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...
by Alexandra Ellis | Apr 4, 2013 | Main Blog, Uncategorized |
Did you know that there are people that think that you, as a human, do not know enough about your own body to treat it? That even though you’ve been lugging around the same piece of meat for the last XX years, that there is no way that you, as a normal person,...
by Alexandra Ellis | Apr 1, 2013 | Main Blog, Uncategorized |
Sitting is terrible for you. Now, if you did not know that or have to sit for work, there is one benefit to having a chair present – seated hip stretches! Here is a quick and easy stretch you can do while seated. With proper alignment, you can help to...
by Alexandra Ellis | Apr 1, 2013 | Main Blog, Uncategorized |
I watched a young girl perform a back flip on TV this morning. The local news station was covering a local competitive Cheer Squad and the girls were performing tricks behind the reporter and coaches as they talked. This back flipping young girl was being aided by a...
by Alexandra Ellis | Mar 29, 2013 | Main Blog, Uncategorized |
Many of us come to yoga to fix something, from a wonky shoulder, tight hamstrings, an unfocused mind, and everything in between. But what if you spent your day focused on proper alignment and posture instead of just waiting for the hour and a half a few evenings to...
by Alexandra Ellis | Mar 22, 2013 | Main Blog, Uncategorized |
I have now ventured directly into the middle of the desert that is being a twentysomething. We are no longer children, not quite yet full fledged adults, and yet still expected to be off on our own, all smart and stuff. I still think it would be a great idea for a TV...
by Alexandra Ellis | Mar 19, 2013 | Main Blog, Uncategorized |
If you are human, you spend time during the day using your hands. We stretch our hamstrings, we stretch our quadriceps, but why don’t we stretch our wrists regularly? Now you can! Here is a quick and super simple wrist stretch that can be done anywhere! In the...
by Alexandra Ellis | Mar 19, 2013 | Main Blog, Uncategorized |
For the second time in two weeks, I watched a pilot of television show that contained a violent rape of a female character. With the very current news events surrounding the topic (see Steubenville), it seems like day in and day out, we are inundated with horrific...
by Alexandra Ellis | Mar 11, 2013 | Main Blog, Uncategorized |
I find myself occasionally fueled by fear, and yet, in other situations, I dispel the fear to help myself progress forward. Do we need fear? Can it be used as a motivator? How can you alter your perception of fear as a roadblock into motivation? While I may seem...