“Exhale to you bend your elbows and lower Chaturanga…” the yoga instructor murmured. Normally, this would be when I’d try to ignore the burning sensation in my eyes from the sweat pouring down my face,
I’m hypermobile. It shows up when I film videos, particularly when the exercises I’m demoing are unloaded. I used to reshoot these videos to make it look “right,” but these days I just let my
Whether it’s Instagram celebrity pimping diet teas #celeryjuicecleanse or that dude you went to high school with bragging about his “baller” start-up, nobody likes a poser. Also, not cute? Poser push-ups – aka when you
Almost exactly one year ago, I quit a very expensive somatic + bodywork training that I was taking from a well known guru. I ate the cost – just under 15K to be exact. That
Pssst, don’t want to read? Click the play button to have me read this post to you 🙂 Recently, I stumbled onto a podcast that shall remain…nameless 😉 In it, three women discussed how to
A common claim in fitness is that squeezing your butt and tightening your abs during exercise will fix back pain and prevent injury, but is there any truth to this? To quote that They Might
I had a history of ankle sprains as a kid, but never cared about my ankles until I tore all the lateral ligaments in my left ankle landing a standing backflip wrong when I was
A couple of questions I have been seeing a lot lately in my inbox are, “Nikki! What is your mic setup?!” and, “How can I make my videos look professional?” In this post, I’m going
One of the biggest joint complaints I hear from people is knees. They hurt during running…and squatting…and lunging. They crack and creak. They’re one of the most commonly replaced joints in the US of A! If
December 2015, I decided it was time to put videos on YouTube. Given my goal (create digital products and help get better fitness information out into the world), this made sense. However, I had a
