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Retirement, Your Body, and PRT

By  Ashley Osier MA, HHE, CPS, CSMT, CAMT, CAYT, CWHP  ~ Holistic Wellness for Mind, Body, and Spirit ~ I have the world's best clients and students. They have been a constant inspiration in my practice and in developing strategies to assist injury prevention, pain management, stress management, and joyful aging. Recently one of my gems let me know that when she retires she planned on being more serious about starting a corrective exercise and wellness program. Why now? "I think I need to consider how strong I am going to need to be physically to take care of my husband in the coming years." That led me to considering the exercises I will be creating for her to fulfill this goal. While focusing on aging well or being able to play a sport or engage in a particular hobby are excellent goals, I couldn't help but be inspired by this clients' heart for her husband and forethought about her future.   So why am I writing about this here? Because I

Joint Opener Trailer

Joint Openers Trailer By  Ashley Osier MA, HHE, CPS, CSMT, CAMT, CAYT, CWHP  ~ Holistic Wellness for Mind, Body, and Spirit ~ I have been teaching my StretchFit™ Method, Therapeutic Stretching, and Point Release™ Technique classes at White Magnolia Tai Chi School for almost three years now. I thoroughly enjoy my small classes where I can spend more individual attention with my students, most, of which, I have seen for therapeutic bodywork and corrective exercise. I originally put together a video of one of the classes I taught for the students of that class and as a means to further my attempts to learn how to operate IMovie on my Mac. It is still a work in progress, but I am thrilled to have received a positive response to the trailer I made for the Joint Openers Routine I teach every Friday and would love to share it with you. The Joint Openers Routine is just a segment of the class I teach from 10:15-11:45am.  Though micro-stretching and fitness are not widely