When you know more about diabetes you’re aware of just how prevalent its diagnosis is and how you can support those affected. Everyone experiences this silent disease: adults, and children living with diabetes, family members of loved ones with diabetes, health care professionals, and diabetes researchers. Weighing in on this topic Michelle Crawford – T1D, Leah Grant – T1D, and Connie Laux – Registered Dietitian. All are active members of our studio and work with and experience diabetes firsthand. A…
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Exercise is one of the best ways to build bone mass and improve posture and alignment. Pilates develops balanced muscles through weight-bearing and whole-body exercises that are joint-friendly and build strong bones. What does joint friendly mean? Our sedentary lifestyles and underlying postural habits developed from our activities, or lack thereof, accumulate and affect our overall health. We’ll look at how this creates compression on our joints and makes it difficult, if not painful to move. We’ll look at how…
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Breathing is necessary for life and is not consciously something we have to control. In fact, it’s a good thing that it happens automatically, freeing our minds to do other things! But some of us learn to breathe in different ways and we may not be properly coordinating our muscle movement to optimize our fullest breath. So we’ll take some time to discuss how breathing is important for overall health and posture. So what’s happening automatically? The primary muscle we…
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