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Video: Pilates Leg Pull Front with Loop Band
Pilates Leg Pull Front with a loop band around your forearms is an excellent way to prompt scapular stability during this complex core exercise. 🔊Turn the sound on, vibe with me and read the prompts and follow along! Let me know how you feel. I personally love how it adds a challenge and improves the…
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The Fundamentals of Self-Care that have the Most Impact but often Overlooked
When you think of Self-Care, what is the first image that comes to mind? Is it a vacation? A massage? Time with people you love? These are wonderful things. Self-care? Maybe later. Now, once you visualize these things, how quickly do you take action to make your day dreams happen? Or do feelings of fatigue…
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Healing is Part of the “Messy Middle”
It’s often during healing that self-doubt creeps in, because on the other side of healing is great power. An injury or sickness is like an initiation or call to action. What is required of you to make a change? What actionable steps do you need to commit to in order to change your current trajectory…
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Practising Yoga or Pilates with Sore Wrists.
In the age of constant smart phone use, raising young children or having a full-time job that requires the use of your hands, it’s not surprising that your wrists can hold you back when practising Yoga or Pilates. Repetitive strain can cause tension and pain in the flexor and extensor muscles that course along the…
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Santa depends on a chiropractor. What about you?
Like Santa, we lift, stand for long periods of time and work around the clock. During this holiday season, ask yourself this: “Why am I so quick to invest in material things and not my own body?” Being young and full of vitality takes work. A healthy lifestyle trumps depending on “good genes”. (oh yes…
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The Philippines reveals the key ingredient to true happiness.
Historically, the Philippines was ravaged by many years of colonialism from Spain and Japan. Despite this, Filipinos are master survivors whose culture has family at its nucleus. I am a first generation Canadian Filipino whobrought up to value family, yet I didn’t realize how true to nature family is to Filipinos until I visited the…
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Inner happiness can resonate as “soul food”.
They say that you can’t truly give love to another or to your work until you love yourself. Inner peace, joy, health and true happiness will not unfold until you make the steps to live a healthy lifestyle.
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Stretch Your Way to a Fitter Body
Stretching is a great way to maximize performance and prevent injury.
Dr. Blessyl Buan 