by Stephanie Kinney | Mar 8, 2025 | Painful Insights
Heavy Lifting Hi Friends, The last heavy spring snow dump reminded me of some valuable life tools. 8ish inches of concrete-like snow needed to get off my car & down my 30ish foot driveway. Though I personally love shoveling, it’s no doubt hard on the body &...
by Stephanie Kinney | Feb 16, 2025 | Painful Insights
You've Got Grit! Hi Friends, Grit has been a quality I’ve always deeply appreciated. I believe my own personal grit keeps me going in my life of chronic pain; and when I see grit in others, I admire their resiliency and commitment against the odds. I had a...
by Stephanie Kinney | Jan 31, 2025 | Painful Insights
Yoga is Better with a Fuzzy Dog Hi Friends I’ve gotten so many comments on people loving my little dog, Valor, joining our weekly yoga classes! If any of you remember her first class appearance, it was a day she was feeling quite sick, and I had her with me to keep an...
by Stephanie Kinney | Jan 5, 2025 | Painful Insights
A Little is A Lot So many yogis (myself included) put pressure on themselves to practice a full hour-plus long class, or they feel like it doesn’t “count.” They might also feel some sort of guilt if they cant fit this in multiple times per week. Not only from a time...
by Stephanie Kinney | Dec 13, 2024 | Painful Insights
As Easy As Breathing Hi Friends, We breathe automatically all day & night without having to think about it. The autonomic nervous system has our back… or does it? When we are in a stress state, we take shorter, more constricted breaths- only utilizing part of the...
by Stephanie Kinney | Nov 30, 2024 | Painful Insights
Yoga-versary! Hi Friends, November (I don’t remember the exact date) marks 12 years of teaching yoga “full time.” It’s been a wonderful and wild ride since pretty much day one – if you’d like to hear the tale of how it all started, read on: I took my...
