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Whether your preference is cycling, yoga, HIIT, or barre , chances are, you're pretty content with your current workout routine. But according to recent surveys, the fitness focus is moving away from losing weight to discovering what the body can do - and it's not all...

Look back at your life over the last few weeks, months, and years. What changes have you made? What changes did you hope you would have made? When I think back to this past year, a lot has actually changed because of certain small shifts that I’ve been making, When I...

Last year was amazing and awesome, but 2019 was also one of the busiest years on record for us.  At the start of the year, my kiddos were in kindergarten and preschool, with drop off at 8:20am and 9:00am, respectively.  During my two solo hours (Caleb needed to be...

To beginner students, yoga can sound unnerving. Statements like “I’m no good at yoga; I’m not flexible” are often expressed from those who have not yet experienced the incredible benefits yoga has to offer. Hearts race at the idea of entering a yoga class for the...

For many of us who have been thinking about getting in shape or starting a new fitness routine, getting started can be the toughest part. Like anything new, there is an initial learning curve. We may have the necessary motivation, but need help getting started. In...

What is your go to routine when you pick your weekly classes or plan your gym routine? Do you tend to stick with one style of class or maybe just love focusing on your cardio (because, hello, race season is coming!). Whatever your go to is – we want to challenge you...

What I learned about gut health in 2019 and how it changed my body and my life I’ll start by saying this - like most of you, when I started this journey learning about gut health, I knew a few things about our gut but not much. I knew that... our gut bacteria, or...

Taking your yoga off the mat and into everyday life. Yoga is one of those things that can’t be defined, yet is defined uniquely by many individuals. It is something hard to grasp, yet held and experienced deeply. When I first started practicing yoga I knew there was...

We’ve all been there, in the change room getting ready for class when you put your tank top on and catch a glimpse in the mirror….and oh my gosh where did that under arm hair come from?! All of a sudden you feel insecure and are thinking about who might see your body...

Are you trapped by comparison and an inherent need to appear “perfect”? Do negative thoughts continually come into your head throughout the day? Do you spend a lot of your time criticizing or judging others? Do you have a short temper? Do you say or do things that you...

Nature is something that needs little defining as we already have a deeply ingrained sense of what nature is. In fact, take a moment, close your eyes and in your mind’s eye go to the place that the word ‘nature’ takes you. Perhaps it is a forest, a meadow, the beach,...