206: How to add in more movement to your day
Welcome to another episode of seasonal Saturday today we are diving into adding more movement into your day. How’s your life? Really how are you doing today? Me? I’m doing well now that I’ve rearranged my office space, and both our living room and moon room. It feels like a small shift in energy which always makes a big difference for stepping into my higher self. Ayurvedic seasonal tip of the week Keeping movements light, fun and airy. On your walks add in squats, walking lunges, pushups, step-ups onto a bench play outside. Go swimming, do a light yoga sequence, go for a bike ride. After you brush your…
205: Chuck Turner Getting Out Of Your Comfort Zone
Welcome to the Peaceful Power Podcast today I chat with Chuck Turner all about bringing movement into your day. Introduction Chuck and I met at Fitspace a studio where we both train clients out of in St. Louis Park, MN. We both are into bringing movement into our daily lives. Rethinking about what a workout is and moving for life long health. Chuck quit his corporate job a few years ago and has been fueling his passion to help hundreds of his clients to reach lifelong sustainable health. Where to connect with Chuck http://movement-lab.com/ iamchuckturner instagram Check out Chucks first interview on episode number 52 Topics Discussed His cold water…
203: What are your bottom lines?
Welcome to the Peaceful Power Podcast today I chat about how to set up your bottom lines for living a healthy lifestyle. What are bottom lines? These are the non-negotiables in your life. They might be that you are home every night to put your kids to bed, or you brush your teeth every evening and morning, you eat 3 meals a day. I have a few bottom lines that are mapped out around my health and those are my north star so to speak for keeping me working towards my goals. Possible health bottom lines You have 3 alcoholic drinks or under a week You move your body daily…
196: Building a Wellness Routine
I recently sent a survey out to those on my email list to see what they wanted to see more of and one of the responses that came back quite a few times was building a wellness routine that sticks. I want to share how I do it and tips for building your own that will fit into your lifestyle. I will also troubleshoot the most common excuses I hear on why it’s hard to make it happen. My own routine I used to have a pretty solid morning practice of getting up to meditate in the morning for 5-15 minutes, doing a little journaling and going off to train…
194: What my neck strain taught me about tuning into my body
One of the things I practice and preach is learning how to trust ourselves and helping us see our body as a whole unit and not separate parts, the mind and body as one unit. A few weeks ago I decided I was going to teach 6 classes with OrangeTheory Fitness a place I used to teach at in 2011. Now I was thinking what’s a few more classes to my day. Which in reality is a lot it would extend my Mondays to be from 4:30am-8:30pm. Which is a long day being in the fitness industry where I need to do demonstrate, have high energy, and somehow not burn…
192: Ayurvedic Travel Tips
Welcome to the Peaceful Power Podcast and today I’m chatting all about Ayurvedic travel tips. Overview When we travel the dosha that is most affected is the vata dosha. After all vata needs routines and grounding practices to stay balanced. Travel really throws a wrench into the regular routines and grounding practices that you might have set up for yourself at home. How can we stay grounded if we have trips planned this summer whether they be vacations or even weekend cabin or camping trips. What to practice Meditation or morning silence by yourself – Spending just a few minutes alone to start the day will help ground any anxious energy…
182: Can you be soft without losing your edge?
Welcome to the Peaceful Power Podcast and today I’m chatting all about what happens when the pendulum swings too far in one direction.. Introduction Remember last year when I was working on cultivating more kapha into my life? Yay I thought I was good bringing in more feminine flow energy and grounding when in reality I gutted who I was to my core, a fiery pitta who likes to get stuff done. I realized this after I stepped on the scale and had gained about 20 pounds. I just became so out of balance with who I was. Can you be soft without losing your edge? This was a question…
178: Do you have shiny object syndrome?
Welcome to the Peaceful Power Podcast and this week we are breaking down why you shouldn’t get addicted to the shiny object syndrome. Let’s break it down action vs. activity. Action in Ayurveda think- pitta dosha we are doers and getting things done, the to do list is our friend. Now activity comes into play when after we finish our to do list we don’t know what to do so we start another activity. Then another activity and another. We not only do all of our list but then, mindlessly eat, scroll on our phones, have the tv on, the laptop open, and browse Instagram all at the same time.…
Workouts from December 9th-15th, 2018
This week I’ve decided to quit my Alchemy gym membership and either join an Anytime Fitness or continue to go to my regular place I rent gym space from to do my own workouts. I’ve decided to revamp my Hustle, Muscle & Flow workouts and do a 2.0 version for 2019. I will be sharing sneak peaks of the workouts throughout the process. Sunday- December 9th, 2018 Yoga Class There were only two of us at class so I was feeling the need to fight off a cold so requested a slow flow and restorative yoga class. Thankfully the other class participant was game and we got to relax. Monday-…
12 Days of Fitness
Looking to do 12 days of workouts leading up to the holidays? Check out these workouts that are safe & effective for you to do each day leading up to Christmas. Some are workout focused some are nutrition focused. Day 12 Day 11 Day 10 Day 9 Day 8 Day 7 Day 6 Day 5 Day 4 Day 3 Day 2 Day 1
