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Stretch the Possibilities in 2018

January 8, 2018 Lydia Buschenfeldt Leave a Comment

Embrac­ing change can be dif­fi­cult. We are, after all, crea­tures of habit. Change requires patience, deter­mi­na­tion, and flex­i­bil­i­ty, both fig­u­ra­tive­ly and, in some cas­es, lit­er­al­ly! Why is flex­i­bil­i­ty so impor­tant? Well, for starters, the more flex­i­ble you are, the less like­ly you are to get injured, which is real­ly enough of a rea­son in and of itself. 2018 personal goalsAs a bonus, flex­i­ble joints can also help make it eas­i­er to move, requir­ing less ener­gy, and being flex­i­ble can also pre­vent back pain and bal­ance issues.

Let’s start our year of flex­i­bil­i­ty and change off on the right foot with some basic sug­ges­tions to help you stretch and reach your full potential.

  1. If it hurts in a sharp shoot­ing way, STOP!! Stretch­ing helps to loosen up your mus­cles, and depend­ing on how tight they are, there may be some sore­ness asso­ci­at­ed with stretch­ing. How­ev­er, it should nev­er hurt in an unbear­able sense. If it does hurt, either stop the stretch and try a dif­fer­ent option, or ease out of the stretch slight­ly to make it less intense. Lis­ten to your body, always.
  2. Aim to stretch at least three days a week. You may want to make it a rou­tine in the evening when you get ready for bed, in addi­tion to a post-work­out stretch­ing cool down. Find a rou­tine that works for you, because even a few times a week is enough to reap the benefits!
  3. Tar­get the parts of your body that need it most. Think about your hips, or your ham­strings, or your shoul­ders. Where are you sore on a reg­u­lar basis that could use some loos­en­ing or open­ing up? Where do you notice that you hold your ten­sion? If you aren’t sure where to begin, ask your doc­tor which stretch­es s/he would sug­gest for you.
  4. We all feel a bit bet­ter with a few good acces­sories, right? Invest in a decent foam roller and a good ol’ can of ten­nis balls. A foam roller can help you stretch more deeply than just bend­ing or con­tort­ing your­self can and ten­nis balls are help­ful for pin­point­ing spe­cif­ic tight spots and loos­en­ing up your feet and hands. It can be a lit­tle awk­ward to get the hang of using any of these tools to help you stretch, but don’t give up on it. YouTube has end­less tuto­r­i­al videos, so don’t be afraid to watch a few to ensure prop­er align­ment before you start. Think of a foam roller as the best way to give your­self a mini-mas­sage, no appoint­ment or tip­ping required!

In this sea­son of change, above all, remem­ber to lis­ten to your body – it is your great­est and most pow­er­ful teacher!

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Trail Mix

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September 4, 2018 Leave a Comment

Sure, it’s tempt­ing­ly easy to grab a bag of pre-made trail mix –col­or­ful, effort­less, and with such fun names to boot! But have you ever stopped to glance at the nutri­tion facts of that bag of seem­ing­ly healthy options? More specif­i­cal­ly, check out the sug­ar con­tent. Some com­mer­cial brands of trail mix have as much sug­ar as a 16 oz bot­tle of soda! The main cul­prit is sweet­ened dried fruit, and some brands add can­dy as well. If that deli­cious mouth­ful of sweet and salty is your taste­buds’ desire, don’t despair. There are plen­ty of ways to make a deli­cious AND nutri­tious trail mix, all with ingre­di­ents from your gro­cery store bulk bin! [Read More…]

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I’d say Lydia Buschen­feldt has changed my life, but that would­n’t be exact­ly true. What she does is even more pow­er­ful. Any­one can tell some­one else what changes they ‘need’ to make to live a health­i­er life. It takes some­one spe­cial to enable and empow­er you to change your own life. Lydia is that some­one spe­cial. Dur­ing every ses­sion, at every twist and turn and bump in the road, Lydia meets me where I am with an incred­i­ble amount of knowl­edge and patience, and helps me iden­ti­fy one or two steps for­ward to accom­plish the goals I have for myself. She knows that each jour­ney is dif­fer­ent, and cus­tomizes our ses­sions so our dis­cus­sions are tai­lored toward what I need in that moment to help me build the health, future and hap­pi­ness that I deserve.
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