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Jun 11
4 min

Welcome back!

After 3 months, the word has come down that we can re-open for in person lessons! This is great news, and what we've been waiting and hop...

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Marcia Svaleson

May 11
3 min

Returning to the Studio

Let's just say right from the start that the unknowns far outweigh the knowns at this moment. Information changes by the day, and the sta...

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Marcia Svaleson

Mar 31
1 min

April Contest: Work From Home Olympics

Friends! I have created a contest on instagram! Go to @themovementexplorer, and see below about my crazy scheme!

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Marcia Svaleson

Mar 13
3 min

Movement in a Pandemic

It's a concerning time, friends. Whether you are of the mind that this is all blown out of proportion or that this is seriously scary bus...

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Marcia Svaleson

Feb 4
2 min

Walk the Path

I'm not really a resolutions person in the new year, but I definitely like to focus myself with a theme, an image, or a quote. This year ...

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Marcia

Nov 26, 2019
2 min

Walktober Week 5

Archived here are the week 5 posts from the 2019 Walktober Challenge! Day 27: Another beautiful thing about walking in nature is the diff...

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Marcia

Nov 25, 2019
3 min

Walktober Week 4

Archived here are the week 4 posts from the 2019 Walktober Challenge! Day 20: One of the things I love best about walking in nature is t...

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Marcia

Nov 25, 2019
3 min

Walktober Week 3

Archived here are the week 3 posts from the 2019 Walktober Challenge! Day 13: the nature walk with my walking coach (Hunter Dog) was full...

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Marcia

Nov 25, 2019
3 min

Walktober Week 2

Archived here are the week 2 posts from the 2019 Walktober Challenge! Day 6: A BEAUTIFUL fall day! Hunter and I took advantage and walked...

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Marcia

Nov 25, 2019
2 min

Walktober Week 1

Archived here are the week 1 posts from the 2019 Walktober Challenge! Day 1: #kenshowalktober2019 day 1! And it's raining! That's okay, ...

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Marcia

Oct 1, 2019
2 min

Walktober Challenge

Autumn is my absolute favorite time to walk outside! The temps are cooler but not yet the cold of winter, the trees are flaming with colo...

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Marcia

Sep 6, 2019
4 min

Pelvic Floor: Fact and Fiction

I'm going to go out on a limb and make an assumptive statement, which is that you have a pelvis. And if you have a pelvis, you have a pel...

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Marcia

Aug 5, 2019
4 min

Brain/Body Communication

"The vagus nerve innervates the heart, gut, and lungs directly, bypassing the spinal cord to snake straight up through the middle of you....

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Marcia

Jul 9, 2019
4 min

Will Move For Food

This month we at Kensho are fulfilling a wish of mine - to have a walking book club! When I've talked to people about it I've been met wi...

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Marcia

Jun 2, 2019
2 min

Kensho Core Challenge

Hello friends! I've decided that June will be the month of the core. I mean, middle of the year, middle of the body, right? I'd love to s...

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Marcia

Apr 2, 2019
8 min

Do you wear foot friendly shoes?

"The complex machinery of the feet plays a critical role not only in the obvious realms of gait patterns and ankle stabilization but also...

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Marcia

Jan 30, 2019
4 min

Furniture Free February

As I am writing this, the midwest is seeing some of the coldest temps in a generation. On the radio today they were discussing how there ...

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Marcia

Jan 7, 2019
6 min

Self Care December Challenge Week 4

All through December I posted on self-care, and you can see day 23 - 31 here! Day 23: Pose like a cobbler ... cause cobblers know how to ...

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Marcia

Jan 7, 2019
6 min

Self Care December Challenge Week 3

All through December I posted on self-care, and you can see day 16 - 22 here! Day 16: Finger stretches - the new fidget spinner Fingers a...

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Marcia

Jan 7, 2019
5 min

Self Care December Challenge Week 2

All through December I posted on self-care, and you can see day 9 - 15 here! Day 9: You have permission! Remember when you were a kid and...

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