Tune Up Fitness® Self Care Blog

Last week, I introduced you to “the dude” in order to outline some of the diagnostic tools I used for working with this stressed-out client and his quest for sleep. This week, I will cover the Five P’s: Perspective, pace of…

I recently took Jill’s Breath and Bliss Immersion. It was amazing and I learned so  much for clients, for myself and notably tools to calm the savage beast of my anxiety disorder. I had no idea that the next week an…

In my last post, I shared some ideas to get your creative juices flowing (see what I did there?) This week, I’ll address strategies for teaching a Yoga Tune Up® Flow class. Let’s start with the humble sun salutation. How can…

Shake it Off Mother’s Day has mixed feelings for me. I have 3 teenagers and I absolutely love being a mother, but I lost my own mother 16 years ago to breast cancer. There are times around significant life events like…

What is a Yoga Tune Up® Flow class, and how does one teach it? The answer is, as in all of Yoga Tune Up®, “it depends.” In this case, it depends on you, the teacher, and on your students. I started…

As discussed last week in last week’s blog, international aid and development workers work in some of the most challenging contexts globally. They are vulnerable to burnout, compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma, which also similarly can affect a wide array of…

International aid and development workers work in some of the most challenging contexts globally. They often work long hours in high stress environments far from family and with limited access to health and wellness services.  Working in post-conflict, crisis and development…

Last week I discussed how I began the process of coming back from a foot injury. This week, I’ll share some of the lessons I’ve learned along the way. Here we go… Necessity is the mother of innovation. Every great idea…

The nurse undid the velcro straps and put the knee high walker boot on. Minimal to no driving, sit as much as possible, and more tests to make sure there isn’t nerve damage. My first steps were slow and difficult. “Wow,…