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Why Your Muscles Stay Tight No Matter How Much You Stretch

November 15, 2025 | Renée Fishman

If you’re constantly trying to stretch or massage away your chronically tight muscles and your efforts are failing, it might be time to consider that the tight muscles aren’t the problem.

Filed Under: Fitness, Yoga Tagged With: biomechanics, biopsychosocial, exercicse, fitness, muscles, nervous system, physiology, protection, safety, security, stability, stretching

What’s the Correct Way to Breathe in Cat/Cow Pose?

November 8, 2025 | Renée Fishman

Should you always inhale for cow pose and exhale for cat pose? It all depends on your intention for what you’re trying to accomplish.

Filed Under: Fitness, Yoga Tagged With: breathing, cat/cow, habits, patterns, yoga

3 Benefits of Doing the Same Warm-Up Routine For Every Workout

August 4, 2025 | Renée Fishman

Consistency and predictability may not be so exciting, but having the same starting ritual every day has benefits that outweigh the boring factor. Here are 3 reasons why you should start every workout the same way.

Filed Under: CrossFit, Fitness, Practice, Productivity, Yoga Tagged With: assessment, CrossFit, fitness, getting started, mobility, nervous system, productivity, rituals, routine, starting rituals, structure, tools, workout, yoga

The Real Heavy Lift of Injury Recovery

May 4, 2025 | Renée Fishman

Rebuilding strength after an injury can be a long slog, but the real heavy lift has nothing to do with the weight on the bar

Filed Under: Fitness, Yoga Tagged With: compensation patterns, fitness, injury, mindfulness, nervous system, personal development, recovery, strength, yoga

Why You Can’t Trust Your Feelings

March 25, 2025 | Renée Fishman

When it comes to making changes, you can’t trust “how you feel.”

Filed Under: Coaching, Habits, Yoga Tagged With: alignment, behavior change, change, coaching, feelings, habits, navigating change, perspective, teaching, yoga

Facing the Reality of Living in a Human Body

February 26, 2025 | Renée Fishman

The reality of life is that all material things eventually break down, including the human body. How we navigate this inevitability makes all the difference.

Filed Under: Coaching, Fitness, Productivity, Yoga Tagged With: aging, coaching, experience, fitness, holistic productivity, human, injury, mindfulness, mindset, wellness

How to Expand Your Capacity to Do and Receive More

January 6, 2025 | Renée Fishman

Expanding your capacity isn’t the result of powering or pushing through. Introducing a metaphor that will help you chart your path to manifesting your visions and expanding your capacity to do and receive more.

Filed Under: Productivity, Yoga Tagged With: ability, body as a house, foundation, Katonah Yoga, metaphor, productivity, stability, structure, support, systems, vision, yoga

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