Breathing Consciousness

In the last year, on the OS BodCast, I’ve interviewed a lot of people about breathing. It started with an…


Got a Case of the SITS?

Shoulder injuries are no fun. You never really appreciate how much you need, and use, and love your shoulder until it isn’t happy. But then, that’s generally the way it is with everything. We often…


Should Walking Take Mental Effort?

Recently, I released a BodCast with Vince Vaccaro about ChiRunning. It was a great conversation, for me at least, about the joys of running and walking. It’s…


Letting Go of Tension

We carry too much tension in our muscles. It shows in our posture, our movements, our attitudes, our thoughts, and our emotions. We are over-stressed, anxious, sensitive, and raw on any given day if…


The Ugly Duckling

For some reason, I was thinking about Hans Christian Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling story the other day. I’m sure you’ve heard it, the swan raised with ducks who everyone thought was an ugly…


Craft a powerful set of glutes the OS way

And now, a guest article from OS Instructor and friend, Aleks, the "Hebrew Hammer," Salkin...   Flapjack booty…


Captain America Goes Vagus

Guest post by OS Certified Instructor, Sarah Young... "This is why you were chosen. Because the strong man who has known power all his life, may lose respect…


Movement and Mental Health - Understanding the Mind + Body Connection

In my last semester in college, taking a psychology internship, I thought to help people feel better, I had to work with their mind. Graduate school and our profession…


What Do You Believe?

I get daily emails of inspirational scriptures from the Bible. Sometimes I read them, sometimes I don’t. Often though, the ones that I read are the ones that I need to read at the time. It’s funny how…


Living in Your Design

Children become good movers because they live in their design. In the first few years of their lives, they spend their days exploring their bodies. They move and learn, then they learn and move. When…