Re-centering in gratitude.

Ooh, friend, our focus on flexibility felt soooooo wonderful last week. Many thanks for joining me in that focus. This week, let’s come back to sensing & practicing gratitude. As we dance in class (and move through life), we'll simply practice asking ourselves again and again the big question of the week: what can I be grateful for in this moment? Then we can also sense things like: how does tapping into gratitude feel? What do we sense in our body, mind, emotions, or spir

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Staying flexible.

Welcome to Part 7 of our series on Cultivating Organic Fitness ! Well, friend, this past week was interesting. In 2 different classes, we had some sounds beyond our control that required a bit of… flexibility . :) 1) On Monday, a smoke detector located on a very high ceiling above us chirped very loudly approximately every 60 seconds… 2) On Wednesday night, at the start of Zoom class, my microphone was accompanied by a loud buzz that I couldn’t find the source of… Both sound

Apr 58 min read

The sensations of safety.

Hello, beautiful soul! I hope you had a most wonderful spring break week. We are back from a quick camping trip, and I can’t wait to get back to the dance floor with you. This week, let’s dive into a somatic exploration of safety… The big questions of the week: 1). What does safety feel like? What do you sense in your body when you feel safe? Unsafe? What do you sense/notice in your: Feet Shoulders Face Heartbeat Belly Breath Eyes Muscles ________ 2). Do you move (or hold yo

Mar 223 min read

Tortoise Mode & Hare Mode: Celebrating Aerobic & Anaerobic Conditioning.

Hello, friend! This week, we’re going to dive back into our Cultivating Organic Fitness series with a special focus on two sweet modes of training.   Remember that old story about the tortoise and the hare? You know—the one where they race, and the really cocky hare speeds away at the start? Then the hare stops to take breaks, and even snooze a bit? And, in the end, the tortoise who is cruising along slowly (but steadily) wins? This week, we’re going to use those two charac

Mar 710 min read

Back to ease & being here now.

Yeppers—- it’s time for another ease week, friend. After our last 3 deep dives into our breath, heart, and then feeling our feelings, let’s take a week to eeeeeeease our way on into this beautiful month ahead of us. “Ease & just being here now” is a focus we come back to often. While we can still move as vigorously as we’d like throughout class, we can think of this focus (once it is familiar) as a bit of mental rest week. Instead of diving into a new mental concept or prac

Mar 21 min read

Feeling our feels.

Thanks so much for another beautiful dive into our cardiorespiratory system last week. I’ve been really loving our Cultivating Organic Fitness series (and I hope you have been too). We’ll come right back to it again in a week or two, but we’re going to shift our focus in a bit different direction this week. Whereas last week we were tuning into our heart to sense it’s rate, effort, cardiac output, range, etc., this week, we’re going to tune into our heart (as well as the res

Feb 233 min read

Sensing your heartbeat - your rhythm within.

Welcome to part 5 of our series on Cultivating Organic Fitness Ooh, friend. Last week’s dive into our breath & lungs was so beautiful. Thanks so much for joining me. This week, we’re gonna keep on focusing on “cardiorespiratory” aspects of fitness, but from a slightly different angle. Whereas last week we focused on the “respiratory” side (via our breath), this week, we’ll be tuning into the “cardio” side by sensing our heart and tuning into its ability to pump blood throug

Feb 154 min read

The Dance of Breath -- Exploring Cardiorespiratory Fitness

Welcome to Part 4 of our Cultivating Organic Fitness series! Ahhhh, last week’s focus on ease was just what my heart & soul (and brain—lol) were needing. I always love coming back “home” to ease. That said—-afterward, I also lovvvvvvve diving into our next challenge/exploration. This week, we’re gonna continue our series on Cultivating Organic Fitness with an exploration into: Cardiorespiratory Fitness. What do I mean by cardiorespiratory fitness (sometimes referred to as 'c

Feb 86 min read