Live on Instagram Starting Monday, July 27!
Introducing Instagram Lives three days a week starting Mon. 7/27! Join me for just 5 minutes of movement!
Mondays @ 8 am: 5 minutes of waking-up movements
Thursdays @ noon: 5 minutes of stretching or strengthening as a lunch break
Fridays @. 8 pm: 5 minutes of winding-down movement before bed
Be sure to log in to Instagram at these times! Can’t make the live video? You can catch the replay for 24 hours afterwards. And there will be links to the movements on my YouTube channel!
The Leg Bone's Connected to the Knee Bone
Great article from my physical therapy partner, Loudoun Sports Therapy Center! Go get that pain checked out: they are open (and taking every precaution to keep their patients safe).
Then, come see me for additional stability, strengthening, and mobility work.
We are both passionate about helping people get out of pain. As your yoga teacher, I am also committed to giving you the space and time to really NOTICE was is going on in your body. Sometimes that's half the battle.
I'm Featured on a Yoga Podcast!
Have a listen below! And huge thank you to Shannon Crow for the opportunity.
https://www.theconnectedyogateacher.com/161-get-your-yoga-online-in-48-hours-with-jennie-macgoy/
Arthritis in the Knee
Arthritis in the knee can impact just about everything in our everyday life. It makes walking, using stairs, and sitting difficult and uncomfortable. It also makes staying in one position for a prolonged period of time painful. Before you get back into yoga, seek out help from a physical therapist at Loudoun Sports Therapy Center to ensure you are safe and to avoid any further injury:
https://loudounsportstherapy.com/knee-arthritis-solution
I Meet You Where You Are
This morning I was ready to lead one of my private students through some stability and strengthening yoga poses and movement. One of her primary goals while working with me is to feel stronger. So, I had a great sequence of standing and strengthening postures ready!
But then she arrived.
She said she was having a stressful day and wanted to focus on breathing and stretching instead. Could that be any further from a dynamic strengthening practice? If this had happened three years ago (when I first started teaching), I am SURE I would have looked like a deer caught in headlights! But not now. I had to think on my toes a LITTLE bit, but was quickly able to offer her a variety of opportunities to tune into her breath, practice a calming breathing technique, take several slow stretches customized to HER body’s needs, and conclude with a lovely guided meditation.
She left the studio feeling really good in body AND mind.
This is why I love my job: I get to LISTEN to my students. I have the honor of giving them space to tune into their bodies and their minds, and decide what THEY need on any given day. I let them explore breath and movement that feels good to them. Then I send them away feeling refreshed. What more could I ask for?
This could be YOU ! Visit www.breathewithjennie.com/private-sessions! I’d love to meet you where you are and give you an opportunity to breathe, destress, stretch, or strengthen!