What’s your “gut feeling”?

by in Posture November 10, 2016

Congratulations to all of you who accepted Dr. Cobi’s gift and chose to join in the cleanse! As someone who has had an interesting life long journey with food, I have some thoughts for you post cleanse, as you continue your journey to better healthy. Think of yourself as a scientist and the cleanse as […]

5 Posture Project truths I actually learned from my wonderful ballet teacher 30 years ago

by in Posture October 14, 2016

    Engage the legs – back then I remember the cue “look in the mirror and see a smiley face on your knee caps”, in Foundation Training we call that “anchoring” and it creates strong flexible hips and engages the posterior chain of muscles.  Back then it helped us land our jumps softly and […]

The Developing Spine

by in Posture July 25, 2016

The other day I was asked to post something to help people understand the growing infant and toddler spine, how we should take care of it and set little people up for healthy spinal development. I thought I would google that and slap up a post to reflect my ideas, developed over 20 years of […]

Can a “partner in health” help put wind under your wings??

by in Posture June 15, 2016

Any time I have an inspiration to do something new or daunting, I am beginning to realize that I must humble myself before I can break through to find success. I must realize that I don’t have the knowledge, skill, bravery that I need and I must ask for help. Three situations come to mind. […]

Painkillers vs…..?

by in Posture April 18, 2016

I remember, before I was a full fledged Hockey Mom, I saw a Tylenol ad that had kids playing hockey and the caption said something like, “don’t let the fever keep them down”.  I promptly stood on my soap box and judged, explaining to all who wanted to listen what horrible parenting that is and […]

Bikrum Yoga and the Bachelor

by in Posture March 29, 2016

  There, I said it – my two guilty pleasures. The Bachelor, now for that one it is probably pretty obvious why I don’t admit to the world that I would never plan something for Monday night when it is on and have watched it religiously for years.  Go ahead and judge – I can […]

A dead lift is like a super power

by in Posture March 17, 2016

A dead lift is like a super power, great in the right hands, dangerous in the wrong hands.

Rock your heels and your posture

by in Posture February 9, 2016

Did you know that some of the first recorded wearing of high heel was Queen Elizabeth 1st?  I assume she needed every trick in the book to rule a country in the 1500s as a woman and the heels afforded her a bit more height and majesty. For sure there is some far from empowered, […]

Manicure neck ain’t sexy either

by in Posture February 5, 2016

I have a vested interest in keeping my aesthetician happy and healthy.  Heaven forbid she is not able to work due to a tension head ache or back spasms…what would become of my toes???To that end I have some thoughts on how to create the least amount of stress on her back and neck. Our heads […]

Making lists

by in Posture December 2, 2015

I was listening to an interview on CBC the other day and the speaker encouraged people to make 2  lists…one with the 5 things that are most important to you right now in your life and a second with the 5 things you spend the most amount of time on in your week. She went […]