ANGEL ARM WALL SITS 👉🏼 by now my co-working colleagues are used to seeing me take Wall Sit work breaks Here’s why you want to do them: 🌶 Reverse slouchy computer posture 🌶 Turn on core and back stabilizers 🌶 Strengthen your myofascial back line from hammies to butt to back to shoulders 🌶 Connect your hips to shoulders via your core 🌶 Keep thighs strong for stair-climbing, getting up off toilet, ice skating and skiing 👉🏼 How To: Squat against a wall, weight in your heels, brace your abs, continue to press your arms back against the wall as you make snow angels 👉🏼 Add a prop between thighs to turn on adductors and pelvic floor or 👉🏼 Loop a strap around your thighs to emphasize hip abductors . . #retrainbackpain #wallsit #wallsits

Boy, has this been a big year of big changes. Not only for me, my family and my businesses, but it seems we are all in a period of radical change, as a country and as a planet overall. Now, more than ever, resilience is key. Physical, psychological, emotional, intellectual, social...these are some of the parts of us that benefit from more balance and greater resilience. ❓So what exactly is resilience? 🔸 Resilience is defined as ”able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions” ❓How do we cultivate resilience? 💵 Think of it like a bank account for your soul. 🌀 You want to cultivate habits that result in a balance. 🌀 This includes introspection, self-inquiry, energy management, recovery, nutrition, hydration. rest, breathing, exercise and (this is the part we often skip) budgeting both what comes in and how much energy you put out. Here are some of the ways I’ve been honing my efforts: 🌀 Assess feelings 🌀 Identify what nourishes you and do more of those things 🌀Check-in with yourself throughout your day 🌀 Practice discernment with discipline 🌀 Just say no to “energy suckers” 🌀 Prune non-productive activities 🌀 Sideline unproductive relationships 🌀 Set boundaries 🌀 Shelve non-urgent requests or delete them 🌀 Set goals and strategize attaining them 🌀 Love yourself 🌀 Forgive and move on 🌀 Actively seek joy and savor it 🌀 Elevate your crew 🌀 Make new friends 🌀 Rest well 🌀 Dance like no ones watching 🌀 Appreciate Mother Earth 🌀 Be kind 🌀 Always be learning 🙂 xo 💋 Dinneen How about you? What do you do to cultivate resilience these days? . . #resilience #lifebalance #balancelife #balancelifestyle #retrainbackpain #healthylivingtips #vagaltone

✨Train for YOUR life ✨ Are you training for the demands of your unique life? Why do you do the exercises you do? Is it for the sheer joy of competitive challenge? Are you a competitive athlete? Or... Are you a parent? A computer user? A hairdresser? Do you drive a lot? Stand on your feet a lot? 🧘‍♀️ Yogis: how flexible do you need to be? 🔺One of my European trainee friends recently asked me: “The yogis, why do they want to be a triangle? What is the purpose to be looking like a triangle?”🔺 🏋🏽‍♀️ If you’re lifting weights is it for function? How much weight is enough? How will you know? 🏃‍♀️ Runners: How many miles do you need to run? Why do you run? 💜 Let’s remember to incorporate self-inquiry, assessment, realistic goal-setting, rehabilitation and recovery practices when designing training programs. . . #retrainbackpain #trainsmarter