Baby Steps

Running errands around town, or on the way to your session, don’t forget your hat, because, baby, its cold outside…

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Pro Tips- for the hips + more!

There are cats, and cows, and the good news is — you aren’t either of them. Avoiding confusion to the metaphors of movement, imagine your hips capable of scooping, sloshing and stabilizing a bowl of punch…

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Training + Travelling

Visiting new exhibits on the inside, and taking pictures of avant-garde, or ancient exterior features of a building, challenges us to broaden our imaginations, to think differently, and celebrate seeing the same, same but different things all around the world.

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The Perfect speed

Once you get the wheels rolling, legs turning, and internal engines of the body running, what is the right speed for you to maintain exercise efforts across the lifespan? 

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Deep Dives

It started out as a belly flop. Then, with patience and practice, it turned into a deep dive. In familiar or foreign pursuits, do you enjoy taking your own deep dives to explore or refine?

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Art + Exercise

Outside of galleries, or gymnasiums, do you experience sculpted and illustrated poses that come to life with precise strength, or subtle qualities of pliability? 

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Eating and Exercising

While some human traits are rooted in our genes — hardwired like the components of a technological device, other habitual traits, such as exercising and eating, have flexible programming parameters that are capable of modifications like software updates to your favourite — or, least favourite digital device.

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Lifer-cise

Exercise isn’t the special occasion to wait or plan for — life is. Celebrate, honour, and prepare your body for the most essential activities of daily living, and for those extra special occasions when you need just a little bit more oomph from the mind and body to get the job done.

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A Walk in the Park

While the local daisy’s are not in bloom quite yet — between the flora and fauna, there is still plenty to see on your daily walks. Embrace the season, and experience the changes in the gardens and parks along your favourite recreational or commuter trails. 

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Are you Red-y?

From wearing boots and braving the colder temperatures, to mounting our bikes, and on separate occasions, striking tennis balls, the seasons have changed —and so have our extracurricular activities.

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A Classical Approach

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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Lifts + Laughs

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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"10 Years Later..."

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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Wiggle Your Big Toe

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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Investing in Movement

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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