It looks all magical and sparkly - even if it is darn cold - so happy day!

We are nearing the full blown pre-Xmas rush so I will try my absolute best-est to rein in my uncontrolled wordyness and be concise.

Well, concise on Julia scale, if you know what I mean.

PF workshop is in the works, I just have to wrap my brain around what's the best format would be (one part, two parts?) and when to run it.

I have tentatively scheduled it for January 21, but I might postpone it a bit and teach another BALL + YIN workshop as there have been a lot of requests for that as well.

Either way, you will be the first to know what's brewing and, of course, get the first dibs on registrations as well.

I would totally appreciate your thoughts on any of the above!

Please drop me a line with your ideas or requests!

In the mean time here is something PF-related to contemplate:

The pelvis (and of course PF) is not a mysteriously broken part living in an otherwise healthy body.

Body-wide movement issues, broken breathing mechanics, and compensatory habits affect the pelvis.

One cannot simply spot-treat the symptoms of tension of weakness in the pelvis or PF.

This ( and any other area in the body) is best served by restoring the natural load profile.

Shall we?

Stress is dehydrating.

Cold is dehydrating.

Central heating is dehydrating.

With age (and much ignoring) thirst signals diminish. It's like the body gets tired of telling us the same thing over and over and over again.

Dehydration increases pain perception.

Dehydration also turns our tissues into jerky. Yuck.

Drink more water!

We've added a new  - and a more active - breathing practice.

This one is excellent for clearing the mind, increasing metabolism, cranking up the immune response and warming the body - just in time for cold weather, flu bugs, and potentially stress-full season.

I like to do this one in the morning even before I get out of bed - it has a lovely added effect of working like a good strong cup of coffee. I do this seating and quite fast, but it can also be done while laying down and as slow as you need to be comfortable.

Just recently a new study have reported that the rhythm of breathing can influence neural activity that enhances memory recall and emotional judgement - I'll post that on on FB in case you want to check it out.

I have attached instructions for you if you'd like to play with this on your own: there are two different variations of bellow's breath - active inhale and passive inhale. In class we've done a passive inhale practice - it is a little more accessible to begin with.

We have only little time left before days begin to get longer again - and that brings a total different energy to the surface. So for this weekend I invite you to embrace the darkness as fully as you can - sleep in, stay in your PJ's, be bear-lazy. Enjoy!

With love,