by Alexandra Ellis | Feb 25, 2013 | Main Blog, Uncategorized |
The answer to the questions is tricky and not a simple yes or no, but when in life are the answers ever easy? This week, one of my teachers, Jill Miller, posted up a collection of her tweets into the post heard round the world. Poses are not pills. Stop telling...
by Alexandra Ellis | Feb 18, 2013 | Main Blog, Uncategorized |
This past weekend I had the wonderful opportunity to share some yoga poses with the Glendale Dash 5K training program. I too am training for the 5K that will be in a few weeks. If you want a true challenge, try running for continuous 45 minutes (about 4 miles for me)...
by Alexandra Ellis | Feb 12, 2013 | Main Blog, Uncategorized |
I’m feeling slightly dazed and confused. The last 6 months have been a whirlwind of information. I don’t think I’ve learned so many new ideas since the good old college days. Its also a bit like the Matrix – when I learned these new ideas...
by Alexandra Ellis | Feb 8, 2013 | Main Blog, Uncategorized |
So if you’re been missing Holla for some Mala updates, you’re not the only one. I have been busy traveling! This week I am in New York City for the ECA fitness show with Booty Barre. ECA is a large fitness convention that brings together fitness...
by Alexandra Ellis | Feb 4, 2013 | Main Blog, Uncategorized |
The two days I spent at CreativeLive for Kelly Starrett’s Maintaining Your Body were amazing. Kelly has created a template to examine human movement on every body and identify and work to fix the problems. It wasn’t a laundry list of what to do...
by Alexandra Ellis | Jan 29, 2013 | Main Blog, Uncategorized |
I made it to Seattle! In case you missed it, I am participating in Kelly Starrett’s “Maintaining Your Body” Webinar tomorrow at CreativeLive. While I face two days of burpees, push-ups and other physical tasks, my schedule currently includes...
by Alexandra Ellis | Jan 25, 2013 | Main Blog, Uncategorized |
Hi yogis! I have a few events coming up that I want to share with you all. First of all, this Sunday (1/27) is my Yoga Tune Up® Therapy Ball workshop at Yoga at the Village from 1 – 3pm! You will uncover and unwind spots of tension all throughout your...
by Alexandra Ellis | Jan 18, 2013 | Main Blog, Uncategorized |
The recent news stories (cough Lance Armstrong cough) are very focused on coming clean – on telling the truth, and I started to wonder about why we do the things we do. Why do you do the right (or maybe even the wrong) thing? Who do you do it for? Is it for you...
by Alexandra Ellis | Jan 12, 2013 | Main Blog, Uncategorized |
It is week 2 of Therapy Dog Classes and so far so good. You’d never believe this – but I’m the one who needs to relax! Haha! I knew even before starting classes that this would be more of a learning experience for me. Ella already knows what she...
by Alexandra Ellis | Jan 9, 2013 | Breath, Main Blog, Posture, Therapy Balls |
The other day I was chatting with a friend about the books we were currently reading. She was currently making her way through some novels and I shared that I’m making my way through a book on Trigger Points, rereading the manual from my Yoga Tune Up® Therapy Ball...