The reason why the subject of breathing causes never-ending confusion is that breathing is both a very finely tuned autonomic process, as well as under our conscious control. Hence it can be altered, but we may wonder whether it should be. This will always have a very complex impact on the rest of our being. Read More
Teacher Training
Why “Exercises To Fix Back Pain” is a Headline to Avoid
Stop chasing the “magic exercises” and “magic recipe” of what to do with your clients who experience low back pain – it does not exist. One exercise can have a beneficial outcome for one person and a negative outcome for another. Read More
Assessing the Full Squat
How do we know what is important? How do we understand what we see?
Polestar Founder Brent Anderson walks you through assessing the full squat. Read More
How To Keep Your Groove After Two Hip Replacements wit Pilates
When you realize “I’m just not moving” someone needs to have a look. I started Pilates at the Polestar Physical Therapy Center in Miami, Florida. We thought “let’s try something new, a new way to exercise”. Two hip replacements later – I Can Move!Read More
A Yoga State of Mind
What if yoga were a mindset, a state of being, a way of identifying with ourselves? What if we could bring this yogic identification into all of our activities, classes, and relationships?
In celebration of International Yoga Day, we will have a look at what yoga is, how we can benefit from it and bring into our everyday lives.Read More
Educator Highlight: Claire Sparrow
I am creative, lateral thinking, and intuitive so learning scripts, teaching rote, and not knowing the why behind what we were doing really never worked for me. Polestar allows us to be creative, to be who we are as humans, and teach from there.Read More