The Posture Project, Yoga & Massage

Our sentiments, just said in a different way!

2012-01-23T01:03:00.000-05:00

"Whenever you complain about something negative in your world,you reinforce your connection with that negativity. Your
complaint can actually focus your energy toward perpetuating
and empowering whatever you’re complaining about.
A much better strategy is to come up with a positive
alternative, and then to act on it. Instead of merely
reinforcing what is wrong, you have an opportunity to change
the situation for the better.
Complaints, because of their negative nature, are usually
met with some degree of defensiveness. Positive
alternatives, on the other hand, will naturally be met with
cooperation and appreciation.
The next time you have the urge to complain, stop and ask
yourself what it is you really want. Do you simply want to
complain or do you want to do something that will improve
the situation?
Somewhere within each complaint is a genuine desire to
improve the situation, but the complaint itself is never
enough to do that. So skip beyond the complaint and use your
efforts and resources to truly make a positive difference.
Make the choice not to aggravate a bad situation with your
complaints. Choose instead to transform it with your
positive thoughts, ideas and actions."

—	Ralph Marston

Intro To Yoga Class Series

2011-12-12T23:35:00.000-05:00

w/ Shalan Hill

4 weeks
Tuesdays
5:30pm-6:45pm

Jan 10 - 31

$75

The Basics of Yoga - For those New to Yoga and/or for Beginners that want a better grasp on their current yoga practice.

You'll learn proper body alignment, basic breathwork, tools to focus & calm your mind, and how to stretch safely.

Register now online!
(a credit card is required to register online, but will not be charged)

or call us @ 678-494-3450

Must register by Jan. 8.

(no drop-ins, no refunds, no make ups for missed classes, not part of the on-going classes)

Creating Your Life Class Series

2011-12-12T23:33:00.001-05:00

A Life Changing Series

With Ann Pauley

EIGHT WEEK SERIES

January 22 – March 11

Sundays 2 – 4 pm

COST: $200 non-members or $175 members, $300 for pairs, $125 for repeaters (of "The Me I Want To Be")
Members must purchase via phone or in studio to get discount.

Call 678-494-3450 to register or email @ info@ThePostureProject.com

Want some changes in your life? In this class, you will learn a formula to help you discover how you are creating your life by what your body is telling you about your thoughts, feelings, and beliefs. Then, learn how to deliberately create the life you want by changing those thoughts, feelings, and beliefs..

This information will transform your understanding of yourself and others!

Holiday Gift Samplers are Ridiculously Awesome!

2011-12-12T23:11:00.000-05:00

Holiday Gift Samplers from The Posture Project!

Includes:
30 Min. Massage
30 Min. Sauna Session
and
5 Yoga Classes
for only $39! ~ (60 min. massage version is only $69)

Makes Great Stocking Stuffers!
(for new clients only, purchase in studio only)

678-494-3450

www.thepostureproject.com

Get 'em while they're hot!

Give Yourself a Break!

2011-12-12T23:09:00.001-05:00

Even 5 minutes of stretching and breathing can make the world of difference to you (and the people around you). Give yourself a break! - Shalan

Freedom in Breathing!

2011-12-12T23:03:00.003-05:00

There is such freedom in knowing that you can just "breathe through it!" Makes life so much easier! - Shalan

Your Body is Your Best Friend!

2011-12-12T23:02:00.000-05:00

Your body is eager to serve you! It can be your best friend if you let it be! Any discomfort you're feeling is your body's way of communicating with you. It's not working against you! Listen to what it is saying and nurture your relationship with it just like you would a good friend. - Shalan

Don't take it personally!

2011-11-21T09:10:00.000-05:00

"Whatever happens around you, don't take it personally..Nothing other people do is because of you. It is because of themselves." ~ Don Miguel Ruiz

My message

2011-11-21T09:09:00.003-05:00

My message for the day, the week, the month, the months: Get in your power & enjoy your life! - Shalan Hill

This picture is Annie Pauley playing with the light on the ceiling, enjoying her strength & her body's abilities.

Water

2011-11-21T09:07:00.002-05:00

DRINK MORE WATER!!! YOUR BODY NEEDS IT TO DO EVERYTHING BETTER! Minimum intake should be 1/2 your body weight in ounces. i.e. - if you weigh 150 lbs., you should drink 75 oz. of water a day. If you drink sugary drinks, coffee, tea, etc., you need even more water to counter the dehydrating effects they have on your body.

Start seeing how great your life is!

2011-11-21T09:06:00.001-05:00

You Rock!

2011-11-21T09:05:00.000-05:00

We love being your teachers!

2011-11-21T09:03:00.000-05:00

Seeing our students progress is so rewarding!

I Choose Me!

2011-11-21T09:01:00.004-05:00

What if everyone lived by the motto: "I choose me!" ?

Then everyone would know they were taking full responsibility for their life and that everyone else was doing the same.

It all begins with you! When you honor yourself, everyone else in your life does the same.

Choose "you" in every choice, in every moment and see what beautiful relationships unfold and how fabulous life can be!

What a beautiful yoga community you are!

2011-11-21T09:01:00.001-05:00

Core Yoga Online

2011-11-21T08:59:00.000-05:00

Core strengthening from our latest video we uploaded to our Online Yoga Videos @ www.thepostureprojectyoga.com

A Good Idea...

2011-11-21T08:58:00.002-05:00

An Appreciation Journal! To make some major shifts in your habits of thought, write down what you are appreciating in your life everyday. It starts to tip the scales to more focus on what it is you are wanting in your life instead of what you don't want.

Our intention: To support your Well-Being

2011-11-21T08:57:00.001-05:00

ART

2011-11-21T08:56:00.000-05:00

Every yoga class I teach is an artistic expression of the journey to more freedom in Mind, Body, & Spirit. - Shalan

Yoga on the Beach

2011-11-21T08:53:00.000-05:00

Yoga on the beach smells great!!! - Shalan

Facebook

2011-11-21T08:49:00.000-05:00

Now you can book a massage or sauna session right on Facebook! See the "Book Now!" link on the left of our page!

ONLINE Gift Certificates!

2011-11-21T08:43:00.000-05:00

You can buy INSTANT GIFT CERTIFICATES from our studio for your friends, family, and for yourself. Click this link or you can always go to our website @ www.ThePostureProject.com

Manage your Posture Project life ONLINE!

2011-11-21T08:41:00.000-05:00

Did you know that you can schedule appointments, manage your appointments, view past payments, classes attended, etc.. yourself at your convenience by creating an account with us on our website! Click the link below or go to our website @ www.ThePostureProject.com and click on "Login/SignUp" in the upper right hand corner.

Myofascial Release & CranioSacral Therapy

2011-11-21T08:32:00.002-05:00

This article gives a good description of 2 of the modalities we use at our studio: Myofascial Release & CranioSacral Therapy. They're awesome stuff!

Myofascial Release and Craniosacral-Therapy

If you're not feeling good, DRINK MORE WATER!

2011-11-21T08:30:00.001-05:00

WATER, WATER, WATER! MORE WATER!

2011-11-21T08:28:00.000-05:00

DRINK WATER ON EMPTY STOMACH
It is popular in Japan today to drink water immediately after waking up every morning. Furthermore, scientific tests have proven its value. We publish below a description of use of water for our readers. For old and serious diseases as well as modern illnesses the water treatment had been found successful by a Japanese medical society as a 100% cure for the following diseases:

Headache, body ache, heart system, arthritis, fast heart beat, epilepsy, excess fatness, bronchitis asthma, TB, meningitis, kidney and urine diseases, vomiting, gastritis, diarrhea, piles, diabetes, constipation, all eye diseases, womb, cancer and menstrual disorders, ear nose and throat diseases.
METHOD OF TREATMENT

1. As you wake up in the morning before brushing teeth, drink 4 x 160ml glasses of water
2. Brush and clean the mouth but do not eat or drink anything for 45 minute
3. After 45 minutes you may eat and drink as normal.
4. After 15 minutes of breakfast, lunch and dinner do not eat or drink anything for 2 hours
5. Those who are old or sick and are unable to drink 4 glasses of water at the beginning may commence by taking little water and gradually increase it to 4 glasses per day.
6. The above method of treatment will cure diseases of the sick and others can enjoy a healthy life.
The following list gives the number of days of treatment required to cure/control/reduce main diseases:
1. High Blood Pressure (30 days)
2. Gastric (10 days)
3. Diabetes (30 days)
4. Constipation (10 days)
5. Cancer (180 days)
6. TB (90 days)

7. Arthritis patients should follow the above treatment only for 3 days in the 1st week, and from 2nd week onwards – daily. This treatment method has no side effects, however at the commencement of treatment you may have to urinate a few times.
It is better if we continue this and make this procedure as a routine work in our life. Drink Water and Stay healthy and Active.

This makes sense .. The Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals ..not cold water. Maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit while eating!!! Nothing to lose, everything to gain. For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you.

It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion.
Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine.
It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

http://www.wix.com/im_possible/biodisc
This is an excerpt from the full article by: Ron Simmons

A Bright Smile!

2011-11-21T08:26:00.000-05:00

I've been swishing my teeth with sesame oil in the morning before I brush my teeth for about 5-10 minutes. It should turn watery and white. It moisturizes my mouth especially during the seasonal change to more dry weather and is really great for your teeth not to mention a real WHITENER. It works! I have a feeling if I did this everyday, I would not ever need to see a dentist. It's supposed to detoxify your body too! - Shalan

www.oilpulling.com

Shalan Loves Yoga!

2011-11-21T08:24:00.000-05:00

I do love yoga! Did ya'll know that about me? For me, yoga is a way to know myself more, to feel better, to move through limitations, to get focused, get present. When I teach, I am at my strongest. My vibrational signal gets so amped and Divinity just pours through me! It's my favorite! I'm starting to feel that same power more consistently in other areas of my life too, and I really love that! Keep growing, it hurts not to! - Shalan Hill

OUR CAFEPRESS STORE

2011-11-21T08:15:00.000-05:00

Buy our original design t-shirts, 2012 Calendars with our original Photography, and a lot of other fun stuff!

So what do you do when your yoga practice leads you to intense irritation?

2011-11-21T08:11:00.002-05:00

It's the releasing of what is stored in your body. If you allow it to come forth then you can let it go. When you let go of those emotions that you have stuffed, then there is a clearing in your body and you experience more freedom (from pain, from stiffness, from discomfort...)

2011-11-21T08:10:00.000-05:00

Thank you all for coming to play with us and sharing us with your friends & family! HOLLAH! Holiday Open House, Saturday, November 12.

Gracie, our mascot, went to live on a sheep farm!

2011-11-21T08:01:00.001-05:00

Gracie, our mascot & dog, has moved on to greener pastures to live with a dog trainer/sheep farmer to reprogram some aggressive tendencies. We couldn't ask for better for our pup! She's going to live with a pack of dogs and will surely be even happier than with us! Great creating! We did a dog swap and that's how we met Kirby! Gracie says she loves all her fans and to not be afraid of change, because it can surely lead to more freedom! Thank You!

Tell us what you think!

2011-11-21T07:57:00.000-05:00

Write a Review!

Share your experience of our studio with us and others! We appreciate you!

Our new Mascot, Kirby!

2011-11-21T07:53:00.000-05:00

Here's our new mascot, Kirby! She's such the sweetie pie! Today was her first day with us and she is wore out! She looks forward to meeting everybody!

A Traditional Yoga Studio That's All About Your Now!

2011-11-21T07:50:00.000-05:00

We love yoga! Speaking for our team, our own practices have brought such continued opportunities for freedom in all areas of our lives. Our own experience sparks our passion to share this practice with others.

As a traditional yoga studio, we choose our primary offering of yoga classes influenced by that which has been handed down from generation to generation of yoga enthusiasts. However, we are much more interested in what is happening in our NOW.

NOW is where we all are creating our world! NOW is where we can let go of our past, anything that doesn't serve us. We are evolving beings and we continue to grow and sometimes we need to let go of patterns and traditions that are no longer useful to us.

Opening to your NOW allows freer movement forward with less resistance.

Bodywork Works to Dissolve Pain

2011-02-24T18:45:00.004-05:00

You don't have to be in pain! We have a great success rate at reducing or eliminating pain. Have you thought about bodywork? We don't just do a massage, we put you back in whack!

Yoga for Well-Being

2011-02-24T18:44:00.006-05:00

Yoga is such an amazing tool for your all around well-being. Calms you, focuses you, strengthens you, invigorates you, opens you to new possibilities, etc....

Health "Ensurance"

2011-02-24T18:44:00.005-05:00

Yoga and Bodywork make excellent health "ensurance" policies!!! If you knew and felt what they can do for you, you would know the necessity of them in your life.

Yoga may be the form of exercise you've been looking for.

2011-02-24T18:43:00.003-05:00

www.ThePostureProjectYoga.com

The Heart Chakra

2011-02-24T18:42:00.006-05:00

"The heart chakra is the middle chakra, and green, the middle color of the spectrum, is traditionally thought of as its color. Green depicts a lush and balanced energy. Emerald green in the heart chakra shows that the heart's loving energy goes out not only to others, it is also able to nurture the self." - Donna Eden, Energy Medicine

Pink is also a wonderful color for the heart chakra!

The Healing Sun!

2011-02-24T18:42:00.005-05:00

Get outside in the sun, it does wonders for your mood and life satisfaction! See the sun as your friend and enjoy it with respect and appreciation! Just listen to that inner guidance when you've had enough for the time being. Be well!

Healthy Heart Smoothie:

2011-02-24T18:40:00.000-05:00

3 apples (2 Fuji, 1 Granny Smith)

1/4 beet

1 bunch celery

1 bunch collards

2 cucumbers

1 bunch kale

1/2 bunch parsley

1/2 head romaine

3 asian pears

1 head green leaf lettuce

1 head bok choy

BLEND in high-powered blender. Makes 2-2 1/2 qts that can be poured into jelly jars and sealed (fresh up to 3 days in refrigerator).

Appreciation for Love

2011-02-24T18:38:00.004-05:00

We really appreciate all the love that is poured our way. We definitely feel it; even from those we don't see on a regular basis or maybe never have even met. The cycle of love continues never ending! Always sending it your way, too!

Yoga is instrumental in my Health

2011-02-24T18:37:00.004-05:00

Yoga is a really big part of my life. My practice is instrumental in my sanity, my clarity, my freedom, and my health. - Shalan Hill

Fall In Love With Yourself!

2011-02-24T18:36:00.004-05:00

Fall back in love with yourself! You started out that way! - Shalan Hill

Feel Better to Feel Better

2011-02-24T18:36:00.000-05:00

Instead of all-or-nothing, fear-based approaches to weight loss, pain relief, diabetes, stress/anxiety etc., try sustainable changes that come from within. Smile. The better we feel, the more likely we are to change for the better. Eating "clean", exercising, and keeping an active social life is important ... joy, pleasure and freedom are paramount. - Rena Cash, Nutritional Counselor and Professional Bodyworker

Sharing information, Coupons Equal Money

2011-02-24T18:34:00.001-05:00

Annie and Shalan have been saving an average of at least $25 a week on our food expenses just by utilizing this website. It's like a game to us. Have fun!

This could be a very valuable link for you! Makes it easy to save high percentages or even get products free w/ coupons used strategically! www.couponmom.com

Appreciate Contrast

2011-02-24T18:30:00.000-05:00

Challenges, problems, issues, adversity: this is all called contrast. Contrast helps you get clear on what it is you don't want in your life and leads you to more clarity on what it is you do want. When we can see contrast for what it is, then we can move into a place of appreciation and not push against it so hard, i.e. staying in struggle. Appreciation = freedom! - Shalan

Another great solution for our computer age!

2011-01-09T09:45:00.003-05:00

Our computer age has developed an epidemic of imbalance in our culture. Long hours of sitting in front of our computer and not enough balanced movement and exercise has created quite an avalanche of low back pain, sciatic pain, poor posture, upper back pain, neck pain, and headaches.

Commitment to yourself by utilizing our yoga and massage will keep you in a much more balanced state, as well as, free from pain.

Here's another great solution to affect your daily activity to keep you mobile, more balanced, and feeling great!

A treadmill desk! This desk fits over your existing treadmill and you walk at a slow pace while you work on your computer or phone.

Here's a link: http://www.trekdesk.com/

I've also seen sites that tell you how to make your own.

Here's a few benefits:

This keeps your circulation moving, so you are more oxygenated to feel more alert more of your day.
Because you are walking, your hip flexors (muscles that are in the front of your hips and deep in your abdomen) will be getting more extension and not staying closed down all the time from sitting. This results in stronger core muscles (just from being moved and utilized, oxygenated, and keeping the energy flowing).
The hip flexors will remain longer and more flexible, so as not to pull your lumbar vertebrae forward to create low back pain.
You will will have a tendency to stand more upright with less slouching. This is important for your diaphragm (your main breathing muscle). More freedom and movement in your diaphragm, along with deep breaths, will keep you oxygenated and alert. A tight diaphragm pulls your torso forward creating pain in between the shoulder blades, neck, and headaches. A contracted diaphragm results in less oxygen to your brain that definitely effects your performance.

We have a friend that worked 8 hours a day in front of his computer with no exercise and does not eat well. He has Diabetes that he takes insulin for. He began using a treadmill desk for 4 hours a day. That is the only thing he changed in his lifestyle. In the first 2 months he lost 20 pounds and decreased his insulin intake by 33%. I love that! Our bodies want to move!

A treadmill desk is such a great tool to help you feel better. You are never stuck! There are so many great options for you to take control of how you feel. Find what works for you!!!

There's nothing more important than feeling good! - Abraham-Hicks

In health -
Shalan Hill

Alignment is Everything

2010-12-19T09:13:00.000-05:00

When I teach yoga, I am all about alignment! It is so important to me, because as I see a student out of alignment, I see struggle and discomfort. The minute they find their alignment, a smile comes over their face or a look of deeper focus that shows they’ve found a deeper sense of their personal power.

Finding your alignment makes a world of difference in all aspects of your life. Being in “alignment” allows the path of least resistance. Your alignment allows more freedom, more peace, more prosperity, more ease. Your alignment is all about syncing up with your Source, your true Self. This alignment with your Source is when everything starts “looking up”. Things just start flowing better.

Using good alignment in your yoga postures utilize the laws of physics to feel alignment in your physical body. You can’t affect one part of you that doesn’t affect all other parts of you. So your emotional, mental, and spiritual selves feel the alignment too.

In yoga when you feel the discomfort of misalignment in your body, you tweak your posture with small adjustments of movement and breath until you find it. A good instructor will help you find it that more comfortable place. If you’re finding yourself experiencing something in your life that is uncomfortable or unwanted, you keep tweaking it until it feels right, or you get the clarity to leave it out, leave it alone. It doesn’t matter.

This is all about the journey of finding what we want; what works for us, and what we don’t want; what doesn’t work for us. It’s a good choice to leave some things alone if they are not working for you. That frees you up to turn your focus to something is in your best interest. Same thing in yoga class, sometimes a pose may not be for you that day. It may be for later. It doesn’t matter. Just keep listening to your inner guidance to know when your path to alignment is about needing to let go or just tweak things a bit to find more comfort.

The practice of Yoga continues to be such an incredible tool to help us all on our life journey. Being out of alignment creates a stronger desire to be in alignment, so we keep moving toward that. Being in alignment creates the delicious sensation of how free we can be and keeps us eager for more of the same.

Our journey winds in and out of alignment. That’s a good thing, because it all leads to the expansion of our Being and of the Universe. It’s how we grow!

Namaste-
Shalan Hill

We're featured in Cherokee Life Magazine - September 2010!!

2010-10-15T01:41:00.000-04:00

We're featured in Cherokee Life Magazine - September 2010!!

Cherokee Life Magazine

Smoothie recipe great for Arthritis & Fibromyalgia

2010-10-15T01:37:00.002-04:00

(a high powered blender is required)

10 oz. water

1 C fresh Pineapple

1 C grapes

1 leaf green chard (2 small leaves)

1 wedge of lemon

1 carrot

1 stalk celery

1/3 cucumber

1 tbs. coconut oil

1 tbs. flax seeds

1/2 tsp. "sea seasonings" seaweed blend

Listen...

2010-10-15T01:36:00.002-04:00

Listening to your breath can open you to hear the whispers of your heart.

Smoothie Recipe for Cancer

2010-10-15T01:35:00.000-04:00

1 small stalk of broccoli (peel stalk) or 2 clumps of cauliflower

2 cabbage leaves

5 prunes or 10 grapes

1 apple

1/2 cup berries of choice

1/2 tsp tumeric or cayenne

1 banana

1 tbsp flax seeds

1 tbsp coconut oil

10 oz. water

1/2 cup ice (optional)

A moment...

2010-10-15T01:33:00.002-04:00

Lay down and feel your breath moving through you like a gentle ocean wave. Soften into the rocking of your breath and feel loved. - Shalan Hill

Believe

2010-10-15T01:28:00.002-04:00

Believe in yourself to know you can release the feelings and thoughts that are holding you back from your well-being of health, wealth, joy, and love. Well-being is our natural state. Believe in your body to know it can ALWAYS restore itself to your natural well-being as you let go of those limiting beliefs. - Shalan Hill

Low Back Pain?

2010-07-22T11:52:00.001-04:00

Low back pain most commonly happens from the main hip flexor (psoas) pulling the vertebrae forward because it is short and weak from staying closed down by sitting for extended time without stretching it out regularly.

Yoga is such an incredible way to help yourself get to more freedom in your body, it keeps our bodies well balanced! Lunge stretches are important to get the lowback in balance. If you sit all day, the hip flexors need to be stretched open and movement is important to improve circulation.

Our online videos are an excellent choice for lots of variety as you progress in your flexibility and strength.
www.ThePostureProjectYoga.com You can do one year's access for $39, $10 per month for an ongoing thing until you cancel it, or $15 for one month only. Our videos are great for beginners as the instruction is very detailed in nature. We have videos for when you want to feel strong, and others for when you need to calm.

Believe in your body's ability to heal itself! Give it the tools it needs to do the job it was made to do: live a full, joyful life!

Our First Smoothie Class!

2010-07-05T14:14:00.000-04:00

We will be offering our first Smoothie Class on 8/29, Sunday, from 2-4pm. We will be learning how to make a whole food smoothie and be sharing recipes especially for those with Diabetes. This class is free! Come join the fun!

Green Smoothie Recipe!

2010-06-07T10:53:00.003-04:00

We have opened up to the world of whole food smoothies! We had been juicing for over a year and finally got ourselves a high powered blender. We bought a Health Master 2.5 horsepower Blender (Montel Williams one) it was an inexpensive option ($250) and is serving us well. Vitamix and Blendtec blenders are highly recommended and cost about $400.

Why do whole food smoothies? You get a huge quota of fruits and vegetables in an easy and convenient drink. They are power packed w/ phytochemicals, fiber, vitamins, and minerals that fresh fruits and vegetables naturally provide! Nature is perfect!
Greens create alkalinity in the body and no diseases can survive in an alkaline environment. Smoothies are filling and provide you so much nutrition that your cravings start to naturally subside, so you start eating even better. You can get two to three times the recommended servings of fruits and vegetables first thing in the morning and they can also provide a great, low-calorie late night snack that is easily digested before bed.

We've been experimenting w/ recipes and have made up tons of great ones!

We're planning on having classes soon, so stay tuned!

Great Green Smoothie recipe:

Fill up the blender w/ greens and about 1.5 C of water. Blend until broken down, then add the rest of your ingredients and blend until smooth. Enjoy!

choose any mixture of greens:
kale, turnip greens, collard greens, bok choy, beets greens, spinach, swiss chard, lettuces, etc..
1 banana
1/4 beet
1 whole apple
wedge of lemon (can keep rind on if not too bitter)
mint leaf
cilantro stalk
celery stalk
1/2 C blueberries
1/2 C strawberries
1 C of ice

It's awesome! Annie is our picky smoothie drinker and she gave it a thumbs up!

We have this first thing in the morning and then about 20 minutes later have our breakfast to get a great jump start to our day!

The Posture Project

2010-06-06T01:41:00.000-04:00

Calling all slouchers! We'll have you standing up straight in no time. We are The Posture Project, a yoga and massage studio aimed at improving your posture for better health. Our Yoga Classes and Therapeutic Massages pack a double punch against poor posture, alleviating muscle pain and cultivating body strength to correct a slouchy stance. Our massage combines advanced, intuitive bodywork to include Rehabilitative Massage, Myofascial Release, Sports Massage, CranioSacral Therapy, Energy Therapy, and Assisted Stretching. Yoga classes are available at all levels of experience to help you focus, breathe, lengthen, and strengthen. We are the perfect studio for those new to yoga. The result of regular visits to The Posture Project? Banished back problems, greater concentration, a flatter stomach, and increased energy. Sound too good to be true? We promise, there’s no posturing here. We're serious about Feeling Great!

Online Yoga Videos!

2010-06-06T00:33:00.003-04:00

We've now got 20 videos available for your body, mind, and spirit's pleasure @ http://www.thepostureprojectyoga.com/.

Only $39 for One Year's access!
$10/mo. subscription available.
or
$15 for one month only.

Enjoy anytime!

Back Pain usually needs a Tummy Rub!

2010-06-05T23:50:00.007-04:00

At The Posture Project, we are postural experts. A person can come to us with pain in a certain area in their body and we can usually tell where the source of the pain is coming from just by looking at their posture and asking a few questions about what they do all day.

We've had several new clients that have gotten massage regularly come to us this week, all with low back pain. Each one of them has been surprised when we share with them that we will most likely need to work in their abdomen to address their pain. They all had their first abdominal massage this week!

Our culture is a very sedentary culture with our love of computers and cars. When we sit all day, we form that way! Sitting all day, especially slouching will compress the abdomen, resulting in shallow breathing, poor digestion, poor circulation, and the abdominal muscles become short and weak. That is why when your "low back goes out" it is hard to stand upright. Can you see how important it is to keep the abdomen open, flexible, well oxygenated, and energized?

We know that 80% of low back pain is coming from deep stomach muscles (usually psoas and iliacus) pulling the vertebrae out of alignment or creating imbalance in the pelvis. A locked up diaphragm often results in mid-back pain and even neck pain, by creating imbalance in the rigcage and and a forward, collapsed posture. The abdominal oblique muscles can also be involved in pelvic and ribcage imbalances.

Through massage, we reset the muscles in the abdomen so they can be at ease, be stronger, and be longer. Then your body can be in balance and everything is working efficiently with the least amount of effort. All this equals less pain or even no pain!

Stretching and breathing through yoga everyday helps to maintain longer, balanced, stronger muscles, and good energy flow in your body in between your massages. We offer a variety of classes at our studio and also have online videos available all with the intent of creating calmer, stronger, balanced bodies @ http://www.thepostureproject.com/. So, we have very valuable tools available to keep your back pain free!

Sit up! Stand Up! Breathe Deep! Stretch! and Come see us!

Here's to better health!

Shalan Hill, co-owner

See Source in Others

2010-02-16T10:57:00.003-05:00

Healing old, very old heart wounds has been on the surface for me recently. Actually, very on the surface for the last 8 months. I'm allowing the unfolding and each layer that I uncover, the clarity that always comes through is "self love."

After I get through my frustration, impatience, and disallowing of others (others is usually how the wound is brought to the surface. Thank you all others!) It always gets back to me. Those feelings I'm having toward others are twice as strong for myself and are eminating from my view of myself, i.e. they are a pure reflection.

So my practice has been to get grounded and feel what's really going on, so I can start softening my view. That I can view myself in a different light. A perspective, that I am light and that I am really nothing to be other than loved, by myself and others.

My Source of life is Light. The Universal Life Force (please use your own words if it suits you better) that feeds and sustains us all is unconditional love, well-being, joy.

In my practice I have those moments when I can see and feel myself as Source. When I can do that, then I can see others as Source. Then there is no struggle, no discord. All is well.

This is what helps me to grow. I hope it inspires you.

As the "Navi" say in Avatar, "I see you." You are Source.

Be well!

Shalan Hill

And another one! Online Yoga Videos that is...

2010-02-16T10:40:00.000-05:00

Annie's on fire! Our new Mac Mini sure is serving us well in that she is tearing it up with her editing our new yoga videos! She's having so much fun! I even like to do my own videos! It's a little "de ja vue", but still awesome! Check 'em out @ http://www.thepostureprojectyoga.com/.

Love & Light - Shalan

New Yoga Videos!

2010-02-11T14:40:00.000-05:00

We've added 2 new yoga videos to our online yoga studio this week!

Our Purpose...

2010-02-11T14:30:00.004-05:00

Our purpose is to remind people to give themselves permission to be joyful, to accept themselves in their current magnificence, to celebrate all that they can do right now and open to more in every moment of every day. We encourage them to listen to their hearts, the whispers of their spirits, the callings of their Being. We nudge them to hear what really jives them, what really inspires them, what really makes them smile from the inside out. We give them an opportunity to feel and understand the difference between feeling great and feeling anything other than great.
Being present with themselves and listening and understanding what their emotions are telling them. To be aware of when they are in struggle, to experience those moments of pure bliss and then to allow more of those moments to enter into their experience and make bliss the habit.

Our gifts and talents are to help people listen to their Selves through the practice of yoga and through the exchange of massage. These beautiful tools help us all to tap into that place in ourselves that restores, that nourishes, that creates, and rebuilds well-being.

Yoga teaches the mind, body, spirit connection. The breath leads us to stillness, to center. The movements help us feel connected to our body. The opening through stretching allows the energy of life to flow through us more freely. The strengthening allows us to tap into our inner power to stand strong in who we are. In our work, we are aware of the importance of strong, balanced posture and what that reflects in us. Yoga helps to lengthen what needs to be longer, to strengthen what needs to be stronger, to tap into our inner power and free our spirit through the breath. We then stand tall, balanced, centered, and strong.

The Massage we offer greatly assists people on their journey to well-being. Every session offers an opportunity to accept loving touch with no emotional attachment; a great gift of love to your Self. We understand that everything is energy. Our bodies are the manifestation of the energy we are emitting, a reflection of our feelings and beliefs. We understand the way energy moves in the body, that muscles can turn off where the energy is not flowing well through it and throws the rest of the body out of balance. When we follow the great balancing act in the body, we find places that may be sore to the touch that a person wasn't aware of. We may find muscles that weren't screaming as loud as the opposing muscles, but most likely is why the imbalance has occurred. We listen to what your body is saying and understand how to respond toward your highest good.

All this we have gathered and mastered to help you feel better. And as Abraham-Hicks says, "Nothing is more important than feeling better!" We look forward to opening to more!

Thanks for allowing us to share our gifts with you!

With Love -

Annie and Shalan

2009-12-21T16:55:00.003-05:00

We've just added a new 47 minute yoga video to our Online Yoga Studio @ http://www.thepostureproject.com/! Enjoy!

How much can you trust?

2009-12-17T20:34:00.004-05:00

Written 09/27/09

As life continues, everyday we are learning new things about ourselves and how that reflects into our outside world.

The loudest learning this week has been all about, "how much can I trust?" In my inner dialogue throughout the day, I at least touch on the intention of "trusting myself and my Source more and more in every moment; in every day." That is a strong desire within me. However, how can you know that you're trusting more unless there is an experience that requires more trust within you?

Here comes the hard part... When the contrast in your life shows up, we can easily get swept away in our emotional reaction to the situation (usually we consider the situation bad or unpleasant). Instead of having a huge reaction to the event, if you knew that you were always safe, always loved, and everything is always OK, you could take the experience in and decide what it is that you want from the experience.

We're always in control of how we react to everything. How we react to everything has a lot to do with how things unfold. It is our thoughts and emotions (our vibrations we are sending out) that is creating the world we experience.

If your world was always peachy and nothing ever got out of place and everyone was always polite, you would get bored rather quickly because there would not be much that stimulated a new desire within you. i.e. The rude person in the car in front of you, the bill collector telling you what a loser you are, the blood test that reflected your body is out of balance, are all things that are giving you an opportunity to spark a new desire and then trust yourself and your Source (the same thing actually, you really are not separate) that all is well and you can expect and anticipate your creation with eagerness.

When things feel like it's getting a bit rough, remember that this is an opportunity to trust more and the more you trust, the better life gets! The contrast keeps coming, mind you, but your foundation in yourself is so much stronger and it takes so much more for you to be shaken. You're getting bigger than your problems! Your life becomes brighter and you shine like the sun!

Enjoy the contrast! What a fresh perspective! What freedom comes with understanding! Life is Good!

Love and Light -

Shalan Hill

Low Back Pain?

2009-12-17T13:41:00.001-05:00

Have Low Back Pain?
Do some lunge stretches, to open the hip flexors (fronts of the hips). Long stride walking can really help too!

The Psoas is the main hip flexor, a deep abdominal muscle that sits just in front of your spine. It actually has strands of the muscle that attach onto each vertebrae from T12 - L5, then crosses over the hip joint and attaches onto the inside of the upper femur (thigh bone). When the psoas gets shortened, weakened, or in spasm, it can pull the vertebrae it is attached to out of alignment creating low back pain. Computer lovers that sit for the majority of the day as well as those that travel a lot tend to be prime candidates for low back pain. "If you sit all day, you form that way." Low back pain can often result from lifting heavy objects without proper body alignment, or lifting while twisting.

The great thing is that it can usually be easily reversed through stretching and massage. When you open up the hip flexors (psoas), you can reverse the effects of the seated position. You have to do it enough in relation to how much time you are staying in the seated position. Once a week stretching, while sitting in front of the computer 11 hours a day will not do the job.

Stretching the hip flexors will keep your psoas long, flexible, and in better balance. Therefore, it won't get into a state where it will pull your vertebrae out of place.

If you are in severe pain, or the stretches don't seem to be creating enough relief, a massage by an experienced therapist is in order. Depending on your daily activities and the state of your body, it may take several sessions to get your body back to a place of ease. The therapist needs to work on the psoas to get it out of spasm and balanced out with the other side. This can be done with massage to the abdomen, stretching the legs, and energy therapy.

Check out our online yoga studio @ http://www.thepostureproject.com/ to get to stretching!

Yoga and Massage are great ways to maintain healthy, vibrant bodies and minds!
A long, flexible psoas is a happy one! Enjoy your health!

Our Works...

2009-12-11T02:18:00.001-05:00

Our gifts and talents are to help people listen to their Selves through the practice of yoga and through the exchange of massage. Yoga teaches the mind, body, spirit connection. The breath leads us to stillness; to center. The movements help us feel connected to our body. The opening through stretching allows the energy of life to flow through us more freely. The strengthening allows us to tap into our inner power to stand strong in who we are. In our work, we are aware of the importance of strong, balanced posture and what that reflects in us. Yoga helps to lengthen what needs to be longer, to strengthen what needs to be stronger, to tap into our inner power and free our spirit through the breath. We then stand tall, balanced, centered, and strong.

The Massage we offer also assists people to be aware of their bodies. To accept loving touch with no emotional attachment. A great gift of love to your Self. We understand that everything is energy. Our bodies are the manifestation of the energy we are emitting, a reflection of our feelings and beliefs. We understand the way energy moves in the body, that muscles can turn off where the energy is not flowing well through it and throws the rest of the body out of balance. Together, we can simply turn the muscle back on and restore balance. If it has been a long-standing pattern, it may take a while before the pattern is reprogrammed to strength instead of weakness. We understand “The Amazing Balancing Act” the body does at all times. It is constantly seeking balance and always does its best with the tools it has to work with. (If a part of the body is not functioning to its fullest potential, the other parts will compensate to the best of their ability to restore balance in the body). It truly is an amazing feat. Knowing this, it helps us to understand what is going on when our clients come in with certain symptoms. We know better than to just “rub where it hurts”. If we did that, we would be doing you a great disservice. When we follow the great balancing act in the body, we find places that may be sore to the touch that a person wasn’t aware of, that wasn’t screaming as loud as the opposing muscles, but most likely is why the imbalance has occurred. All this we have gathered and mastered to help you feel better. Because “there is nothing more important than feeling better” as Abraham-Hicks says.

Emotions are very important when working with the body. When people experience a trauma and do not process through those emotions to a full release or complete letting go, the trauma remains in your body and Being until they do get released. These holdings (of emotions) create patterns in the body. They might show up as pain, as tension, as weakness, etc… Our work may be to assist one to become aware of this holding pattern and to create a safe environment to let it go, to fully release it. This may happen in a split second and it’s over, it may happen as a rush of emotions (crying, laughing, screaming, etc…), it may take several 'letting goes'. We have seen it time and time again, where after the release, the pain is gone, or is much better and it continues to improve through that awareness. Imagine the freedom! To let yourself be expressed fully! Creating more space in your body for joy and vitality to flow instead of being crowded with baggage. It’s cleaning house, your house!

With this knowledge and growth, a person is empowered to know "All is Well". They can understand "the feeling I’m having in my body is trying to tell me this and I don’t have to get scared of what it might be. I understand my body better and I also know it’s OK to ask for help and get the help I need, but I can let go of the fear."

We are part of the great awakening that is going on on our planet. We are opening to our greatness as so many others are. We want to assist others that also want to experience and share their greatness. We are blessed and empowered as we continue to move forward and share our gifts and talents with the world. We are inspired everyday as we grow in every way. Shalem, Namasté.

2009-12-10T09:37:00.000-05:00

Let your opinion of yourself be the most important opinion in your life! Practice and mold your inner thoughts to those of self love and appreciation and then it matters not what the world does outside of you, or says about you, or thinks of you. You can enjoy the life you've come to live and revel in your greatness!

The Posture Project, Yoga & Massage

Our sentiments, just said in a different way!

Intro To Yoga Class Series

w/ Shalan Hill

4 weeksTuesdays5:30pm-6:45pm

Creating Your Life Class Series

Holiday Gift Samplers are Ridiculously Awesome!

Holiday Gift Samplers from The Posture Project!Includes:30 Min. Massage30 Min. Sauna Session and5 Yoga Classesfor only $39! ~ (60 min. massage version is only $69)Makes Great Stocking Stuffers!(for new clients only, purchase in studio only)

678-494-3450

www.thepostureproject.comGet 'em while they're hot!

Give Yourself a Break!

Even 5 minutes of stretching and breathing can make the world of difference to you (and the people around you). Give yourself a break! - Shalan

Freedom in Breathing!

There is such freedom in knowing that you can just "breathe through it!" Makes life so much easier! - Shalan

Your Body is Your Best Friend!

Your body is eager to serve you! It can be your best friend if you let it be! Any discomfort you're feeling is your body's way of communicating with you. It's not working against you! Listen to what it is saying and nurture your relationship with it just like you would a good friend. - Shalan

Don't take it personally!

"Whatever happens around you, don't take it personally..Nothing other people do is because of you. It is because of themselves." ~ Don Miguel Ruiz

My message

My message for the day, the week, the month, the months: Get in your power & enjoy your life! - Shalan Hill

This picture is Annie Pauley playing with the light on the ceiling, enjoying her strength & her body's abilities.

Water

Start seeing how great your life is!

You Rock!

We love being your teachers!

Seeing our students progress is so rewarding!

I Choose Me!

What a beautiful yoga community you are!

Core Yoga Online

Core strengthening from our latest video we uploaded to our Online Yoga Videos @ www.thepostureprojectyoga.com

A Good Idea...

An Appreciation Journal! To make some major shifts in your habits of thought, write down what you are appreciating in your life everyday. It starts to tip the scales to more focus on what it is you are wanting in your life instead of what you don't want.

Our intention: To support your Well-Being

ART

Every yoga class I teach is an artistic expression of the journey to more freedom in Mind, Body, & Spirit. - Shalan

Yoga on the Beach

Yoga on the beach smells great!!! - Shalan

Facebook

Now you can book a massage or sauna session right on Facebook! See the "Book Now!" link on the left of our page!

ONLINE Gift Certificates!

You can buy INSTANT GIFT CERTIFICATES from our studio for your friends, family, and for yourself. Click this link or you can always go to our website @ www.ThePostureProject.com

Manage your Posture Project life ONLINE!

Myofascial Release & CranioSacral Therapy

If you're not feeling good, DRINK MORE WATER!

WATER, WATER, WATER! MORE WATER!

A Bright Smile!

www.oilpulling.com

Shalan Loves Yoga!

OUR CAFEPRESS STORE

So what do you do when your yoga practice leads you to intense irritation?

Thank you all for coming to play with us and sharing us with your friends & family! HOLLAH! Holiday Open House, Saturday, November 12.

Gracie, our mascot, went to live on a sheep farm!

Tell us what you think!

Our new Mascot, Kirby!

Here's our new mascot, Kirby! She's such the sweetie pie! Today was her first day with us and she is wore out! She looks forward to meeting everybody!

A Traditional Yoga Studio That's All About Your Now!

Bodywork Works to Dissolve Pain

You don't have to be in pain! We have a great success rate at reducing or eliminating pain. Have you thought about bodywork? We don't just do a massage, we put you back in whack!

Yoga for Well-Being

Yoga is such an amazing tool for your all around well-being. Calms you, focuses you, strengthens you, invigorates you, opens you to new possibilities, etc....

Health "Ensurance"

Yoga and Bodywork make excellent health "ensurance" policies!!! If you knew and felt what they can do for you, you would know the necessity of them in your life.

Yoga may be the form of exercise you've been looking for.

The Heart Chakra

The Healing Sun!

Get outside in the sun, it does wonders for your mood and life satisfaction! See the sun as your friend and enjoy it with respect and appreciation! Just listen to that inner guidance when you've had enough for the time being. Be well!

Healthy Heart Smoothie:

3 apples (2 Fuji, 1 Granny Smith)

1/4 beet

1 bunch celery

1 bunch collards

2 cucumbers

1 bunch kale

1/2 bunch parsley

1/2 head romaine

3 asian pears

1 head green leaf lettuce

1 head bok choy

BLEND in high-powered blender. Makes 2-2 1/2 qts that can be poured into jelly jars and sealed (fresh up to 3 days in refrigerator).

Appreciation for Love

4 weeks
Tuesdays
5:30pm-6:45pm

Holiday Gift Samplers from The Posture Project!

Includes:
30 Min. Massage
30 Min. Sauna Session
and
5 Yoga Classes
for only $39! ~ (60 min. massage version is only $69)

Makes Great Stocking Stuffers!
(for new clients only, purchase in studio only)

www.thepostureproject.com

Get 'em while they're hot!