Awe, excitement, and transcendence are emotions that patrons of the arts may experience when enjoying classical music, and participants in fitness may encounter in a well composed exercise practice.
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Lifting and laughing, sometimes you may be in the mood for one or the other. But, like our coffee and calisthenics, or a little barres with some bells, it is the interaction between both where the magic, and benefits of movement begin to happen.
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Clinking iron, heacvy music, or bodacious body sounds — what is the soundtrack to your exercise or training regiment?
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Julia Child once said, “with enough butter, anything is good.” I’m sure if we lived parallel lifetimes, we would bond over our love of this flavoursome fat.
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While it may read like a sentence starting one of Lauryn’s favourite post-apocalyptic-fiction novels, in this case — instead of catastrophe — it’s the cause for celebration.
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Breathing heavy and looking distressed in the back seat of a truck, Uma Thurman’s character recites, “Wiggle your big toe”. Starting with the basics, and thirteen hours later…
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It was Canada Day, and for a few weeks, I had been planning a journey along the Trans-Canada Trail to honour the occasion.
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Watching tv the other night, we saw an advertisement for Scotia Bank advertising their services as “Sleep Experts”. After a few more times in the cycle, I started to think about the relationship between physical, mental health and individuals financial wealth.
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Refine the relationship between your flexibility and strength with movement and make the time to train your body to increase your knowledge of how it works and tell it what you want it to do next.
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Does what your peers said resonate with what your body wants and needs? Using your words, read our blog — Or, join us this week — online or in studio, to feel the benefits that everyone is talking about.
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After one Saturday morning class with Lauren, with her head spinning and body buzzing — Lauryn asked me write about ‘the ballet brain” and how exploring various patterns, shapes and close encounters with the cramp monster help to benefit the body.
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It all started with a quotation from George Elliott. Who? I asked. Mary Ann Evans they replied. Perhaps it was penned by someone else? Was this a classic case of the same, but different — or rather that of mix and match?
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The first section of the workshop explored the science of the perfect bike fit for comfort and performance. Thermal images illustrating weight distributions were shown on the screen, and devices to measure both bike and body parts neatly hung on the wall.
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Watching a YouTube video depicting one of our other favourite entities — real-estate and architecture, tv host George Clarke congratulated the home owners on executing their vision within their newly renovated space. Throughout the process, George challenged them to adopt brave, elegant and simple virtues to create a functional and fulfilling space.
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Last week, I went lane swimming with my sister. Her, born with the merits of our fathers aquatic supremacy, and I with the the buoyancy of a kettlebell — it was our first swims in a while.
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Like many other Canadians this summer, we have given up on believing the forecast as described by the weatherman. Instead, we only have to look our the window to see that — yes, fall is coming. This season, may you find opportunities for wellness and a renewed commitment to your health and strength.
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Enjoying the walk, I attended to fleeting thoughts. By the time I got home I knew the thing that I could be doing next — writing this week’s blog. Until recent months, our letter was sent out every week, and now that we are settling into a bi-weekly campaign, I feel that I am out of practice.
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Sometimes, we even tend to the littlest details. Last month that included moving the dude in the window every day. I often wonder who looks up into our windows to notice? Or, if passerby’s are making the same commitment to move their bodies every day.
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Initially, we planned to complete the journey on the summer solstice in June of 2021. Measuring one hundred and thirty-one kilometres from Guelph to Goderich, this year’s cross county cycling adventure had to wait out the rain, and then — we had to make the time.
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The first time we travelled to New York City, it was for the FRC — Functional Range Conditioning certification. There, we met the cramp monster — commonly known as a charley horse, and familiarized ourselves with the feels of the big city. We stayed in Brooklyn, walked the bridge, took in a baseball game, and Lauryn even caught a ball to take home.
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