You already know strength training is good for your bones and muscles. You've probably heard about sarcopenia (muscle loss), about bone density, about balance and fall prevention. But here's something that doesn't make it into most fitness articles: Lifting weights is one of the most powerful things you can do for your brain. By far, the most common thing I hear from women is that fear of injury keeps them from starting strength training.

By far, the most common thing I hear from women is that fear of injury keeps them from starting strength training.

You already know you should be doing strength work. You've read the articles. You've bookmarked the advice. You might even have a set of hand weights somewhere gathering dust. So why hasn't it happened?

The Mindful Muscle Club is a 3-month live online cohort for midlife and peri/post menopausal women who don’t love fitness environments but know they need to do strength work.

The relating/relationship part of my work is probably my favorite, which makes me realize I'm not always clear about what I do. What the studio is, how it's different from the Club and how Magic got his own cabinet. So let me fix it.

Why do we let go of our supports right when we need them most?

It's one of those funny human things we do. Life gets hard — professionally, physically, financially, emotionally — and the first things to go are the grounding, supportive, nurturing ones.

Welp, I'm out of the major flare. Amazing what speaking kindly to and about yourself can do — and what it means to feel genuinely heard.

Right now, my body is in what I call a "flare up." For me, flare ups come in different flavors — gut, wrist, autoimmune, sleep. Currently, all of these are firing at once. So let's talk about it. 

Protecting your evenings can transform your energy. A longtime yoga teacher shares her simple 8pm rule—and a Morning + Evening Ritual Audit to help you reset your days.

March fatigue isn’t in your head. Between daylight saving time, shifting seasonal light, and the hormonal fluctuations of perimenopause and menopause, your nervous system is carrying more load than you realize. Here’s what’s actually happening — and how to adjust your yoga and movement practice to work with your body instead of pushing against it.