Alexandra Ellis
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I’m Back!
It seems like forever since we last met, and it has been! My last article published on March 18th – since then I’ve led my first solo Roll Model Method Teacher Training, held multiple workshops around SoCal, officially launched my new brand AE Wellness, and oh yeah, GOT MARRIED!
Whole30 Day 8 or, Why Can’t I Stop Crying?
Have you ever thought about your emotional relationship to food or considered the idea that your brain is literally addicted to some of the compounds commonly found in our food? When you find yourself reaching for the chocolate bar at 3pm everyday, is it habit? Is...
Put Your Drinking Water to Work!
Hydration goes beyond drinking the 48 oz a day. If all that water is only making you venture to the bathroom every hour, chances are it is only passing through and never making beyond your intestines. Our body is mostly water and all of your cells, tissues, and...
Good Posture 101
What does good posture look like? Yoga Tune Up has done the work for you with this 6 basic tenets of good posture. Try to incorporate these while you stand to tune up your standing alignment, which will seep into your alignment while moving, sitting and doing the...
Sleep Training for Adults
I’m a recovering snooze button addict. Each morning when my alarm would go off, I would press the snooze button, convinced that getting up was not better than cuddling with the dog in our warm and comfy bed. You’ve probably done it too – the Snooze Button Tango, the...
Get Some Mindspace
This past week I had the wonderful opportunity to travel to Downtown Las Vegas to experience the revitalization of the neighborhood while exploring the topic “Get Some Mindspace”. This event was organized by a company called “CatalystCreativ, an experience studio and...
Got sleep?
Most people need between 6-8 hours of sleep a night, but when you factor in work, family, workouts and life – only about 30% of us are actually logging that much time. I can’t even begin to emphasize how important sleep is for the function of your body. Without it,...
Resolutions, schmesolutions
In the first few weeks of every year, we are inundated with suggestions of how to improve our life, health or body by making resolutions. I don’t know about you, but resolutions usually just make me feel guilty when I slip up, leaving me feeling like a failure. I’ve...
Extension – Wrist Pain’s Nemesis
If you’re anything like me, you probably spend hours a day on a device of some size, with your hands holding on for dear life in a claw-like shape. I was always convinced that the tension in the topside of my forearm, the extensor compartment, was because the muscles...
The Quick Fix Does Not Exist
YOU are the agent of change in your body. After a recent workshop, an attendee came up to me with a question: “What specific technique you taught today will fix my forward head posture?” I offered the solutions I know to work best, a combination of self-care and...