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Fun with Depression: Why your solutions sometimes work and s

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Personal Notes, Yoga on 09 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

My teacher Dr. Kelly McGonigal recently tweeted: “Evidence is mixed about whether antidepressants help chronic pain. Reducing depression DOES. Not always same thing.” I also recently read about Author Simon Singh who wrote a strong critique about chiropractic care. I’ve been in depression...

Yoga fueled by UZAZU

Posted by Alex Iglecia in UZAZU, Yoga, Yoga Tune Up® on 08 30th, 2010 | No Comments

I have taught a few yoga asana classes in the last few days, and have fueled them with UZAZU. I’ve offered specific dynamics to amplify certain yoga poses. The feedback has been wonderful. The experience powerful. Participants have thanked me afterwards for the richness of the experience. Offer...

Resonance 1: Reflecting in the morning after black coffee

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Consciousness, Integral Fitness on 08 11th, 2010 | Comments Off

Try this on: resonance is the content of relations. If much of what we can do and be can be looked at from the perspective of: is it form, or is it content? Is what I’m noticing an object, or is it a relationship? Then we can readily navigate many of our experiences in a general level. So I can...

Event: Free to Play on June 24th

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Integral Fitness on 06 21st, 2010 | No Comments

Free to Play Whether you have limber limbs, stif knees or achey joints, every body can reap the benefts of yoga. Join instructor Alex Iglecia to learn how yoga can loosen your limbs and prepare you to play at every stage of life! Instructor Alex Iglecia, MA, is a “mover and shaker,” working at the...

An AW and UH to UZAZU

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Consciousness, Integral Fitness, Transformation Research on 06 14th, 2010 | 2 Comments

What do you mean you don’t know about UZAZU? That’s okay, actually…for now! I first found it over a year ago as Beth and I were researching some seriously profound body-mind work for our Conscious Evolution work. We found Dylan Newcomb and his 16 Ways, and as I commented in our thesis,...

Rewire your Brain by Moving

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Consciousness & World, Integral Fitness on 12 4th, 2009 | 2 Comments

Empirical science is always around the corner. Researchers have looked at how the brain reorganizes itself and what new complexities remain after time. Now you know why you never forget how to ride a bike. Movement specialists know that movement patterns become embodied. That’s why some skills...

Rolling out the holidays

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Integral Fitness on 12 4th, 2009 | No Comments

Self-care for stress relief is underrated. That’s why we know we should, we know how good we’d feel, yet in the end, it’s often the last thing on our list. I’ve been using foam rollers since 2002, when the Sports Club/LA in Boston was the first place I’d seen them. I was...

Go touch your SELF

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Integral Fitness on 11 29th, 2009 | No Comments

Yoga Tune Up® is one of the few official classes I teach. Mostly I create my own programs, but YTU fits a really great niche and offers something unique and hugely beneficial. It’s a perspective that greatly informs a healthy, full-spectrum approach to fitness, exercise, and life. I especially...

An Epic Yoga Tune Up Dec 12

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Epic Workout, Integral Fitness on 11 24th, 2009 | No Comments

Our underground workshop is a go…shhh! It’s be invitation and word of mouth… So if you’ve been invited, you know the special deal. The Special Deal The official registration fee is $45 for members and $55 for nonmembers for this 2.5 hour workshop. You can participate for free...

Melted Bliss Live 11-3-09 with Ustream

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Integral Fitness, Retreats on 11 3rd, 2009 | Comments Off

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5 Ways to Keep Your Feet Feeling Great When Shoes are out to

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Integral Fitness on 09 29th, 2009 | Comments Off

Do you care about your feet? I hope so! This may be news to you, courtesy of ABC News: High Heels May Be at the Root of Certain Foot Ills, New Research Reveals You can read their story here. The research, though modest in its claims, does provide a service if you’re not sure where that foot pain...

Meditation and Success

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Consciousness & World, Meditation on 09 27th, 2009 | No Comments

From my experience, I think more people meditate that we realize, especially people in C-level positions as well as other leadership roles. Fortune Magazine’s article outlines the prominence of meditation as a source of creativity, listening, and connection for C-level executives. Read the original...

Truth about T&A: Really, the Tibialis Anterior

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Integral Fitness, Yoga on 09 14th, 2009 | No Comments

The Tibialis Anterior (TA) receives little attention in fitness and yoga other than in locating where the muscle is in the body and what it does from anatomic position, namely, dorsiflexion of the ankle and inversion of the foot. According to the Trail Guide to the Body by Andrew Weil, TA inserts at...

Top 5 Yoga Poses when Gmail is down

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Personal Notes, Yoga on 09 1st, 2009 | No Comments

Oh no! Gmail is down all around. Here’s 5 great poses for when Gmail develops serious soreness: 5. Balasana, Child’s Pose. Why not get a little childish? This will stop you from bursting out “UNFAIR”! 4. Legs up the wall. You can imagine you’re supporting all the google...

Fitness Starts with a Bang and Becomes You

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Consciousness & World, Yoga on 08 25th, 2009 | No Comments

Start With Fitness, End with You (Yoga) View more presentations from Alex Iglecia. Brian Swimme thoughtfully says, This is the greatest discovery of the scientific enterprise: You take hydrogen gas, and you leave it alone, and it turns into rosebuds, giraffes and humans. While he is talking about the...

Doing yoga through pain?

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Yoga on 07 7th, 2009 | Comments Off

There are many articles available describing how to take responsibility for one’s yoga practice when pain, injuries or other limitations are present. If I hurt, what do I do? Brianna’s article neatly discusses what to do when physical limitations are present. Is that all? I have discovered...

Via Yoga in Travel Age West

Via Yoga in Travel Age West

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Retreats, Yoga on 07 5th, 2009 | No Comments

Beth and I are excited to be leading our Yoga (Epic, Viynasa, Yin Yoga & More) retreat for Via Yoga in March 2010. Via Yoga is enormously caring, supportive, and organized. So much so that they were written about in Travel Age West. Read the article here. Read More →

Sayulita with Alex and Beth

Sayulita with Alex and Beth

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Retreats, Yoga on 07 5th, 2009 | No Comments

Yoga & Surfing with Alex and Beth Iglecia March 13 - 19, 2010 (rsvp) Join Alex and Beth on a retreat that will take you on a full-spectrum journey of being from body, through mind, to spirit on land and water. Alex and Beth blend The Epic Workout® and Yin Yoga, presenting Yoga philosophy and asana,...

Alex Beth Yoga Surf

Alex Beth Yoga Surf

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Integral Fitness, Retreats, Yoga on 06 15th, 2009 | No Comments

Beth and I will be going to Sayulita, Mexico to teach Yoga and more for Via Yoga in March 2010. Will you join us? Join Alex and Beth on a retreat that will take you on a full-spectrum journey of being from body, through mind, to spirit on land and water. Alex and Beth blend The Epic Workout® and Yin...

Epic Workout at lululemon union square

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Integral Fitness, Yoga on 06 3rd, 2009 | No Comments

I will be leading an Epic Workout class at lululemon in San Francisco this weekend, June 14! Read More →

Awakening to new questions

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Meditation, Personal Notes on 05 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

I house sat in Marin County for two and a half weeks with Beth. We knew that May would be a big month for us, as it was our third month in the Bay Area and we were still on the midst of big change. I was determined to figure it all out for the next stage of my life as I had recently completed my graduate...

Janet Stone & Heart of Vinyasa

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Yoga on 04 1st, 2009 | No Comments

I recently had the opportunity to participate in Janet Stone’s Heart of Vinyasa teacher training program at Yoga Tree Castro (Flow) in San Francisco. Janet’s program was a joyous blend of chanting, asana, and teaching experiences that offered all of us generous room to move, express, be ourselves...

Extremely Rewarding

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Epic Workout, Integral Fitness, Personal Notes on 03 5th, 2009 | No Comments

“The Epic Workout was extremely rewarding both physically and mentally. I achieved my own personal exercise goals while having fun in a group activity. My accomplishments included development and toning of muscle, increased physical activity endurance, pushing my body to it’s limits and a boost to...

A Few Words on Integral Fitness

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Epic Workout, Integral Fitness on 01 5th, 2009 | No Comments

I take exercise seriously and playfully because it is that important. Like customized training with my clients, The Epic Workout takes exercise vertically. Yet the fitness world is also changing horizontally which means that the forms, methods and processes are being rearranged, improved, and evolved....

Your Life is the Basis for The Epic Workout

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Epic Workout, Integral Fitness on 09 5th, 2008 | No Comments

It might be obvious that you, and I, want to be stronger, lose or maintain weight, move faster, feel lighter, have more energy, see myself more positively, have more confidence, and set up new and greater standards for my life. So why settle for anything less than a self-initiated, integrally-informed...

The Omega Point

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Consciousness & World, Meditation, Transformation Research, Yoga on 08 16th, 2008 | No Comments

I am on my way to The Omega Institute for two promising workshops with Glen Black, yoga teacher extraordinaire. I am thrilled to spend a week in a tent studying yoga anatomy and conscious movement. After this weeklong retreat/workshop, Beth and I will embark on our 18 day road trip down the East Coast...

What is Epic Workout?

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Epic Workout, Integral Fitness on 08 13th, 2008 | No Comments

The Epic Workout is an intelligent way of thinking about exercise that goes beyond the traditional fitness-as-sport methods towards a whole-body, whole-mind system of moving and being. Our story is that of the hero’s journey, and our way of exercising adds to what you determine is most important in...

Feel Better After a Holiday Weekend

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Integral Fitness on 07 7th, 2008 | No Comments

Can you feel it? The holiday has past, the burgers are eaten, and the smoke has pretty-much cleared. I know my belly is full and so I thought this would be a great time to share three ways I’ve learned from experience to feel better faster after a holiday weekend. Even if you didn’t indulge...

A Short Meditation

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Meditation on 06 4th, 2008 | No Comments

What is Meditation? Meditation can be thought of as paying attention to what you’re doing, as you’re doing it, and more importantly, choosing to. There are many forms of meditation, many types of instructions. The common theme is choosing to look, choosing to inquire, choosing to pay attention....

Epic Workout principles, message and story

Posted by Alex Iglecia in Integral Fitness on 06 3rd, 2008 | No Comments

I’ve recently updated The Epic Workout, which is progressing very nicely and is receiving phenomenal response from the people who have gone through Epic classes. Epic has a new logo, which I love, of course. I’ve also been able to articulate the core goal, message, and three main principles...

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