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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Modify City, State of Fierce
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Lorelai I wanted to pop in and say welcome back!!
You have gotten some excellent advice! I also wanted to highly recommend the Vacuum Hold for Transverse Abdominis Strength. Here's an excerpt from Cathe's blog that describes it but there are several videos on YouTube that show it. Quote:
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Join Date: Jun 2009
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: West coast of Canada, eh. ;)
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*~*Pam*~* Certified Level 4 Essentrics Instructor - March 2021 Hatha YTT - 2011 Your body keeps an accurate journal regardless of what you write down..... "Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live." Jim Rohn "It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.” - Tony Robbins Check out my Instagram account, @fitness.ficti0n.inspirati0n |
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Minnesota
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That said, if you can get to a live class, do it! They are magic, and there is something to seeing things 3D. I went to Miranda's retreat back in 2015 and had the biggest "aha" with side to side lunges and someone simply nudging my arm behind my ear. I teach on Zoom and in person here in Minnesota. I love having VFers in class...virutal or IRL. If you've not taken my class, I'd be happy to send you an invite or have you attend my studio class.
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Jackie Certified Essentrics Instructor, Level 4---February 2017 Yoga Tune Up Roll Model Method Practitioner---December 2021 "Movement is a privilege. You don't have to exercise. You get to exercise. Visit a person whose mobility is severely limited, and you'll appreciate the distinction. Do what you can, count yourself lucky, heal yourself in the process." Essentrics Colorado |
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: PalmTreeVille
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CS was not love at first sight for me - JackieB and Pam said it best that there is a learning curve with CS.
i traded away all of my Mirandas at first, keeping Sahra's workouts. in fact, i started a thread saying "anyone not like CS?" my back hurt doing Miranda's but not Sahra's. fast forward a few years - got to listen to Miranda's newest books on audio as mentioned upthread. i acquired season 4, and wow, it clicked. i learned how to teach my body how to reconnect its muscles. no pain in doing Miranda's moves. fast forward a few months later - i strained my back and added Season 4 to my rotation that week. The Pain Went Away. i was amazed. the one huge takeaway was how Miranda explained that in a state of pain, you hold the posture and wait - do not force it to comply - but you just wait for the muscles to communicate in finding another path. you're not stretching just sitting there and contracting the muscles needed to strengthen yourself.
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~jeannine Miyagi: Wax on, right hand. Wax off, left hand. Wax on, wax off. Breathe in through nose, out the mouth. Wax on, wax off. Don't forget to breathe, very important. [walks away, still making circular motions with hands] ~ Pat Morita, The Karate Kid, 1984 disclosure: in the years 2002-2004 i had a professional relationship with a distributor of fitness videos; see profile. |
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Little apartment in Oklahoma
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Not a new mom by any means but
Hey everyone. I read on here every day, but haven’t posted in ages! But I wanted to jump in here. I did post some time back about losing 110 pounds and getting off 11 meds for serious conditions, one being Parkinson’s. For several years I fell A LOT! Really messed up my right shoulder, couldn’t lift it over my head. I did Classical Stretch first on YouTube, did a 14 day trial to Classical Stretch streaming service, and kept that for a couple of months. Using an episode for shoulders, I totally fixed my poor, horribly painful shoulder. Oh, by the way, I’ll be 69 in a few months. My “baby” is 39. I purchased a few seasons from great sellers on eBay. I have the newest Season 14. I desperately want to be able to do Classical Stretch, since it helped my shoulder so much, but it hurts my back really bad. I appreciate the suggestions to help prevent back pain and see if that helps. I have a suggestion that’s going to sound strange but- I have found incredible relief and improvement in my flexibility, strength, and balance using Jane Fonda’s PrimeTime workouts from around 2010. They’re designed for those of us in our “prime” but I think any age can really benefit from them.
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Missouri
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I just got out of an appointment at the chiropractor and my diastasis is only one and a half inches! I'm pretty sure it was over two fingers a year ago, so yay for improvement. I've been following Lindsay Brin's YouTube exercises for core 1 this week. It gives me hope that I can come back from this. I'm not sure if she was recommended in my post or if I found the recommendation while searching, but I appreciate whoever made the recommendation! She's really good!
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