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anatomy & physiology


when your anxiety lives in your body, talk therapy isn't enough
the somatic connection in psychotherapy I'm a big supporter of psychotherapy. In fact, I just started my Master's Degree in Clinical...

Laura Beth Wenger
Aug 4, 20235 min read


what is good posture, anyway?
and can we breathe well in that shape? Many of us learned how to hold our bodies from family or authority figures at a young age. "Pull your shoulders back!" "Don't slouch!," we were told. And so, we learned to stand, and sit, with our ribcage forward, and our shoulders "back." In the gym, we might sometimes hear "proud chest" as a cue not to slouch forward. We tend to think of this as "standing up straight," or having "good posture." But if we take a look at this image of a

Laura Beth Wenger
Apr 20, 20234 min read


tension holds us together
Despite its bad rap, tension isn't all bad. When we speak or hear about tension in the context of a yoga class or a massage treatment, we...

Laura Beth Wenger
Mar 31, 20213 min read


born this way
One of the most important lessons I learned from yoga? That there are some things about myself that can't be changed-- and that's...

Laura Beth Wenger
Dec 31, 20204 min read


what is heart rate variability?
and how can we use it to "read" what our body is saying? Like many of you, I have a morning ritual. I wake up, feed the dogs, make my...

Laura Beth Wenger
Dec 31, 20203 min read


balancing the allostatic load
One of the things that brings me joy, that makes me feel alive, powerful, and free, is physical training. I love to sweat, to move, to...

Laura Beth Wenger
Dec 22, 20203 min read


finding your footing in warrior 1
a long, nerdy post about alignment in this classic shape Warrior 1: it sounds so fundamental, so simple, like, the most basic thing you...

Laura Beth Wenger
Sep 9, 20207 min read


core stability from the inside out
My understanding of core work has changed over the years, but for a long time, I understood it as primarily a need to “strengthen the...

Laura Beth Wenger
Aug 3, 20204 min read


your nervous system needs your support
Have you ever finished a long day of work sitting at a desk, and felt like you were too tired to move- even though you barely moved your...

Laura Beth Wenger
Jan 31, 20203 min read
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