“New goals don’t deliver new results.
New lifestyles do.
And a lifestyle is not an outcome, it is a process.
For this reason, all of your energy should go into building better habits,
not chasing better results.”
Health
Daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance creates a healthy baseline.
Movement
Consistency is more important than intensity.
Psyche
Stress management changes body chemistry & circulation patterns.
how do you feel
when you wake up in the morning?
No one is immune to the effects of stress and trauma. Does your morning start with a cascade of problems and difficulties, or are you feeling good and happy about the day ahead? Everyone has a need for daily stress management skills to improve the quality of our lives. At some point we all experience the same challenges...
Joint pains
Back and neck aches
Restricted range of motion
Anxiety and fatigue
Negative thoughts
Chronic stress
Poor sleep patterns
Weight gain
High blood pressure
Chronic disease
Unexpected illness
Acute injury
PROCESSING STRESS AND TRAUMA
Accumulated unprocessed traumas are the result of daily movement patterns and stress management habits. Often little things add up over weeks, months, and years, until your aches and pains seem like they are part of your identity. To take charge of your health you need to have daily habits that promote awareness, recovery, and relief.
A COMPARISON WITH PERSONAL HYGIENE
What would happen if you never brushed your teeth or took the trash out? Things would get pretty nasty in a hurry, from nothing more than basic day-to-day activities. Would you go a month without brushing your teeth, or taking a shower? Most likely not. Yet people will go months, even years, without cleaning up their accumulative movement stress.
MOVEMENT HYGIENE
is lifestyle medicine
We need movement to stimulate circulation and feed every cell in our body in order for it to work properly and thrive. Regular movement allows our cells to breath, keeps our tissues hydrated, and lubricates our joints. This keeps the whole body strong, healthy, and free of pain.
Daily movement hygiene should include the whole body:
Shoulders
Hips
Spine
Sweat!
A HEALTHY BODY IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY
Cleansing your movement patterns should be a simple, quick, daily chore, like brushing your teeth or taking out the trash. It’s common sense. If you have a rough day, you should stop and take a few minutes, without excuses, to clean yourself up. Everyday we make a mess, and everyday we need to do some cleanup. If we don’t, unprocessed stress and trauma accumulates and results in disease or dysfunction. Only you can maintain your health.