 2013 | Main Blog, Uncategorized |
I participated in another anatomy workshop this weekend. I know, you’re probably thinking I am a total anatomy nerd at this point, and guess what? I am! On the menu for this past weekend was Yoga Tune Up® Integrated Embodied Anatomy (are you starting to...
by Alexandra Ellis | Apr 25, 2013 | Main Blog, Uncategorized |
I love manuals. For every product I have purchased for as long as I can remember, the first thing I do when I take the item out of the box is read the manual. I love to pull the manual out, and then play with my new toy as I read about all the cool features it does....
by Alexandra Ellis | Apr 19, 2013 | Main Blog, Uncategorized |
“If you can’t breathe, you might as well be dead!” were wise words spoken by the Italian mother of my neighbor. I have been reminded of them throughout my life, most often when suffering from a malady that diminishes my breathing capacity. The motto in our household...
by Alexandra Ellis | Apr 15, 2013 | Main Blog, Uncategorized |
I knew going into a 6-day anatomy course would change me. Perhaps I would become a bit more anatomically fluent. Become even more clear as to where things begin and end. Did it happen that way? Of course not, but when do things every happen as we anticipate? I was...