Do you ever wake up with pain in your body? Or perhaps you can barely bend down because you’re so stiff and your back hurts? Maybe you sit a lot and already find it difficult to get up from a chair? There’s nothing wrong with you. For most of the modern world, pain and a feeling of stiffness are everyday constants. I, too, sometimes find myself there. But I want to tell you that you can help yourself, just as I did.
My Personal Journey with Back Pain
Years ago, after an unsupportive diagnosis from a specialist doctor about the herniated disc in my lower back, I had two options:
- To stop dancing and wait for the situation to worsen enough to undergo surgery, or
- To continue dancing and find alternative ways for healing.
Taking Control of My Health
I decided to take my life into my own hands. I sought ways to eliminate the pain and the negative consequences of dancing and my otherwise mostly sedentary life. Along the way, I discovered and educated myself in various exercises that strengthened my body, made it more flexible, and thus reduced the pain.
Discovering Passive Stretching
What happens when there’s pain in your body is that the body adopts a forced posture, leading to stiffness. In my case, particularly, the hamstring and chest muscles began losing flexibility. Classical stretching didn’t help in the long run.
I came across passive stretching, based on yoga concepts. I tried it out and noticed that my body was quickly becoming more flexible and pliable. I was thrilled with the results! After the exercises, I felt wonderful, my body began to miraculously unlock, and the pain decreased. I’ve learned that greater mobility and flexibility are key to a more enjoyable, pain-free everyday life. That’s why I attended the Flexibility Coach™ teacher program and obtained a license.
Sharing My Knowledge with the Core Vibe
The exercises and knowledge I gained from this training, I now share with you, my beautiful soul:
- You can join me completely FREE for a 5-Day Mobility & Flexibility Challenge, or
- You can participate in a 2-week online program, The Core Vibe.
What is the Core Vibe?
The Core Vibe program is a system of exercises designed to help you improve your mobility, flexibility, and reduce the feeling of tightness. The program lasts 14 days and will take only 15 minutes a day! In it, I combined yoga and dance principles that will help you transform your flexibility and reduce stress.
What You Will Gain from the Core Vibe Program:
- You will improve your flexibility, mobility, and posture.
- Releasing tension in areas of your body where you hold stress is another benefit.
- Additionally, you will increase mobility and flexibility in your shoulders, back, hips, and hamstrings.
- The exercises will help you listen to your body, meet and overcome its limits.
- You will relax and relieve stress through the exercises.
Staying in a passive stretch is a great way to start communicating with your body, observing it, and understanding how you can support it. It’s a great opportunity to offer it love, attention, and energy. Your body is like a vehicle that runs on love. Fill it with positive energy, and it will serve you well!
Areas that You Will Address:
- Shoulders: The chest is a common area of restriction. In our modern way of life, we spend most of the day hunched, working at our desks, bent over a computer or mobile phone. As a consequence, our shoulders and spine get rounded, the chest muscles become tighter, which eventually may cause upper back pain and impact our breathing. Shoulder opener exercises will open the chest and correct your posture.
- Hips: Hip mobility needs to be addressed because hip tightness is a very common issue since most of us spend a majority of the day sitting. The ability to rotate efficiently at the hip joint is crucial for overall health since your hips drive many of your daily movements. Hip-opening poses will help you increase your hip mobility.
- Back: Many of us harbor tension and stress throughout our bodies, especially in our backs, resulting in pain. These back opener poses will help you relieve back pain.
- Hamstrings: Hamstring muscles are very important for your spinal strength and mobility. They play a key role in many daily activities such as walking, running, jumping, picking things up from the floor, tying your shoes… They stabilize the knee joint, as well as maintain hip and torso positioning. Hamstring injuries are relatively common, often due to muscle tightness. Therefore, it is very important to stretch your hamstrings regularly, which is exactly what these exercises will do for you.
- Full Body: Addresses and stretches different parts of your body at the same time. Relaxes your body and relieves stress.
Here is my key takeaway after 10 years of exercising: Exercises are not a magic wand that would miraculously heal my back, but a lifelong investment that would accompany me every day. Exercising became part of my daily routine and today, I am grateful for them because with age (and wisdom), I see that they are a step towards a more vital life. And I invite you to join me on this path ❤️