Client Spotlight: Laetitia   Laetitia didn’t come to Pilates because she wanted a new hobby.   She came because she had an ACDF (an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion, a surgery in the neck) and after physical therapy ended, she knew she needed to keep taking care of that area of her body. She needed

Something I Don’t Talk About Enough In 2018, I was diagnosed with PTSD. I was in therapy, doing the work, trying to figure out how to exist in a body that felt like it was constantly bracing for impact. My therapist suggested I try trauma-sensitive yoga—classes specifically designed for people whose nervous systems needed something

Client Spotlight: Charae   A lot of people with chronic back pain are waiting.   Waiting for a good day to start. Waiting until the pain is more manageable. Waiting to see if things improve on their own. Waiting for some sign that it’s safe to try something new.   Charae was there. She had

Last month, I was lamenting to my friend and fellow spinal fusion warrior, Shelby, about my feet hurting. For context, I’d been dealing with this nagging pain in the ball of my left foot since July (this conversation was in December… so, a while). Anyway, I told her I had done everything I could to

I was cleaning out my closet recently and found a pair of swim goggles and a basic black swimsuit—the gear I used to use when I was trying to get into a routine with swimming at the Y.   You know, because people with spinal fusions should only swim, right? (Eye roll…)   Anyway, I

Hey, friend! It’s January, and I bet you’re seeing all kind of “new year, new you” marketing out there.   There’s so much pressure—especially at the start of a new year—to add more, do more, transform completely.   But HOLD ON just a second. What if you don’t need to overhaul everything? What if you