I love PT. Not the injury part, but the invitation. You're asked to pay attention to a particular area...to move it, support it, strengthen it, and feel it in a way you probably haven't in a while. Most of us are really good at working around discomfort. We adjust, compensate, push through, or just avoid it altogether. PT asks something different. It asks you to go toward the thing that's pulling on you. I had a client with knee issues say, "If I don't have a lot of time, I'm just going to do...

I had a client this week who with a mix of humor and frustration called her back “little idiot.” It made me smile and it made me think. We all have a “little idiot” — a knee, a back, insomnia, digestion…something that interrupts our plans and tests our patience. When the body doesn't cooperate, irritation is human and you don't have to be pretend it doesn't bother you. Something can feel painful, inconvenient and annoying and calling it out is part of listening to your body. What I've...

I had a conversation about productivity this week with a client and it reminded me how common it is this time of year to feel frustrated with our own pace. It makes sense. Our bodies aren't meant to move at the same pace year-round and this is a slower chapter in the cycle. We are in the heart of winter. This isn't the season of output or expansion. Nature rests. Animals rest. The earth gathers herself quietly beneath the surface in preparation. Nothing is rushing and nothing is wrong. ...